Recommended Grades: 6th grade through 8th Grade
Length of Video: 12:45
Featured Artwork:
The Nation Makers by Howard Pyle
Treasure Island Endpaper by N. C. Wyeth
Self-Portrait with Palette by N. C. Wyeth
Up from the Woods by Caroyln Wyeth
Pennsylvania Landscape by Andrew Wyeth
Portrait of Pig by Jamie Wyeth
National Core Arts Standards:
VA:Pr6:1.6a: Assess, explain, and provide evidence of how museums or other venues reflect the history and values of a community.
VA:Re.7.1.8a: Explain how a person’s aesthetic choices are influenced by culture and environment and impact the visual image that one conveys to others.
VA:Re.7.2.6a: Analyze wats that visual components and cultural associations suggested by images influence ideas, emotions, and actions.
VA:Re.7.2.7a: Compare and contrast contexts and media in which viewers encounter images that influence ideas, emotions, and actions.
VA:Re8.1.6a: Interpret art by distinguishing between relevant and non-relevant contextual information and analyzing subject matter, characteristics of form and structure, and use of media to identify ideas and mood conveyed.
VA:Re8.1.7a: Interpret art by analyzing art-making approaches, the characteristics of form and structure, relevant contextual information, subject matter, and use of media to identify ideas and mood conveyed.
VA:Re8.1.8a: Interpret art by analyzing how the interaction of subject matter, characteristics of form and structure, use of media, art-making approaches, and relevant contextual information contributes to understanding messages or ideas and mood conveyed.
https://www.nationalartsstandards.org/