Introduction
Students will investigate the roles of women artists in the 1960s and 1970s and analyze 3 major women artists that were a part of the Feminist Art Movement. Students will also analyze why this was a turning point in art for women. As an authentic tasks, students will be asks to get into groups and pick 1 of the 3 artists and their artwork and pretend that they are museum curators. As a museum curator, they will be required to describe what is significant about the artwork, the message behind it , the media that was used, and a brief biography about the artist. The stereotypes that these women are addressing in their pieces should also be mentioned.
Learners
This lesson plan can be either for a high school art history class, or a history or social studies class studying the 1960s-1970s, specifically the feminist movement.
Standards
- 25.B.2—Understand how elements and principles combine within an art form to express ideas
- 25.B.4 — Analyze and evaluate similar and distinctive characteristics of works in two or more of the arts that share the same historical period or societal context.
- 27.A.3b Compare and contrast how the arts function in ceremony, technology, politics, communication and entertainment
- 27.A.4b—Analyze how the arts are used to inform and persuade through traditional and contemporary art forms.
- 27.B.3 —Know and describe how artists and their works shape culture and increase understanding of societies, past and present.
- 27.B.4a —Analyze and classify the distinguishing characteristics of historical and contemporary art works by style, period and culture.
- 27.B.4b —Understand how the arts change in response to changes in society.
- 27.B.5 —Analyze how the arts shape and reflect ideas, issues or themes in a particular culture or historical period.
Process
The process requires the students to get into groups and delegate roles for each member including a writer, researcher, graphic designer, and presenter. This requires a computer and internet access.