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What is America? (6 - 8)

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6 , 7 , 8
Visual Art Social Studies English
Grade Level Program Alignment
1 120 min
Combo Offsite Tour & Offsite Workshop

56 Lexington Street / New Britain, CT 06052
All year (maximum 120 students per visit). Offsite,
$10 0
no Email , Phone , In-Person
NBMAA will provide all materials needed for each studio project. Studio educators will design each project based on group's learning goals.
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NBMAA gallery and studio spaces
I can look at art in different ways and respond and collaboratively share my interpretations with my classmates.
I can understand how artworks can be interpreted as primary source documents.
I can collaborate respectfully with my classmates.
I can interpret themes in artworks and criticize artist's perspectives and ideas.
Students will examine the ways that artists weave narratives and tell history through their art. This tour provides students with a visual perspective on American history.
Chaperones are encouraged to participate during school visits! We require at least one chaperone per 10 students, but more are always appreciated and welcomed.

Grade 6

Grade 6-7: Geography: Global Interconnections: 6-7.9: Analyze the ways in which cultural and environmental characteristics vary among various regions of the world.
Grade 6-7: Geography: Geographic Representations: Spatial Views of the World: 6-7.2: Use maps, satellite images, photographs, and other representations to explain relationships between the locations of places and regions, and changes in their environmental characteristics.
Grade 6: Visual Arts: Presenting: Anchor Standard 5: Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation. Individually or collaboratively, develop a visual plan for displaying works of art, analyzing exhibit space, the needs of the viewer, and the layout of the exhibit.
Grade 6: Visual Arts: Responding: Anchor Standard 7: Perceive and analyze artistic work. Identify and interpret works of art or design that reveal how people live around the world and what they value.

Grade 7

Grade 6-7: Geography: Global Interconnections: 6-7.9: Analyze the ways in which cultural and environmental characteristics vary among various regions of the world.
Grade 6-7: Geography: Geographic Representations: Spatial Views of the World: 6-7.2: Use maps, satellite images, photographs, and other representations to explain relationships between the locations of places and regions, and changes in their environmental characteristics.
Grade 7: Visual Arts: Presenting: Anchor Standard 5: Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation. Based on criteria, analyze and evaluate methods for preparing and presenting art.
Grade 7: Visual Arts: Responding: Anchor Standard 7: Perceive and analyze artistic work. Explain how the method of display, the location, and the experience of an artwork influence how it is perceived and valued.

Grade 8

Grade 8: History: Change, Continuity and Context: 8.1: Analyze connections among events and developments in historical contexts.
Grade 8: History: Perspectives: 8.5: Analyze how people"s perspectives influenced what information is available in the historical sources they created.
Grade 8: Visual Arts: Presenting: Anchor Standard 5: Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation. Collaboratively prepare and present selected theme-based artwork for display, and formulate exhibition narratives for the viewer.
Grade 8: Visual Arts: Presenting: Anchor Standard 4: Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation. Develop and apply criteria for evaluating a collection of artwork for presentation.