Art Making and Meaning:
Understanding through Questions
Big Ideas – Themes
Question for Understanding If you were thinking about making an artwork, what other artworks could you look at that have already dealt with the theme you are considering? Objective Activity Ideas for All Students Show the DVD segment, “Big Ideas,” asking students to listen for themes the artists use in their work. Give students practice and feedback by using some or all of the interactive “Big Ideas” CD activities, which you can project for an entire class or which individual students can view in a computer lab. Students can use the CD to 1) review what they learned on the DVD, 2) apply what they learned to their everyday visual world, and 3) recognize how inquiry into themes applies to old and new art. Activity Ideas for Art Students Complementary Activities from Stories of Art |