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Day 1
Day 1
Goals:
Introduce Understanding Goal and Essential Question
Alaska Native Claims Settlement (ANCSA) background
Post overall understanding goal and essential question:
Understanding Goal: Students will understand that cooperation requires compromise.
Essential Question: How can different viewpoints be represented in art?
Show the video below to introduce the idea of cultural perspectives.
Grade 12_ANCSA.movIntroduction to ANCSA
Day 2
Day 2
Goals:
Circle of Viewpoints with ANCSA stakeholders
ANCSA continued
Circle of Viewpoints with Prompts.pdfAdapted from Rochester Community Schools and Harvard Project Zero
Using what they've learned about ANCSA, students complete the Circle of Viewpoints routine for three ANCSA stakeholders:
Alaska Natives
State Government
Federal Government
Oil Companies
Conservationists
Students use the prompts on the worksheet to fill in each section of the circle.
Day 3
Day 3
Goal: Introduction to Alaska Native Masks
Students fill in the graphic organizer as they explore the masks in the links below.
Masks Graphic Organizer.pdfDay 4
Day 4
Goals: Issues and research
Students select a current or historical issue to explore
The entire class can work with one issue (allowing for more in-depth group exploration), or each student can select their own.
Feel free to limit choices to local issues, state issues, issues related to content in another class, education issues, etc.
Do whatever works best in your classroom!
Circle of Viewpoints with Prompts.pdfAdapted from Rochester Community Schools and Harvard Project Zero
Possible Issues:
1991 Amendments to ANCSA
Eligibility for the PFD
Boarding schools for Alaska Native children
Arrival of missionaries in Alaska
Drilling in ANWR
Students research their issue enough to be able to fill out the Circle of Viewpoints form.
Day 5
Day 5
Goals:
Exposure to found object art
Collect materials field trip!!!
Marie Rine's Masks Made From Game Pieces
Masks Made From Computer Parts
Countless examples available if you Google Image Search:
found object masks
upcycled masks
junk masks
Go out into the community to gather "junk" to make masks.
Everyday-Materials.pdf(Be inspired by the list from The Art of Ed!)
Day 6
Day 6
Goals: Assemble masks
Day 7
Day 7
Goals: Group critique and feedback
Group Critique: Praise, Question, Polish
students display their in-progress masks
spread out on tables, on a counter- whatever works for your classroom!
students rotate between the masks and fill out a Praise, Question, Polish form for each mask, using the Prompts as a guide
students can be assigned a rotation or randomly choose which masks to look at- whatever works for your classroom!
Praise, Question, Polish Handout.pdfAdapted from ReadWriteThink.org
Praise, Question, Polish Prompts.pdfAdapted from Baltimore County Public Schools
Student Self-Reflection
Students review the Praise, Question, Polish forms that were filled out about their masks
Students reflect on the feedback using the reflection form below
Masks Reflections.pdfDay 8
Day 8
Goals: Work time on masks
Day 9
Day 9
Goals:
Artist Statements
Peer Feedback
As a class, view examples of Artist Statements by Drew Michael, Contemporary Alaska Native Mask Artist
Students draft an Artist Statement using this flowchart from the Art of Education, keeping in mind the issue and viewpoints the masks represent.
Artist-Statement-Flow-Chart-final1.pdfFeel free to print the Artist Statement forms below for your students.
Artist Statement.pdfGroup Critique: Praise, Question, Polish
students display their draft Artist Statements along with their masks
spread out on tables, on a counter- whatever works for your classroom!
students rotate between the Artist Statements and masks and fill out a Praise, Question, Polish form for each mask, using the Prompts as a guide
students can be assigned a rotation or randomly choose which Artist Statements and masks to look at- whatever works for your classroom!
Praise, Question, Polish Handout.pdfAdapted from ReadWriteThink.org
Praise, Question, Polish Prompts.pdfAdapted from Baltimore County Public Schools
Student Self-Reflection
Students review the Praise, Question, Polish forms that were filled out about their Artist Statements
Students reflect on the feedback using the reflection form below
Masks Artist Statements Reflections.pdfDay 10
Day 10
Goals: final touches on masks, artist statements, displays
Ideas for sharing the final products (choose something that makes sense for your school!):
website/blog
school or community display
District Art Show
display at graduation
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