✧⋆｡˚ Guernica ˚｡⋆✧

- Driving Question -

How can art, like Picasso’s Guernica, be used to creatively express the impact of societal conflict and promote activism?

- Overview -

For this PBL project, I worked on it in chemistry, ELA, and art.

✧⋆｡˚ Ela ˚｡⋆✧

In ELA, I made a PSA with my table group about the conflict that we chose for the Guernica section in art. The topic we chose was school shootings. The PSA had to be at least 30 seconds and precise. Additionally, I wrote a research paper about the conflict that my group and I chose for the Guernica project in art.

- Final PSA -

- Research Paper -

This is the research paper that I wrote about the conflict I chose for my Guernica project in art, which was school shootings

School Shootings Research Paper

✧⋆｡˚ Chemistry ˚｡⋆✧

In chemistry, everyone had to choose a scene from Picasso's Guernica and create a drawing about it while incorporating the neurotransmitters of the emotions portrayed in the scene that we chose. I chose the mother and child scene, and the neurotransmitters connected were seratonin and dopamine.

✧⋆｡˚ Art ˚｡⋆✧

In art, everyone was assigned a group and they had to create a section of our grade-level's version of the Guernica. Our section had to be about a conflict that we chose, and we chose school shootings. The whole Guernica had a color scheme of purple, grey, black, and white. Additionally, we had to separate our section into fragments and shade each section with a different light source.

Lauren Howard - Guernica Project One Love 2024

- Final Presentation -

This is the final presentation that my group and I made. It includes brainstorming, prototype sketches, the final completed section, and the final put together Guernica project.

- Final Section -

This is the final section that my group and I made.

- The Final Guernica Piece -

- What Was Learned? -

Through this PBL project, I learned how art can be a powerful tool for activism and communication. The Guernica showed me how artists use symbolism and emotion to highlight societal conflict, and the interdisciplinary approach helped me see the connections between art, literature, and science.

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