Enduring Understanding 3: Every art form uses its own unique language, verbal and non-verbal, to document and communicate with the world.

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Number: VA.68.O.3
Title: Every art form uses its own unique language, verbal and non-verbal, to document and communicate with the world.
Type: Enduring Understanding
Subject: Visual Art
Grade: 68
Big Idea: Organizational Structure

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Independent

VA.68.O.3.In.a
Select and use structural elements of art and organizational principles of design to create artworks in various media.
VA.68.O.3.In.b
Use vocabulary and symbols unique to visual art to communicate and document ideas.

Supported

VA.68.O.3.Su.a
Use teacher-selected structural elements of art and organizational principles of design to create artworks in selected media.
VA.68.O.3.Su.b
Recognize and respond to selected vocabulary and symbols unique to visual art to communicate and document ideas.

Participatory

VA.68.O.3.Pa.a
Use a teacher-selected structural element of art or organizational principle of design to create artworks in selected media.
VA.68.O.3.Pa.b
Use selected vocabulary, symbols, or symbolism unique to visual art to communicate or document ideas.

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Lesson Plan

The Two Memorials:

The lesson will present students with the artwork by artists Maya Lin and Fredrick Hart. Within this lesson, students will be given background information about the Cold War and Vietnam War including the reason for our involvement and the political and social ramifications that came about from the war. We will discuss the importance that the visual imagery through television had on public opinion. Students will then look at Maya Lin’s “Vietnam Veterans Memorial” initially. Once finished, we will discuss the political and public reasons for the installation of “Three Soldiers,” which is a more traditional, realistic statue. Students will compare and contrast the two, and eventually focus on the intention and ramifications of a public monument based on aesthetics, conceptualization and public opinion in this integrated lesson plan.

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