Curriculum Unit
Virginia Atkins
Composing Culture: Latin American Art and Storytelling
Title Author
KEY LEARNING, ENDURING UNDERSTANDING, ETC.
How do I construct meaning between Latin American Art and semiotics to compose culture?
ESSENTIAL QUESTION(S) for the UNIT
How can art reflect the relationship between Latin America and its culture?
CONCEPT A CONCEPT B CONCEPT C
Constructing Meaning
Analyzing Information
Classifying Information
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS A ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS B ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS C
How do I organize information about art work to help me understand Latin American culture?
How do I use semiotics to classify information?
How do I structure and use semiotics in Latin American Art?
What do I analyze in the application of semiotics to visual and material culture?
How to use information in the works of art to construct meaning?
How do I build an understanding of what Latin American art and its relationship to culture?
VOCABULARY A VOCABULARY B VOCABULARY C
Cultural Information
Meaningful interpretation
Meaning and representation
Words, Images and Symbols
Latin American Art Work
Cultural Background
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/MATERIAL/TEXT/FILM/RESOURCES
Art work by Botero, Kahlo, Velazquez, Orozco, Lomas Garza, Rivera and Picasso