Lesson
Researching Bay Area Arts Organizations
Objective: Students will investigate and research the history of arts organizations and their contributions in the Bay Area.
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Objective: Students will investigate and research the history of arts organizations and their contributions in the Bay Area.
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Objective : Students will explore Chiura Obata’s artwork as an introduction to political art during the WWII era. They will further consider the experiences of Japanese Americans during incarceration, before creating their own political art.
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Objective: Students will explore primary documents, like Chiura Obata’s paintings, to understand the severity of the 1906 SF Earthquake.
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Students will consider the ways art can be used as activism in the context of Environmentalism and National Park Preservation.
Activity
Chinese operas are very long and feature complex narratives with a large number of characters. Have fun coloring in these sheets based on Chinese opera prints in the Asian Art Museum’s collection.
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Lesson
Lesson: Interview a grandparent, parent, guardian, or community member about their childhood, immigration story, family traditions or celebrations.