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UnitTitle:
GradeLevel:
BigIdea:
Rationale:
Suffering:TheUniversalFeeling
11thto12thgrade
Suffering
Becausesufferingissomethingthateverypersonexperiencesintheirlifemakingitanimportantideatodealwithin
art.Itaffectseveryoneandhasinfluencedcountlessartists/artworks.Sufferingisalsoasharedthemethatispresentin
HistoryandEnglish/Readingclassesmakingitagoodthemetoexpandupon.Creatingartbasedonsufferingisaway
forstudentstoexpresstheirloss,discussandlearnaboutmomentsinhistorythathavecausedsuffering,anddealwith
theirownpersonalexperienceswithsuffering.
KeyConcepts
aboutBigIdea:
Sufferingcanbementaland/orphysicalpain.
Sufferingcanbefeltbyandindividualoracommunity/society.
Sufferingisaboutloss.
KeyConcepts
aboutArt/Visual
Culture:
Essential
Questions:
Sufferingisachainreaction.
Visualcultureisacrucialpartofartmaking.
Arthasthepotentialtohelpartistsdealwiththeirmental/emotional/physicalsuffering.
Howdoessufferingpainmentally/physicallyaffecttheindividual?
Howdoessufferingaffectanindividualoracommunity/society?
Whattypesoflosscausesuffering?
UnitObjectives:
Whatsortofeventscausesacommunitytosuffer?
Studentswilllearnaboutloss/suffering.
Studentswilldiscusslossandhowitcausesmentalandphysicalpain.
Studentswilllearnaboutartists/artworksthatareabout/inspirebysufferinganddiscusshowitaffectstheartwork.
Thestudentswilldiscusshowsufferingaffectsbothacommunityandanindividual.