Name____________________________ Banksy Art Sort

Standards: RI 10.1-2, 10.5-7, 10.10

Banksy’s graffiti is commentary on current events and culture. He secretly painted hundreds of buildings and
walls to present various and relevant arguments. What is your analysis of his work?
1. Sort the images from the image document into groups with similar arguments portrayed in the images.
2. Complete the following with your sorted groups.
Copy and paste 3 images that portray similar arguments—You may have minimize the images so they fit:
Picture 2

Picture 3

What argument do these images portray?

These pictures are about representing are supporting something
What evidence from the pics supports the argument? (Describe what details support the argument below.)
They are rebuilding or representing somthing
Picture 1 Picture 2 Picture 3

What does Banksy appeal to in you with these images?

Based on your analysis of the images, is his argument persuasive?
Explain your answer: everyone needs to check each other.

Do it again with another pile portraying another argument.

Copy and paste 3 images that portray similar arguments—You may have minimize the images so they fit:
Picture 1 Picture 2 Picture 3

What argument do these images portray?

 What evidence from the pics supports the argument? (Describe what details support the argument below.)
The people that carry the load the most don’t get reconized
Picture 1 Picture 3

Picture 2

What does Banksy appeal to in you with these images?

Based on your analysis of the images, is his argument persuasive?
Explain your answer: they are exposing kids to guns at a young age
Common Core Standards: W10.1, 10.9-10
Banksy Street Art Analysis
Name an argument Banksy makes through his art:

In a constructed response (TEEL paragraph), explain how Banksy makes his argument (criticism about the world).
Use evidence from specific pictures referencing details he uses to make his argument. Reference at least two
pictures in your response. This will be the Evidence in TEEL plan. You may use two images from your sort on the
previous page.

Copy and paste the two pictures you will reference in your response:

Now write your constructed response. You may start it like this:
In some of his graffiti, Banksy makes a claim that in life we have to take granite of the little thing
because they can be so beautiful and if we neglect them its like throwing it away we all need to look around
and see what we have and be grateful.