FAEA Conference October 2013

Art Teachers will….. * understand the importance Visual Arts participation has on academic performance. * understand the relationship between the Critical Analysis process in the Visual Arts and Common Core Literacy Standards in Reading, Writing and Speaking and Listening.

understand the importance Visual Arts participation has on academic performance

All Students participating in arts-related classes: * Stay in school * Have higher graduation rates * Less likely to drop out of school * Perform higher in academic areas such as mathematics, reading and writing * Achieve higher scores on standardized tests such as the SAT and the FCAT

* Information was based on 188, th Grade Students * For the general population, the more arts classes taken, the higher the student achievement in all measures. * For students on “free and reduced lunch” an indicator of socioeconomic levels, the more arts classes taken, the higher the student achievement in all measures. * For students divided by ethnicity, the more arts classes taken, the higher the student achievement in all measures * The more arts classes taken, the less likely a student is to dropout of the cohort group.

* Information Based on 197, th Grade students * Overall increase in the number of 12 th grade students taking arts- related classes * Marked increase in the number of students qualifying for free- reduced lunch in arts-related classes * Overall increase in the number of students graduating with a standard high school diploma who took an arts-related class

understand the relationship between the Critical Analysis process in the Visual Arts and Common Core Literacy Standards in Reading, Writing and Speaking and Listening

* Demonstrate independence * Build Strong content knowledge * Respond to varying demands of audience, task, purpose and discipline * Comprehend as well as critique * Value evidence * Use technology and digital media strategically and capably. * Come to understand other perspectives and cultures

* Meaningful appreciation and study of works of art begins with close observation. * The Core Standards in Literacy similarly describe reading as the product of sustained observation and attention to detail. * The arts reward sustained inquiry and provide a perfect opportunity for students to practice the discipline of close observation.

* In both the arts and reading, such attention to the specifics can be hard, particularly when the work is complex. * The process of analyzing artworks is a slow, gradual one that requires practice. * Appreciation requires tolerating any initial confusion or uncertainty and staying with it until more is seen

* Describe-find the facts * Analysis-determine the relationships among the facts * Interpretation-explain the meaning * Evaluation/Judgment-determine the quality or lasting importance of the work

* Work collaboratively in assigned group * Select a Scholastic Art Magazine Issue-Text * Connect to Museum Theme from Newspapers in Education (NIE)-Text * Find 2-4 works in the Museum that reflect the connection * Create a 1-2 minute presentation (Power Point or Movie) that supports your connection.

Learning Goal: Art Teachers will understand the relationship between the Critical Analysis process in the Visual Arts and Common Core Literacy standards in reading, writing and speaking and listening. Activity: Select a Scholastic Art Magazine issue, connect to a museum them and find 2-4 works of art in the Museum of Fine Arts collection that reflect the connection. Through group collaboration, create a 1-2 minute presentation (movie or power point) that supports your connection.

Steps 1. Select a Scholastic Magazine Issue from the past two years-see attached list. Common Core Reading-Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.

Steps 2. Connect the magazine selection to one of these themes* Communication through Art Identity and Individuality Culture and society Folklore and myth *Newspaper in Education Themes-see handout. Common Core Reading-Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.

Steps 3. Select 2-4 works in the museum collection that connect the Scholastic Art Magazine Issue with a Museum theme. Work can be photographed in museum without a flash. Common Core Reading-Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.

Steps 4. Find content via web links, Scholastic Magazine online on selected works that support your analysis of the connection Visit the website com/ com/ Common Core Writing-Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism.

Steps 5. Write a claim/analysis of the relationship of the 2-4 museum works selected. This will be your script the presentation Common Core Writing-Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.

Steps 6. Create a presentation (1-2 min) that basically tells a story of your claim/analysis of the relationship of the 2-4 museum works. Common Core Speaking and Listening- Present information, findings, and supporting evidence such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. Speaking and Listening- Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data to express information and enhance understanding of presentations

Steps 7. Present to Group Common Core Speaking and Listening- Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data to express information and enhance understanding of presentations