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Enduring Idea of the Unit: Experiences with natural disasters are common to the shared human experience. Art Idea of the Unit: The destructive power of a natural disaster has been expressed through art in all times and cultures.
Unit Objectives

· Students will demonstrate an understanding of how artists have chosen to depict the forces of nature in different times and cultures. (Art History)

· Students will evaluate artworks that exhibit the power of natural forces, supporting their beliefs with reasoned responses. (Aesthetics)

· Students will communicate interpretations of artworks about forces of nature supported with compelling reasons. (Art Criticism)

· Students will draw upon the universal human experience of the forces of nature to express personal meaning through art making. (Art Production)

· Students will make a collage that represents people at the mercy of a force of nature. (Art Production)


Overview

Lesson 1

Students will investigate the destructive natural force of a tornado through the painting Tornado over Kansas. They will also each write an illustrated letter based on personal experience or from the point of view of one of the characters in the artwork.



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 Lesson 2

Students will compare and contrast Tornado over Kansas with The Great Wave off Kanagawa, a print from another time and culture that also portrays the forces of nature.

Lesson 3

Students will make a collage showing people affected by a natural disaster. They will also complete a self-reflection form and display their writings and artwork at the end of the unit.

Resources and Materials
Reproductions

Tornado over Kansas, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, Michigan, www.muskegon.k12.mi.us/mma

The Great Wave off Kangawa, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York , www.metmuseum.org; also available in Take5 Art Prints set,Printmaking, Crystal Productions, www.crystalproductions.com.

Videos (optional)
· Any videos about tornadoes, selected portions
· The Wizard of Oz, selected portions
· The Wrath of God: Tornadoes, Nature’s Deadly Spirals, available from the History Channel
· Secrets of the Tornado, available from The Tornado Project, P.0. Box 302, St. Johnsbury, Vermont 05819
· Comes a Tide, Reading Rainbow video




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