School Times Webquest

Introduction

You just got a job as a news reporter and your first assignment requires you to research various art movements. You will seek to understand how past movements including: Renaissance, Romanticism, and Modern art influences todays contemporary artists. Great news: You just found out that your article will be feature on the front page of School Times!  Your job is to create a digital front page of our newspaper: School Times. You must include images and compare and contrast at least 5 artists (including one local artist). 

Task

Great news: You have two weeks to conduct your research and to write your article!  Once your article is published (printed) you will present it to the class.

1. Conduct research, analyze and evaluate information about a Renaissance artists, Romanticism, Modern art and  contemporary artists. using the websites listed.
2. Conduct research, evaluate and present opinions about a contempoary artist’s piece of work referencing the descriptive terminology.
3. Create a digital front page of School Times newspaper: Reflect and Respond to the following question: How have  past art movements including: Renaissance, Romanticism, and Modern art influenced todays contemporary artists?
4. You must compare and contrast at least 5 artists (One of the five artists must be a local artist).

5. You must inlcude images of the 5 artists selected in the above task (additional images may be included as needed).

6. You must use at least 5 of the sources listed

7. Present your front page of School Times to the class or audience.

Process

You are so excited to begin your first assignment!

Now that you are ready it's time to get started.  Don't fret your not alone on your first assigment. Your have wonderful mentors (your teahcer and/or help from an adult) that will guide you along your way.

Great News: Your mentor (Teacher) has provided you with a worksheet of multiple websites to begin your research.

Step one: Visit at least 5 of the websites provided for you on the worksheet.

Step two: Find five artists (whose artwork you like). Remember you must select an artist from each of the following categories: Renaissance, Romanticism, Modern art, Contemporary, and a local artist?

(Hint: to help with the local artists see your worksheet your mentor (Teacher) provided you. Websites including The Customs House Museum and Cultural Center, Frist Center for Visual Arts,  and Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art).

Step three: Great reporters always take notes! Therefore, use your spiral notebook and take notes.

(Hint: You will want to take notes of the following:

1. Artist name

2. The birth/death date

3. Where they were born

4. The names of their famous artworks

5. What material these artworks were created with

6. The size of the piece of artwork

7. The category the artwork belongs to:nRenaissance, Romanticism, Modern art, Contemporary, or local artist.) 

8. Why you selected the artist

9. Why you selected these specific artworks they created

Step four: Every reporter has to check-in with their mentors! See the teacher and show off your great research (Your notes)! 

Step five:  Once your research (your notes) are approve, your ready to begin writing. Use the computer and type a rough draft of your article. 

       Remember the topic of your article is: How have  past art movements including: Renaissance,  Romanticism, and Modern art influenced todays contemporary artists?

(Hint: to help with writing your article see your worksheet your mentor (Teacher) provided you. Websites including: The New York Times, The Tennessean, and The Leaf Chronicle  may help you when you begin writing).

Step six: Every reporter has to check-in with their mentors! See the teacher and show off your article!

Step seven: Once approved you are now ready to make your front page article. With the help of your mentor (your teacher/ or help from an adult) you will design your article in a newspaper fashion. Your mentor (your teacher) will provide you with a template.

Step eight: You are now ready to add images. Remember you must have 5 images, one from each category: Renaissance, Romanticism, Modern art, Contemporary, and a local artist.

Step nine: One last check with your mentor (your teacher) and together you will publish your article.

Step ten:  Excellent work reporter! You have just publish your first article. It is time to show it off. You will now present your article to the class!

 

Evaluation

Every reporter gets critique

Students, please use the rubric below when completing your School Times article. You may earn up to 800 points for the entire project based on the criteria listed.

Good luck reporter!

Rubric

Unsatisfactory

0 pts

Begining

25 pts

Developing

50 pts

Very Good

75 pts

Excellent

100 pts
Journal with notes

Students notes are at the Unsatisfactory stage. Missing all  of the following categories : Artist name, The birth/death date, Where they were born, The names of their famous artworks,  What material these artworks were created withm The size of the piece of artwork,  The category the artwork belongs to:Renaissance, Romanticism, Modern art, Contemporary, or local artist.) , Why you selected the artist, Why you selected these specific artworks they created.

Students notes are at the Begining stage. Missing 5 or more of the following categoreis: Artist name, The birth/death date, Where they were born, The names of their famous artworks,  What material these artworks were created withm The size of the piece of artwork,  The category the artwork belongs to:Renaissance, Romanticism, Modern art, Contemporary, or local artist.) , Why you selected the artist, Why you selected these specific artworks they created.

Students notes are at the Developing stage. Missing 3 of the following categoreis: Artist name, The birth/death date, Where they were born, The names of their famous artworks,  What material these artworks were created withm The size of the piece of artwork,  The category the artwork belongs to:Renaissance, Romanticism, Modern art, Contemporary, or local artist.) , Why you selected the artist, Why you selected these specific artworks they created.

Students notes are at the Very Good stage. Missing 2 of the following categoreis: Artist name, The birth/death date, Where they were born, The names of their famous artworks,  What material these artworks were created withm The size of the piece of artwork,  The category the artwork belongs to:Renaissance, Romanticism, Modern art, Contemporary, or local artist.) , Why you selected the artist, Why you selected these specific artworks they created.

Students notes are the Excellent stage. Missing none of the follwing categories: Artist name, The birth/death date, Where they were born, The names of their famous artworks,  What material these artworks were created withm The size of the piece of artwork,  The category the artwork belongs to:nRenaissance, Romanticism, Modern art, Contemporary, or local artist.) , Why you selected the artist, Why you selected these specific artworks they created

_____/100
Checks-in with Mentor (Teacher) Student does not check- in with the mentor (teacher). Student attempts to check- in with the mentor (teacher) at least once. Student checks- in with the mentor (teacher) one time. Student checks-in with the mentor (teacher) Two times or more.  _____/100
5 or more sources: One for each category that the artist or artwork belongs to: Renaissance, Romanticism, Modern art, Contemporary, and Local Artist.

 

Students are at the Unsatisfactory stage. Does not include any sources for the following categories : Renaissance, Romanticism, Modern art, Contemporary, or local artist.

Students are at the Begining stage. Missing 4 or more sources for the following categories: Renaissance, Romanticism, Modern art, Contemporary, or local artist.

Students are at the Developing stage. Missing 3 of the following sources for the following categories: Renaissance, Romanticism, Modern art, Contemporary, or local artist.  Students are at the Very Good stage. Missing 2 of the following sources for the following categories: Renaissance, Romanticism, Modern art, Contemporary, or local artist. Students are at the Excellent stage missing none of the following sources for the following categories: Renaissance, Romanticism, Modern art, Contemporary, or local artist. ______/100
5 or more artists: One for each category that the artist or artwork belongs to: Renaissance, Romanticism, Modern art, Contemporary, and Local Artist.  Students are at the Unsatisfactory stage. Does not include any artists for the following categories : Renaissance, Romanticism, Modern art, Contemporary, or local artist. Students are at the Begining stage. Missing 4 or more artists for the following categories: Renaissance, Romanticism, Modern art, Contemporary, or local artist. Students are at the Developing stage. Missing 3 of the following artists for the following categories: Renaissance, Romanticism, Modern art, Contemporary, or local artist. Students are at the Very Good stage. Missing 2 of the following artists for the following categories: Renaissance, Romanticism, Modern art, Contemporary, or local artist.
Students are at the Excellent stage missing none of the following artists for the following categories: Renaissance, Romanticism, Modern art, Contemporary, or local artist.
______/100
5 or more images: One for each category that the  artwork belongs to: Renaissance, Romanticism, Modern art, Contemporary, and Local Artist.
Students are at the Unsatisfactory stage. Does not include any images for the following categories : Renaissance, Romanticism, Modern art, Contemporary, or local artist. Students are at the Begining stage. Missing 4 or more images for the following categories: Renaissance, Romanticism, Modern art, Contemporary, or local artist. Students are at the Developing stage. Missing 3 of the following images for the following categories: Renaissance, Romanticism, Modern art, Contemporary, or local artist. Students are at the Very Good stage. Missing 2 of the following images for the following categories: Renaissance, Romanticism, Modern art, Contemporary, or local artist Students are at the Excellent stage missing none of the following images for the following categories: Renaissance, Romanticism, Modern art, Contemporary, or local artist. ______/100
Grammer Students are at the Unsatisfactory stage. Does not pay attention to grammer and has many errors in the article.
Students are at the Begining stage. Has 4 or more grammatical errors in the article.  Students are at the Developing stage. Has 3 grammatical errors in the article. Students are at the Very Good stage. Has only 2 grammatical errors the article.
 Students are at the Excellent stage has no grammatical errors in the article. ______/100
Mechanics/Spelling Students are at the Unsatisfactory stage. Does not pay attention to mechanics or spelling and has many errors in the article. Students are at the Begining stage. Has 4 or more mechanics and spelling errors in the article.  Students are at the Developing stage. Has 3 mechanical/ spelling errors in the article. Students are at the Very Good stage. Has only 2 mechanical/spelling errors the article. Students are at the Excellent stage has no mechnical/ spelling errors in the article. ______/100
Presentation Students are at the Unsatisfactory stage. Does not present research.
Students are at the Begining stage. Leaves out major key details and only describes one artist or artwork. Students are at the Developing stage. Describes only  three artists or artworks. Leaves out several key details.
Students are at the Very Good stage. Students describe reseach. Only talks about four artists or artworks. Leaves out a few details. Students are at the Excellent stage they throughly describe their research in relation to the topic. ______/100
Total Score ______/800
Conclusion

Congratulations, you just completed your first assignment as a news reporter! I hope you have fun and that it was educational. This article was just the beginning. As a reporter, you will continue to explore various artists and art movements.

 

Credits

With the help of the teacher or an adult you may use the following resources, to conduct your research:

1. Guggenheim:  http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/collections/collection-online/moveme…

2. MoMa: http://www.moma.org/

3. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: http://www.metmuseum.org/

4. The J. Paul Getty Museum: http://www.getty.edu/museum/

5. Whitney Museum of American Art:http://whitney.org/

6. Frick Collection:http://www.frick.org/

7. New Museum of Contemporary Art:http://www.newmuseum.org/

8. Dia Art Foundation:http://www.diaart.org/

9. Smithsonian American Art Museum:http://americanart.si.edu/

10. Louvre Museum: http://www.louvre.fr/en

11. Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art: http://www.macba.com.ar/eng-institucional.php

12. The Customs House Museum and Cultural Center: http://customshousemuseum.org/

13. Frist Center for Visual Arts: http://fristcenter.org/

14. Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art:http://www.cheekwood.org/Art.aspx

15. Georgia Museum of Art: http://georgiamuseum.org/

16. Art on the Edge: 17 Contempoarary American Artists: http://photos.state.gov/libraries/amgov/30145/publications-english/arto…

17. Archives of American Art: http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/items

18. Art Cyclopedia: http://www.artcyclopedia.com/

19. The Book of Art for Young People: https://archive.org/details/bookofartforyoun00conw

20. A - Z Art Dictionary: http://www.masterworksfineart.com/educational-resources/art-dictionary/

21. Artstor: http://www.artstor.org/

22. The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/

23. The Tennessean : http://www.tennessean.com/

24. The Leaf Chronicle: http://www.theleafchronicle.com/?from=global&sessionKey=&autologin=

Teacher Page

It is imperative to understand how past artist influence todays artist. This webquest ask students to research and think about how artists techiques change over time. Overall, this webquest seeks to help students strenghten their research, writing, technology and presentation skills.  It does this in a fun an interactive way by allowing the student to play a reporter!

Standards Addressed in School Times Webquest:

Tennessee  2nd Grade Visual Art Standards:

4.1 Understand that art comes from different cultures, times, and places.
4.2 Demonstrate developmentally appropriate knowledge of how culture and history
influence art.

Tennessee  2nd Grade writing Standards:

2.W.5. With guidiance and support from adults and peers, focuses on a topic and strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing.

2.W.7 Participate in shared research and writing projects (e.g., read a number of of books on a sing topic to produce a report; record science observations).

Tenessee 2nd Grade Listening, Viewing, Speaking Standards:

2.SL.1. Comprehension and Collaboration

  1. Participate in collaborative converstaions with diverse partners about grade 2 topics and text with peers and adults in small and large groups
  2. Followed agreed upon rules for discussions (e.g., gaining the floor in respectful ways, listening to others with care, speaking one at a time abou the topic and texts under discussion).
  3. Build on others talk in conversations by linking their comments to the remarks of others.
  4. Ask for clarification and futher explanation as needed about the topics and text under discussion.

2.SL.4. Tell a story or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking audibily in coherent sentences.

2.SL.1 Demonsrtae command of conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

  1. Use collective nouns (e.g., group).
  2. Form and use frequently occuring irregular plural nouns (e.g., feet, children, teeth, mice, fish).
  3. Use reflextive pronous (e.g., myself, ourselves).
  4. Form and usethe past tense of freuently occurring irregular verbs (e.g., sat hid, told).
  5. Use adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified.
  6. Produce, expand, and rearrange compete simple and compound sentences (e.g., the boy watched the movie; the little boy watched the movie. The action movie was watched by the little boy.

2.SL.2. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

  1. Capitalize holidays, product names, and geographic names
  2. Use commas in greetings and closing of letters
  3. Use an apostrophe to form contractions and frequently occurring possessives
  4. Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage, badge, boy, boil)
  5. Consult reference materials, including beginning dictionaries, as needed to check and correct spellings

Tenessee 2nd Grade Computer Technology Standards

1.0 Students will understand basic operations and concepts of technology.
1.1. Students will demonstrate an understanding of the nature and operation of technology systems.
1.2. Students will exhibit a proficiency in the use of technology.
1.3. Students will develop basic keyingskills (alpha numeric and specialcharacters) in using keyboard using the touch system.

 * This webquest can be modified in various ways to adapt to your objectives. Suggestions include: Altering the subject matter students research. Students could reserach just one art movement and dissuss it. Students could compare and contrast two influential art movements. Students may work in pairs or groups.