lessons, and days that target vocabulary) Frontloading PowerPoint The quest for the beginning days is to try to establish what students Day(s) 1-2: Analyzing Artwork know about the time period and worksheet practice analyzing and interpreting Activities/Strategies: visual images for meaning related to Article: Samuel Bak the experiences during the Holocaust Gallery Walk of 20 paintings Surrealist Painter to build student empathy. by Samuel Bak as introduction to the Teacher begins by stating: experiences of the “We will examine several painting by Holocaust. surrealist artist, Samuel Bak.” Teacher led class discussion Teacher projects famous example: and analysis of The Family Salvador Dali and The Persistence of by Samuel Bak. Memory painted in 1931 (Slide 1 of Samuel Bak Paintings PowerPoint). Students are paired and given one color copy per So to begin: What is surrealism? teacher discretion (some Surrealism was an artistic and paintings are more complex literary movement (20th century), to analyze than others; this dedicated to expressing the is an opportunity to pair imagination as revealed in dreams students who will challenge and the subconscious through and support each other as fantastical, nonsense imagery. well as scaffold learning) of Similar to a metaphor, surrealism one of Bak’s 20 paintings makes a comparison of unlike things and students work together or objects that have some to complete Analyzing Art characteristics in common for the worksheet. purpose of expressing a message. The 20th-century avant-garde Teacher circulates and movement in art and literature prompts students for depth sought to release the creative of understanding and prior potential of the unconscious mind, knowledge of time period. for example by the irrational juxtaposition of images. Homework: Students are Juxtaposition: The fact of two things assigned a biographical being seen or placed close together reading of Samuel Bak for with contrasting effect.
lessons, and days that target vocabulary) Frontloading Day(s) 1-2: Activities/Strategies: Gallery Walk of 20 paintings by Samuel Bak as introduction to the experiences of the Holocaust. Teacher led class discussion and analysis of The Family by Samuel Bak. Students are paired and given one color copy per teacher discretion (some paintings are more complex to analyze than others; this is an opportunity to pair students who will challenge and support each other as well as scaffold learning) of one of Bak’s 20 paintings and students work together to complete Analyzing Art worksheet. Teacher circulates and prompts students for depth of understanding and prior knowledge of time period. Homework: Students are assigned a biographical reading of Samuel Bak for PowerPoint Analyzing Artwork worksheet Article: Samuel Bak Surrealist Painter The quest for the beginning days is to try to establish what students know about the time period and practice analyzing and interpreting visual images for meaning related to the experiences during the Holocaust to build student empathy. Teacher begins by stating: “We will examine several painting by surrealist artist, Samuel Bak.” Teacher projects famous example: Salvador Dali and The Persistence of Memory painted in 1931 (Slide 1 of Samuel Bak Paintings PowerPoint). So to begin: What is surrealism? Surrealism was an artistic and literary movement (20th century), dedicated to expressing the imagination as revealed in dreams and the subconscious through fantastical, nonsense imagery. Similar to a metaphor, surrealism makes a comparison of unlike things or objects that have some characteristics in common for the purpose of expressing a message. The 20th-century avant-garde movement in art and literature sought to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind, for example by the irrational juxtaposition of images. Juxtaposition: The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.
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