Forum: Gallery Curation by Lisa Martin https://padlet.com/lisamartin39/jvzbe2cpunmz Exploring the Social Commentary of Subversive Acts Using Banksy's Graffiti en-us 2014-09-22 16:22:53 UTC 2025-09-27 14:03:46 UTC hello@padlet.com Area of Exploration lisamartin39 https://padlet.com/lisamartin39/jvzbe2cpunmz/wish/648544785     Intertextuality: Connecting Texts]]> 2020-07-06 18:25:17 UTC https://padlet.com/lisamartin39/jvzbe2cpunmz/wish/648544785 Concepts Explored lisamartin39 https://padlet.com/lisamartin39/jvzbe2cpunmz/wish/648546403 Culture
Creativity
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Perspective]]> 2020-07-06 18:27:30 UTC https://padlet.com/lisamartin39/jvzbe2cpunmz/wish/648546403 This mini-unit is intended to allow students to critically explore social commentary via the graffiti-type art of Banksy, who self-describes as a “ 'quality vandal,' challenging the authority of political and art institutions on both the right and the left." Additionallly, students will walk away with a well reasoned understanding of Banksy and subversive or controversial art and its place in society as a commentary or change agent. lisamartin39 https://padlet.com/lisamartin39/jvzbe2cpunmz/wish/648546982 2020-07-06 18:28:23 UTC https://padlet.com/lisamartin39/jvzbe2cpunmz/wish/648546982 ATL Skills Practiced lisamartin39 https://padlet.com/lisamartin39/jvzbe2cpunmz/wish/648559028 Thinking skills
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Students will keep a journal for personal response as well as notes as they interact with each piece. We will have large and small group discussions along the way, and for their  final product students will curate six of their favorite pieces of art and will write a mock HL essay on their chosen set.]]> 2020-07-06 19:53:41 UTC https://padlet.com/lisamartin39/jvzbe2cpunmz/wish/648602203