TITLE: Compare and Contrast Historical Time Periods

ENGLISH: Essay

TEKS:

8.10A, B, D, F, H 8.11 A-D 8.13 8.17 8.23

The above are continuations of TEKS objectives encountered in the 6th and 7th grades.

OBJECTIVE:

Students will be able to make comparisons and show contrasts between two similar or dissimilar art objects. Historical time periods will be indicated by dress and inventions.

MATERIALS:

• Essay Paper
• Camera and Film
• See images below

IMPLEMENTATION:

1. After viewing the images of art objects above, students will explore the time periods depicted, the setting, the dress of the characters, the social and monetary standing of the subjects, the emotions depicted, and the possible relationship of each character in each painting/picture to the other characters in that image.
2. Teachers may opt to have students brainstorm adjectives, adjectival phrases, verbs, verb phrases, prepositional phrases and other parts of speech with students prior to having students do activity.

RELATED ACTIVITIES:

1. Students may wish to do further research on the history of the Japanese culture in order to identify the reasons for European style of dress shown in the image.
2. Students may create a drawing or painting displaying the different styles of dress worn by the colonists after their first few years in America, during the westward expansion, and while living on the frontier.
3. The Japanese warrior prints may be used in place of another selection.
4. The photograph may be viewed as an example of a "staged" photo.