Year 9 - Art and design
Repetition in art activism
Social action
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Unit Summary
Pupils will explore social action in a variety of forms, from collaborative practice to inndividual action and how art works can challenge ideas and influenece decisions. These lessons encourage critical thinking and self-expression, fostering creativity, empathy, and social awareness.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to employ repetition to raise awareness of social issues and amplify underrepresented voices.
Key Notes
- Art can bring awareness to social issues from around the world and can be about anything.
- Art activism can amplify the voices of those who are under represented and anyone can be an activist.
- Repetition in activism reinforces messages, using techniques and events to amplify impact and create change over time.
Vocabulary To Learn
- amplify: to make something stronger, louder, or more noticeable. For example, if you amplify an idea or message, you make it more powerful or easier for people to notice or understand.
- repetition: when you repeat an action, phrase, or image multiple times
- symbol: an simple image or phrase that represents or stands for something else
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Artwork is often seen as a passive object that hangs on a wall.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Art can bring awareness to social issues from around the world and can be about anything. Art activism can amplify the voices of those who are under represented and anyone can be an activist.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'amplify'
to make something stronger, louder, or more noticeable. For example, if you amplify an idea or message, you make it more powerful or easier for people to notice or understand.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Artwork is often seen as a passive object that hangs on a wall. Correction: Art can also be used to activate social change and is a process that can helps spark conversation and raise awareness. The act of creating and sharing the work is powerful in itself.
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