Encourage the students to visit or write to the Allen Sapp Art Gallery in North Battleford for information. Create drawings or paintings of themselves and their friends and families. Create murals that depict the students' own community or communities. Talk about the various ways of life depicted in the photographs. Invite students grandparents to the class to talk about their way of life when they were the students' age.
Art tells something about the society or community in which it was created.
For young students studying this concept, select works which are realistic so the students can relate to the content of the art work. At each grade, students should experience a mini-unit of study that uses the work of an artist as its focal point. The artist selected will depend on what resource material the teacher has access to. The teacher should choose an artist whose work will be of interest to the students, or have students choose from a selection presented by the teacher. Remember that, although resources at hand might be limited, this unit should include research.