An understanding of culture is necessary before students can understand artworlds, the key concept of this curriculum resource. Worlds Within Worlds is a good introduction if your students are unfamiliar with the idea of culture. The lesson can also be taught after Places in the LA Artworld to transfer understanding between art and social studies. Places in the LA Artworld is the key lesson in this resource. It introduces and illustrates the defining characteristics of an artworld.
Students make an artworld bulletin board.
Cruising the LA Artworld asks students to apply their understanding of the defining characteristics of artworlds from the Places in the LA Art World lesson to their analysis of art-related Web sites on LA Culture Net and beyond. Using and Understanding Art from Other Artworlds helps students seek ideas for their own art making by looking at artworks from other cultures. The first unit of the Worlds of Art curriculum resource is called Understanding Artworlds , which consists of four lesson plans that help students broaden their understanding of art and culture. Each lesson can stand alone or be used in conjunction with the others. The Understanding Artworlds curriculum unit takes a thematic approach .