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1. Topic-
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"The 'Degenerate' Art Exhibition of 1937"
(Entartete Kunst) |
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2. Content-
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This lesson invites students to inquire into the meaning of "degenerate"/modern
art. Students will: profile art and artists of this genre;
gain an understanding of the use of propaganda related to the Nazis;
be able to identify repercussions of censorship.
KEYWORDS: degenerate,dicatorship,Aryan,democracy, displacement, propaganda,
blacklist, Nazism, censorship |
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3. Goals: Aims/Outcomes-
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1.Student will engage in class discussion.
2. Student will connect art with this specific time in history.
3.Student will teach what was learned to someone outside of class.
4.Student will look at censorship from an ethical viewpoint. |
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4. Objectives-
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1. Student will list ten synonyms for the word degenerate.
2.sudent will actively participate in class debate regardin a line
of demarcation between art that is acceptable and art that is not.
2.Student will identify characteristics of degenerate art, and the
consequences of producing it.
3. Students will explain what artists of that time were striving to
communicate.
4. Students will be asked to determine why many German citizens accepted
the subnormality of certain people groups and modern artists.
5. Student will describe three ways the Nazis used propaganda to manipulate
Germans.
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5. Materials and Aids-
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web access,access to:"A nightmare of an exhibition that really happened."
by Kenneth Baker. pages 86-95
"Degenerate Art and the Fate of the avant-gard in Nazi Germany." By
Stephanie Barron.Los Angeles County Museum of Modern Art.1991
*paper *pencil/pe. projector, * Quality art paper for each student.
*oil pastels. *colored pencils. *glue, Scissors. *Old magazines. |
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6. Procedures/Methods-
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A. Introduction-
1.Teacher will provide concise background information on world events
occuring in 1937 pertaining to Nazi Germany.
2. Students wil work in pairs to come up with a list of ten synonyms
for the word degenerateand then write them on the board randomly in
turn.
3Students will read the articles listed in materials.
4. Students will discuss how propaganda was used as a weapon of opression.
5.Students will use the internet to look up |
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B. Development-
1.students will write synonyms on the board randomly and in turn.
2. Teacher facilitates a short discussion on modern art.
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C. Practice-
1.Studens will be rewuired to familiarize themselves with these
modern artists: Dix,Otto,(Otto Dix Project), Fuhrmann,Paul(Mark Vallens:
art-for-a-change), Feiniger,Lionel (Scholars Resource), Kandinski,Wassily(web
museum Paris) Marc,Franz,The Little Blue Horse. Munch,Edvard (Web
Museum Paris), Pechstein,Max.
2.Students will come up with impromptu ansewrs to explain the Nazi
rationale in favor of censorship and its ramifications,
3.Class will discuss the reasons the many German citizensagreed with
the subnormality of people groups and those who produced this type
of art. |
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D. Independent Practice-
Dix,Otto,(Otto Dix Project), Fuhrmann,Paul(Mark Vallens: art-for-a-change),
Feiniger,Lionel (Scholars Resource), Kandinski,Wassily(web museum
Paris) Marc,Franz,The Little Blue Horse. Munch,Edvard (Web Museum
Paris), Pechstein,Max.
2.Note on paper what modern artists of that Generation striving to
communicate.
3. Student will elucidate their personal view of censorship and add
to their project notebook,: 1.What is censorship? Do you bbelieve
the government has the right to censor art? What does the government
have the right to censor? Where do you draw the line of demarcation
in you own life as to that which is expression, and that which is
demeaning?
3. Student will try, with the help of a trusted adult, to locate and
interview someone that lived guring that time. |
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E. Accommodations (Differentiated Instruction)-
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F. Checking for understanding-
1.Student will teach what they hae learned to someone outside of
class and have the person write a response in the students notebook.
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3.Students Will hand in their tidy notebook to demonstrate understanding
and effort. |
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G. Closure-
1.National Standards of the Social Studies, Understands CultureVI,
Power,Authority, and GovernanceX, Civic Ideals and Practices.
2. Language arts, Vuewing standards 9, Understands the Characters
and components of the mediaLevelIV, 1. Uses a range of strageties
to interpret visualmedia(e.g. draws conclusions, makes generalizations,
synthesizes materials viewed,refers to inages or information in visual
mediato support point of view, deconstructs media to determine the
main idea...
Greatest art Theft.com
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7. Evaluation-
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1.Student attempts to create thier own work of modern art.
2.Project Notebook. |
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