“Camping”
In this activity, students will incorporate Camp aesthetics and sensibility into a work of art.
ART & LIT LESSON 4: FINE ART
1—2 class periods (60-90 min) + visual assignment
VIDEO:
Notes on Camp Video and Transcript
HANDOUTS:
Handout 1 (as needed)
Handout 2 (as needed)
Handout 3 (as needed)
Handout 4 (as needed)
WORKSHEET:
TEACHING PLAN:
- Art and Culture
Medium > Visual Arts
Subject Matter > Art History
Subject Matter > Music
- History and Social Studies
People > LGBT
Themes > Culture
World > The Modern World
- Literature and Language Arts
Genre > Drama
Genre > Essay
Genre > Poetry
Genre > Short Stories
Place > American
Place > Modern World
- Analysis
- Auditory analysis
- Creative writing
- Critical thinking
- Cultural analysis
- Discussion
- Film editing
- Interpretation
- Journal writing
- Letter writing
- Literary analysis
- Making inferences and drawing conclusions
- Media analysis
- Musical analysis
- Report writing
- Representing ideas and information orally, graphically, and in writing
- Painting
- Photography
- Poetry analysis
- Poetry writing
- Role-playing/Performance
- Synthesis
- Visual analysis
- Visual art analysis
- Visual art skills
- Writing skills
- ELA Writing: 2-4, 10
- ELA Speaking & Listening: 1, 4
- HSS Writing: 2, 4, 10
LESSON 4 HANDOUTS
- Allow additional time for peer review, editing, revision, and critique of finished works.
- Assign a longer essay or response paper in place of the short reflection, asking students to research related historical or contemporary examples of Camp aesthetics or sensibility, then incorporate these findings into their writing.
- Publish a selection of artwork in the school newspaper or literary/art journal, coordinate a class blog or web gallery, or encourage students to submit their final pieces independently.