PowerPoint to accompany lesson on folk art

1. 1. Write today’s essential question as the
heading of your notes.
2. Make sure your notebook has each of
the following essential questions as
headers with notes for each day:
1. How is folklore defined by and how does
folklore define a group’s identity?
2. What are the different types of folklore and what
purpose does each serve?
3. How has technology changed the folk tale?
What do modern day urban legends say about
our culture?
3. Answer: If folklore represents the
wisdom of the people, what is folk art?
Bell Work
What are the
commonalities of folk art
and folk literature? How
can I use pre-writing
skills to articulate these
similarities?
ELACC9-10RL7: Analyze the representation of a
subject or a key scene in two different artistic
mediums, including what is emphasized or absent
in each treatment.

2. Folk Art: If folklore represents the
wisdom of the people, what is folk art?
Folk Art “High” Art

3. Your Task
• Behave as if you are at an art
exhibit.
– Discuss the art with those around you
in a quiet voice.
– Slowly circulate the room, spending
time analyzing each painting.
• View each piece of art in the
exhibit and choose two that you
find the most intriguing.
• Complete the chart. The theme
and background are listed for you.
You have to do the thinking part!
Tell HOW the theme is produced.
Example
Origin Theme How theme is created
Haiti As she goes
out to sell
her fruit, she
has hope
that she will
be
successful.
• The colors are bright, creating a
positive, hopeful mood.
• The sun in the background appears
to be rising, pushing away
darkness.
• The woman is looking up, rather
than down.
• She wears an optimistic smile.

4. • Answer the essential question on the notecard and in your
notebook.
• Choose your best observation and write it on the other side of
the notecard.
Closure