War Art PDF

War Art is the sixth unit in the Modern Arts course. War Art discusses how art is used to shape the perception of the enemy and strengthen the resolve of the home country. It is also used to protest war or document the price paid by those who fight. This unit includes artists such as John Singer Sergeant, Ernest Wallcousins, Benjamin West, Henry Moore, Frederick Edwin Church, and Norman Rockwell.

This unit contains sections on:

• Posters
• Propaganda & Patriotism
• Patriotic Music

Hands-on Learning

Layers of Learning is an activity-based program. The mentor chooses from among the activities in the unit to create mental hooks for learning. Some of the activities in this unit include:

• Make your own war poster
• Sketch a finger pointing at the viewer as in the famous “Kitchener Wants You” posters from World War I
• Analyze “The Death of General Wolfe” by Benjamin West
• Turn a photograph of a war scene into an abstract painting
• Discuss “The 2000 Yard Stare” by Thomas C. Lea III and then sketch haunted eyes in your own sketchbook
• Color your flag and listen to your own country’s patriotic music
• Draw and color the story behind “The Star Spangled Banner”
• Play a guessing game about which military marches belong to which country and branch of the military
• Plus much more!

Each Layers of Learning Arts unit includes library lists of books, a family read-aloud suggestion, hands-on activities, printables and paper crafts, sidebars for extra learning, and tools to help you assess student’s progress and mastery. You can learn more about how Layers of Learning works in the Curriculum Guide or learn to teach art with the Arts Guidebook for mentors.

See Inside

Here is the inside view of a double page spread from Modern Movements. The curriculum is pick-and-choose, so you select which books and Explorations you would like to read and do out of the many choices.

Flexibility

This unit was written to be used for a month but contains plenty of content for many more weeks of learning if you choose. This is a pick-and-choose curriculum, meant to be cycled back to in the future when your child is older. As such, it intentionally includes far more material than you can possibly cover in a month.

War Art is also part of the overall Modern Arts course, the fourth Year of the four year Layers of Learning Arts cycle. If you use the program in order, it will take you though the art in chronological order, tracking with the Layers of Learning History units. However, each unit stands alone and can be used independently of any other unit.

Printable Pack

This unit comes with a downloadable Printable Pack that includes all the student worksheets. The printables can be copied as many times as needed for your family or class. You can download the Printable Pack from your receipt or from your account at Layers of Learning.

Extra Resources

This unit comes with extra weblinks and a YouTube video playlist on the Modern Arts Resources page.