New Hampshire Frameworks Correlations

Guernica: Testimony of War
Proving the adage that a picture is worth a thousand words, Picasso's masterpiece Guernica powerfully captures the horror of war. This site traces the history of the painting, the Spanish Civil war, the bombing of Guernica, and also examines the role of art in politics.
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Social Studies: History

  Curriculum Standard 16
Students will demonstrate the ability to employ historical analysis, interpretation, and comprehension to make reasoned judgments and to gain an understanding, perspective, and appreciation of history and its uses in contemporary situations.

Proficiency Standard
By the end of grade ten students will be able to:

  • Analyze historical documents, artifacts, and other materials for credibility, relevance, and point of view.
  Curriculum Standard 18
Students will demonstrate a knowledge of the chronology and significant developments of world history including the study of ancient, medieval, and modern Europe (Western civilization) with particular emphasis on those developments that have shaped the experience of the entire globe over the last 500 years and those ideas, institutions, and cultural legacies that have directly influenced American thought, culture, and politics.

Proficiency Standard
By the end of grade ten students will be able to:

  • Demonstrate an understanding of the causes and worldwide consequences of World War I, the Russian Revolutions, World War II, the Chinese Revolution, the Cold War, and post-World War II conflicts.

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  • Discuss the significance of major cultural, economic, and political developments in the 20th century including the development and internationalization of art, music, and literature; the worldwide quest for democracy, political freedom, and human rights; the making of the European community of nations; the growth of international trade; and new approaches to worldwide cooperation and interdependence.

Arts: Visual Arts

  Curriculum Standard 4
Analyze the visual arts in relation to history and culture.

Proficiency Standard
By the end of grade eight students will be able to:
  • Compare the characteristics of works of art representing various cultures, historical periods, and artists.

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  • Describe and place a variety of art objects by style and artist, and by historical and cultural contexts.
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  • Describe how a given work of art can be interpreted differently in various cultures and time.
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  • Analyze, describe, and demonstrate how factors of time and place influence visual characteristics that give meaning and value to a work of art.
Proficiency Standard
By the end of grade twelve students will be able to:
  • Differentiate among a variety of historical and cultural contexts in terms of characteristics and purposes of works of art.

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  • Analyze relationships among works of art in terms of history, aesthetics, and culture, using their observations to inform their own art making.
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  • Understand various critical models of interpreting works from several historical periods and cultures.
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  • Analyze common characteristics of visual arts evident across time and among cultural/ethnic groups to formulate analyses, evaluations, and interpretations of meaning.
  Curriculum Standard 5
Analyze, interpret and evaluate their own and others’ artwork.

Proficiency Standard
By the end of grade eight students will be able to:
  • Compare multiple purposes for creating works of art.
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  • Analyze the meanings of contemporary and historic artworks.
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  • Evaluate the quality and effectiveness of their own and others’ work by using specific criteria.
Proficiency Standard
By the end of grade twelve students will be able to:
  • Research and analyze historic meaning and purpose in various works of art.

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  • Defend personal interpretations to better understand specific works of art.
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  • Reflect critically on various interpretations to better understand specific works of art.
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  • Analyze and interpret art works identifying relationships among form, context and purposes.