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New Hampshire Frameworks Correlations
The Last Expression:
Art and Auschwitz
Using essays, biographies, interviews, and art this site explores
the role, function and meaning of art in Nazi concentration camps
during WWII with a special focus on Auschwitz.
Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School Teacher Section: No Searchable: No
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 Standards
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- Analyze historical documents, artifacts, and other materials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 Standards
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.
- 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.
The Arts: Visual Art
Curriculum Standard 4
Analyze the visual arts in relation to history and culture.
Proficiency Standards
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.
- Describe and place a variety of art objects by style and artist,
and by historical and cultural contexts.
- Describe how a given work of art can be interpreted differently
in various cultures and time.
- Analyze, describe, and demonstrate how factors of time and
place influence visual characteristics that give meaning and
value to a work of art.
Proficiency Standards
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.
- Analyze relationships among works of art in terms of history,
aesthetics, and culture, using their observations to inform
their own art making.
- Understand various critical models of interpreting works from
several historical periods and cultures.
- 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 Standards
By the end of grade eight students will be able to:
- Compare multiple purposes for creating works of art.
- Analyze the meanings of contemporary and historic artworks.
- Evaluate the quality and effectiveness of their own and others’
work by using specific criteria.
Proficiency Standards
By the end of grade twelve students will be able to:
- Research and analyze historic meaning and purpose in various
works of art.
- Defend personal interpretations to better understand specific
works of art.
- Reflect critically on various interpretations to better understand
specific works of art.
- Analyze and interpret art works identifying relationships
among form, context and purposes.
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