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Warriors and Soldiers The Warriors and Soldiers task allows students to demonstrate their ability to identify and describe the features and meanings of sculptures. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are two pictures. This task is a part of the Responding to Art task series from 2003. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments. |
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We Can Take Care of Our Planet! In this task, students will be a part of this two part task to tackle environmental issues and brainstorm what can be done in the future to solve these problems. This task includes: |
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Wearable Arts The Wearable Arts task allows students to demonstrate their ability to form and explain a personal response to artists’ works and consider artists’ intentions. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a video on a laptop computer and two pictures. This task is a part of the Responding to Art task series from 2003 by NEMP. |
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Whakairo Rakau The Whakairo Rakau task allows students to demonstrate their ability to identify and discuss the special features and symbolism of traditional Mäori carvings. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are pictures. This task is a part of the Responding to Art task series from 1999 by NEMP. |
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Why Warm Up? In Why Warm Up? students will learn and perform a warm-up series and then explain the purpose of several of the exercises. This task includes:
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Writing on the Walls In this task, students will study and research the issue of graffiti, exploring its history and modern sociological impact. They will represent their journey through a photo journal. This task includes: |
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Zines The Zines unit includes an introduction, the learning focus, 5 teaching and learning activities, assessment criteria, and resources. Unit description from source: In Zines, students discuss, investigate and evaluate popular print and online media and publish their own work. Building on their interests, students develop skills in researching, gathering information, and writing and presenting different kinds of texts and images through the publishing process. Students use information and communications technology, including the Internet, for researching and for publishing their own work online or in ‘hard copy’ publications. |
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