Monday, April 13, 2009

Week 7-#17

I have a tired old lesson that I think would work well in a wiki.

The Armory Show of 1913 is a hallmark of the beginning of the Modern period in literature.  This show, complete with cubism, surrealism and dadaism, set us on our red-blooded American ears.  The reviews of the art work are a lesson in and of themselves.  

My Armory Show unit combines literature, art and critical theory, to create a literary paper.  The learner finds a piece of art that appeals to them.  Then, they find a piece of literature we have read that has some similarities in content and form.  Then, they choose one of four modernist thinkers to assist their critical perspective.  As you can imagine, this unit is received with mixed reviews.  

I think opening it up digitally might be just what the doctor ordered.  As exciting as literary criticism is for a 15 year-old, they might be interested in adding some artistic aspect to an online wiki, with pictures if nothing else.  There was an artistic component, as the student made a piece of art (poetry, story, painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.) that was informed by the other three components.  This could be photographed or posted online, depending on the medium.

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