Study Sheets
Broadcasts 62-67

Broadcast 62
Class objective: students see new arts emerging in response to the Jazz Age, the Dust Bowl, and the Great Depression.

1. If you were asked to compose a piece of music similar in style to Louis Armstrong's, what are some of the qualities you would include?
2. Use the "SAGE" process to discuss this painting by Jacob Lawrence. See the painting; Analyze the painting using elements and principles; Guess about the meaning or symbolism; Evaluate the painting.
3. Describe the historic circumstances that surround Dorothea Lange's photograph of the Migrant Mother.
4. What are some similarities between the music of Woody Guthrie and the photographs of Dorothea Lange?
5. Art of the 20th Century uses experimental techniques and breaks with the past. How does Georgia O'Keeffe accomplish this in Red Poppies?

Broadcast 63
Class objective: students learn how skyscrapers began in America, and see an example of postmodernism in a field trip to Louisville's Humana Building.

1. Define or explain the following terms or ideas:
   1. Form follows function:
   2. Setbacks:
   3. The Cathedral of Commerce:
   4. Art Deco Style:
   5. Polished Death:
   6. Less is more and Less is a bore:
2. What are some of the characteristics of Postmodernism in architecture, as seen in Michael Graves' Humana Building?

The following broadcasts are clips from the Connections series. For more information about the Theater Basics, Music Basics, Dance Basics, and Visual Arts Basics see the Connections web site: www.dl.ket.org/connections.

Broadcast 64 - History of Theater from Theater Basics (10:00) and Introduction to 'Night Mother

Broadcast 65 - More Clips from Basics: Ways to Listen (40:00) and History of Dance (7:00)

Broadcast 66 - Also from Basics: Purposes of art (16:00) Seeing a Painting (10:00) and Intersections (5:00)

Broadcast 67 - Modern Native American Arts.

Native American Links

• Native Tech - A comprehensive site with many articles, news, and images. Take some time to look around. This site will open up in a new window.
• Native American Dance - Nice resource with short descriptions of many traditional dances, and images of the clothing associated with different dances.
• Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian - A beautiful site of American Indian art. See the Exhibitions section, which has lots of great information and images in Adobe Acrobat format.
• Native Web - Lots and lots of links in the Arts and Crafts categories well worth seeing.
• Native American Culture Stories and Legends - A great, nicely organized site with lots of traditional stories and legends from many native tribes and nations.

Also See:

• Truman Lowe - Nice site about the modern Winnebago artist with lots of images.
• Ancient Architects of the Mississippi - Indian Mounds in the southern U.S.
• Beads and Beadwork - History, images, symbolism, and links.
• Navajo Weaving - A brief social history with nice images.
• Navajo Weaving as a Way of Life - a lesson plan and resource.
• History of Wounded Knee and the Ghost Dance - Excellent history with an abundance of information and images. Contains a few graphic photographs.
• Mascots: Racism in Schools - Read an argument against using Indians as team mascots (no art content).
• Native American Authors - Alphabetic links by author and tribe to many, many Native American authors.
• Native Radio - Listen to streaming audio of different kinds of modern Native American music. Requires a media player.
• John Trudell - A Sioux singer-songwriter.
• Buffy Sainte-Marie - Art and information from the well-known Cree singer-songwriter and artist, with links to other resources.