Standards for Thomas Nast- The Artist

Explain the relevance of personal interests and perspectives, civic virtues, and democratic principles when people address issues and problems in government and civil society.

Analyze the impact and the appropriate roles of personal interests and perspectives on the application of civic virtues, democratic principles, constitutional rights, and human rights.

Critique the usefulness of historical sources for a specific historical inquiry based on their maker, date, place of origin, intended audience, and purpose.

Evaluate the relevancy and utility of a historical source based on information such as maker, date, place of origin, intended audience, and purpose.

Use questions generated about individuals and groups to analyze why they, and the developments they shaped, are seen as historically significant.

Use questions generated about individuals and groups to assess how the significance of their actions changes over time and is shaped by the historical context.

Analyze how people's perspectives influenced what information is available in the historical sources they created.

Analyze the ways in which the perspectives of those writing history shaped the history that they produced.

Explain how the perspectives of people in the present shape interpretations of the past.

Analyze how current interpretations of the past are limited by the extent to which available historical sources represent perspectives of people at the time.

Analyze how response to art is influenced by understanding the time and place in which it was created, the available resources, and cultural uses.

Distinguish different ways art is used to represent, establish, reinforce, and reflect group identity.

Appraise the impact of an artist or a group of artists on the beliefs, values, and behaviors of a society.

Describe how knowledge of culture, traditions, and history may influence personal responses to art.

Analyze why and how an exhibition or collection may influence ideas, beliefs, and experiences.

Make, explain, and justify connections between artists or artwork and social, cultural, and political history.

Analyze and describe the impact that an exhibition or collection has on personal awareness of social, cultural, or political beliefs and understandings.

Identify and interpret works of art or design that reveal how people live around the world and what they value.

Explain how the method of display, the location, and the experience of an artwork influence how it is perceived and valued.

Analyze how responses to art develop over time based on knowledge of and experience with art and life.

Hypothesize ways in which art influences perception and understanding of human experiences.

Analyze ways that visual components and cultural associations suggested by images influence ideas, emotions, and actions.

Analyze multiple ways that images influence specific audiences.

Compare and contrast contexts and media in which viewers encounter images that influence ideas, emotions, and actions.

Evaluate the effectiveness of an image or images to influence ideas, feelings, and behaviors of specific audiences.

Analyze how one’s understanding of the world is affected by experiencing visual imagery.

Interpret art by analyzing art-making approaches, the characteristics of form and structure, relevant contextual information, subject matter, and use of media to identify ideas and mood conveyed.

Interpret art by analyzing how the interaction of subject matter, characteristics of form and structure, use of media, art-making approaches, and relevant contextual information contributes to understanding messages or ideas and mood conveyed.

Identify types of contextual information useful in the process of constructing interpretations of an artwork or collection of works.