Ocean Advocacy Art Gallery
Articles/Websites
Grades6-APScience, Social Studies, English Language Arts, Visual and Performing Arts
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Provided by Bow Seat
What it is
- This student art gallery displays all types of visual, performing, and literary artwork about climate change, biodiversity loss, rising sea levels, and other ocean-related topics.
- Students will see the award-winning poetry, musical performances, paintings, illustrated videos, and other types of art from the Annual Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Contest.
Teaching tips
Positives
- There are many works that will inspire students to take action or create their own climate-related artwork.
- The site has an enormous amount of art.
Additional Prerequisites
- Some of the videos take a while to load.
- Students should have a basic understanding of climate change and how humans are causing it.
Differentiation
- This gallery could support a classroom discussion on how different groups in America would react to the artwork in this gallery.
- This gallery could enhance a classroom discussion about the impact art does or doesn't have on human behavior.
- The video "Change is Possible" could accompany a classroom discussion about the Green New Deal, how it could help America fight climate change, and what political obstacles are keeping it from becoming law.
- The poem "Cheeseburgers Killed the Movement" could supplement a classroom discussion about the extent to which personal responsibility should be emphasized when talking about climate change.
- The musical performances display how one student can make their own duet or quartet using video and recording software. Consider using these videos to encourage music students to create their own arrangements and record each part for the ensemble.
From the scientist review
This resource from Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Programs is an online art gallery focused on ocean advocacy, featuring the work of high school students from around the world. From poetry to creative writing and short films, thoughtful works of art that are focused on the world’s oceans are showcased. These works show the great creativity of the student artists, as well as their understanding of the threats our oceans face. This resource is sure to inspire students and is recommended for teaching.
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