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<strong>Lesson</strong> 7 How to Read Symbols Summary In this lesson, students learn how both artists and mapmakers use lines, symbols, and color to communicate. They apply skills of classification and inference to interpret two works of art that represent places through specialized maps. They describe a place they know from a story or experience. Then they use symbols to design a map to show that place. Featured Artworks Artist unknown (United States, Indiana) Bedcover Entitled “Map”, c. 1920 Cotton with ink drawings and lettering 74 ¼ x 89 inches Artist unknown (Europe or United States) Hanging Entitled "Map of the Middle West", 1931 Linen embroidered with wool and silk yarns 21 ¾ x 34 ½ inches Illinois Benchmarks Reading 1.B.2b: 1.C.1d: 1.C.2e: 1.C.2f: Writing 3.B.2a: 3.C.2a: Use description, compare/contrast of nonfiction texts to improve comprehension. Summarize content of reading material. Explain how authors and illustrators use text and art to express their ideas. Connect information presented in tables, maps and charts to text. Generate and organize ideas using a variety of planning strategies. Write for a variety of purposes and for specified audiences in a variety of forms. Social Studies 17.A.2b: Use maps to gather information about people, places and environments. 18.A.2: Explain ways in which artistic creations communicate about a culture. Art 25.B.2: 26.B.2d: Understand how elements and principles combine within an art form to express ideas. Demonstrate knowledge and skills to create works of visual art using problem solving, observing, designing, sketching and constructing. 106 • <strong>Lesson</strong> 7: How to Read Symbols
English Language Learner Standards Standard 1 Reading: Arrange information on topics gathered from reading. Standard 2 Communication: Edit and revise own writing to produce final drafts. Objectives • Students will identify and explain the meaning of symbols used in artistic representations of maps. • Students will compare and contrast two different maps. • Students will define and use vocabulary in expository writing explaining the use of symbols. • Students will draw maps of fictional or actual places, using symbols to communicate features. Background Information The artwork: Bedcover Entitled “Map”, c.1920 The artist: Unknown. Made in Indiana, United States Relevant Information: • Textiles, or objects primarily made of natural or synthetic materials, are all around us—we wear them as clothes, use them to cushion our chairs, beds and sofas, and even display them as art. • Bedcover Entitled “Map” illustrates a full-scale map of the United States of America in the early 1900s. If we count the states, we notice that 48 are listed. In addition, Canada, Mexico, and Cuba are included as well as the Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, and the Gulf of Mexico. • When we view this work of art it is clear that we are looking at the United States and its neighboring countries because we can recognize the shapes that identify the geographic borders of each state and the entire country. This makes the map accurate, or true to life. • The artist uses color as a symbol to provide additional information about the map: states’ names are sewn, or embroidered, in black, while the paths of rivers appear in blue and travel routes are stitched in brown thread. • By presenting the map as a bedcover, the artist gives us clues about its potential uses and how art can be integrated in our everyday lives. Bedcover Entitled “Map” not only offers geographic information, but it provides warmth and comfort as an everyday object and it showcases the artist’s skill in the decorative arts. • It is safe to assume that the person who made Bedcover Entitled “Map” was probably not a professional cartographer, or a person who makes maps on paper, but someone who used maps as inspiration. Many artists have used maps as source material, producing both literal interpretations of place and fantastic scenes of imaginary lands. The artwork: Hanging Entitled “Map of the Middle West”, 1931 The artist: Unknown. Made in Europe or the United States Relevant Information: • The embroidered Hanging Entitled “Map of the Middle West” features the states of the Midwest region. Art Institute of Chicago • 107
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