Sara E. Thomas
Standards
Connecticut has six visual art standards. This unit addresses these standards:
Standard 1: Students will understand, select and apply media, techniques and processes. In this unit students will understand the techniques and processes of using Adobe Photoshop as a digital art tool.
Standard 3: Students will consider, select and apply a range of subject matter, symbols and ideas. In this unit students will apply symbols and subject matter to create visual representations of current adolescent health concerns.
Standard 5: Students will reflect upon, describe, analyze, interpret and evaluate their own and others' work. In this unit students will complete peer and self-critiques for each assignment.
Standard 6: Students will make connections between the visual arts, other disciplines and daily life. In this unit students will make connections between art and science. They will understand the process of a graphic designer, and the health content will be directly related to their lives.
Teacher Resources
Eagles, Douglas A.
Nutritional Diseases
. Franklin Watts: New York, NY. 1987. A book contains good, simplified explanations of different nutritional diseases, especially anorexia, bulimia and obesity.
Kessler, David.
A Question of Intent
. A book about the FDA's fight to regulate the tobacco industry. This book has a wealth of information about the behind the scenes marketing tactics of the tobacco industry, and also about what falls under the FDA's jurisdiction.
Perry, Robert.
Focus on Nicotine and Caffeine
. Twenty-First Century Books: Frederick, MD. 1990. The effects of smoking are broken down into easy to understand terms.
Pringle, Laurence.
Smoking: A Risky Business
. Morrow Junior Books: New York, NY. 1996. A book with great information about smoking. This book has many great examples of ads against smoking.
Student Resources
Needham, Kate.
Why Do People Eat?
Usborne Publishing. 1993. A great children's book with good visuals explaining digestion and a healthy diet.
Pringle, Laurence.
Smoking: A Risky Business
. Morrow Junior Books: New York, NY. 1996. A book with great information about smoking. This book has many great examples of ads against smoking.
Walker, Richard.
Digesting Food
. Franklin Watts: London, UK. 2004. Great images explaining digestion.
http://artchives.com A wonderful databank of artist images.
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/bmi/ The Center for Disease Control website has a wonderful and informative site including BMI calculators and background information. It also includes great statistics about smoking.
http://www.campaignforrealbeauty.com/ Dove's Campaign for beauty includes a VERY interesting film called Evolution about why our view of beauty is so distorted feature a model who is made-up then photographed and then completely made over in Photoshop before she is put on a billboard.
http://www.frankwbaker.com/kelloggs_ads.htm A website which lists a variety of different articles about banning commercials of "unhealthy" foods for children under twelve.
http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/index.cfm Media Awareness Network Website. A website with a variety of lesson plans about body image, among other things.
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/00-2/lp2192.shtml. A website detailing a smoking demonstration to show students how much tar and nicotine is collected in their lungs when they smoke.
http://www.mypyramid.gov/ Gives the most up to date food pyramid.
http://www.pbs.org/saf/1209/teaching/teaching.htm. A website which explains how to replicate a model of a lung breathing.
http://www.pbs.org/opb/childrenshospital/classroom/index.html. Episode 2: Detectives contains a lesson plan for building lungs similar to the ones created to demonstrate the effects of smoking. Episode 1: Thin is In! discusses media influence and what a healthy lifestyle really entails. Episode 1: Nutrition Decision offers great information about nutrition facts.
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/healthfitness/inventory/nutrition-912.html. An entire list of different lesson plans involving body image and nutrition.