Social Studies

— Select a senator or congressman. Use the internet to research their web page. Discuss what graphics and type communicate.

— Create a mind map of social studies notes.

— Trace the use of portraits from the Middle Ages to the present. Over time how has who is the subject in the portrait changed?

— Look at the Roman, Greeks and Renaissance artists and their search for ideal beauty.

— Explore the Mesoamerican representations of the human form.

— Examine the representation of the human form in contemporary American society. How do magazine adds and other forms of advertisement reflect attitudes about ideal beauty?