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Grade 5: G5: How We Express Ourselves

Banksy Facts for Kids

Go to this Kiddle article to learn more about the famous street artist Banksy.

Banksy Graffiti Murals Pop Up Around New Orleans, Including Levee Wall. [Photographer]. Retrieved from Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. https://quest.eb.com/search/115_ 2666426/1/115_2666426/cite

Art & Social Justice

Click here to see 8 pieces of art created in response to social issues

Barbara Pennington (American, 1932–2013). “Selma,” 1965, oil on canvas. Museum purchase with funds provided by Peggy and Bob Culbertson, the Romare Bearden Society, Sally and Russell Robinson, Mary Lou and Jim Babb, and a gift of the Moreland Family. 2014.79

Google Art Project

Click here to search through travel through the world of art! 

The Wounded Deer Created by Kahlo Frida. [Fine Art]. Retrieved from Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest.
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Poetry Zone

Poems written by kids 

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What is Political Art?

PICASSO: GUERNICA, 1937. - Painting by Pablo Picasso.. [Fine Art]. Retrieved from Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest.
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The above painting is a famous political painting done by Pablo Picasso. Go to this article from Britannica to learn more about political art

Art Created for Social Good

Here are some good examples of art created for social good or created to raise awareness.

AIDS quilt, Washington DC, 1987. [Photograph]. Retrieved from Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest.
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