<p>What do you notice is the same in each artwork?</p> <p>What do you notice is different?</p> <p>What do the various depictions of the same event teach us...</p> <p>...about the event?</p> <p>...about the artist?</p> <p>This collection can be used to examine both history and story telling. While students  view the different depictions of the same event, they can consider what we learn from visual art about both the event and the artist. Foster students' consideration of how the artist's background, life experiences, and purpose impact the story told.  Question how visual art works to tell a story of historical events.</p>

<p>The resources provide the opportunity to learn about Sandra Cisneros.  Using the biography and portraits, students can learn more about the author of <em>The House on Mango Street.</em></p> <p>Additionally, students can practice how to view art by comparing the two portraits and examining how each artist intentionally portrays their subject, Sandra Cisneros.  Provided are the PZ Thinking Strategies in full as well as some suggested strategies to encourage critical thinking.  </p>

<p>The Sierra Nevada collection was written to culminate a poetry unit with the purpose of assessing students' ability to write descriptively using a variety of poetic devices.  This collection is intended to introduce students to viewing art in a more meaningful way.  Additionally, it is intended to help students recognize that art is both visual and in the written word, such as in poetry, and see that one can inspire the other.  From ongoing practice with these routines students can make more meaning from the art they see in their social studies and nonfiction texts.</p>