About This Lesson
ART/SOCIAL STUDIES – Read an excerpt from his book American Notes detailing his account of the journey. In 1842, he travelled to America on board Cunard Line’s first paddle-steamer, the Britannia. It left New Year’s Day from Liverpool and arrived in Boston 21 days later.
Learning Objectives
- Social Studies – learn from a first hand experience the difficulties of traveling by steamship in 1842 and answer questions about travel and class differences. Students can learn more about differing classes here.
- Art – students will learn one point perspective or book binding techniques.
Art Project Options
- One Point Perspective Cabin: students will use one point perspective to create their own imaginative ship cabin
- First Person Diary: students learn simple bookbinding techniques to create their own “diary” with illustrations and accounts of their trip across the Atlantic like Dickens
Education Standards
GRADES 6-8 Massachusetts Art Curriculum Frameworks 2019
Creating:
3. Refine and complete artistic work. Refine a media arts idea by making changes in how images, interactivity, or sound are used. (5-6.MA.Cr.03)
Presenting:
5. Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation. Develop a visual plan for displaying a media artwork, analyzing where viewers will interact with the work and other needs of the viewer. (5-6.MA.P.05)
Responding: N/A
Connecting:
11. Relate artistic ideas and works to societal, cultural and historical contexts to deepen understanding. Identify influential media works and how they impacted media arts. (5-6.MA.Co.11)
