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Make sure to sign in to your Google account. Click on \"Make a copy.\" Start editing your presentation.\nAlternative: Click on the \"Share\" button on the top right corner in Canva and click on \"More\" at the bottom of the menu. Enter \"Google Drive\" in the search bar and click on the GDrive icon to add this design as a Google slide in your GDrive.\nGoogle Slides\nClick on the \"PowerPoint\" button below this presentation preview. Start editing your presentation.\nAlternative: From Canva template file, Click on the \"Share\" button on the top right corner in Canva and click on \"More\" at the bottom of the menu. Enter \"PowerPoint\" in the search bar and click on the PowerPoint icon to download.\nPowerPoint\nClick on the \"Canva\" button under this presentation preview. Start editing your presentation. You need to sign in to your Canva account.\nCanva\nRealism\nSocial Realism\nAmerican Gothic\nOther Artwork Examples\nRecap\nYour Turn! Activities\nLesson Outline\nDefine\nthe word \"Realistic\"\n\"A way of seeing, accepting, and dealing with situations as they really are without being influenced by your emotions or false hopes\"\n- Oxford Dictionary\nIN YOUR OWN WORDS, COME UP WITH A DEFINITION OF THE WORD \"REALISTIC\".\nLearning Outcomes\nBY THE END OF THIS LESSON, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO:\nRecognise the characteristics and context of the Social Realism art movement.\nIdentify key artists and artworks in the Social Realism art movement.\n01\n02\nBackground information\nBefore we look at Social Realism, we need tolook at its predecessor, the Realism art movement.\n1850 AD to 1900 AD.\nTIME PERIOD\nWHERE\nKEY CHARACTERISTICS:\nFrance\nDepicted scenes and people realistically or “as they are”\nCentered on everyday people and situations\nThe Drinkers (1850-55)\nby Honoré Daumier\n1920s - 1930s\nUnited States of America\nTIME PERIOD\nWHERE\nCONTEXT:\nDorothea Lange, Abandoned Farm in the Dustbowl, Coldwater District, near Dalhart, Texas, June, (1938) Gelatin Silver Print\nSocial Realism\nSocial Realism was an art movement influenced by Realism.\nSocial Realism occurred during the Great Depression (1929-1939) in the United States.\nThe Great Depression saw a huge economic crisis in the US which resulted in abandoned farms, high unemployment rates, and the crash of the stock market.\nKey Characteristics\nSocial Realism highlights social or political issues through paint, drawing, film, cartoons, poetry and photography.\nArtworks from this movement captured the hardship of everyday life stemmed from the Great Depression in the United States.\nDarker, more sombre colours were generally used in artworks.\nTeaching note: embed an online video about social realism here.\nDISCUSS: WHAT IS SIMILAR BETWEEN REALISM AND SOCIAL REALISM?\nWhat characteristics of social realism can you observe and why?\nHow did you come up with those observations?\nWhat do you think is happening in the artwork?\nTeacher to insert image of Grant Wood's American Gothic here:\nAMERICAN GOTHIC,\nGRANT WOOD, 1930\nCLASS DISCUSSION:\nAmerican Gothic\nAmerican Gothic\nThe detailed portrayal of everyday rural life has made the painting an iconic representation of American identity and values.\nMuted, sombre colours are used.\nSocial issue - In the 1930s, America was becoming more urbanised. 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