CH5.3
Analyze and describe how arts and pop culture expressions convey information about the time and place in which they were created.
Indicators for this outcome
(a)

Investigate how the arts sometimes reflect or question mainstream values.

(b)

Describe how changes in arts expressions reflect changes in society (e.g., examine artistic and social historical timelines).

(c)

Explain how knowing more about the context in which an arts expression was created can help in understanding the work.

(d)

Describe how popular artists and art forms (e.g., comics, animation, fashion design) have affected mainstream culture over time.

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R053243
Raiders of the Lost Art
In episode 19, the boys find ancient rock paintings, and then decide to capture the modern painters who are spraying up the town with graffiti. Meanwhile Raven has a birthday problem: friends or family? "Wapos Bay" is a light-hearted stop-motion animation series that follow the adventures of a group of three children from a Cree community in northern Saskatchewan.
Media and Formats : Video
Price : Free
free
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Record posted/updated: November 22, 2018
R104499
Funny Feelings with Mooky. Grades 5, 6, 7 and 8
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Media and Formats : Video
Price : Free
free
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rovervideo
Record posted/updated: November 30, 2021
R103973
Drawing One Page Comics with Allan Dotson - Grades 5-8
Allan Dotson is a comics artist and fantasy illustrator. In this program students will be led through drawing a one-page comic. Students will learn how to pencil and ink a close-up, long shot, and action shot on paper. Follow along with Allan’s teachings and get ready to draw a one page comic of your own using the tips and templates provided in the guide.
Media and Formats : Video
Price : Free
free
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rovervideo
Record posted/updated: March 23, 2021
R103978
What’s the Difference Between Me & You? with Kris Alvarez - Grades 4-5
Join theatre artist Kris Alvarez on this playful creative journey. On our quest, we will explore collaboratively and independently to find true connections, true voices, while collectively creating. Get ready to move around and have a lot of fun in this class.
Media and Formats : Video
Price : Free
free
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Record posted/updated: March 24, 2021
R013566
Roll with It, Featuring Laura Hale. Grades 5 & 6
Roll with It is a collaborative project that includes all students contributing to the final artwork. The piece organically develops and evolves in response to student creation and composition. Laura explores materials and their transformation. Students consider colour, texture, shape, form and pattern while they develop material techniques. They cut, combine, layer and roll varying sizes of tissue paper strips into paper tubes that are then cut into bead-like lengths. Students then arrange a...
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Price : Free
free
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Record posted/updated: April 4, 2022
R103957
Spontaneous Story with Jayden Pfeifer. Grades 5 & 6
Join theatre artist Jayden Pfeifer as we explore the skills of improvisation! Jayden will work with the students to exercise their improv muscles. Practice availability, listening, accepting, supporting, and creative expression in a supportive group environment. This active and spontaneous storytelling workshop will teach the elements of basic improv story structure. You will learn how to build narrative, invent fun and unique characters, and insert plot twists into your stories!
Media and Formats : Video
Price : Free
free
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Record posted/updated: March 30, 2021
R013562
Drawn to the Beat with Allan Dotson. Grades 3, 4, 5 & 6
Students find out how to Get On Beat for Culture Days by learning to draw a detailed scene of a dancing humanoid character. Through guided demonstrations and audio samples, fantasy illustrator and comics artist, Allan Dotson, shares tips and techniques.
Media and Formats : Video
Price : Free
free
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Record posted/updated: April 4, 2022
R014338
Immemorial. Drama with Curtis Peeteetuce. Grade 5
Actor/playwright/director/musician Curtis Peeteetuce believes the arts are about expression, entertainment, education and empowerment. Utilizing a foundation of Cree culture, language and history, Curtis shares a performance-based presentation that engages students through storytelling, theatre activities and accomplished works. The workshop concludes with an inspired non-verbal, movement-based, storytelling piece entitled "Immemorial." This program is designed for those with little or no tra...
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Price : Free
free
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Record posted/updated: June 17, 2020
R014530
metawe = To Play. Drama with Curtis Peeteetuce. Grades 5 & 6
We must continue speaking our Cree language. The revitalization of language and culture are vital to the rebuilding of community. In this workshop, educators and students revisit our mandate for play. Interactive elements include familiarizing ourselves with voice and body as we explore animal play of the Treaty 6 territory. These include bear (maskwa), eagle (kihew) and buffalo (paskwa-mostos). Language is also incorporated from a beginner level. As we choose to listen to the words and meani...
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Price : Free
free
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Record posted/updated: June 17, 2020
R014532
The Skills of Improvisation with Johanna Bundon & Jayden Pfeifer. Grades 5 & 6
Johanna Bundon and Jayden Pfeifer explore the skills of improvisation. Exercise your improv muscles by practicing availability, listening, accepting, supporting and creative expression in a supportive, group environment. This is a physical workshop that takes an embodied approach to learning, prioritizing the felt-experience of harnessing one's moment-to-moment impulses through body, breath and gesture.
Media and Formats : Video
Price : Free
free
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Record posted/updated: June 17, 2020
R013581
Stomp and Holler with Scott Richmond. Grades 5 & 6
Scott Richmond presents a series of original and classic songs to get you moving to the music. Students engage in active listening by responding to verbal, musical and visual cues. Patterns, actions and compositions are explored collaboratively through collective dance and vocal expression. In addition to dancing, moving and singing, students also act out some songs to help bring the stories to life.
Media and Formats : Video
Price : Free
free
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rovervideo
Record posted/updated: April 4, 2022
R104501
Ask Artists Series
Ask Artists is an inquiry-based learning program for teachers and students. Each episode is an in-depth and intimate journey with a Saskatchewan artist. Artists share candid moments and show students that artists are real people with skills, successes, failures and dreams.
•  Ask Artists Episode 1: "On Air" Radio Play (Part 1: Meet The Artists) - Grahame Kent & Danielle Roy
•  Ask Artists Episode 1: "On Air" Radio Play (Part 2: About Radio Theatre) - Grahame Kent & Danielle Roy
•  Ask Artists Episode 1: "On Air" Radio Play (Part 3: Making A Radio Play) - Grahame Kent & Danielle Roy
•  Ask Artists Episode 1: "On Air" Radio Play (Part 4: Performance of “The Lagoon Monster”) - Grahame Kent & Danielle Roy
Media and Formats : Video
Price : Free
free
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rovervideo
Record posted/updated: December 2, 2021