Popular+Culture+and+Mass+Media

= **Unit 1: Popular Culture and Mass Media** =

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 (Saskatchewan Visual Arts Curriculum)

Unit Description
You will be completing **four assignments** for this unit as well as participating in the **weekly discussion board topics**. All of your assignments will be posted on your course blog that you should have e-mailed to your instructor already. Read each of the assignments carefully before you begin to make sure that you have included all of the components that each assignment requires.




 * Unit 1: Popular Culture and Mass Media **


 * This unit will take place over the next 5 weeks **


 * I. ** **Discussion Boards (20%)**
 * [|**Fads and Fashion (10%)**]
 * Due Date for initial post: February 10th
 * Due Date to reply: February 17th
 * [|**Television Programs (10%)**]
 * Due Date for initial post: March 2nd
 * Due Date to reply: March 9th

**Remember with discussion boards that they are only open for two weeks. In week one you have to post your initial thread and then in week two you have to reply to at least three other students posts. Click here to see what a good discussion board post looks like and what a good discussion board reply looks like.**


 * II. ** **Assignments (80%)**


 * **Pop Art Research (20%)**
 * Due Date: February 10th
 * **GIMP Pop Art Photograph (20%)**
 * Due Date: March 2nd
 * **Fads and Fashion T-Shirt Design (20%)**
 * Due Date: March 9th


 * **3-D Pop Art (20%)**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Due Date: March 16th