Animales en la historia del arte mundial: los animales en peligro de extinción y en vías de desaparición de Warhol (7-12 FLEX)

While Andy Warhol is most famous for his commercial and celebrity pop art, he was also interested in conservation and created two separate series of wildlife art in support of this cause. In this flex class we will take a virtual tour of Warhol's Endangered Animals series from 1983 and Vanishing Animals series from 1986, both commissioned to help raise awareness and funds for species conservation.  AND, since I am primarily a zoologist, we will explore the natural history of each animal depicted, including their current conservation status.

This class is part of the ANIMALS IN WORLD ART HISTORY series.

WEEK 1: Introduction - Warhol as an artist; his connections to nature conservation; examples of his earlier animal artwork; the making of the 1983 Endangered Animals series and the 1986 Vanishing Animals series. Optional art activity.
WEEK 2: Warhol's Endangered Animals (10 prints, 10 animal profiles). Optional art activity.
WEEKS 3-4: Warhol's Vanishing Animals (15 prints, 15 animal profiles), plus Warhol's 1985 Turtle print. Optional art activity. Final review and wrap-up.

>>>This is a guided ***FLEXIBLE SCHEDULE*** unit study version of the original live class!!!<<<

*ASYNCHRONOUS CLASSROOM: 
-This class has NO pre-scheduled live meetings or pre-recorded video meetings. However, requesting an "office hours" live Zoom meetup is always an option. 
-Initial materials will be distributed via the classroom board with commentary and discussion questions posted, and it is up to each individual student to download/view the materials and then participate in classroom board communication with both the instructor and any other students enrolled in the same session. Additional materials and instruction will be provided based upon individual students' questions and interests! (Additional note for this class: there are also optional art activities offered, and students who choose to try them may post their artwork to the class board)
-New material will generally be posted at the beginning and middle of each week (varies by class), with the classroom board open for daily discussion and Sundays serving as weekly checkpoints.
-I will also be available throughout the session via the classroom, direct message, and email to answer any questions you have -- I strive to respond to all contacts within 12 hours (and usually much sooner!).

While there may be supplementary notebooking pages/worksheets and optional quizzes provided as part of the weekly lesson materials in any given flex class, these will not be collected or graded unless the student/parent requests it. If you want/need a formally graded course, this can be arranged ahead of time -- otherwise, this will be run as a fun (but thorough!) unit study. 

*IMPORTANT NOTE ON AGE LEVELS: 
>Please note that I have two different age cohorts set up for this course, 7-12 and 13-18, in order to comply with Outschool's five-year age difference policy; however, this is essentially the same course that the older students will be doing. Therefore, students need to either be reading proficiently, or have a family member available to help with the reading and written communication in the classroom. 
>When designing these sorts of unit studies, I generally prefer to give *all* interested learners open access to the same general resources and knowledge base, without prejudging age as a limiting factor to understanding -- I know full well there are plenty of younger children out there who can comprehend general audience science, and who know more about their favorite animals than most adults do! ;) If there are bits in this unit study which are beyond one's scope of understanding or just not of interest, it can be entirely at the discretion of each individual student/family to take what they want from the lesson materials provided, and just leave the rest. (However, I will always be available and happy to help explain anything, and, if necessary, provide simplified/substitute materials for you!)