Changing Landscapes

Students will:

• Observe Chinese artworks depicting landscapes that include natural and built elements, and consider their significance

• Learn about urbanization and overdevelopment in contemporary Shanghai

• Explore how art plays a role in local activism in their own communities

• Paper

• Drawing materials (such as colored pencils, crayons, markers, etc.)

• Scissors

• Tape or glue

• Large backing materials (such as butcher paper, poster board, etc.)

• Animated video: On the Quiet Water—Underwater Paradise, by Yang Yongliang

• Photograph of the Shanghai skyline

• Map of China showing the location of Shanghai