Exhibition Education Programs
The Decorative Experience
Social Studies, Art — Grades K-12
Time required: 45 minutes – 1 hour
Arranged geographically
by continent, beautiful art objects from the world over illustrate ways of life,
religious beliefs, aesthetic concepts, trade, natural resources and materials science, and history. Carved wood
furniture, containers, and sculptures; woven baskets from many lands and peoples; colorful textiles used as
clothing and floor coverings; ceramic figures and vessels; shiny glass and metal objects of many kinds emphasize
the ingenuity and creativity of peoples everywhere.
Programs in this gallery include natural resources and trade of Native Americans; history, culture, government, and religion of Ancient China; beliefs, practices, and art of world religions; diversity of environments and cultures of Africa; technological change , economy, and the arts of Europe; survey of world cultures.
Tennessee Social studies curriculum: Standards – Culture, Economics, Geography, History, Individuals,
- K – 1.02, 1.03, 5.01, 6.01
- 1st – 1.01, 1.02, 1.03, 2.01, 2.03, 3.03
- 2nd – 1.01, 1.02, 1.03, 2.03, 5.02, 6.02
- 3rd – 1.01, 1.02, 1.04, 2.02, 2.03, 5.02, 5.02
- 4th 1.01, 1.02, 1.03, 5.03, 5.11
- 5th – 1.02, 1.03, 2.04, 3.01, 5.03, 5.04, 6.02
- 6th – 6.1.spi.1, 6.1.spi.2, 6.1.spi.3, 6.1.spi.5, 6.1.spi.8; 6.2.spi.1, 6.2.spi.2, 6.2.spi.5, 6.2.spi.6; 6.3.spi.3; 6.4.spi.1, 6.4.spi.4; 6.5.spi.3, 6.5.spi.4, 6.5.spi.5, 6.5.spi.6, 6.5.spi.11, 6.5.spi.12, 6.5.spi.13, 6.5.spi.15, 6.5.spi.16; 6.6.spi.1, 6.6.spi.2, 6.6.spi.3
- 7th – 7.1.spi.1, 7.1.spi.3; 7.2.spi.1, 7.2.spi.2; 7.3.spi.9, 7.3.spi.19; 7.4.spi.4; 7.5.spi.1, 7.5.spi.2; 7.6.spi.2
- 8th – 1.02, 1.03, 1.04, 2.03, 3.05, 5.02, 5.14, 6.02
- World history, high school – 1.2, 1.3, 5.3, 5.4, 5.4, 5.9, 5.10
- World geography, high school – 1.1, 1.3
Tennessee Visual arts curriculum: Standards – Structures and Functions, Evaluation,
- 1st – 3.3, 4.1, 6.2
- 2nd – 2.1, 2.2, 3.3, 4.1
- 3rd – 2.3, 3.3, 4.1
- 4th – 2.3, 3.3, 4.1, 6.2
- 5th – 3.3, 4.1, 4.2, 6.2
- 6-8 – 2.5, 3.1, 3.2, 4.3, 6.2
- 9-12 and art history – 1.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.3, 4.1, 4.2