Social Studies, Art—Grades K–12
Time required: 45 minutes–1 hour

• Ongoing Exhibit

Arranged geographically by continent, beautiful art objects from around the world illustrate ways of life, religious beliefs, aesthetic concepts, trade, natural resources, 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; and 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 American tribes; 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; and a survey of world cultures.

Tennessee Social studies curriculum

Standards—Culture, Economics, Geography, History, and Individuals

• K: 1.02, 1.03, 5.01, 6.01
• 1^st: 1.01, 1.02, 1.03, 2.01, 2.03, 3.03
• 2^nd: 1.01, 1.02, 1.03, 2.03, 5.02, 6.02
• 3^rd: 1.01, 1.02, 1.04, 2.02, 2.03, 5.02, 5.02
• 4^th: 1.01, 1.02, 1.03, 5.03, 5.11
• 5^th: 1.02, 1.03, 2.04, 3.01, 5.03, 5.04, 6.02
• 6^th: 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
• 7^th: 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
• 8^th: 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

• 1^st: 3.3, 4.1, 6.2
• 2^nd: 2.1, 2.2, 3.3, 4.1
• 3^rd: 2.3, 3.3, 4.1
• 4^th: 2.3, 3.3, 4.1, 6.2
• 5^th: 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