Unit 1 GPS

"ELAALRL3 The student deepens understanding of literary works by relating them to their contemporary context or historical background, as well as to works from other time periods."

1.

I think the standard addresses the need of a learned person to be able to comprehend the full scope of a literary work and internalize the information therein. It also addresses the need to be able to connect the events from a work of art from one time period to a work of art in another.

I think that it is important to master this skill because it goes beyond just the arts. Everyone needs to be able to connect one event to another. And in literature it is very much the same. In order to fully understand a work of art or a real life situation, you have to know how the context of the events effect the situation.

2.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloha_Oe

3.

I really love this example for a couple of reasons. To me, the song speaks to the death of the Hawaiin civilization and to the feeling of pure sadness that the leader of a people must feel at the dusk of their culture. Despite this heavy subject matter, the song does not bludgeon it's point across. It delivers it's message with deliberate, subtle, beauty and honesty.