El memorial para los desaparecidos (A1)

After having studied Argentina’s military dictatorship of the 1970s, students in High School Advanced 1 Spanish worked to create a memorial that would honor the victims of this time period. In addition to our readings and class discussions, students read the short story Guerra Sucia about one reporter’s experience covering the military dictatorship in 1977. Using the information gathered, students explored the question of how we can honor and remember the more than 30,000 victims of this time period. What you see here are the student visual responses to this question, accompanied by an artist statement that explains both the artistic choices each student made as well as the historical elements included in each piece.

Jesse: This project was difficult, both in its subject matter as well as in coming up with a way to honor these people we never knew, but I enjoyed the creative freedom and I learned a lot from this unit.

Nico: I really enjoyed the level of freedom we were given in this project. It really allowed me to explore my creativity in a unique way!

JESSE (Click image for Artist Statement)

MARY ALICE (Click image for Artist Statement)

ZAYNA (Click image for Artist Statement)

NICO (Click image for Artist Statement)

ABSINTH (Click image for Artist Statement)

ESMÉ (Click image for Artist Statement)