Content Area: Visual and Performing Arts
Grade 8-7-6
Content Standard: C. CRITICISM
AND
AESTHETICS:
Students will reflect upon and assess the characteristics and merits of
art
works.
Common Assessment(s):
Students will be able to:
(Specific grade level learning objectives)
Performance Activities
Classroom Assessments
1.
Articulate and justify personal perceptions of meaning in works of
visual art, music, dance, and drama.
For the
Visual Arts:
-Recognize
and analyze design elements.
-Recognize
art media and processes.
-Recognize
artistic mood and expression.
-Review the
applications of the elements and principles of design
-Study works
of art and analyze them through their use of color, line, shape and
form, texture, value and space
-Study the
work of Edvard Munck and create a tempera painting using expressionism
-Study work
of Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso and Piet Mondrian, discussing
progression and change in their work
-Teacher-generated
rubrics for each lesson
-Web Quest
designed by teacher, which reviews design elements and famous works of
art
-Evaluation
done by teacher and student
Elements of
design:
Principles
of design:
Expressionism
Abstraction
Cubism
2. Evaluate
written reviews of visual and performing works of art.
-Develop an
understanding of the elements of art and the principles of design and
learn to apply this understanding to their expressions and responses to
works of art.
-Develop
critical thought and learn to support their interpretations and
opinions when responding to art.
-Explore
various art forms over an extended period of time
-Analyze a
specific work of art
-Compare and
contrast interpretations of various time periods of a selected work of
art
-Explore
connections between techniques and meaning conveyed in 2 or more works
of art
-When
assessing the studentıs achievement of these objectives, teacher should
observe the studentıs commitment and contributions to his or her project
-Teacher
observes how student has applied learnings to his or her own work, and
participated in discussions
-Written
rubrics by teacher for each lesson
-Student
evaluations
Various art
forms over time:_______________
Gothic
Renaissance
Impressionism
i.e.:
Compare and
contrast work with consideration to hue, middle ground, foreground,
background, perspective, theme, composition
3.
Demonstrate an understanding of the difference between a personal
opinion and an educated judgment about the meaning of various works.
-Use
technology in order to create and conduct research in the arts.
-Use
analytical and creative thinking to respond to works of art.
-Explain the
difference between personal preference and critical judgment.
-Recognize
that a response to art involves feelings, understandings and knowledge.
-Complete a
Web Quest project which enables the student to verbalize famous works
of art
-Describe in
simple terms two art movements or styles
-Explain
preferences of style in their art production
-Create a
Web Quest
-Evaluate
verbal critiques by students
i.e., Cubism
vs. Impressionism
Color
Collage
Cool/warm
colors
Elements of
art
Paint
Texture
Contrast
4. Compare
and contrast the effectiveness of selected media, techniques, and
processes in communicating ideas.
-List
artistic characteristics of a style or movement and relate and compare
these to personal art making experiences.
-Describe
how art is created and used for different purposes (e.g. social,
commercial, personal and religious).
-Access
information on art history and artists using technology.
-Be able to
categorize examples of images based on subject matter (e.g. portraits,
landscape, still life).
-Name
several well known and prominent artists of a particular style and time
period
-Describe
how people may have different responses to an artwork
-Describe
works of art by identifying lines, colors, shapes, content, details,
and exploring possible meanings
-Teacher-generated
Web Quest
-Evaluation
of student studio work
-Student
evaluations
-Teacher
observations and review of written assignments
Style
Lines
Colors
Shapes
Content
Details
Portrait
Landscape
Still life
5. Evaluate
work, from their own and other cultures and historical periods, that
uses arts elements and principles to persuade and influence.
-Apply
knowledge of:
-Successfully
complete a teacher-generated Web Quest which examines other culturesı
use of the arts
-Create a
work of art based on a student-selected culture
-Create
still lifeıs, landscapes and portraits from various cultures
-Participate
in a class critique of studio work which follows given guidelines
-Teacher-generated
student evaluation sheets
-Teacher
observations
-Student
self evaluation
-Teacher
rubrics
Principles
of design:
Rubrics
function
Still life
Landscape
Portrait
Perspective
Critique
6. Critique
their own work and the work of others based upon an aesthetic criterion.
-The student
will be able to discover ideas for art in personal experiences.
-The student
will be able to transform ideas to create art.
-The student
will be able to work with a variety of media to make art.
-Class
critiques which model individual critiques utilizing the elements and
principles of design.
-Respond to
another studentıs art work using model and criteria.
-Recognize
design elements and principles
-Participate
in oral and written discussions of criteria
-Create art
forms using design elements and principles. Example:
-Examine the
works of Leonardo da Vinci and Claude Monet
-Participate
in oral and written critiques of their work and of othersı
-Teacher-generated
rubrics for critiquing works of art
-Teacher
observations and reviews of written critiques
-Classroom
discussions
-Student-generated
reviews/rubrics
One point
perspective
Two point
perspective
Three-dimensional
Two-dimensional
Medium/media
Objective
Non-objective
i.e.: