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Westside Elementary School "Where creativity grows"
Art Links
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Teacher ~ Mr. Sloan
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Art Curriculum Map
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Examine art and communicate ideas and feelings using the language of art
which shall include art elements and principles. |
Students will view a piece of art work and recognize color, lines and shapes in the art work. | Students will view a piece of art work and name three basic shapes used. | Students will view a piece of art work and classify subject matter. | Students will view a piece of art work and talk about art that reflects ideas and feelings using words like shape, color, pattern, and texture and balance. | Students will view a piece of art work and discuss the medium and techniques used to create it. |
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A.1.2. Explore skills associated with media and processes including, but not
limited to, color mixing, tearing, folding, and gluing. |
Students will explore a variety of media skills and technique processes. | Students will explore controlled tearing of paper exercises in art. | Students will explore basic folding techniques in art. | Students will identify and explain the skills and materials needed to make a mono-print. | Students will explore geometric tearing of paper and shapes in art. |
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A.1.3. Distinguish parallels (i.e.,
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themes, culture, material, processes and methods) between art created by students and artists from different times and places. |
Students will examine similarities and differences in a line. | Students will examine paintings of the same subject by different artists. | Students will compare and contrast media of two works of art. | Students will examine art work in the school building | Students will select an artist with similarities to the students’ artistic styles. |
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| A.1.4. Discover examples of how people use art in their daily lives, in the work place, and within the community. | Students will talk about toys, and how they are designed. | Students will observe the use of art in daily life. | Students will explain a community public sculpture or mural. | Students will explain a community public sculpture or mural | Students will list examples of art used in their lives and in the lives of others. |
| A.1.5. Explore careers in art. | Students will explore the role of the artist in the community. | Students will explore the career of illustrator of children’s books. | Students will explore advertising design. | Students will explore careers in art. | Students will be aware that there are opportunities for artists as a career. |
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A.1.6. Discover and record through technology (computer, video, photocopier,
camera, and/or overhead, etc.) a variety of art examples and related resources. |
Students will use appropriate technology in the art room. | Students will locate examples of art found in their environment through the use of computer and internet. | Students will use appropriate technology in the art classroom. | Students will use technology to study or record art. | Students will use technology to discover and record art ideas. |
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| A.1.7. Identify, practice, and follow health and safety standards in the use of tools, materials, and processes. | Students will follow safety standards in the art classroom. | Students will follow safe practices with art materials and tools. | Students will follow safe practices with art materials and tools. | Students will follow safe practices with art materials and tools. | Students will follow safe practices with art materials and tools. |
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A.1.8. Recognize and apply responsible practices (reduce/reuse/recycle) to
protect the natural/man-made environment . |
Students will learn not to waste art materials, and to recycle when possible. | Students will practice the best use of paper resources. | Students will explore using recyclable material. | Students will demonstrate proper environmental concerns. | Students will recycle and reuse materials in art. |
| A.1.9. Investigate the relationship among the arts and other disciplines. | Students will demonstrate that art is linked to other subjects. | Students will name three geometric shapes. | Students will write and illustrate a short story. | Students will recognize and explore ways that art is used in other subjects. | Students will research and explore how art is used in other subjects. |
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A.2.1. Use creative problem solving, critical thinking skills, and various resources to select subject matter, symbols, and ideas to communicate meaning. |
Students will create symbols. |
Students will create symbols from resources. |
Students will define and identify subject matter and create art work that tells a story. |
Students will create a meaningful sequence to an artwork. |
Students will use thinking and problem-solving skills to create artwork with meaning. |
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A.2.2. Transfer ideas and feelings to others through original works of self-expression using art elements and principles. |
Students will make lines that show emotions. |
Students will create movement in a piece of sculpture. |
*Students will create a picture contrasting light and dark in a drawing. *Students will use line, shape, color, and repetition to transfer ideas and feelings in artwork. |
Students will use line, shape, color, space, and repetition of shape and color in a collage. |
Students will create movement in a piece of artwork. |
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A.2.3. Demonstrate that change for improvement is a part of problem solving in art and that there can be more than one solution. |
Students will make improvements by repetition of an activity. |
Students will make improvements by making changes in their art work. |
Students will show that improvements can be made to their work. |
Students will choose the best method for changing an artwork. |
Students will use more than one solution to an art problem. |
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A.2.4. Create a project (e.g., performance, product, discussion) that shows how art is used in daily life, the workplace, or the community. |
Students will make art used in daily life. |
Students will show how art is used in daily life. |
Students will demonstrate with their art work how art is used in the workplace. |
Students will make art that is used inside the work place. |
Students will show how art is used in the community. |
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A.2.5. Exercise responsible use of tools/tech- nology and materials to produce art works that may include, but are not limited to, painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, clay/ ceramics,architecture, graphic design, fiber arts, and digital imagery. |
Students will use drawing tools and materials in a responsible manner |
Students will use painting tools and materials in a responsible manner. |
Students will responsibly use art tools and materials. |
Students will use tools and materials responsibly. |
Students will use mixed media tools and materials responsibly. |
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A.2.6. Produce art works to demonstrate an understanding of the various purposes for creating (aesthetic, functional, historical/cultural, therapeutic and /or social). |
Students will create a seasonal work of art. |
Students will produce a work of art. |
Students will produce a work of art depicting history. |
Students will produce art work influenced by an historical/cultural period. |
Students will produce an aesthetic work of art. |
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A.2.7. Create art work in response to past, present, and future situations. |
Students will create a self-portrait. |
Students will create a work of art based on a memory of their last birthday. |
Students will imagine the past, the present, or future to create an artwork. |
Students will create a project based on their perception of the future. |
Students will create artwork as an answer to a situation. |
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A.2.8. Create art works based upon previous explorations/discoveries that demonstrate the relationships between art and culture. |
Students will produce a work of art from cultural resources. |
Students will create a piece of jewelry |
Students will produce a work of art like that of another culture. |
Students will create a three-D work of art in response to different cultural experiences. |
Students will create artworks from another culture. |
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A.2.9. Collaborate to create through a variety of methods (small and whole groups, interdisciplinary, etc.). |
Students will collaborate with family members to create a work of art. |
Students will create a work of art with a classmate. |
Students will create a work of art in a small group. |
Students will create a display o f art in the classroom through collaboration. |
Students will create a work of art in a large group. |
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A.3.1. Understand and relate how art is used to communicate ideas and feelings to others . |
Students will reflect on their family and create a family portrait. |
Students will respond to a picture of their favorite animal. |
Students will examine and discuss a landscape painting. |
Students will use art to convey ideas and feelings to others. |
Students will produce a selfportrait. |
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A.3.2. Evaluate and assess, individually/ collaboratively, through revisions, journals, and/or critiques, the characteristics and merits of an individual’s art work and of the work of others. |
Students will respond to the meaning of assessment. |
Students will compare two pieces of art and discuss likes and dislikes. |
Students will reflect upon and assess a group project. |
Students will use peer and individual critique to discuss a piece of their artwork. |
Students will know the meaning of being an art critic. |
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A.3.3. Develop aesthetic awareness by discussing (e.g., rationalization, critique, evaluation) the integrity of an individual’s art work. |
Students will share ideas of beauty. |
Students will discuss the importance of art criticism. |
Students will explain the process of reflection, what they like/dislike about their work. |
Students will self-assess their artwork. |
Students will evaluate the works of others. |
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A.3.4. Exhibit art work and participate in the exhibition process (e.g., selection, planning, display, judging, promotion). |
Students will explore the meaning of artexhibit . |
Students will discuss art work in the school. |
Students will hang their art work in the classroom. |
Students will select artwork to be included in a specific exhibition. |
Students will design an art exhibit. |
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A.3.5. Build and assess a collection of student work in a portfolio (e.g., individual, classroom, grade level, technological). |
Students will discuss the word portfolio. |
Students will discuss a portfolio from of classroom art work. |
Students will collect their art work over a period of time. |
Students will select artwork to be included in their portfolio. |
Students will build and assess a portfolio. |
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A.3.6. Recognize and acknowledge that artists/students develop individual styles. |
Students will work in personal expression. |
Students will discuss the styles of two different artists. |
Students will discuss what artistic style is and give examples. |
Students will review artists’ styles and their own art style. |
Students will understand styles in regard to art work. |
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A.3.7. Examine and respond to the use of art in daily life and community. |
Students will discuss art in daily life and the community. |
Students will discuss art work in their environment. |
Students will talk about artwork in their home or town. |
Students will identify how art is used in public spaces in their community. |
Students will recognize and verbalize about art in their lives. |
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A.3.8. Analyze and discuss the relationship among the arts and other disciplines. |
Students will discuss how art works with other subject areas, such as science, math, or music. |
Students will recognize a connection between art and math. |
Students will talk about art in other subjects. |
Students will examine how artists work with other disciplines. |
Students will discuss the presence of art in their other subjects. |
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A.3.9. Recognize the importance of art history and heritage. |
Students will discuss how a piece of artwork shows time past or family groups. |
Students will explore family heritage. |
Students will discuss why it is important to look at and preserve old pictures, paintings, etc. |
Students will discuss how art history provides a glimpse into our heritage. |
Students will tell about art from another time. |