Course/Subject by Grade: Elementary School Art - Grade 1 Unit: Identify Value


Program Outcomes for Unit Instructional Outcomes Suggested Activities Vocabulary Assessment Texture
Outcome I: Perceiving and Responding - Aesthetic Education

The student will demonstrate the ability to perceive, interpret, and respond to ideas, experiences, and the environment.

I.A. The student will identify and describe observed form.

I.A.1 The student will identify and describe qualities of size, line, shape, color, and texture of observed visual forms.


Outcome II: Historical, Cultural, and Social Contexts

The student will demonstrate understanding of the visual arts as a basic aspect of history and human experiences.

2.B The student will classify reasons why people create and use art by studying artworks and other sources of information.

II.B.1The student will study artworks to identify ways in which art is created and used by different people.

2.C The student will differentiate among the works of different artists and describe their unique styles and forms of expression.

II.C 2 The student will compare and contrast the technical, stylistic, and expressive qualities of artworks from the same time and place.


Outcome III: Creative Expression and Production

The student will demonstrate the ability to organize knowledge and ideas for expression in the production of art.

3.A The student will use a variety of art media, processes, and techniques to express thoughts and feelings.

III.A.1 The student will produce a variety of art forms using selected tools, materials, and techniques safely.

III.A.2 The student will communicate ideas and feelings using art media.

III.A.3 The student will apply knowledge of art processes and skill in using media and tools to solve problems in visual composition.

3.B The student will identify sources of art expression and describe the processes artists' use in developing their ideas.

III.B.1 The student will select ideas and images from imagination and observation to express or interpret through art.

III.B.2 The student will create original art works based in fantasy that express personal feelings and ideas.

III.B.3 The student will record ideas and experiences for art making using visual and verbal notation.

3.C The student will use design concepts to organize personally meaningful compositions.


Outcome IV: Aesthetic Criteria

The student will demonstrate the ability to identify, analyze, and apply criteria for making visual aesthetic judgments.

IV. A The student will identify and apply criteria for evaluating visual form.

IV.A.1 The student will describe aesthetic qualities observed in nature and human-made objects using oral and written language.
Value can be identified as light and dark. Landscape of a cloudy day
- Look at the work of Claude Monet, J.M.W. Turner, John Constable and El Greco. Study the light of clouds and weather formations. Discuss drawing the shapes of clouds and have students use different shades of blue, white, and gray paint. To paint their sky. After the sky is finished have students paint trees in shades of brown, black, and green. This could also be done with cut paper. (E)

Underwater scenes -
Using shades of blue and white of chalk or paint, have students use various lines across paper then blend together discussing light and dark of blue. Finish picture with cut paper fish or painted fish and plants, rocksLook at the work of Sho-Son White Birds in Snow. (E,ID)
Value
Light
Dark
Scale
Color
Shade
Shadow
Highlight
Bright
Dull
Monochromatic
Origami
Analyze student work

Compare and Contrast

Monitor student use and application ofVocabulary.

Assessment of student's ability to meet established criteria.

Monitor student use of materials, tools, and supplies.
Haiku Sekkyo Eagle

Sho-Son, White Birds in Snow

Claude Monet, Tulips in Holland, Cape Martin, Menton

J.M.W.Turner, Landscape, Boats with Ancjors, Rockets and Blue Lights

El Greco, View of Toledo

John Constable, Weymouth Bay, Wivenhoe Park, Essex

Unit continues teaching all indicators identified.

M - Multicultural T - Technology ID - Interdisciplinary
LM - Library Media MO - Modifications C - Career Education
E - Environmental Education MI- Multiple Intelligence G/T - Enrichment