Course/Subject by Grade: Elementary School Art - Kindergarten Unit: Discover Color
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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. 2.B The student will classify reasons why people create and use art by studying artworks and other sources of information. I.B.2 The student will compare selected works of art and describe how different artists use imagination in their work. I.C The student will discover a variety of ways that artists organize the elements of art in responding to what they see. I.C.1 The student will describe different ways that artists organize art elements in compositions. 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.A The student will determine ways in which works of art express ideas about self, people, places, and events. II.A.1 The student will discover how images and forms were used by the people who created them by studying selected artworks of different times and places. 2.B The student will classify reasons why people create and use art by studyingartworks 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. II.B.2 The student will observe works of art and describe ways that they reflect everyday life. 2.D The student will verify similarities and differences in the processes used to interpret and express ideas in the visual arts and other disciplines. II.D.2 The student will use content from other disciplines as subject matter for expression through art. 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. 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. |
Discover and identify color as an element of art. | Teacher defines color and illustrates color on the color wheel. Teacher names and shows primary and secondary colors. Gather art prints that focus on mood as represented by color. Discuss dark and light, warm and cool, how light and color change through the day and seasons of the year (ID) Have children use the colors that best represent each season. Warm colors in autumn, cool colors in winter, intense and bright colors in spring, and a blend of the colors in summer. |
Color Color wheel Primary Secondary Hue Red Yellow Blue Green Violet Mood Dark Light Mix Warm Cool |
Monitor student use of vocabulary Group critique |
Color wheel Piet Mondrian Broadway Boogie Woogie Franz Marc The Large Blue Horses Mark Rothko Orange and Yellow Stuart Davis Combination Concrete Pablo Picasso The Tragedy |
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 |