Course/Subject by Grade: Elementary School Art - Kindergarten Unit: Discover Space


Program Outcomes for Unit Instructional Outcomes Suggested Activities Vocabulary Assessment Resources
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.

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.1The 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 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.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.

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.


Outcome IV: Aesthetic Criteria

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

IV.B The student will evaluate personally created artwork and the work of others.

IV.B.2 The student will critique artworks from various sources to determine how effectively the work communicates.
Discover and identify space as an element of art. Define space in oral language and through visual examples.Have students identify space in the room and in the environment.

Use creative physical movement to experience space in the room. (MI)

Explore space with a variety of 3-D media. This might include: paper mache, clay, play doh, cardboard sculpture, and sponges or styrofoam to build with. Have the students identify the top, bottom, center, left, and right of their sculptures.
Space
2-D
3-D
top
bottom
left
right
foreground
center
background
Monitor student use of vocabulary

Student participation
Grandma Moses Pull, Boys

Cezanne Apples and Oranges

Degas Frieze of Dancers

Frank Lloyd Wright Falling Water

Egyptian pyramids

Crystal Productions Mask Prints

Maria Martinez Tall Vase

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