Course/Subject by Grade: Elementary School Art - Kindergarten Unit: Examine Form
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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. 1.B The student will identify and compare ways in which selected works of art represent what people see, feel, know, and imagine. I.B.1 The student will determine ways in which artists communicate ideas, feelings, and experiences by comparing the work of different artists. I.B.2 The student will compare selected works of art and describe how different artists use imagination in their work. 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. II.A.2 The student will compare and contrast ways that artists respond to life experiences by studying selected artworks. 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.1 The student will categorize the unique characteristics of the work of selected artists. 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. III.B.2The student will create original art works based in fantasy that express personal feelings and ideas. Outcome IV: Aesthetic CriteriaIV.B The student will evaluate personally created artwork and the work of others. IV.B.1 The student will determine the success of personal creative efforts in the visual arts by applying given and self-constructed criteria to evaluate progress. |
Examine and explore form in works of art. | Teacher defines and shows examples of form in art and the environment. Students are asked to classify form as natural or man-made from examples given whether in the art room or 2D prints. Students can use clay to explore a variety of hand building methods. Teacher introduces pinch, slab, and coil. Students freely experiment with additive and subtractive techniques to create a product that has 3D form in the clay media. (MO) Our bodies have form. Students can create 3D letters and shapes using their bodies or groups of bodies. Students can compare this with 2D sketches of figure drawings done in color marker. (MI) |
Form Flat 2D 3D sculpture height width depth natural man-made sphere cylinder cube pyramid construct clay pinch roll coil slab |
Monitor student use and application of vocabulary Analyze student work Group critique Compare and contrast Student participation |
Claes Oldenburg Hamburger Louise Nevelson Sky Cathedral Alexander Calder Circus Henry Moore Reclining Mother and Child Frank Lloyd Wright Falling Water Egyptian pyramids Christo Valley Curtain Spiral Jetty Surrounded Islands Biscayne Bay |
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 |