Course/Subject by Grade: Elementary School Art - Kindergarten Unit: Explore Shape
| Program Outcomes for Unit | Instructional Outcomes | Suggested Activities | Vocabulary | Assessment | Resources |
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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. 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. 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. II.B.2 The student will observe works of art and describe ways that they reflect everyday life. 2.C The student will differentiate among the works of different artists and describe their unique styles and forms of expression. |
Examine and explore shapes in works of art. | Select art prints from a variety of artists and media that illustrate still life. Have the students examine and identify the shapes that the artists used. Introduce the art of quilt making and design to the students through a visit to a quilt show or invite a guest artist to demonstrate their art of quilting. Have students use cut paper or markers to create and color a simple quilt block. (ID) After looking at different artists' representation of food, have the students use drawing materials to create a still life of food items. (ID) Students take one paper shape and cut in slices. Glue each slice down with spaces of the background showing between. Create zoo or farm animals combining shapes. Use a variety of tools such as rulers to draw lines for shapes, scissors to cut, hands to tear paper shapes. Glue pieces together to create a zoo animals. (E) |
Shape Line Square Circle Triangle Rectangle Oval Trapezoid Diamond Free-form Organic Geometric Octagon Hexagon 2-D |
Monitor student use of vocabulary. Teacher evaluation Monitor student use of materials, tools and supplies |
Lichtenstein Cubist Still Life Monet Vase of Flowers Cezanne Flowers and Pears Janet Fish Tomatoes and Fall Trees Faith Ringgold Tar Beach Unknown Artist Album Quilt Claes Oldenburg HamburgerSoft Fur Good Humors |
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 |