USD 263-MULVANE SCHOOL DISTRICT

CURRICULUM MAP

ART- 3rd-5th Grade


OUTCOME/ ESSENTIAL QUESTION

 

CONTENT

 

OBJECTIVE/SKILL

 

ASSESSMENT

 

I. How will students understand and apply media, techniques, and processes?
 
Will build upon:
1. Create works of art with a variety of media, techniques, and processes including but not limited to: drawing, painting, weaving, modeling, and construction
2. Use art materials and tools in a safe and responsible manner.
 
Introduce and/or build upon:
1. Demonstrate how to use specific media, techniques, and processes by using a variation of pattern, color, line quality, and texture. (1.6.2)
 
Rubrics, critiques, peer/teacher evaluation
 
II. How will students use knowledge of structures and functions?
 
1. Know the differences among visual characteristics and purposes of art in order to convey ideas.
 
1. Demonstrate an understanding of the elements of design (2.1.1)
2. Explore and develop a working knowledge of art concepts such as:
-implied/actual texture
-thematic design
-asymmetry/symmetry
-contrast
-transparent
-opaque
-proportion (2.1.6)
3. Use the color wheel/color theory as a tool. (2.1.6)
4. Use contour lines to describe shape of an object.
5. Demonstrate positive/negative space.
6. Create a landscape with foreground, middle ground, and background.
7. Change size, placement, and overlapping to create space.
8. Use different mediums to create 2D/3D balance.
9. Use a variety of compositional formats.
 
Rubrics, critiques, peer/teacher evaluation
 
III. How will students choose and evaluate a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas?
 
1. Select and use subject matter, symbols with ideas to communicate meaning.
2. Describe how people's experiences influence the development of specific artworks.
 
1. Incorporate complex personal ideas with symbols in artwork. (3.2.1)
 
Rubrics, critiques, peer/teacher evaluation
 
IV. How will students understand the visual arts in relation to history and culture?
 
1. Know that the visual arts have a history with specific relationships to various cultures.
 
1. Study a medium or subject and compare them. (4.1.4)
2. Create an artwork based on culture. (4.1.4)
 
Rubrics, critiques, peer/teacher evaluation
 
V. How will students reflect upon and assess the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others?
 
1. Understand there are various purposes for creating works of art.
 
1. Examine subject matter, symbols, and ideas of own art work during production and make decisions for needs and improvements. (5.2.1)
2. Examine composition of visual images from different artists that share a common theme. (5.2.2)
3. Recognize formal and informal processes by participating in a class critique. (5.2.3)
 
Rubrics, critiques, peer/teacher evaluation
 
VI. How will students make connections between the visual arts and other disciplines?
 
1. Understand and use connections between the visual arts and other disciplines.
 
1. Demonstrate elements of other disciplines with the visual arts. (6.1.1)
 
Rubrics, critiques, peer/teacher evaluation