Content Area: Visual Art Subject Area Course Primary Resource: A variety of Internet and print resources Grade Level: 1 Unit Plan 1: Art talks with Lines and Shapes Seeing straight lines Lines can curve Lines show motion Lines make shapes Seeing shapes September November Unit Plan 2: Art talks with Texture and Pattern Using line and shape in texture Using line and shape in pattern Seeing texture What comes next in patterns Weaving December February Unit Plan 3: Art Talks with Form and Space Seeing Form Forms take up space Things in Front and Behind Seeing Positive Space Seeing Negative Space March April P Unit Plan 4: Art Talks with Colors Seeing and Finding colors Color Families Warm and Cool Colors Complementary Colors May June GRADE 1 VISUAL ART CURRICULUM 1
Date created: January 20, 2013 Created by: Margaret Gianfrancesco Board approved on: 12/17/2012 Content Area: Visual Art Target Course/Grade Level: 1 Unit Summaries: Unit 1 Art Talks with Lines and Shapes Unit Overview Students will review the elements of line and shape. They will identify and use lines and explore different line qualities. They will identify and use geometric and freeform shapes and understand that the shape of an object is drawn with an outline. They will begin to use their understanding of line and shape to discuss how artists express emotions and communicate ideas. Students will explore line and shape using a variety of media, techniques and materials and understand that lines and shapes can be used to create many different styles of art including realistic and abstract. Unit 2 Art Talks with Texture and Pattern Students will review the element of texture. Students will explore the use of pattern. They will distinguish between actual texture and visual texture and understand how artists use a variety of materials to create actual textures, and use lines, shapes and colors to create visual textures and patterns. They will begin to use their understanding of texture and pattern to discuss how artists express emotions and communicate ideas. Students will explore texture and pattern using a variety of mediums, techniques and materials and understand that textures and patterns can be used to create many different styles of art including realistic and abstract. Unit 3 Art Talks with Form and Space Students will review the elements of form and shape and distinguish between flat 2-dimensional shapes and 3- dimensional forms. Students will be introduced to the element of space and learn that forms take up space. They will be able to identify the space around and within 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional objects. They will begin to use their understanding of space and form to discuss how artists express emotions and communicate ideas. Students will explore space and form using a variety of mediums, techniques and materials and understand that space and form can be used to create many different styles of art including realistic and abstract. Students will review the element of color. They will identify and use primary and secondary colors and understand the basic use of a color wheel including the placement of complementary colors. They will begin to use their understanding of color to discuss how artists express emotions and communicate ideas. Students will explore color using a variety of mediums, techniques and materials and understand that colors can be used to create many different styles of art including realistic and abstract. Content Area Skills: New Jersey Technology Standards: 8.1 Educational Technology All students will use digital tools to access, manage, evaluate, and synthesize information in order to solve problems individually and collaboratively and to create and communicate knowledge. GRADE 1 VISUAL ART CURRICULUM 2
8.2 Technology Education, Engineering, and Design All students will develop an understanding of the nature and impact of technology, engineering, technological design, and the designed world, as they relate to the individual, global society, and the environment. For specific technology cumulative progress indicators: http://www.state.nj.us/education/cccs/standards/8/index.html 21 st Century Themes: 9.1 Life and Career Skills: All students will demonstrate the creative, critical thinking, collaboration, and problemsolving skills needed to function successfully as both global citizens and workers in diverse ethnic and organizational cultures. 9.2 Personal Financial Literacy: All students will develop skills and strategies that promote personal and financial responsibility related to financial planning, savings, investment, and charitable giving in the global economy. 9.3 Career Awareness, Exploration, and Preparation: All students will apply knowledge about and engage in the process of career awareness, exploration, and preparation in order to navigate the globally competitive work environment of the information age. For specific college and career readiness anchor standards: http://www.state.nj.us/education/cccs/standards/9/index.html Unit Rationale Big Idea: Unit 1 Students will review previous knowledge of line and shape and use this knowledge to further explore the element of line in creative processes, history of arts and cultures, and aesthetic responses. Unit 2 Students will review previous knowledge of texture and use this knowledge to further explore the element of line in creative processes, history of arts and cultures, and aesthetic responses. Pattern is a Principle of Design. In order to understand the world of art, students must understand the language of art. Unit 3 Students will review previous knowledge of space and form and use this knowledge to further explore the element of line in creative processes, history of arts and cultures, and aesthetic responses. Unit 4 Students will review previous knowledge of color and use this knowledge to further explore the element of line in creative processes, history of arts and cultures, and aesthetic responses. Learning Targets 2009 New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards 1.1: The Creative Process D. Visual Art 1. Identify the basic elements of art and principles of design in diverse types of artwork. 2. Identify elements of art and principles of design in specific works of art and explain how they are used. 1.2: History of the Arts and Culture A. History of the Arts and Culture 1. Identify characteristic theme-based works of dance, music, theatre, and visual art, such as artworks based on the themes of family and community, from various historical periods and world cultures. 2. Identify how artists and specific works of dance, music, theatre, and visual art reflect, and are affected by, past and present cultures. 1.3: Performance D. Visual Art 1. Create two- and three-dimensional works of art using the basic elements of color, line, shape, form, texture, and space, as well as a variety of art mediums and application methods. 2. Use symbols to create personal works of art based on selected age-appropriate themes, using oral stories as a basis for pictorial representation. GRADE 1 VISUAL ART CURRICULUM 3
3. Employ basic verbal and visual art vocabulary to demonstrate knowledge of the materials, tools, and methodologies used to create and tell visual stories. 4. Explore the use of a wide array of art mediums and select tools that are appropriate to the production of works of art in a variety of art media. 5. Create works of art that are based on observations of the physical world and that illustrate how art is part of everyday life, using a variety of art mediums and art media. 1.4: Aesthetic Responses & Critique Methodologies A. Aesthetic Responses 1. Identify aesthetic qualities of exemplary works of art in dance, music, theatre, and visual art, and identify characteristics of the artists who created them (e.g., gender, age, absence or presence of training, style, etc.). 2. Compare and contrast culturally and historically diverse works of dance, music, theatre, and visual art that evoke emotion and that communicate cultural meaning. 3. Use imagination to create a story based on an arts experience that communicated an emotion or feeling, and tell the story through each of the four arts disciplines (dance, music, theatre, and visual art). 4. Distinguish patterns in nature found in works of dance, music, theatre, and visual art. B. Critique Methodologies 1. Observe the basic arts elements in performances and exhibitions and used them to formulate objective assessments of artworks in dance, music, theatre, and visual art. 2. Apply the principles of positive critique in giving and receiving responses to performances. 3. Recognize the making subject or theme in works of dance, music, theatre, and visual art. Unit Essential Questions Unit 1 Art Talks with Lines and Shapes How does art talk with lines? How does art talk with shapes? Where do you see lines and/or shapes? What are some ways that lines can make you feel? Unit 2 Art Talks with Textures and Pattern How does art talk with textures? Where do you see textures? How does art talk with patterns? Where do you see patterns? What are some ways that textures or patterns can make you feel? Unit 3 Art Talks with Form and Space How does art talk with space and form? Where in our environment do we see space and form? What are some ways that space and form can make you feel? Unit Enduring Understandings Unit 1 Art Talks with Lines Line and shape are elements of art and are part of the art vocabulary we Artists explore with the elements of line and shape to create works of art. We can find lines and shapes all around our environment. There are basic lines in art: vertical, horizontal, diagonal, curved, zigzag and broken. There are basic shapes in art: circles, squares, rectangles triangles and freeform. Lines can have many qualities such as thick, thin, smooth or rough. An artist can use lines and shapes to create in many different styles including realistic and abstract. Lines and shapes can be used to express emotions and communicate ideas. Artists throughout history have used lines and shape to create art. Unit 2 Art Talks with Texture and Pattern Texture is one of the Elements of Art and is part of the art vocabulary we Pattern is one of the Principles of Design and is part of the art vocabulary we Artists explore with the element of texture to create works of art. Artists explore with pattern to create works of art. We can find textures and patterns all around our environment. GRADE 1 VISUAL ART CURRICULUM 4
How does art talk with color? Where do you see colors? What are some ways that colors can make you feel? An artist uses texture and pattern to create in many different styles including realistic and abstract. Textures and patterns can be used to express emotions and communicate ideas. Artists throughout history have used textures and patterns to create art. Actual texture is the way something feels. Artists can use many different types of materials to create actual texture in their art. Visual texture is the way something looks like it feels. Lines, shapes and colors help to create visual texture in art. Unit 3 Art Talks with Form and Space Space and Form are elements of art and are part of the art vocabulary we Artists explore with the elements of space and form to create works of art. We can find space and form all around our environment. An artist uses space and form to create in many different styles including realistic and abstract. Space and Form can be used to express emotions and communicate ideas. Artists throughout history have used space and form to create art. A form is a 3-dimensional object with height, width and depth. A sculpture is a 3-dimensional art form. Space is the area around and within objects. A form takes up space. Color is one of the elements of art and is part of the art vocabulary we Artists explore with the element of color to create works of art. We can find colors all around our environment. An artist uses color to create in many different styles including realistic and abstract. Colors can be used to express emotions and communicate ideas. Artists throughout history have used colors to create art. A Color wheel is a tool artists use to see the relationships of colors. It shows the colors of the rainbow (the color spectrum) in order. Primary colors cannot be made by mixing other colors. Secondary colors are created by mixing two primary colors. The complimentary colors are opposite each other on the color wheel. Unit Objectives: Unit 1 Art Talks with Lines and Shapes SWABT: Improve their perception of lines and shapes in art and in the environment. SWABT: Distinguish between different lines in art and understand that lines have many qualities such as thick, thin, GRADE 1 VISUAL ART CURRICULUM 5
smooth or rough. 2012-2013 Ringwood Art Curriculum SWABT: Distinguish between different geometric and free-form shapes in their environment and in works of art. SWABT: Discuss their thoughts and feelings of how artists used the elements of line and shape in various styles of art. SWABT: Utilize a variety of methods and materials to apply the element of line and shape to create works of art. SWABT: Make decisions on how to use the elements of line and shape to express emotions or communicate ideas. Unit 2 Art Talks with Textures and Pattern Improve their perception of texture in art. Distinguish between actual texture and visual texture in their environment and in works of art. Distinguish between texture and pattern in works of art. Discuss their thoughts and feelings of how artists used the element of texture in various styles of art. Discuss their thoughts and feeling s of how artist used pattern in various styles of art Understand that artists can use many different types of materials to create actual texture in their artwork. Understand that artists can use lines, shapes and colors to create visual textures and patterns in their artwork. Utilize a variety of methods and materials to apply the element of texture to create works of art. Make decisions on how to use the element of texture to express emotions or communicate ideas. Make decisions on how to use the principle of pattern to express emotions or communicate ideas. Unit 3 Art Talks with Form and Space Improve their perception of space and form in art. Distinguish between flat 2-dimensional shapes and 3-dimensional forms in their environment and in works of art. Identify areas of space around and within objects. Discuss their thoughts and feelings of how artists used the elements of space and form in various styles of art. Utilize a variety of methods and materials to apply the elements of space and form to create works of art. Make decisions on how to use the elements of space and form to express emotions or communicate ideas. SWABT: Improve their perception of color in art. SWABT: Distinguish between primary and secondary colors in their environment and in works of art. SWABT: Understand the basic uses of a color wheel and the order of the color spectrum. SWABT: Identify complementary colors on the color wheel and in works of art. SWABT: Discuss their thoughts and feelings of how artists used the element of color in various styles of art. SWABT: Utilize a variety of methods and materials to apply the element of color to create works of art. SWABT: Apply the technique of color mixing in their work of art. SWABT: Make decisions on how to use the element of color to express emotions or communicate ideas. Formative Assessment: Evidence of Learning GRADE 1 VISUAL ART CURRICULUM 6
Teacher observation Student participation Self-assessment Summative Assessment: Project Outcomes Mid-term exam End-term exam 2012-2013 Ringwood Art Curriculum Modifications (ELLs, Special Education, Enrichment, 504 & I/R&S): Modification, materials and equipment will be determined by grade level. Differentiated instruction will be provided at all grade levels. Student s education plan will be followed. Equipment Needed: Variety of supplies including, paper, pencils, crayons, paint, construction paper, glue scissors, clay etc. Common Resources Available (Including, but not limited to): Print and digital art images Content Area: Visual Art Lesson Components 21 st Century Themes Global Awareness Financial, Economic, Business, and Entrepreneurial Literacy Civic Literacy Health Literacy 21 st Century Skills Creativity and Innovation Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Communication and Collaboration Information Literacy Media Literacy ICT Literacy Life and Career Skills Interdisciplinary Connections to be determined: Art lessons may expand to include connections with Language Arts, Mathematics, Social Studies, Science and Music. Integration of Technology: Integration of Technology: SMART Board, Document Camera and PC GRADE 1 VISUAL ART CURRICULUM 7