Adopted March 9, 2015

Grade 4-5-6 Creating Art Standards Essential Questions:

1. Why do people create art? 2. How do people create art?

Enduring Understandings Creativity and innovative thinking are essential life skills that can be developed through practice, critique, and refining work over time.

People create and interact with objects, places, and design that define, shape, enhance, and empower their lives. Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work. C4-5-6.1.1: Students will brainstorm and combine concepts collaboratively to generate innovative ideas for creating art.

Prior Background Knowledge Required:

• discuss their ideas with others and use imaginative solutions to solve artistic problems.

Students will know…. • the principles of design.

Vocabulary: • collaboration • principles of design • brainstorming

Students will understand that… • collaboration requires

cooperation, communication, compromise, and consensus.

• artists learn from and are influenced by people, places, things , and ideas.

Students will be able to… • share ideas when making

artistic choices. • apply the principles of

design in their artwork.

C4-5-6.1.2: Students will set goals, demonstrate diverse methods of artistic investigation, and formulate personally meaningful content for creating art. Prior Background Knowledge Required:

• use media to explore personal ideas and interests.

Students will know…. Vocabulary:

• principles of design • artistic investigation

Students will understand that… • artistic investigation

involves observation, imagination, and memory.

• artists use personal experiences when creating art.

Students will be able to… • use imagery from their

personal experiences and/or events to make original works of art.

• set goals and plan for a project outcome.

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Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work. C4-5-6.2.1: Students will demonstrate openness in trying new ideas, materials, methods, and multiple approaches in making works of art and design. Prior Background Knowledge Required:

• explore multiple art making techniques.

• practice those techniques with guidance.

• use their mistakes in creative ways.

Students will know…. • art making media. • art tools and techniques.

Vocabulary:

• specific to drawing • specific to painting • specific to printmaking • specific to sculpture

Students will understand that… • artistic skills are developed

and refined through practice.

• we can use our mistakes to guide our work in a different direction and still maintain a positive outcome.

Students will be able to… • explore multiple art

making techniques. • practice those techniques

independently. • persevere through mistakes

and artistic road blocks.

C4-5-6.2.2: Students will demonstrate quality craftsmanship through care and use of mAterials, tools, and equipment. Prior Background Knowledge Required:

• use and care for materials in a safe and responsible manner.

Students will know…. • procedures for care and

clean up of art materials.

Students will understand that… • different tools and

materials have different uses and require different care and clean up.

Students will be able to… • use and care for materials

in a responsible manner.

C4-5-6.2.3: Identify, describe, represent, and design places and/or objects of personal significance. Prior Background Knowledge Required:

• identify objects with personal meaning.

• represent objects and places found in everyday life.

Students will know…. Vocabulary:

• personal significance

Students will understand that… • artists use places and

objects that have personal meaning when creating art.

• places and objects have different meaning for different people.

Students will be able to… • represent and design places

and objects of personal significance in their artwork.

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Anchor Standard 3: Refine and complete artistic work. C4-5-6.3: Reflect on whether personal artwork conveys the intended meaning and revise accordingly. Prior Background Knowledge Required:

• make changes that help enhance their ideas.

• discuss their creative choices with others.

Students will know…. • a variety of ways to make

changes during the artistic process.

Vocabulary: • revise

Students will understand that… • artists continually make

changes to artwork before presentation.

Students will be able to… • determine the intended

meaning of their artwork. • make changes that help

convey their intended meaning.

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Grade 4-5-6 Presenting Art Standards Essential Questions:

1. Why do people value objects, artifacts, and artworks, and select them for presentation, and how does the selected work cultivate an appreciation and understanding?

2. What criteria are considered when selecting work for presentation, a portfolio, or a collection? Enduring Understandings

Artists and other presenters consider various techniques, methods, venues, and criteria when preparing, analyzing, selecting, and curating objects artifacts, and artworks for preservation and/or presentation.

Artworks communicate meaning and a record of social, cultural, and political experiences resulting in the cultivating of appreciation and understanding.

Anchor Standard 4: Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation. P4-5-6.4: Students will explain the skills and knowledge needed to preserve, maintain, and present various artworks and art objects. Prior Background Knowledge Required:

• identify limitations of exhibit spaces.

• categorize artwork based on a theme or a concept.

Students will know…. • methods used to preserve,

maintain, and present artworks.

Vocabulary: • curator

Students will understand that… • many factors affect the

selection of artworks for preservation and presentation.

• preservation of artworks is essential to cultivation cultural appreciation and understanding.

Students will be able to… • describe how artworks are

preserved and maintained in a museum setting.

• explain why some artworks may be chosen for preservation over others.

• describe differences in preserving and presenting artworks.

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Anchor Standard 5: Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation. P4-5-6.5: Students will analyze the various considerations for presenting and protecting art in diverse locations and exhibit spaces. Prior Background Knowledge Required:

• recognize materials and techniques used in presenting artworks.

• create an artist statement.

Students will know…. • various exhibit spaces.

Vocabulary: • exhibition

Students will understand that… • artists and curators must

take exhibition space into consideration when choosing art for presentation.

• exhibition spaces provide different visual opportunities and limitations.

Students will be able to… • describe criteria for

artworks being displayed in a specific location.

• design a visual plan for displaying works of art in an exhibit space.

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Anchor Standard 6: Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work. P4-5-6.6: Students will explain how an exhibition in a museum or other venue presents ideas, provides information, reflects history, and promotes the values of a community. Prior Background Knowledge Required:

• identify and explain how different cultures record history and stories through art.

• discuss how art presented in a variety of venues contributes to communities.

Students will know…. • community values.

Vocabulary: • exhibition • venue

Students will understand that… • venues for viewing art may

be important for understanding that art.

• presentation of art can affect meaning.

Students will be able to… • describe how a venue

affects a viewer’s experience.

• explain how a venue can reflect history or promote community values.

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Grade 4-5-6 Responding Art Standards Essential Questions:

1. How do life experiences influence the way you relate to art? 2. How does learning about art impact how we perceive the world?

Enduring Understandings Engagement with art can lead to understanding and appreciation of self, others, the natural world, and constructed environments.

Anchor Standard 7: Perceive and analyze artistic work. R4-5-6.7.1: Students will identify and interpret works of art or design that reveal how people live around the world and what they value. Prior Background Knowledge Required:

• identify and describe familiar environments.

• discuss characteristics that are visually pleasing in their environment.

Students will know…. • aspects of a variety of

cultures. • processes and materials. • a variety of environments.

Vocabulary: • culture • environment

Students will understand that… • art reflects culture. • cultures use and value art

in different ways. • environments influence

how and why people create art.

Students will be able to… • identify artworks from

different cultures. • recognize differences in

processes and materials for different cultures.

• describe how environments influence artistic choices.

R4-5-6.7.2: Students will analyze ways that visual imagery and cultural aspects influence ideas and emotions. Prior Background Knowledge Required:

• identify ways that art communicates messages.

Students will know…. • methods that artists use to

convey messages. Vocabulary:

• visual imagery

Students will understand that… • artists use visual imagery

to express messages. • art can impact emotions.

Students will be able to… • identify components in

visual imagery that convey messages.

• recognize ways that cultural aspects effect ideas and emotions.

• discuss how art influences ideas and emotions.

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Anchor Standard 8: Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work. C4-5-6.8: Students will interpret art by analyzing characteristics of form, background information, subject matter, visual elements, and use of media to identify ideas and moods expressed. Prior Background Knowledge Required:

• identify media and subject matter.

• discuss the mood of a piece of artwork.

Students will know…. • various media • elements of design • contextual information for

a specific artwork Vocabulary:

• contextual information

Students will understand that… • art is used to convey ideas

and emotions for both the artist and the viewer.

• artists use media and apply visual elements to express their ideas and emotions.

Students will be able to… • identify visual elements

and media in an artwork. • discuss ideas and moods

expressed in an artwork. • describe the influence of

contextual information in an artwork.

• interpret meaning of an artwork.

Anchor Standard 9: Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work. C4-5-6.9: Students will evaluate works of art depending on styles, genres, and media as well as historical and cultural contexts. Prior Background Knowledge Required:

• express their thoughts using art vocabulary.

• apply a given criteria for evaluating an artwork.

Students will know…. • various criteria for

evaluating artwork. Vocabulary:

• evaluate • criteria • cultural context • historical context

Students will understand that… • art is evaluated using

specific criteria. • criteria for evaluating art

changes with historical and cultural contexts.

Students will be able to… • identify criteria for

evaluating art. • apply relevant criteria for

evaluating different kinds of artwork.

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Grade 4-5-6 Connecting Art Standards Essential Questions:

1. How do people contribute to awareness and understanding of their lives and the lives of their communities through art-making? 2. How does art help us understand and preserve the lives of people of different times, places, and cultures?

Enduring Understanding Through art-making, interactions with, and analysis of art, people make meaning by investigating and developing ideas and understandings of

society, culture, and history. Anchor Standard 10: Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art. CO4-5-6.10: Students will create works of art that reflect community cultural traditions as well as personal experiences. Prior Background Knowledge Required:

• identify important events in their lives.

• create artworks that reflect personal experiences and observations.

Students will know…. • various community and

cultural traditions. Vocabulary:

• community • traditions

Students will understand that… • art reflects cultural

knowledge and personal experiences.

Students will be able to… • combine personal

experiences with community cultural traditions when creating art.

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Anchor Standard 11: Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding. CO4-5-6.11: Students will analyze how art reflects changing times, traditions, resources, and cultural uses. Prior Background Knowledge Required:

• identify uses for art based on time and place.

• discuss how knowledge of time and place influence responses to artwork.

Students will know…. Vocabulary:

• society

Students will understand that… • art is influenced by time,

place, and culture. • art is used to create and

reflect change.

Students will be able to… • observe and infer

information about time, place, and the culture of an artwork.

• identify how art informs and changes beliefs and behaviors in society.

• discuss how art reflects changing times.

Adopted March 9, 2015