Curriculum+2009+-+Sample+Unit


 * ** Content Standards  ** ||
 * ** 1.1   ****  All students will use aesthetic knowledge in the creation of and in response to the visual arts.  **
 * 1.2  ****  All students will utilize those skills, media, methods, and technologies appropriate to each art form in the creation, performance, and presentation pf visual arts.  **
 * 1.3  ****  All students will demonstrate an understanding of the elements and principles of visual art.  **
 * 1.4  ****  All students will develop, apply, and reflect upon knowledge of the process of critique.  **
 * 1.5  ****  All students will understand and analyze the role, development, and continuing influence of the arts in relation to world cultures, history, and society.  ** ||
 * ** Understandings  ** |||| **  Essential Question(s)  ** ||
 * ** Overarching Understanding  ** || **  Overarching  ** || ** Topical ** ||
 * * Students will understand and successfully apply the Elements of Art and the Principles of Design.
 * Students will understand the use of symbolism and metaphor in classic and contemporary artworks.
 * Students will understand that the visual arts are a valid means of communication that crosses borders and barriers established by location, religion, and socioeconomic status.  || *  Can the visual arts be used as an effective means of communication?
 * How does the organization of an artwork elicit and affect the viewers’ response?
 * What is the difference between a thoughtful and a thoughtless artistic judgment?
 * Does art define culture or does culture define art? || *  What elements are necessary in the creation a successful work of art?
 * How do line and spatial relationships affect our artwork and the viewer’s response?
 * Does the process of critique benefit or hinder the artist?
 * How do underlying structures unconsciously guide the creation of artworks? ||
 * ** Related Misconceptions  ** ||^   ||^   ||
 * * Art is arbitrary and most decisions made artists are random.
 * All modern art is random and is not intended to send the viewer a message.
 * All viewers feel the same emotion/response when viewing a specific artwork. ||^   ||^   ||