Key Learnings
- Art
All students:
Study Art Production, Art
Criticism, Art History and Aesthetics
Identify and use lines,
shapes, colors
Uses lines, shapes and
colors to make patterns and show balance
Identify and create
landscapes, portraits, still life, and abstract art
Identify and give
information about selected artists
Compare and contrast works
Make links between arts
Describe and analyze art
works and own work
Explore the arts of
different cultures.
Examines work for dominance
and rhythm.
Justifies preferences
in art works.
KINDERGARTEN
Art - Consult the NAD Fine Arts Curriculum Guide for
suggested activities to meet these objectives.
Use different media,
techniques and processes to communicate ideas, experiences and stories
Know the differences among
visual characteristics and purposes of art in order to convey ideas
Select and use subject
matter, symbols and ideas to communicate meaning
Know that the visual arts
have both history and specific relationships to various cultures
Identify specific works of
art as belonging to particular cultures, times and places
Describe how peoples
experiences influence the development of specific artworks
Identify
connections between the visual arts and other disciplines in the curriculum
FIRST GRADE
Art - Consult the NAD Fine Arts Curriculum Guide for
suggested activities to meet these objectives.
Use different media,
techniques and processes to communicate ideas, experiences and stories
Know the differences among
visual characteristics and purposes of art in order to convey ideas
Select and use subject
matter, symbols and ideas to communicate meaning
Know that the visual arts
have both history and specific relationships to various cultures
Identify specific works of
art as belonging to particular cultures, times and places
Describe how peoples
experiences influence the development of specific artworks
Identify
connections between the visual arts and other disciplines in the curriculum
SECOND GRADE
Art - Consult the NAD Fine Arts Curriculum Guide for
suggested activities to meet these objectives.
Use different media,
techniques and processes to communicate ideas, experiences and stories
Know the differences among
visual characteristics and purposes of art in order to convey ideas
Select and use subject
matter, symbols and ideas to communicate meaning
Know that the visual arts
have both history and specific relationships to various cultures
Identify specific works of
art as belonging to particular cultures, times and places
Describe how peoples
experiences influence the development of specific artworks
Identify
connections between the visual arts and other disciplines in the curriculum
THIRD GRADE
Art - Consult the NAD Fine Arts Curriculum Guide for
suggested activities to meet these objectives.
Use different media,
techniques and processes to communicate ideas, experiences and stories
Know the differences among
visual characteristics and purposes of art in order to convey ideas
Select and use subject
matter, symbols and ideas to communicate meaning
Know that the visual arts
have both history and specific relationships to various cultures
Identify specific works of
art as belonging to particular cultures, times and places
Describe how peoples
experiences influence the development of specific artworks
Identify
connections between the visual arts and other disciplines in the curriculum
FOURTH GRADE
Art - Consult the NAD Fine Arts Curriculum Guide for
suggested activities to meet these objectives.
Use different media,
techniques and processes to communicate ideas, experiences and stories
Know the differences among
visual characteristics and purposes of art in order to convey ideas
Select and use subject
matter, symbols and ideas to communicate meaning
Know that the visual arts
have both history and specific relationships to various cultures
Identify specific works of
art as belonging to particular cultures, times and places
Describe how peoples
experiences influence the development of specific artworks
Identify
connections between the visual arts and other disciplines in the curriculum
FIFTH GRADE
Art - Consult the NAD Fine Arts Curriculum Guide for
suggested activities to meet these objectives.
Select media, techniques and
processes; analyze what makes them effective or not effective in communicating
ideas; and reflect upon the effectiveness of their choices
Employ organizational
structures and analyze their effectiveness in the communication of ideas
Use subjects, themes and
symbols that demonstrate knowledge of contexts, values and aesthetics that
communicate intended meaning in artwork
Describe and place a variety
of art objects in historical and cultural context 6
Analyze, describe and
demonstrate how factors of time and place influence visual characteristics that
give meaning and value to a work of art
Describe and compare a
variety of individual responses to their own artworks and to artworks from
various eras and cultures
Describe
ways in which the principles and subject matter of other disciplines taught in
the school are interrelated with the visual arts
SIXTH GRADE
Art - Consult the NAD Fine Arts Curriculum Guide for
suggested activities to meet these objectives.
Select media, techniques and
processes; analyze what makes them effective or not effective in communicating
ideas; and reflect upon the effectiveness of their choices
Employ organizational
structures and analyze their effectiveness in the communication of ideas
Use subjects, themes and
symbols that demonstrate knowledge of contexts, values and aesthetics that
communicate intended meaning in artwork
Describe and place a variety
of art objects in historical and cultural context
Analyze, describe and
demonstrate how factors of time and place influence visual characteristics that
give meaning and value to a work of art
Describe and compare a
variety of individual responses to their own artworks and to artworks from
various eras and cultures
Describe
ways in which the principles and subject matter of other disciplines taught in
the school are interrelated with the visual arts
SEVENTH GRADE
Art - Consult the NAD Fine Arts Curriculum Guide for
suggested activities to meet these objectives.
Select media, techniques and
processes; analyze what makes them effective or not effective in communicating
ideas; and reflect upon the effectiveness of their choices
Employ organizational
structures and analyze their effectiveness in the communication of ideas
Use subjects, themes and
symbols that demonstrate knowledge of contexts, values and aesthetics that
communicate intended meaning in artwork
Describe and place a variety
of art objects in historical and cultural context
Analyze, describe and
demonstrate how factors of time and place influence visual characteristics that
give meaning and value to a work of art
Describe and compare a
variety of individual responses to their own artworks and to artworks from
various eras and cultures 7
Describe
ways in which the principles and subject matter of other disciplines taught in
the school are interrelated with the visual arts
EIGHTH GRADE
Art - Consult the NAD Fine Arts Curriculum Guide for
suggested activities to meet these objectives.
Select media, techniques and
processes; analyze what makes them effective or not effective in communicating
ideas; and reflect upon the effectiveness of their choices
Employ organizational
structures and analyze their effectiveness in the communication of ideas
Use subjects, themes and
symbols that demonstrate knowledge of contexts, values and aesthetics that
communicate intended meaning in artwork
Describe and place a variety
of art objects in historical and cultural context
Analyze, describe and
demonstrate how factors of time and place influence visual characteristics that
give meaning and value to a work of art
Describe and compare a
variety of individual responses to their own artworks and to artworks from
various eras and cultures
Describe ways in which the principle