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Lessons
will follow the DBAE (Discipline Based Arts Education) model.
DBAE includes elements of art history, aesthetics and art
criticism as well as art production. The curriculum provides
students with the means for self-expression while focusing
on artistic literacy that enables students to interpret information
conveyed by images and symbols. The curriculum considers the
Virginia Fine Arts Standards of Learning as well as the interests
of parents and students. Whenever possible, themes explored
in the art classroom will correspond with that week’s
classroom theme.
Red
Room (Kindergarten)
The
Red Room curriculum is designed to serve as a building block
for further arts instruction. Emphasis is placed on cognitive,
sensory and motor development as well as development of visual
problem solving skills.
Students
will:
• Create works
of art that demonstrate solutions to visual problems
• Identify and use colors, textures, line, shape
and patterns
• Create works of art that depict animals and
plants
• Create self-portraits
• Identify spatial relationships
• Identify a sequence of steps in creating a
work of art
• Manipulate three-dimensional art materials
• Demonstrate motor skills by drawing, painting,
cutting, folding, gluing,
tearing, printing and modeling
• Identify those who make art as artists
• Identify purposes for creating art
• Discuss the concept that all cultures create
art
• Look at, describe and respond to works of art
• Discuss and explain ideas and expressions in
their artwork
• Explain reasons for selecting a preferred work
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Red Room
Quilt Squares
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Orange
Room (1st Grade)
The Orange Room
Curriculum emphasizes visual communication through the elements
of art.
Students
will :
• Understand
that there are multiple solutions to a single visual problem.
• Use the senses as inspiration for works of
art
• Identify and use primary colors, secondary
colors, line, texture, shape,
three-dimensional forms and patterns
• Create works of art inspired by literature
• Use proportion in their artwork
• Describe how art communicates feelings, ideas
and information
• Discuss why viewers have different responses
to works of art
• Categorize art by subject matter
• View works of art and describe similarities
and differences
• Recognize that art is a part of all cultures
• Discuss different responses to works of art
• Describe ideas and emotions communicated
in works of art
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Yellow
Room (2nd Grade)
The Yellow Room
curriculum builds on ideas previously introduced and allows
students to use an increasing variety of materials, skills,
and techniques.
Students
will :
• Identify
and use secondary, warm, and cool colors
• Identify geometric and organic shapes as well
as three-dimensional forms
• Depict environemental and historical themes
• Depict objects in proportion in a work of art
• Use a variety of sources for art ideas including
nature and people
• Create 3-dimensional works of art
• Express opinions and supporting ideas
• Describe
meanings and feelings evoked by works of art
• Describe personal reasons for valuing a work
of art
• Compare art and artifacts of other cultures
• Discuss the ways that the art of a culture
reflects people's attitudes and beliefs
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Green
Room (3rd Grade)
Green Roomers
will become further acquainted with the artistic process through
idea generation, problem solving, and assessment through critique.
Students
will:
• Identify
solutions used by artists to solve visual problems
• Identify
and use intermediate, warm, and cool colors
• Identify
and use positive and negative space, balance and pattern
• Compare
and contrast geometric and organic shapes
• Create
the illusion of depth on a two-dimensional surface
• Identify
and use foreground, middle ground and background
in
two-dimensional
works of art
• Discuss
how history, culture and the visual arts influence each other
• Discuss
different ways to interpret art
• Use
appropriate art vocabulary when describing art processes
• Develop
and describe personal reasons for valuing works of art
• Discuss
form and function of artifacts from another culture
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Blue
Room (4th and 5th Grades)
The Blue
Room curriculum continues to focus on the elements of art and
visual communication. A variety of media and techniques will be
explored. Students will also investigate the role of art within
particular cultures.
Students
will:
• Use
thumbnail sketches to document thought processes
• Use the characteristics of color including hue, shade,
tint, and intensity
• Understand
and use ceramic techniques
• Demonstrate an understanding of symbolic meaning
by incorporating symbols
in a work of art
• Use art
materials experimentally
• Discuss how history, culture and the visual arts
influence each other
• Identify common attributes in works of art produced
by artists within a culture
• Distinguish between abstract, representational and
nonrepresentational works of art
• Discuss how personal beliefs influence responses
to works of art
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Purple
Room (6th, 7th, and 8th Grades)
The Purple Room Curriculum continues to emphasize
the language of art and the development of inquiry skills. The
curriculum also allows for the synthesis and application of
previously learned concepts.
Students will:
• Document
their creative process by keeping a journal
• Apply
the elements of art and principles of design to two and three-
dimensional
works of art
• Develop
ideas for works of art by conducting research, making preliminary
sketches
or constructing models
• Demonstrate
understanding of symbolic meanings by incorporating
symbols
in a work of art
• Describe
the changes that occur in clay during the ceramic process
• Solve
design problems using color relationships
• Identify
influences of historic events in works of art
• Identify
major art movements and styles
• Describe
ways that social and cultural beliefs can influence responses
to
works of art
• Identify
the contributions of artists to society
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Middle School
Pinhole Photography Unit |
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This page was last updated on October 2, 2007
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