Instructional Unit Nineteen
Goal: Judgment and
Criticism
Objective:
3.19 The
student will describe the problem solving process involved in production of personal works
of art.
State Core SOL Correlation: None
Instructional Strategies:
Ask students how they decide what
they would like to draw or paint. Write down
their answers on the board. Then ask the
class to decide what would be the steps involved. Put
them in order on the board. Point out the
decision making process for each step. Review
each step with the class as if you were doing a project, naming each level. Refer to Unit 1 in Portfolio 3. Discuss the following terms: sketch, critique, decision, plan, model, refine.
Suggested Student Activities:
1. Create an artwork and record the
stages of the problem solving model.
2. Create a plan for an animal house
(Unit 4, Lesson 12, page 77).
3. In a group create a mural.
Assessment:
The students will be assessed on
their ability to describe the problem solving process in art production through:
1. identification of the stages of the problem solving process.
2. creation of an artwork where all forms of planning are labeled.
3. critique of student work.
4. displaying student work.
Instructional Unit Twenty lupl
Goal: Visual
Communication and Production
Objective:
3.5
The student will compare and contrast organic
and geometric shapes in works of art.
State Core SOL Correlation: None
Instructional Strategies:
Discuss with the class the
differences between organic and geometric shapes. Show
Matisse’s work “Beasts of the Sea” or Kandinsky’s “Reciproque”. Help the
class categorize the shapes into two lists. Display
reproductions of several famous works of art and ask the class to point out organic and
geometric shapes within the pieces.
Suggested Student Activities:
1. Create stencils of geometric and organic shapes. Using the stencils create an artwork.
2. Draw large geometric and organic shapes on
cardboard. Cut them out and paint them in
bright patterns or mixed colors. Display as a
group.
3. Cut one organic and one geometric shape out of a
9x12 sheet of construction paper. Using two
sheets of construction paper create an op-art weaving.
Glue the paper with cut out shapes to the front of the weaving.
Assessment:
The students will be assessed on
their ability to compare and contrast identified organic and geometric shapes through:
1. identification of organic and geometric shapes in verbal discussion.
2. creation of art works based on geometric and organic shapes.
3. critique of student work.
4. displaying student work.
Instructional Unit Twenty-One lupl
Goal: Judgment and
Criticism
Objective:
3.18 The
student will discuss why works of art have been interpreted in different ways throughout
history.
State Core SOL Correlation: Science 3.3
Instructional Strategies:
Display prints of artifacts that
have been mysteries in the past, such as: Rosetta
Stone, Stonehenge, Hieroglyphics, Native American rock paintings,
Pyramids, cave paintings of Europe, Native American pictographs, Aztec calendar. Explain to the class that these items were once
thought to be one thing but have been proven through scientific study to be something
entirely different. Example - hieroglyphics
were at one time just thought to be decorations. Explain
that sometimes the values of one culture are not appreciated or understood by another
culture.
Suggested Student Activities:
1. Create
a sand painting based on a pictograph the student develops after studying Native American
symbols.
2. Create
a mural in the style of the Cave Painters of Europe.
3. Create
an Egyptian scroll decorated with symbols from ancient Egypt and hieroglyphics.
Assessment:
The students will be assessed on
their ability to discuss why works of art have been interpreted differently throughout
history through:
1. writing a paragraph about one artwork or type of artwork that has been
interpreted differently over time.
2. verbally explaining how a people’s culture can affect how they view
works of art from another culture.
3. creation of an artwork.
4. critique of student work.
5. displaying student work.
