VISUAL

ARTS-Creating
Anchor Standard 1: Foundation Cr1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.
Enduring Understandings Creativity and innovative thinking are essential life skills that can be developed.
Essential Questions: What conditions, attitudes, and behaviors support creativity and innovative thinking? What factors prevent or encourage people to take crea
influence the creative process?
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Explore and Brainstorm Combine Document

Explore and experiment collaboratively Brainstorm Combine ideas concepts Apply formal early stages of Formulate an
experiment imaginatively multiple original to generate an collaboratively and informal the creative develop
Elaborate on
imaginatively with ideas and approaches to approaches to innovative to generate methods to process using creative
an imaginative
with ideas and materials an art or an art or plan for art innovative overcome traditional or approaches t
idea.
materials. through design design making. ideas for creative emerging art making.
collaboration. problem. problem. creating art. blocks. media.

Enduring Understandings Artists and designers shape artistic investigations, following or breaking with traditions in pursuit of creative art-making goals.
Essential Questions: How does knowing the contexts histories and traditions of art forms help us create works of art and design? Why do artists follow or break fr
artists determine what resources and criteria are needed to formulate artistic investigations?
Investigate-Plan-Make

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Make art or Apply Identify and

design with a knowledge of Collaborativel demonstrate
Use Develop
Collaborate in variety of selected y set goals, and various Collaborativel
observation Investigate criteria to Investigate a
creative art materials and resources, create artwork investigative y investigate
and personally guide art aspect of
making in tools, tools, and that is methods in an aspect of
investigation relevant making or contemporar
response to an exploring technologies meaningful choosing an contemporary
in preparation content for design to meet life utilizing
artistic personal to investigate and has approach for life utilizing
for making a creating art. an identified art and desig
problem. interests, personal ideas purpose to the beginning a art and design.
work of art. goal.
questions, and through art makers. work of art.
curiosities. making.
 Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.
Enduring Understandings Artists and designers experiment with forms, structures, materials, concepts, media, and art-making approaches.
Essential Questions How do artists work? How do artists and designers determine the effectiveness of particular choices in their work? How do artists and design

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Experiment
Experiment Persist in
Through Create and develop Experiment Experiment,
with various Explore and developing
experimentati Explore uses artwork to skills in with new innovate, and
materials and invent art- skills with
on, build skills
of materials meet personal multiple art- ideas, take risks to Make art or
tools to making various
in various and tools to criteria, using making materials, pursue ideas, design witho
Investigate

explore techniques materials,

media and art- create works a variety of techniques methods, and forms, and having a
personal and methods, and
making of art or artistic and approaches in meanings that preconceived
interests in a approaches approaches in
approaches, design, using processes and approaches making works emerge when plan, using
work of art or using creating works
using developmental materials and through of art and making art, course speci
design, using developmental of art or
developmental ly appropriate developmental practice using design, using using course craftsmansh
developmental ly appropriate design using
ly appropriate craftsmanship. ly appropriate developmental course specific specific
ly appropriate craftsmanship. course specific
craftsmanship. craftsmanship. ly appropriate craftsmanship. craftsmanship.
craftsmanship. craftsmanship.
craftsmanship.
Enduring Understandings Artists and designers balance experimentation with safety and freedom with responsibility while developing and creating artworks.
Essential Questions How do artists and designers care for and maintain materials, tools, and equipment? Why is it important for safety and health to understand a
handling materials, tools, and equipment? What responsibilities come with the freedom to create?

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Demonstrate Demonstrate
awareness of awareness o
Demonstrate
Utilize and ethical the ethical
Demonstrate an Explain
Demonstrate care for Demonstrate responsibility implications
safe understanding Demonstrate environmental
safe and materials, awareness of and the use of and the use o
Use art procedures for of the safe and resourceful implications of
Investigate

proper tools, and ethical images, images,

materials, using and proficient use care for and conservation,
procedures for equipment in a responsibility materials, materials,
tools, and cleaning art of materials, use of care, and
using manner that when using tools, and tools, and
equipment tools, tools, and materials, cleanup of art
materials, prevents traditional and equipment in equipment in
safely. equipment, equipment for tools, and materials,
tools, and danger to emergent the creation the creation
and studio a variety of equipment. tools, and
equipment. oneself and media. and and
spaces. artistic equipment.
others. presentation presentation
processes.
of original of original
work. work.

 Enduring Understandings People create and interact with objects, places, and design that define, shape, enhance, and empower their lives
Essential Questions How do objects, places, and design shape lives and communities? How do artists and designers determine goals for designing or redesigning o
artists and designers create works of art or design that effectively communicate?
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Apply visual
organizational
Identify, Design or strategies to Select,
Identify and Individually or Redesign
Document, describe, and redesign design and organize, and
Create art that classify uses of Repurpose collaboratively object, sys
Investigate

describe, and visually objects, places, produce a design images

represents everyday objects to construct visual place, or
represent document or systems that work of art, and words to
natural and objects create representations design in
community places and/or meet the design, or make visually
constructed through something of objects or response
spaces and objects of identified media that clear and
environments. diverse visual new. places from contempo
environments. personal needs of clearly compelling
art media. everyday life. issues.
significance. diverse users. communicates presentations.
information or
ideas.
Anchor Standard 3: Refine and complete artistic work
Enduring Understandings Artist and designers develop excellence through practice and constructive critique, reflecting on, revising, and refining work overtime.
Essential Questions What role does persistence play in revising, refining, and developing work? How do artists grow and become accomplished in art forms? How
work construct a more complete experience?
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Reflect on and
Reflect-Refine-Continue

Communicate explain Apply relevant Apply rele

Discuss and Revise artwork personal Reflect on and important criteria to criteria to
Use art Add details to
Explain the reflect with in progress on decisions in art revise personal information examine, examine,
vocabulary to an artwork to
process of peers about the basis of making in an artwork to about personal reflect on, and reflect on,
describe enhance
making art choices made insights gained artist convey artwork in an plan revisions plan revis
choices while emerging
while creating. in creating through peer statement or intended artist for a work of for a work
creating art. meaning.
artwork. critique. another meaning. statement or art or design in art or des
format. another progress. progress.
format.



VISUAL ARTS-Presenting
Anchor Standard 4: Foundation P1 Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.
Enduring Understandings Artists and other presenters consider various techniques, methods, venues, and criteria when analyzing, selecting, and curating object
preservation and presentation.
Essential Questions How are artworks cared for and by whom? What criteria, methods, and processes are used to select work for preservation or presentation? W
and artworks and select them for presentation?
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Analyze Compare and
Analyze how
Select art similarities contrast how
Investigate traditional and Select, ana
objects for and traditional and
Explain why and discuss emerging Define and Develop and and curate
personal Categorize differences emerging
some objects, possibilities technologies explain the apply criteria artifacts
portfolio and artwork based associated technologies
Select

artifacts, and and limitations have impacted

qualifications for evaluating and/or
display, on a theme or with have changed
artwork are of traditional the and a collection of artworks
explaining why concept for an preserving and the way
valued over and emerging preservation responsibilitie artwork for presentat
they were exhibit. presenting artwork is
others. presentation and s of a curator. presentation. and
chosen. traditional and preserved,
spaces. presentation of preservat
emerging presented, and
artwork.
media. experienced.
Anchor Standard 5: Foundation P2 Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.
Enduring Understandings Artists, curators, and others consider a variety of factors and methods when preparing and refining artwork for display and deciding i
Essential Questions What methods and processes are considered when preparing artwork for presentation or preservation? How does refining artwork affect it’
criteria are considered when selecting work for presentation, a portfolio, or a collection?
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Ask and
Identify Individually or Collaboratively
answer Analyze
Distinguish traditional and collaboratively prepare and
questions such strategies for
between emerging Demonstrate , develop a Based on present Analyze a
as where, exhibiting and
Explain the different presentation effective use of plan to display criteria, selected evaluate
when, why, preserving a
Analyze

purpose of a materials or spaces, and methods and works of art analyze and theme-based traditiona
and how variety of art
portfolio or artistic prepare works techniques for that includes evaluate artwork for emerging
artwork forms in both
collection. techniques for of art for preparing and analyzing the methods for display, and presentat
should be traditional and
preparing presentation presenting exhibit space, preparing and formulate spaces an
prepared for emerging
artwork for including an artwork. while presenting art. exhibition methods.
presentation presentation
presentation. artist’s considering narratives for
or spaces.
statement. the audience. the viewer.
preservation



 Anchor Standard 6: Foundation P3 Convey and express meaning through the presentation of artistic work
Enduring Understandings Objects, artifacts, and artworks collected, preserved, or presented either by artists, museums, or other venues communicate meaning
political experiences resulting in the cultivation of appreciation and understanding.
Essential Questions What is an art museum? How does the presenting and sharing of objects, artifacts, and artworks influence and shape ideas, beliefs, and exper
artworks collected, preserved, or presented, cultivate appreciation and understanding?
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Explain the Explain how Analyze a
function of an Identify the Identify and an exhibition describe t
Compare and Explain how
art museum, roles and Analyze how explain how in a traditional Compare and Analyze why impact tha
contrast an exhibition
and responsibilitie art exhibited in and where or emerging contrast and how an exhibition
purposes of a in a traditional
distinguish s of people traditional and different presentation perceptions of exhibition or collection
variety of or emerging
Share

how an art who work in emerging cultures space provides exhibitions in collection may on person
presentation presentation
museum is and visit presentation record and ideas and traditional and influence awarenes
spaces and the space reflects
different from traditional and spaces illustrate information emerging ideas, beliefs, social, cul
types of the history and
other buildings emerging contributes to stories and about a presentation and or politica
experiences values of a
and presentation communities. history of life specific spaces. experiences. beliefs and
they provide. community.
presentation spaces. through art. concept or understan
spaces. topic. s.

VISUAL ARTS-Responding
Anchor Standard 7: Foundation R1 Perceive and analyze artistic work.
Enduring Understandings Visual literacy is an essential life skill that can be developed through the close examination of artwork and becomes a system by which
world.
Essential Questions What is an image? Where and how do we encounter images in our world? How do images convey meaning? How do images influence our view
"read" a work of art as text?
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Compare and
contrast
Analyze how
Categorize contexts and Analyze h
Determine the images and Analyze
images based Explain how media in which one’s
Compare Categorize main idea of an cultural multiple ways
Perceive

Describe what on determined images can viewers understan

images that images based image, and associations that images
an image key convey encounter of the wor
represent the on expressive explain how it influence influence
represents information cultural images that affected b
same subject. properties is supported ideas, specific
and relevant associations influence experienc
by key details. emotions, and audiences.
details. ideas, images.
actions.
emotions, and
actions.

 Enduring Understandings Individual aesthetic and empathetic awareness, developed through engagement with art, can lead to understanding and appreciation
and constructed environments. Essential Questions How do life experiences influence the way we relate to art? How does learning about art impact how we perc
learn from our responses to art?
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Explain how
Perceive and aesthetic
Compare Explain how Hypothesize
describe Compare one's Identify and choices are
Select and Speculate responses to a presentation ways in which
aesthetic own interpret influenced by
Identify uses describe about work of art methods and art influences
Perceive

characteristics interpretation works of art visual and

of art within works of art processes an before and environments perception
of one’s of a work of that reveal a material
one’s personal that illustrate artist uses to after influence how and
natural world art with the variety of cultures and
environment. daily life create a work experimenting art is understandin
and interpretation world cultures can impact
experiences. of art. with similar perceived and of human
constructed of others. and values. perceived
processes. valued. experiences.
environments. meaning of
artworks.
Anchor Standard 8: Foundation: R2 Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.
Enduring Understandings People gain insights into meanings of artworks by engaging in the process of interpreting art.
Essential Questions What is the value of engaging in the process of interpreting art? How does knowing and using visual art vocabularies help us understand and
artists use expressive properties to communicate meaning?
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Interpret art
Interpret art by analyzing
Interpret art
Interpret art to identify how mood and
Interpret art to identify
to identify ideas and meaning are Interpret an
Interpret art Interpret art by analyzing ideas and
Interpret art Interpret art ideas and mood impacted by artwork or
by by identifying how context, mood
by identifying by analyzing mood conveyed by the collection of
categorizing the suggested relevant conveyed by
subject matter how use of conveyed by analyzing art- relationship of works,
subject matter mood and subject determining
and describing media, mood, analyzing making subject supported by
Analyze

and describing describing matter, and relevant

relevant and subject context, approaches, matter, use of relevant and
relevant relevant use of media context and
details while matter shape subject relevant media, art- sufficient
details while subject matter shape analyzing use
using meaning while matter, and context, making evidence
using while using meaning while of media and
appropriate using use of media subject approaches, found in the
appropriate appropriate using subject matter
art appropriate while using matter, and and relevant work and its
art art appropriate while using
vocabulary. art vocabulary appropriate use of media context while various
vocabulary. vocabulary. art appropriate
art while using using contexts.
vocabulary. art
vocabulary. appropriate appropriate
vocabulary.
art vocabulary art
vocabulary.



 Anchor Standard 9: Foundation R3 Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.
Enduring Understandings People evaluate art based on various criteria.
Essential Questions What is the value of engaging in the process of art criticism? How does one determine criteria to evaluate a work of art? How and why might
preference different from an evaluation?
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Recognize how
Compare and
styles, genres, Establish
contrast Construct a
media, and relevant
Explain Classify Use art Apply one set Develop and evaluation of persuasive and
Interpret

Evaluate an historical and criteria an

reasons for artwork based vocabulary to of criteria to apply relevant art based on logical
artwork based cultural apply the
selecting a on different express evaluate more criteria to personal argument to
on given contexts an evalua
preferred reasons for preferences than one work evaluate a preference support an
criteria. influence of a work
artwork. preferences about artwork of art. work of art. versus evaluation of
criteria used to or collecti
established art.
evaluate works works.
criteria.
of art.


VISUAL ARTS-Connecting
Anchor Standard 10: Foundation Cn1 Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to artistic endeavors.
Enduring Understandings Through art making, people construct meaning by investigating and developing awareness of perceptions, knowledge, and experience
Essential Questions How does engaging in the creation of art enrich people's lives? How does making art attune people to their surroundings? How do people con
understanding of their lives and the lives of their communities through art making?
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Generate and
Individually or Documen
investigate a
collaboratively process o
Create art collection of Make art
Identify times, Create art that create visual developin
Create art Develop art based on ideas that collaboratively
Synthesize

Create art that places, and communicates documentation ideas refl

about events in based on personal reflect to reflect on
tells a story reasons the cultural of places and awarenes
home, school, observations experiences, awareness of and reinforce
about a life students make traditions of times in which personal
or community of current current positive
experience. art outside of one’s people gather experien
life. surroundings. interests, and interests and aspects of
school. community. to make and interests
surroundings. concerns group identity.
experience art art-makin
through art
or design. approach
making.

 Anchor Standard 11: Foundation Cn2 Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context.
Enduring Understandings People develop ideas and understandings of society, culture, and history through their interactions with and analysis of art.
Essential Questions How does art help us understand the lives of people of different times, places, and cultures? How is art used to impact the views of a society?
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Analyze how
Through
responses to Describe
Express how Recognize that observation, Identify how Distinguish
Compare and Analyze how art are knowledg
people from responses to infer art is used to different ways
contrast art reflects influenced by culture,
different art can change information inform or art is used to
Identify a purposes of changing understanding tradition
Relate

places and depending on about time, change beliefs, represent,

purpose of an artwork from times, the time and history m
times have knowledge of place, and values, or establish,
artwork. various traditions, place in which influence
made art for a the time and culture in behaviors of an reinforce, and
cultures, times, resources, and it was created, personal
variety of place in which which a work individual or reflect group
and places. cultural uses. the available response
reasons. it was made. of art was society. identity.
resources, and art.
created.
cultural uses.