TEACHING ARTS IN THE ELEMENTARY GRADES

TEACHING
ARTS
in the

ELEMENTARY
GRADES
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COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1. Demonstrate in-depth understanding of the concept, elements, and principles of arts in the elementary
grades.
2. Employ varied teaching strategies in teaching arts in the elementary level.
3. Design assessment tools in assessing learning arts in the elementary level.

LESSON OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson you are expected to:
1. Familiarize with the History of Philippine Arts
2. Create a timeline highlighting significant events on Philippine Art History
3. Reflect on the influence of this history in teaching Arts today.

PRE TEST
Test your understanding of the previous topic by answering this short test.
Directions: Identify what grade level the following Learning Standards belong to. Write your answer on your
paper.
Grade 6 1. Through application, the learner demonstrates understanding of the basic concepts of
and processes in music and art, towards self-development, the celebration of Filipino cultural identity
and diversity, and the expansion of one’s world vision.

Grade 5 2. Through exploration, the learner demonstrates a deeper understanding of basic

knowledge and skills in music and art, towards self-development, the celebration of Filipino cultural
identity and diversity, and expansion of one’s world vision.

Grade 4 3. Through the formal introduction of elements, the learner can identify the basic
knowledge and skills in music and art, towards self-development, the celebration of Filipino cultural
identity and diversity, and the expansion of one’s world vision.

Grade 2 4. The learner demonstrates basic and fundamental processes in music and art, through
performing, creating, listening and observing, and responding.

Grade 1 5. The learner demonstrates basic understanding of the fundamental processes in music
and art, through performing, creating, listening and observing, and responding.

Grade 3 6. The learner has acquired the basic and fundamental processes through performing,
creating, listening and observing, and responding, towards the development of appreciation of music
and art, and the acquisition of basic knowledge and skills.

CONTENT
Below is the brief History of Philippine arts. Please be guided on the table below.

HISTORY OF PHILIPPINE ARTS:

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ERA TIME CHARACTERISTICS DISTINCT FEATURES
ETHNIC ART Pre-13 AD Integral to life Arts for ritual purposes or for
everyday use. As local communities
become established, art starts to go
beyond mere craft, i.e. stone
weapons or jewelry but starts to have
decorative elements, meaning and
context.
ISLAMIC ART 13AD Geometric designs When the Spaniards arrived in the
Philippines in 1521, the colonizers
used art as a tool to propagate the
Catholic faith through beautiful
images. With communication as
problem, the friars used images to
explain the concepts behind
Catholicism, and to tell the stories of
Christ’s life and passion. Damian
Domingo AKA Damian Gabor
Domingo • 1st Filipino to paint his
face, the first self-portrait in the
Philippines • Founder of the
Academia de Dibujo y Pintura, the
first school of drawing in the
Philippines (1821) • "Father of
Filipino Painting" ALIAS "The First
Great Filipino Painter"  He
established the Academia de Dibujo
y Pintura in 1821.
AMERICAN and 1898-1940 Orientalizing The arrival of the Japanese caused
JAPANESE ERA tremendous fear, hardships and
suffering among the Filipinos. The
Filipino way of life was greatly
affected during the Japanese period.
The Filipinos lost their freedom of
speech and expression. The
development of art was also stopped.
Filipinos greatly feared the "zoning".
There were Filipinos spies hired by
the Japanese to point those who
were suspected of being part of the
guerilla movement. The Japanese
made some changes in the system of
education. Under their rule, the
Japanese imposed their own music
on the country. Japanese music was
heard daily in radio broadcasts. Their
songs were also taught in public
schools. Students, however, never
took these songs to heart. In
response to the Japanese
propaganda, Filipino painters reacted
by producing the following works: “A
Day Begins” by Vicente Alvarez
Dizon, 1942, genre scenes that seem
neutral. Yet there were still many
artists who portrayed the atrocities of
war in their collections such as “Rape
and Massacre in Ermita” by Diosdado
Lorenzo
MODERN ERA 1960-1969 National Identity Modern era in Philippine Art began
after World War 2 and the granting of
Independence. Writers and artists
posed the question of national

CONTEMPORARY 1970 up to present
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identity as the main theme of various
art forms. Modern art is characterized
by the artist's intent to portray a
subject as it exists in the world,
according to his or her unique
perspective and is typified by a
rejection of accepted or traditional
styles and values.
Social Realism Contemporary art as the work of
artists who are living in the 21st
century. Contemporary art mirrors
contemporary culture and society,
offering the general audiences a rich
resource through which to consider
current ideas and rethink the familiar.
The work of contemporary artists is a
dynamic combination of materials,
methods, concepts, and subjects that
challenges traditional boundaries and
defies easy definition. Diverse and
eclectic, contemporary art is
distinguished by the very lack of a
uniform organizing principle,
ideology, or -ism.

Contemporary Art: Elements/Principles

a) Appropriation: Traditional Art(ie: Paintings and Portrait) appropriated/ used/ placed in T-shirts, Mugs and the
likes
b) Performance: The depictions of ordinary events/activities into socially relevant themes such as poverty,
commercialism, and the likes.
c) Space: transformation of space (sculpture installation in malls and parks, flash mobs presentations)
d) Hybridity: The mixing of unlikely materials to produce an artwork (sand, mud, coffee and the likes)
e) Technology: the use of video and social media/ internet (youtube sensations, instagram/facebook)

LEARNING ACTIVITIES
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Create a timeline highlighting important events in the Philippine Art History.

ASSESSMENT
Answer the question and provide supports to your response/ claim/ argument. Support it by citing
relevant researches, journals, or personal experiences. Your output is only limited to 300 – 400 words or more
for the entire essay.
How the History of Art does influenced how Art is being taught today?
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Studying art history is just a way to get extra credit, while to others they do just because it is
mandatory. So, why go through a whole undergraduate life just to earn bachelor’s degree? What is the value of
studying art history in today’s teaching?
Arts has existed for a very long time even before the beginning of formal education. In the ancient
times, it was used to appease the gods, frighten enemies, compel people, and distinguish between various
cultures and even served reasons for personal and economic importance (IESA, 2019). However, in today’s
situation, art is being taught to the learners by means of engaging them in art which is essential to the human
experience. They will be given a chance to view and know the creations made by the present and past various
artists such as sculptures, paintings, drawing, ceramics, etc. as well as they will be encountering – photography,
video, filmmaking, design, architecture, crafts and design in which their skills will improve at these types of
visual arts.
The history of arts serves as the basis in today’s teaching of Arts to the learners because it made the
present learners informed about the history of the Philippines where Arts is included and they become aware on
the origin of every artist, art piece, etc. they had encounter in their everyday lives. Upon the existence of Arts, it
made the learners describe and give meaning to a particular thing in which their critical thinking and creativity
skills are enhance.
Generally, without the history of art, of course there is no existing of Arts in our lives. So, we, as we are
in College of Teacher Education, we must spread out the concepts and ideas of the History of Arts we had to
our future teaching-learning encounter. Therefore, students can not only perform certain skills in art but they
can defend and explain how arts existed in the Philippines.

References
IESA. (April 2019). Why Study Art History? IESA International. https://www.iesa.edu/paris/news-
events/why-study-art-history
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REFERENCES

Assessment. Retrieved online at

https://www.incredibleart.org/links/toolbox/assessment.html.
Corpuz, B. & salandana, G. ( 2015). Principles of teaching ( withTLE). Quezon City:
Lorimar Publishing Inc.
Elements of art. Retrieved online at
http://www2.oberlin.edu/amam/asia/sculpture/documents/vocabulary.pdf.
Evans, J. (2001). How to teach art to children: Grades 1-6. California: Evan-Moor
Educational Publishers.
K-12 Curriculum guide for the Arts. Retrieved online at
https://www.deped.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Arts-CG.pdf
McDonald, N. (2002). Developing arts-loving readers : top 10 quetions teachers are
asking about integrated arts education. Maryland: The Scarecrow Press.
Szekely, G. (2012). Art teaching (12th Ed.). New York: Routledge.

RUBRICS
Your response will be scored using the following rubric:

Criteria 4 3 2 1
Content and The answer The answer The answer is not The answer is
Accuracy demonstrates great demonstrates a very incomplete and the
understanding of good, general comprehensive. key ideas are not
the topic by understanding of Key points are addressed and
providing accurate the topic. Some addressed but not supported. The
and relevant key points are clearly supported. answer
supports. All key supported and There are some demonstrates very
ideas are clearly explained. inaccurate and little or no
presented and irrelevant understanding of
explained. statements. the topic.
Organization and The answer is The answer is Improper
Fluency highly organized generally organization and
and ideas are well- comprehensible structure distracts
presented using but the ideas are the reader and
appropriate sometimes makes the answer
sentences. The disorganized. The difficult to
response is natural reader needs to comprehend. The
and easy to follow. exert some effort to answer uses
understand the unusual and
flow of ideas. confusing word
patterns.
Conventions The answer has There are a few
very minimal errors glaring errors in
in spelling, spelling,
punctuation, punctuation,
capitalization and capitalization and
grammar. These grammar. These
errors do not sometimes
disrupt the flow of interfere with the
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thought and the reader’s ability to
general understand the
comprehensibility answer.
of the answer.
Research The answer utilized
published research
and literature to
support claims and
arguments

Answer Key
Answer Key Pre test
1. Grade 6
2. Grade 5
3. Grade 4
4. Grade 2
5. Grade 1
6. Grade 3