Art

Units:    

• 5-P-2  PORTRAITS – THE SHAPE WE’RE IN  

• 5-P-3  SURREAL EXQUISITE CORPSES  

• 5-P-4  LAUREC AND THE MOULIN ROUGE   

• 5-P-6  CUBIST PORTRAITS

• 5-N-1  ROUSSEAU JUNGLESCAPES 

• 5-N-2  NATURE’S ART

• 5-N-3  SGRAFFITO BIRDS IN ENVIRONMENT

• 5-N-4  WINTER WATERCOLORS 

• 5-N-5  MATISSE MOTIFS 

• 5-S-1  CLAY ENVIRONMENTS

• 5-S-2  BUILDING BLOCKS 

• 5-S-4  OUTDOOR MODEL 

• 5-ST-3 BEARDEN RITUALS

• 5-ST-4 WARHOL POP PRINTS

• 5-ST-5 YOUR SUPERHERO IN ACTION

• 5-O-1  IT’S OVERHEAD

• 5-O-2  MEANDERS 

• 5-O-3  VASE FACE GOES ANIMAL 

• 5-O-5  DADA DROPPINGS

• 5-O-8  OAXACA CLAY VEHICLES 

• 5-O-9  STOP AND THINK DESIGN  

• 5-O-10 TOOL TRANSFORMATION

RATIONALE:

1.      To develop problem-solving skills, which address and reach the multiple intelligence's of students.

2.      To develop right brain learning and divergent thinking skills.

3.      To develop higher order thinking skills leading to life long learning activities.

4.      To teach a social history of visual art through a multi-cultural world perspective.

5.      To develop career/vocational opportunities and experience.

6.      To demonstrate an aesthetic response to our environment.

7.      Know how to use the structures (e.g. sensory qualities, organizational principles, expressive features) and functions of art.

8.      Understands the characteristics and merits of one’s own artwork and the artwork of others.

9.      Effectively communicate ideas visually.