Visual Arts Guide

EXAMPLE LESSONS, ACTIVITIES, ASSESSMENTS, PROJECTS, and RESOURCES

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ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL IDEAS:

Viewing / Reading: ●​ Invite students to explore the purpose of artwork and how it communications ideas through visual examples. ●​ Use a variety of examples from different time periods, cultures, purposes, and media. ●​ Use video clips or short articles as a resource for learning about how art communicates information, ideas, or emotions. Writing: ●​ Lead students in written responses identifying information, ideas, and emotion. ●​ As students plan artwork, have them write notes, use graphic organizers, or draft artist statements. ●​ Assign students short writing prompts to document their thinking and progress as they work through the creation of art projects. Speaking / Listening : ●​ Lead students in verbal responses and discussions about how information, ideas, and emotion are communicated in artworks. ●​ Assign students to evaluate and discuss ideas they see in the work of classmates. Inquiry: ●​ Propose situations where students will need to create a piece to communicate data to an audience. ●​ Have students develop an inspiration board after they create a piece of art to explore what cultural or environmental elements may have influenced the artistic choices of the piece. VISUAL ARTS 7/8 STANDARDS: ●​ 7–8.V.CR.9: Apply visual organizational strategies to design and produce a work of art, design, or media that clearly communicates information or ideas. ●​ 7–8.V.CR.11: Reflect on and explain important information about personal artwork in an artist statement or another format, and apply relevant criteria to examine, reflect on, and plan revisions for a work of art or design in progress. ●​ 7–8.V.R.1: Explain how the method of display, the location, and the experience of an artwork influence how it is perceived and valued. ●​ 7–8.V.R.2: Explain how a person’s aesthetic choices are influenced by culture and environment. ●​ 7–8.V.R.3: Analyze multiple ways that images influence specific audiences. ●​ 7–8.V.R.4: Compare and contrast contexts and media in which viewers encounter images that influence ideas, emotions, and actions.