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Middle School Art Curriculum
Grades 7/8
Students work toward comprehension from the lower grades for deeper and more thorough work each succeeding year. Therefore, students through the arts mature by learning and the gratification through their accomplishments. Every project includes its own skills, knowledge, and techniques. At the middle school (7/8 grade) level students are very aware of popular culture. They want to incorporate elements from this culture into their art for means of expression. Students are provided a means of communication through modes of thoughts and actions in a positive outlet. Works produced at this level will be taken from the characterization phase to the realism phase of development by applying the elements and principles. An important aspect of study at this level is to address individual needs at the point where they enter the program.
Every indicator needs time for focused sequential study, application, and contemplation. Students will be able to master a variety of materials suitable for their own developmental stage. Works will be displayed in the center gallery and offices to encourage students to enhance their own environment. Developmentally, they have become more aware of themselves as a member of a society. Students need to progress beyond the basic contact to the arts to the development of higher level acquisition and contemplation through creating, critiquing, exposure and communication.
Standard 1: Creating and/or Performing in the Arts and Participate in Various Roles of the Arts
Key Idea 1: Students will be able to show knowledge of the elements and principles of art through the production of a basic portfolio.
EP.1
Identify the seven key principles and seven elements found in art.
EP.2
Explore a variety subject matter and themes to communicate their own ideas and experiences.
E.P.3
Works produced will be taken from the characterization phase to the realism phase of development by applying the elements and principles.
EP.4
Use the elements and principles to communicate specific meanings in their work.
EP5
Create artworks in which they evaluate different themes, metaphors and images.
EP6
Reflect upon their developing work to determine the effectiveness of selected mediums and techniques for conveying meanings and adjusting their decisions accordingly.
EP7
Give evidence students have developed an emerging personal style.
EP8
Students will be able to develop in skills in a variety of mediums while gaining competence in one.
Key
Idea 2:
Students will create works that explore different subject matter, topics, and themes.
EP1.
Demonstrate an increasing level of competence in using the elements and principles to create their work.
EP2
Create a collection of work in a variety of mediums based upon assignments and individual experiences.
Standard 2. Students will be knowledgeable about and make use of materials and resources available for participation in the arts in various roles.
Key Idea 1: Students will be able to know and apply a variety of techniques with various mediums.
EP. 1
Students will be able to identify and apply a variety of techniques to a variety of mediums.
EP. 2
Apply art principles and elements in original works.
EP .3
Choose the appropriate medium and technologies for the development of their art.
EP.4
Reflect upon their developing work to determine the effectiveness of selected mediums and techniques for conveying meanings and adjusting their decisions accordingly.
EP.5
Develop skills in electronic media.
EP.6
Understand the characteristics of various mediums.
EP. 7
Develop a portfolio, which shows proficiency in one medium and shows proficiency in manipulating the computer and other electronic media.
Key Idea 2
Students will be knowledgeable of vocational options available in the visual arts.
E.P.1.
Students will be able to give examples of people making their living in the visual arts.
E.P.2.
Understanding a variety of careers related to the visual arts and the skills necessary to pursue some of them.
State Standard 3: Students will respond critically to a variety of works in the arts, connecting the individual work to other works and to other works and to other aspects of human endeavor and thought.
Key Idea 1
Students will reflect, interpret, and evaluate works of art, using the language of art criticism.
E.P.1
Students will be able to explain their interpretations, meanings, purposes, and sources for the works orally and in writing.
E.P 2
Explain the visual elements and principles of art found in a variety of master works.
E.P.3
Explain themes that are found in a variety of works and relate the to other forms of art (i.e. Music, dance, theater, etc…).
E.P.4
Explain how ideas, themes and or concepts (from the arts) are expressed in other disciplines (math, science, history, etc…).
E.P.5
Analyze and interpret the ways in which political, cultural, social, religious, and psychological concepts have been explored in visual art.
Standard 4: Students will develop an understanding of the personal and cultural forces that shape artistic communication and how the arts in turn shape the diverse cultures of past and present society.
Key Idea 1
Students will explore various artworks and artifacts from various cultures and time periods to discover the role art played in the lives of those people.
E.P.1
Look at a variety of works and artifacts from various cultures to comprehend the important ideas, issues and events of that culture (primary sources).
E.P. 2
Create artworks that show the influence of a particular culture and or time period.
E.P.3
Understand the influence of the arts on the society and cultures in which it is produced (propaganda, commercials, etc…).