Geometry in the World of Art: Looking Back and Moving Forward

North Carolina Curriculum Alignment

Visual Arts Education (2001)

Grade 4

• Goal 4: The learner will choose and evaluate a range of subject matter and ideas to communicate intended meaning in artworks.
  • Objective 4.02: Discuss and/or write extended narratives based on one's own art.
• Goal 5: The learner will understand the visual arts in relation to history and cultures.
  • Objective 5.02: Make responses that are both knowledge-based and personal (objective and subjective).
• Goal 6: The learner will reflect upon and assess the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others.
  • Objective 6.02: Understand experience varies from individual to individual and from culture to culture.
  • Objective 6.03: Critique artwork through the use of design principles: emphasis, movement, repetition, space, balance, and value.

Grade 5

• Goal 3: The learner will organize the components of a work into a cohesive whole through knowledge of organizational principles of design and art elements.
  • Objective 3.05: Critique his or her own work and that of others in terms of design principles.
• Goal 5: The learner will understand the visual arts in relation to history and cultures.
  • Objective 5.05: Recognize selected individual style characteristics of an artist.
• Goal 6: The learner will reflect upon and assess the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others.
  • Objective 6.02: Critique artwork in relation to design principles: emphasis, movement, repetition, space, balance, value, unity.

English Language Arts (2004)

Grade 4

• Goal 4: The learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts.
  • Objective 4.02: Use oral and written language to:
    • present information and ideas in a clear, concise manner.
    • discuss.
    • interview.
    • solve problems.
    • make decisions.
  • Objective 4.03: Make oral and written presentations using visual aids with an awareness of purpose and audience.
  • Objective 4.05: Use planning strategies to generate topics and organize ideas (e.g., brainstorming, mapping, webbing, reading, discussion).
  • Objective 4.09: Produce work that follows the conventions of particular genres (e.g., personal and imaginative narrative, research reports, learning logs, letters of request, letters of complaint).

Grade 5

• Goal 4: The learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts.
  • Objective 4.04: Select a self-evaluated composition for publication and justify rationale for selection.
  • Objective 4.05: Use a variety of preliminary strategies to plan and organize the writing and speaking task considering purpose, audience, and timeline.
  • Objective 4.09: Produce work that follows the conventions of particular genres (e.g., clarification, essay, feature story, business letter).