Visual Arts Education — Grade 7
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Goal 1
The learner will develop critical and creative thinking skills and perceptual awareness necessary for understanding and producing art.
Objective 1.01
Expand knowledge for organizing and creating art.
Objective 1.02
Develop strategies for imagining and implementing images.
Objective 1.03
Explore a variety of solutions in solving creative problems.
Objective 1.04
Understand and discuss that ideas from reality and from fantasy may be used to create original art.
Objective 1.05
Demonstrate the development of ideas across time.
Objective 1.06
Recognize and discuss the use of multiple senses in visual arts.
Goal 2
The learner will develop skills necessary for understanding and applying media, techniques, and processes.
Objective 2.01
Identify various media techniques from visual examples.
Objective 2.02
Explore and identify the unique properties and potential of materials using proper vocabulary and terminology.
Objective 2.03
Learn various techniques and processes for working with each material.
Objective 2.04
Use a variety of media and techniques in an expressive manner.
Objective 2.05
Discuss and develop the concept of safety as it relates to art tools and materials.
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 3.01
Explore and discuss the elements and principles of design found in the environment.
Objective 3.02
Explore and apply the elements and principles of design used in an aesthetic composition.
Objective 3.03
Explore and discuss that diverse solutions are preferable to predetermined visual solutions.
Objective 3.04
Explore and discuss the value of intuitive perceptions in the problem-solving process.
Objective 3.05
Explore and discuss the value of experimentation in the problem-solving process.
Objective 3.06
Explore and discuss how artists use the elements and principles of design to impact the environment.
Goal 4
The learner will choose and evaluate a range of subject matter and ideas to communicate intended meaning in artworks.
Objective 4.01
Use visual arts to persuade and communicate ideas.
Objective 4.02
Demonstrate the use of life surroundings and personal experiences to express ideas and meanings visually.
Objective 4.03
Interpret the environment through art.
Objective 4.04
Invent original imagery to convey meaning.
Objective 4.05
Explore how artists develop personal imagery and style.
Goal 5
The learner will understand the visual arts in relation to history and cultures.
Objective 5.01
Identify the history, purpose and functions of visual arts in various cultures.
Objective 5.02
Describe characteristics of specific works of art that belong to a particular culture, time and place.
Objective 5.03
Describe relationships of works of art to one another in terms of history, aesthetics, and cultural/ethnic groups.
Objective 5.04
Explore and discuss the existence of art movements, periods, and styles.
Objective 5.05
Explore and discuss the existence of universal theme in art throughout history.
Objective 5.06
Explore the aesthetic diversity of various cultures.
Goal 6
The learner will reflect upon and assess the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others.
Objective 6.01
Explain how a work of art can meet its intended purpose.
Objective 6.02
Identify the influences that had the greatest impact on a given work of art.
Objective 6.03
Explain how other's work and ideas as unique expression of themselves.
Objective 6.04
Incorporate constructive growth learned from unsuccessful efforts into the creative process.
Objective 6.05
Critique artwork evaluating meaning, feeling, mood and ideas in oral and written expression.
Goal 7
The learner will perceive connections between visual arts and other disciplines.
Objective 7.01
Explain connections, similarities and differences between the visual arts and other disciplines.
Objective 7.02
Explain various ways the art elements and design principles interrelate with other arts disciplines.
Objective 7.03
Compare characteristics of visual arts within a particular historical period or style with ideas, issues or themes in other disciplines.
Objective 7.04
Discuss and describe the impact future technology will have on visual arts and other disciplines.
Goal 8
The learner will develop an awareness of art as an avocation and profession.
Objective 8.01
Identify and discuss visual arts as an avocation.
Objective 8.02
Identify and discuss how broad visual arts is as a profession.
Objective 8.03
Research how art provides an opportunity of involvement, both vocationally and avocationally.
