Visual Arts Education — Grade 8
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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
Plan and organize for unique and original solutions.
Objective 1.02
Refine strategies for imagining and implementing images.
Objective 1.03
Analyze various solutions to solving creative problems to determine which are better.
Objective 1.04
Solve problems using images from fantasy and reality.
Objective 1.05
Choose and apply the best ideas among those developed over time.
Objective 1.06
Develop solutions that incorporate the use of a variety of senses.
Goal 2
The learner will develop skills necessary for understanding and applying media, techniques, and processes.
Objective 2.01
Discriminate in deciding the effectiveness of various media techniques to reach an artistic solution.
Objective 2.02
Apply materials such that their unique properties and potential impact the artistic solution.
Objective 2.03
Apply a variety of techniques and processes when working with each material.
Objective 2.04
Determine an original solution through expressive media techniques.
Objective 2.05
Understand the historical and personal implications of the proper use of 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
Understand how artists use the elements and principles of design to impact their environment.
Objective 3.02
Develop original solutions that effectively apply the elements of art in an aesthetic composition.
Objective 3.03
Apply diverse original solutions in the problem solving process.
Objective 3.04
Apply intuitive perceptions in the problem-solving process.
Objective 3.05
Apply diverse experimental solutions in problem-solving.
Goal 4
The learner will choose and evaluate a range of subject matter and ideas to communicate intended meaning in artworks.
Objective 4.01
Communicate and persuade through visual arts.
Objective 4.02
Develop the use of life surroundings and personal experiences to express ideas and feelings visually.
Objective 4.03
Utilize environmental imagery to create artwork with personal meaning.
Objective 4.04
Invent original and personal imagery to convey ideas that are both personal and have meaning.
Objective 4.05
Develop personal imagery and style.
Goal 5
The learner will understand the visual arts in relation to history and cultures.
Objective 5.01
Consider the history, purpose and function of visual arts and analyze their impact on various cultures.
Objective 5.02
Explain the impact of a particular culture, time and place on a specific work of art.
Objective 5.03
Compare and contrast relationships of works of art to one another in terms of history, aesthetics, and cultural/ethnic groups.
Objective 5.04
Explain the impact of art movements, periods, and styles.
Objective 5.05
Explain the impact universal themes in art throughout history have had on specific works of art.
Objective 5.06
Explain the impact of current culture on your personal style, attitude and techniques.
Goal 6
The learner will reflect upon and assess the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others.
Objective 6.01
Evaluate the effectiveness of a work of art in meeting its intended purpose.
Objective 6.02
Evaluate the ways in which a work of art reflects or communicates the diverse experiences of the artist.
Objective 6.03
Interpret how a given work of art expresses the uniqueness of the individual artist.
Objective 6.04
Evaluate and reflect on the impact of various decisions made throughout the creative process.
Objective 6.05
Critique artwork evaluating purpose, tone and style in an oral or written expression.
Goal 7
The learner will perceive connections between visual arts and other disciplines.
Objective 7.01
Interpret and analyze connections, similarities and differences between the visual arts and other disciplines.
Objective 7.02
Demonstrate various ways the art elements and design principles interrelate within all arts disciplines.
Objective 7.03
Compare and contrast characteristics of visual arts within a particular historical period or style with ideas, issues or themes in other disciplines.
Objective 7.04
Apply various technologies in order to effect visual arts and other disciplines.
Goal 8
The learner will develop an awareness of art as an avocation and profession.
Objective 8.01
Assess the ways art enhances all aspects of life.
Objective 8.02
Assess the criteria to pursue visual arts as a profession.
