K-12 Art Curriculum
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K-12 Art Curriculum Adopted: July, 2001 Implemented: Fall, 2001 Muscatine Community School District 1403 Park Avenue Muscatine, Iowa 52761 Table of Contents Committee.................................................................................................................i Mission, Vision, Art Philosophy ...............................................................................ii Standard 1................................................................................................................1 K-2................................................................................................................1 3-5 ................................................................................................................1 6-8 ................................................................................................................2 9-12 ..............................................................................................................2 Standard 2................................................................................................................3 K-2................................................................................................................3 3-5 ................................................................................................................3 6-8 ................................................................................................................4 9-12 ..............................................................................................................4 Standard 3................................................................................................................5 K-2................................................................................................................5 3-5 ................................................................................................................5 6-8 ................................................................................................................5 9-12 ..............................................................................................................6 Standard 4................................................................................................................6 K-2................................................................................................................6 3-5 ................................................................................................................6 6-8 ................................................................................................................7 9-12 ..............................................................................................................7 Standard 5................................................................................................................8 3-5 ................................................................................................................8 6-8 ................................................................................................................8 9-12 ..............................................................................................................8 Standard 6................................................................................................................9 K-2................................................................................................................9 3-5 ................................................................................................................9 6-8 ............................................................................................................. 10 9-12 ........................................................................................................... 10 APPENDIX...............................................................................................................a Self Evaluation Forms..................................................................................b Art Smart Report ..........................................................................................c Top Ten Arguments for Arts Education.......................................................d Analyzing Art................................................................................................e K-12 Art Curriculum Committee Elementary Mary Alice Sessler Sue Burney Alice Huss Cheryl Weaver Wiladene Yankee Middle School Linda Kelty Mary Fowler High School Dan Kitchen Community Barb Longtin Administrators Shari Antisdel Jane Evans i MISSION The mission of the Muscatine Community School District is to ensure excellence in education for every student. VISION The Muscatine Community School District will provide a safe, nurturing environment where academic excellence is expected and diversity is recognized as a strength. We will meet individual needs while developing independent learners who are also successful team players. We will embrace innovative practices that are research-based and promote high levels of student learning. Technology-rich classrooms will enhance active learning and excitement. Interior and exterior walls will become seamless as learners and the community collaborate. Our students will achieve positive social skills, which promote respect and responsibility to self, family and community, resulting in positive self esteem. School-community partnerships will prepare and challenge each individual to become a goal-oriented, lifelong learner in an ever-changing global society. K-12 ART PHILOSOPHY In our fast paced, highly visual society, individuals have a distinct advantage if they are skilled users of a shared visual language. Quality art education cultivates the whole child by gradually building their visual language while developing intuition, reasoning, imagination, and dexterity into unique forms of expression and communication. Through quality art education students grow in: -Visual awareness and perception -Skills of producing art works that reflect their own uniqueness through expression of ideas and feelings -Critical thinking and problem solving skills -Understanding and appreciation of their own or other cultures, historical periods, artistic styles and individual artists The 1999 study “Gaining the Arts Advantage: Lessons from School Districts that Value Arts Education” has shown that arts instruction provides multiple benefits for students, including higher I.Q.s, better S.A.T. scores and math and language skills, less juvenile delinquency, greater chances of higher education, and increased job opportunities. ii MUSCATINE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT Art Standards and Benchmarks STANDARD 1 The student understands and applies media, techniques, and processes. Level K-2 Therefore, the student will: 1. explore a variety of media and techniques 2. make pictures and designs in different ways 3. mix and paint with various colors 4. use a variety of tools and methods to apply paint (brushes, sponges, fingers, etc.) 5. use clay to create sculptures 6. tell stories with pictures and designs 7. paint Level 3-5 Therefore, the student will: 1. demonstrate correct usage of simple tools 2. use tools for exploration, practice, and for final products (idea sketching, research, and major projects) 3. experiment with different drawing techniques (contour, gesture, shading, and perspective) 4. use a variety of different painting techniques and media (water color, tempera, finger painting, etc.) 5. use different materials in a collage 6. create pictures or designs by cutting or tearing papers and arranging the shapes 7. weave with flexible materials 8. draw with detail 9. draw from observation 10. create moods and communicate feelings with a variety of media 11. use tools and materials safely and appropriately 1 Level 6-8 Therefore, the student will: 1. distinguish between two and three dimensional art (processes and techniques) 2. identify different media in works of art 3. talk about which materials and techniques were successful for specific purposes 4. use many different tools for drawing (crayons, oil pastels, chalk, pastels, colored pencils, and markers) 5. use a variety of construction techniques for sculpture (wood, objects, paper, plaster gauze, paper mache, etc.) 6. draw from memory 7. make sculptures that tell a story or show a personal idea 8. recognize ideas or themes communicated in fiber 9. describe materials and methods that help our environment Level 9-12 Therefore the student will: 1. use computer generated drawings 2. create relief and full round sculptures 3. create clay objects with new techniques 4. use a variety of finishes for clay pieces 5. create textures surfaces on ceramic pieces 6. create drawings and designs on the computer 7. recognize art forms using technology (video, computer, photography, etc.) 8. use art materials to communicate information about a theme 9. create multimedia works of art 10. talk about materials which may be toxic or hazardous to people or animals 2 STANDARD 2 The student uses knowledge of structures and functions. a) knows difference among visual characteristics and purposes of art in order to convey ideas b) describes how different expressive features and organizational principles cause different responses c) uses visual structures and forms to communicate ideas Level K-2 Therefore, the student will: 1. recognize art as a way to express an idea 2. identify patterns 3. discuss emotional response to color 4. use art to tell a story or illustrate writing 5. recognize