Students will be able to:

1. Understand and apply media, techniques and processes.

2. Reflecting upon and assessing the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others.

3. Understand the visual arts in relation to history and cultures.

4. Use knowledge of structures and functioning.

5. Choose and evaluate a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas.

Resource Materials:

Teacher Resource Materials

Internet

Tayamentasachta

Art Magazines

Resource Center

Art techniques to include: value scale, texture, atmosphere perspective, tools and techniques, pinch/coil, pottery, drawing, experimentation in color usage.

1. Artistic edge evaluation, group discussion of artists works.

2. Art History

• Western American Artist

4. Use aesthetics to explain why they like and dislike student and professional art.

5. Textbook Topics

• Applied fine art

• Inspiration for art

• Graphic art

Assessment:

Project assessment

Content Assessment

Group Critiques

Testing

Homework

Self Evaluation

Daily Review Questions

Students will be able to:

1. Understand and apply media, techniques and processes.

2. Reflecting upon and assessing the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others.

3. Understand the visual arts in relation to history and cultures.

4. Use knowledge of structures and functioning.

5. Choose and evaluate a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas.

Resource Materials:

Teacher Resource Materials

Internet

Tayamentasachta

Art Magazines

Resource Center

1. Build upon drawing techniques learned in 6th grade with additional methods: 2 point perspective, figure/Gesture drawing

Tessellations with emphasis on color usage, neatness and creativity.

2. Artistic edge evaluation:

• Group discussion of artists works.

3. Art History

• 20th Century Artists

• Animals in art

4. Use aesthetics in the critiques of student and professional art.

5. Use a story as inspiration for a pencil drawing. Write a brief paper on the selected story using PSSA standards.

Assessment:

Project assessment

Content Assessment

Group Critiques

Testing

Homework

Self Evaluation

Daily Review Questions

Students will be able to:

1. Understand and apply media, techniques and processes.

2. Reflecting upon and assessing the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others.

3. Understand the visual arts in relation to history and cultures.

4. Use knowledge of structures and functioning.

5. Choose and evaluate a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas.

Resource Materials:

Teacher Resource Materials

Internet

Tayamentasachta

Art Magazines

Resource Center

1. Clay- clay modeling techniques, glazing, slips

Tempera Painting - color theory, mixing, techniques.

2. Critique and analyze professional or student work in detail.

Group discussion of artists works.

3. Art History

• Renaissance art

• Gothic art.

4. Aesthetics used to explain why they like or dislike student works of art.

5. Textbook topics

• Painting techniques

• How to critique and analyze artwork

Assessment:

Project assessment

Content Assessment

Group Critiques

Testing

Homework

Self Evaluation

Daily Review Questions