Secondary Education

C. Champion Curriculum Map

7th Grade Standards

Standards and Objectives for 7th Grade Visual Art Students

Connect

7.CN.1 Relate visual arts ideas and works with personal, societal, cultural, historical, and daily life contexts, including diverse and marginalized groups. 7.CN.1.1 Analyze how individuals and groups of artists have influenced various cultures. 7.CN.1.2 Identify how the application of skills and information from other content areas can aid in solving different types of artistic problems

7.CN.2 Explore advancements in the field of visual arts. 7.CN.2.1 Identify art skills, characteristics, and behaviors that contribute to success in post-secondary education and career readiness. 7.CN.2.2 Identify how various tools and innovations can be used to create, edit, and present visual images for media or the immediate environment.

Create

7.CR.1 Create original visual arts ideas and 2-D and 3-D artworks, including drawing, painting, printmaking, fibers, sculpture, ceramics, and digital media, using tools safely and appropriately, independently or collaboratively. 7.CR.1.1 Use methods and approaches in media, techniques, and processes in both traditional and non-traditional ways. 7.CR.1.2 Create original art emphasizing selected Elements of Art and Principles of Design to express ideas, feelings, or personal experiences.

7.CR.2 Adapt original visual arts ideas and works, and those of peers and other artists, independently and collaboratively. 7.CR.2.1 Adapt imagery of another artist's work by changing the tools or media. 7.CR.2.2 Identify the legal and ethical issues for creating derivative art.

Present

7.PR.1 Present visual artworks. 7.PR.1.1 Revise artwork by applying instructor or peer feedback. 7.PR.1.2 Create an artist statement considering multiple perspectives

7.PR.2 Develop visual arts presentations. 7.PR.2.1 Organize personal artwork that illustrates a variety of skills. 7.PR.2.2 Compare how different methods of display influence the experience of the viewer.

Respond

7.RE.1 Analyze visual artworks from a variety of styles, cultures, and genres using content-specific vocabulary. 7.RE.1.1 Identify the defining characteristics of contemporary art that distinguish it from other art movements or periods. 7.RE.1.2 Describe how visual literacy skills and personal experiences influence interpretations of visual artworks.

7.RE.2 Evaluate visual artworks using content-specific vocabulary. 7.RE.2.1 Compare personal preferences for multiple works of art. 7.RE.2.2 Critique artwork based on given criteria.

7th Grade Units & Projects

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7th Grade

B&W Pencil Drawing

Instructions and guided practice with drawing basic shapes and forms

Guided Practice drawing an already prepared still life

Practice drawing a still life set up by students

Summative assesment - drawing a large, prepared still life

Careers in Art

Guided Notes on some example careers that involve art

Students create a four flap foldable that gives information about 4 art related careers (Avg. Salary, Level of Education Needed, Short Description)

Scale

Guided practice on the differnces between scale and proportion. As well as how an artist can use them.

Students create drawing of a small creature growing to enormous size (Like Godzilla)

Students draw what they would do if they had the ability to shrink (Ex: Ride on the back of a duck)

Art Critique

Class discussion of the steps of an art critique (Description, Analysis, Interpretation, Evaluation)

Guided practice of an art critique

Students perfom a gallery walk, critiquing artwork around the classroom

Portraits

Guided discussion of the history of portraits and thier purpose throughout history

Students create portraits of animals inspired by artist Olivia Beaumont

Students create an artist statement explaining thier historical inspiration and thier creative process

Storytelling

Students create a collage that aims to tell a story without having the story written

North Carolina Iconography

Students independently research and draw a map of North Carolina. Marking notable landmarks, sports teams, universities, and state symbols

Comic Books & Visual Storytelling

Guided discussion of the comic book medium

Students create an original story and then turn that into a comic book or graphic novel

Resize Cardboard Sculpture

Guided review of how to scale up or down objects and images

Students create sculptures of ordinary objects and increasing thier size by a scale factor to create giant sculptures (I.E Ken Burn's Balloon Dog)

Green Lines = Prerequisite         Pink Lines = Standard being adressed

General Concepts

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Learn how to utilize the elements of art and principles of design in personal artwork

Delve into different art movements and the historical context around them

Understand the purpose of art in different cultures

Analyze and Critique artwork using appropriate vocabluary

8th Grade Units & Projects

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B&W Pencil Drawings

Instructions and guided practice with drawing basic shapes and forms

Guided Practice drawing an already prepared still life

Practice drawing a still life set up by students

Summative assesment - drawing a large, prepared still life

Color & Value

Guided review of the color wheel, relationships between colors and three basic color schemes (Analogous, Complentary, Monochromatic)

Guided review of value and value scales

Emotions

Guided practice on how color can be used to represent an emotion or to enhance the viewers emotion

Independently, students create caricatures for 6 emotions. Each having a distinct main color.

Concept Art

Classroom discussion of what a concept artist is and what their role is

Students, in groups, create a plot either original, or based on a property in the public domain. Following this, groups will create artworks that depict the main characters, five significant events during the plot and the setting of the story

Students present what they have created while the rest of the room act as film producers who get a vote to either fund the project, or to not

Motion & Gesture

Students create quick gesture drawings based on an athelete

Paiper Mache

Students use armature wire, tin foil, and papier-mache to construct interlocking figures inspired by James Grashow’s “The Great Monkey Project.”

Students create sketches and measurements of how they will construct their sculptures

Perspective

Guided practice and instruction where students draw a road in a city using one point perspective

Guided practice and instruction where students draw a building using two point perspective

Students draw and color a room using one point perspective (I.E Vincent Van Gogh's Bedroom in Arles)

Native American Totem Pole

Students complete an article with questions explaining the purpose and symbolism being native american totem poles

Students create schematics for building thier own section of a totem pole. Selecting the animal depicted as well as colors and patterns to be used

Students each individually create a section of a totem pole. Connecting them at the end of the project

Students write an artist statement explaining thier creative process and uses of symbolism

North Carolina Iconography

Students independently research and draw a map of North Carolina. Marking notable landmarks, sports teams, universities, and state symbols

American Revolution

Guided research on propaganda by both sides during the American Revolution

Students create four preliminary sketches for a piece of propaganda by either colonist supporting revolutionor loyalists during the American Revolution. Include a sketch of the following: A Depiction of events (Ex: The Boston Massacre) Poster Ex: a call to arms to join either side Newspaper cartoon

Students create a propanda poster either supporting or condemning succession from England during the American Revolution

8th Grade Standards

Standards and Sub-Standards for 8th Grade Visual Art Students

Connect

8.CN.1 Relate visual arts ideas and works with personal, societal, cultural, historical, and daily life contexts, including diverse and marginalized groups. 8.CN.1.1 Explain why and how the visual arts influence ideas, beliefs, and experiences in North Carolina. 8.CN.1.2 Analyze relevant skills and information from visual arts and other content areas to solve a variety of problems.

8.CN.2 Explore advancements in the field of visual arts. 8.CN.2.1 Explain the connections between the creative design process and college and career readiness. 8.CN.2.2 Describe various innovative tools and technological products used to create visual images in the media.

Create

8.CR.1 Create original visual arts ideas and 2-D and 3-D artworks, including drawing, painting, printmaking, fibers, sculpture, ceramics, and digital media, using tools safely and appropriately, independently or collaboratively. 8.CR.1.1 Experiment with techniques and processes to plan and create art. 8.CR.1.2 Create original art that conveys one or more ideas or feelings

8.CR.2 Adapt original visual arts ideas and works, and those of peers and other artists, independently and collaboratively. 8.CR.2.1 Combine imagery from multiple sources to create personal artwork. 8.CR.2.2 Explain how to share works of art legally and ethically in both physical and digital spaces.

Present

8.PR.1 Present visual artworks. 8.PR.1.1 Refine artwork based on given criteria. 8.PR.1.2 Create an artist statement that communicates the meaning and purpose of personal art.

8.PR.2 Develop visual arts presentations. 8.PR.2.1 Organize a portfolio to show exemplary artwork. 8.PR.2.2 Engage with art venues and productions appropriately.

Respond

8.RE.1 Analyze visual artworks from a variety of styles, cultures, and genres using content-specific vocabulary. 8.RE.1.1 Identify how the Elements of Art and Principles of Design are used to differentiate movements, styles, and themes in art. 8.RE.1.2 Explain how a visual artist’s artistic choices are influenced by personal experience, culture, and environment.

8.RE.2 Evaluate visual artworks using content-specific vocabulary. 8.RE.2.1 Describe personal responses to visual qualities in works of art. 8.RE.2.2 Critique artwork based on given and self-generated criteria.