Art Curriculum

8th Grade

Course Purpose:

Students will design, revise, and present artwork that displays their personal voice, as well as evaluate collections of artwork created by others. 

Outcomes and Components:

 FA.8A.3 Students will propose and design a work of art based on a specific cultural, environmental, or historical context.

Pacing  

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Component Code

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Standard(s)

  FA.8A.3.1 Analyze, compare, and contrast the meaning of artwork from different cultural, environmental, and historical contexts.  
  FA.8A.3.2 Propose a project idea that includes a specific cultural, environmental, or historical context and uses a contemporary practice of art and design. VA:Cr1.2.8
  FA.8A.3.3 Create a work of art, using the elements of art & principles of design, that includes a specific cultural, environmental, or historical context.  
  FA.8A.3.4 Create a collaborative work of art that reflects and reinforces positive aspects of group identity. VA:Cn10.1.8 VA:Cn11.1.8

Academic Vocabulary: create

Content Vocabulary: proposal, group identity, elements of art, principles of design