Create shapes that are three-dimensional. Use values to enhance the three- GRADE LEVEL: 5-6 TOPIC: SHAPE How does art affect our every day lives? How can we use art as a form of communication? How is shape defined in Identify shape as an Element of Art and 3, and 4 In what ways can shape defined as a contained be described? How can shapes be contrast, and colors. looking at a still life. Recognize shapes in art. What are the different Using shapes that are kinds of shapes you find implied or created with in art? lines. dimensional quality. How are the shapes used? What do you notice about the shapes and how they are placed in the space of the picture/sculpture? When are shapes used to create a positive or negative spaces? How does an artist use shapes to create balance in art? What is a geometric What is an organic How do you use shapes to create rhythm and patterns in art? Recognize the differences and importance of geometric shapes and organic Recognize a geometric shape as a shape made with straight lines and edges. Define an organic shape as a shape that uses curved or flowing lines. Distinguish the difference between a geometric shape and organic shape. Combine shapes to form objects. Plan, control, and combine different shapes using a variety of tools, methods, and materials to Explore how cubist artists such as Pablo Picasso used shapes in their art and paint a cubist style painting by Look at various artists art, discuss the kinds of shapes they used and how they created balance in their art with those Look at sculpture and discuss how shapes are used. Create an abstract sculptor that is created using basic shapes and found objects. Look at Marc Chagall s paintings after listening to his autobiographical book and draw a surreal scene that uses strong lines and dream like qualities. Look at how Joan Miro used shapes to create abstract Use construction paper and create an abstract Create a portfolio. Design and create Self-Critique Critique other art Group centers Written response Active group Teach observation Daily classroom
achieve intended results. Look at art that uses shapes as either positive of negative spaces. Discuss how the artist used the shapes to create balance in the art. Create rhythm and patterns in art by using design with the paper Use various web sites and internet search engines to find s of art to complement the particular project or artist the class is studying. Use the Key Vocabulary: shape (Geometric shape, organic shape, square, hexagon, octagon, rectangle, circle, oval, rectangle, cylinder, spherical shape, found objects, rhythm, pattern, Joan Miro)
GRADE LEVEL: 3-4 TOPIC: SHAPE How does art affect our every day lives? How can we use art as a form of communication? How is shape defined in Identify shape as an Combine shapes to make a Element of Art and human face. 3, and 4 In what ways can shape defined as a contained Use shapes to create a be described? human figure. How can shapes be contrast, and colors. Use geometric shapes to Using shapes that are create a still-life image What are the different implied or created with inside. Color the organic kinds of shapes you find lines. shapes with warm colors and in art? Recognize a geometric geometric with colors. How are the shapes shape as a shape made Look at Keith Harring s used? with straight lines and people and make a painting What do you notice about edges. using geometric shapes as the shapes and how they Define an organic shape patterns in the background are placed in the space of as a shape that uses and organic shapes to create the picture/sculpture? curved or flowing lines. the person. Can the shapes be Distinguish the difference Study Chinese art and how identified as positive or between a geometric they use shapes to create negative spaces? shape and organic shape. their art. Create a Chinese What is a geometric What is an organic Recognize the differences and importance of geometric shapes and organic Combine shapes to form objects. Plan, control, and combine different shapes using a variety of tools, methods, and materials to achieve intended results. lantern out of Use shapes made from cardboard, paper, and other found objects to make an abstract sculpture. Read Vincent Van Gogh s Cat. Color in a painting and cut out the shape of a cat. Create a portfolio. Design and create Self-Critique Critique other art Group centers Written response Active group Teach observation Daily classroom
Use various web sites and internet search engines to find s of art to complement the particular project or artist the class is studying. Use the Key Vocabulary: shape (Geometric shape, organic shape, square, hexagon, octagon, rectangle, circle, oval, rectangle, cylinder, spherical shape, abstract art, found art)
GRADE LEVEL: 1-2 TOPIC: SHAPE How does art affect our every day lives? How can we use art as a form of communication? How is shape defined in Identify shape as an Element of Art and Use a variety of media to 3, and 4 How can you create a defined as a contained create shapes to combine in a of art. What kinds of shapes are contrast, and colors. Use shapes to create a there? Recognize that shapes portrait of a person. What is a geometric can be formed by lines or Create a human figure using colors. shapes as the structural What is an organic Identify the basic foundation. geometric shapes: Look at Paul Klee s art and How can shapes be Squares, circles, how the artist combined triangles, diamonds, shapes to make whole What shapes do you see rectangles, octagons, and pictures. when looking at a person? hexagons. Study Piet Mondrian s art How do architects use Recognize a geometric and create an abstract shapes in architecture? shape as a shape made design like his. What tools do artists use with straight lines and Trace shapes using a tracer. to create straight and edges. Use mosaic squares to even lined shapes? Define an organic shape create a picture. as a shape that uses curved or flowing lines. Distinguish the difference between a geometric shape and organic shape. Create a variety of different shapes using lines. Combine shapes in a variety of ways to form objects and/or new Study primitive art in caves and see how they used shapes to create stories. Create a primitive story that the cave people might have drawn using textured paper as a surface and colored hard pastels. Look at Eric Carl and how he used shapes to create his illustration. Create a picture Create a portfolio. Design and create Self-Critique Critique other art Group centers Written response Active group Teach observation Daily classroom
Identify and use the shapes most commonly seen in a human face and body. Look at architecture and identify the Create a shape using a ruler or shape edge tool. using shapes made from colored paper and Use various web sites and internet search engines to find s of art to complement the particular project or artist the class is studying. Use the Key Vocabulary: Shape (square, circle, dimond, hexagon, octagon, rectangle, oval, rectangle, self-portrait, portrait, figure, figure in motion, Keith Haring, Paul Klee, Piet Mondrian, arciteture.)
GRADE LEVEL: Pre-K-K TOPIC: SHAPE What impact does art have on your day to day life? What makes art unique? How is shape defined in Identify shape as an Element of Art and Organize and identify 3, and 4 How can shapes be defined as a contained different shapes by categories. What tools or materials contrast, and colors. Use a variety of media to can be used to create Recognize that shapes create shapes to combine in shapes? can be formed by lines or a of art. What are some of the colors. Use a variety of objects to common shapes? Recognize the different trace shapes with. materials and objects that can be used to draw or trace a shape. Create a variety of different shapes using lines. Recognize the name of common shapes (Heart, square, circle, rectangle, triangle) and draw them. Look at the story that is illustrated using basic shapes to create the characters in the book and re-create the character using basic shapes and tracers. Make a pumpkin print and create a pumpkin patch. Create a portfolio. Design and create Self-Critique Critique other art Group centers Written response Active group Teach observation Daily classroom Use various web sites and internet search engines to find s of art to complement the particular project or artist the class is studying. Use the Key Vocabulary: Shape (square, circle, rectangle, diamond, heart, leaf.)