Phillips

Course Curriculum

Grade/Class: Introduction to Art

Department: Art
Aligned to: State Standards: _x_ National Standards:____

Units of
Instruction &
Materials

Essential Outcomes
What do we want students
to be able to do?

I can

Drawing:
Zentangle Grid
Hands
Op Art
Perpsective
Choice Drawing
(pencil, colored
pencil, marker, oil and
chalk pastels)

I can analyze how the elements

and principles are combined to
communicate meaning.
I can evaluate how the elements
and principles are used in the
creation of visual artwork.
I can demonstrate art techniques,
tools and materials in both 2D and
3D artwork.
I can create artworks to express
ideas.

Critical Information Daily Learning

and Vocabulary
Objectives



Students will
Elements: line,
shape, color, texture,
value, space, form
Principles:
movement, contrast,
emphasis, unity,
repetition (pattern
and rhythm),
balance
Grid
Perspective
(atmospheric,
linear)
Contour
Value Scale

Time

Common Unit Technology

Assessments
Integration
How do we
know students
know or can
do it?

identify balance,
contrast, emphasis,
movement, pattern,
rhythm and unity in
artwork
create a variety of
drawings including
realistic, abstract and
highly patterned
demonstrate the ideas
of depth and
perspective as well as
illusion in drawing
use drawing
techniques (contour
lines, etc) to
demonstrate form,
texture, emphasis, etc

1-2
weeks

Zentangle Grid
Drawing
Michaelangelo
Hands
Op art
Lines and Value
Roses
Zentangle in
Color
Ribbon Value
City Drawing
Georgia OKeefe
Close-up
flowers

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reflections,
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building

identify and show

balance, contrast,
emphasis, movement,
pattern, rhythm and
unity in artwork
create a variety of
paintings using
tints/shades and/or

1-2
weeks

Sunset
Silhouette
Master-Inspired
Plaster hand
Color Wheel

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reflections,
assessment,
and portfolio
building

Painting:
Acrylic

I can analyze how the elements

and principles are combined to
communicate meaning.
I can evaluate how the elements
and principles are used in the

Elements: line,
shape, color, texture,
value, space, form
Principles:
movement, contrast,
emphasis, unity,
repetition (pattern
and rhythm),

balance
Tint/Shade
Color Schemes
(warm, cool, triadic
analogous,
monochromatic,
complementary)
Canvas

creation of visual artwork.

I can demonstrate art techniques,
tools and materials in both 2D and
3D artwork.

3D Sculpture:
Ceramics
Plaster
Paper
(Kaleidocycle)

I can create artworks to express

ideas.

I can describe the characteristics
of different art styles.

I can analyze a variety of artworks
including their meaning and
function.
I can demonstrate art techniques,
tools and materials in both 2D and
3D artwork.

I can create artworks to express

ideas.

I can describe the characteristics
of different art styles.

I can analyze a variety of artworks
including their meaning and
function.

Mixed Media:
Collage
Printmaking

I can demonstrate art techniques,

tools and materials in both 2D and
3D artwork.
I can create artworks to express
ideas.

I can describe the characteristics
of different art styles.

I can analyze a variety of artworks
including their meaning and

color schemes

use painting

techniques to
demonstrate value,
emphasis, contrast, etc.

Elements: line,
shape, color, texture,
value, space, form
Principles:
movement, contrast,
emphasis, unity,
repetition (pattern
and rhythm),
balance
Slip/score
Slab, pinch, coil
Greenware,
leatherhard, bisque
Kiln
glaze

1-2
identify and show
weeks
balance, contrast,
emphasis, movement,
pattern, rhythm and
unity in artwork
use various clay
methods to
demonstrate form and
texture
identify functionality of
a piece

Clay whistle
Slab Sgraffito
Mug
Maria Martinez
Coil Pot

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Classroom
Rubrics,
reflections,
assessment,
and portfolio
building

Elements: line,
shape, color, texture,
value, space, form
Principles:
movement, contrast,
emphasis, unity,
repetition (pattern
and rhythm),
balance
Linoleum print
Brayer, tray, ink

1-2
identify and show
weeks
balance, contrast,
emphasis, movement,
pattern, rhythm and
unity in artwork
create a variety of
mixed media artworks
such as paper collage
and assemblage
demonstrate depth and
overlapping in collage
cut shapes accurately

Principles
Collage
Pop Art Print

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reflections,
assessment,
and portfolio
building

function.

repetitively print clear

and clean

Reflection/Review
Critical Response
Protocol
Art is H.O.T.
(Higher Order
Thinking)
Self-Assessment

I can analyze and revise artwork

based on feedback and critique.

I can analyze how artworks
influence and are influenced by
personal, social, cultural or
historical contexts, including the
contributions of Minnesota
American Indian tribes and
communities.
I can analyze how the
characteristics of Western and
non-Western styles, movements,
and genres in art contribute to the
creation of, presentation of, or
response to artworks.

Elements: line,
shape, color, texture,
value, space, form
Principles:
movement, contrast,
emphasis, unity,
repetition (pattern
and rhythm),
balance
Portfolio
Media/medium
Techniques/process

identify balance,
contrast, emphasis,
movement, pattern,
rhythm and unity in
artwork
prepare artwork to be
displayed or shared
digitally (take photos)
or displayed for
hallway viewing
identify tools, methods,
mediums and
processes used to
create specific artwork
alter or revise artwork
based on peer and
teacher review

1 week
(dispers
ed
through
out
semeste
r/trime
ster)

Critical
Response
Protocol on
variety of
artworks
Art is H.O.T.
reflections
Self-assessment
in google
classroom

Google
Classroom
Rubrics,
reflections,
assessment,
and portfolio
building