NKC

VA Photography SCOPE AND SEQUENCE

Objectives for advanced are marked with an Adv and written in italics


Year Long



Art/Photo History
Identify artworks from the following: Characteristics of Artwork
Pre-Photography Compare and contrast two artworks on:
Time
Ancient Greece Place
Ancient Rome Artist
Subject matter
Renaissance
Theme
Early Photography Characteristics
Impressionism Material/ Technology
Ideas and beliefs of culture
Post Impressionism Function of art in culture/society
Pictorialism

Early 20 Century Photography

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Surrealism
Aesthetics
Cubism o Discuss how perceptions in art reflect community and/or
Late 20th Century culture beliefs and values
Op Art o Compare how responses to works of art differ based on
whether the viewer is a member of the culture in which the
Pop Art art was created
Explain how historical events and social Adv. Discuss how people from different groups might
ideas are reflected in artworks from selected respond to artworks that express themes (e.g., national
cultures or historical time periods. identity, spirituality, vision, progress, and human condition)




Connecting Visual Arts/Performing Arts/Core Subjects
o Connect the characteristics of art and music created in the same culture or time period (e.g., Harlem Renaissance
and jazz, Native-American art and music, Asian art and music, Latino art and music)
Adv. Use theatre techniques to present information in art (e.g., voice, stage presence, props, video, script-writing, set)
o Explain how historical events and social ideas are reflected in artworks from selected cultures or historical time


Art Criticism
Compare and contrast student artwork with professional artworks or masterpieces:
Describe artwork
Analyze the use of elements and principles in the work
Interpret the meaning of the work (subject, theme, symbolism, message communicated) Judge the work
from various perspectives:
IMITATIONALISM: Showing a real or idealized image of life
EMOTIONALISM/EXPRESSIONISM: Expressing feelings
FORMALISM: Emphasis on elements and principles
FUNCTIONALISM: Serving a purpose in the society or culture

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BIG IDEA: Identity
COMPOSITIONAL ARRANGEMENT:

Weeks 1-- -6

o CLASSROOM PROCESSES: Contributes to a positive learning environment
o CLASSROOM PROCESSES: Actively engages in all learning activities
o CLASSROOM PROCESSES: Follows Art Room expectations and procedures
o CAREERS: Identify specific visual and performing arts careers and describe the knowledge and skills
required for those careers
o COMPOSITION: Analyze and describe the composition of a photograph using appropriate artistic
vocabulary
o COMPOSITION/BALANCE: Use elements to create compositional balance
Adv. Use balance to support the communication of an idea
o COMPOSITION/EMPHASIS: Identify and use emphasis (focal point) through isolation and location
Adv. Use emphasis to support the communication of an idea
o COMPOSITION: identify and use the six rules of composition (leading lines, rule of thirds, vantage point,
fill the space, framing, simplicity) when capturing photos
o PROCESS: Manage digital images using a prescribed workflow and organization
o PROCESS: Use digital imaging and photographic equipment in a safe and responsible manner

DIGITAL TOOLS AND PROCESSES

Weeks 7-- -12

o PROCESS: Create or modify an image using general software

o PROCESS: Use a variety of digital imaging media, techniques and processes
o VALUE: Identify and use range of values to create the illusion of simple forms (including highlights
and cast shadows)
o PROCESS: Create photographs using appropriate structures and functions to solve specific visual
arts problems
o PROCESS: Demonstrate the skillful, safe and responsible application of a variety of media, tools
and equipment
o PROCESS: Demonstrates proficiency and craftsmanship

LINE/SHAPE
Weeks 13-- -18

o LINES: Identify and capture many types of lines (vertical, horizontal, intersecting, parallel, zig-zag,
implied, lines that close to make a shape) including implied lines in photographs
o LINES: adjust shutter speed to capture light trails creating lines in photography
o LINES: Identify and use elements to create regular RHYTHM
o SHAPE: Identify and use complex shapes
Adv. Identify and use implied shapes
o SHAPE: Create photographs of objects or places that accurately represent basic structural shapes,
proportions and physical properties
o SHAPE: Differentiate between and use geometric and organic (freeform) shapes
o SHAPE: Set camera settings and control light to create silhouettes in photographs
o SHAPE: Find and photograph objects that represent shapes of our alphabet

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BIG IDEA: ILLUSION

TEXTURE/VALUE

Weeks 19-- -24


o TEXTURE: Identify and capture real, invented, and simulated texture
o TEXTURES: Contrast textures within the same artwork
o TEXTURES: Use texture to create interest in a photograph
o VALUE: Create a series of photographs that communicate a personal message or story
o EVALUATE how particular choices of subject matter, symbols, and ideas function to communicate
meaning in artworks
o VALUE: Create a range of 7+ values through photo editing of exposure
o VALUE/TEXTURE: Create photographs of objects or places that represent qualities of light, shadow,
texture, reflectivity and transparency
o VALUE: use studio lighting for commercial photography




FORM/COLOR

Weeks 25-- -27

o COLOR: Identify and use color theory including color value, and color schemes (analogous,
monochromatic, & complementary)
o COLOR: Identify and create EMPHASIS (focal point) through color, contrast and convergence
o COLOR: Identify and vary elements in the same work to create contrast (e.g., different values and different
textures)
Adv. Use contrast to support the communication of an idea
o COLOR: Identify and use local color
Adv. Identify and use arbitrary color and symbolic color
o COLOR: Blend values/colors to create new values/colors
Adv. Combine a change in value/color with texture
o COLOR/FORM/SPACE: Create photographs using appropriate structures and functions to solve specific
visual arts problems relating to color, form and space
o FORM: Identify and use a range of values by adjusting exposure
o CULTURE: Create photographic images that comment upon, or reflect, cultural ephemera and modern
society
o CULTURE: Analyze, evaluate and interpret characteristics of the visual arts that exist across time and

SPACE/MOTION
Weeks 28-- -32

o SPACE: Identify and use positive and negative space in two-dimensional work
o SPACE: Identify and use perspective techniques to create the illusion of space (overlapping, depth of
field, camera placement, focus, value, contrast, color)
o SPACE: Use contemporary influences to make personal choices about symbols, subject matter, ideas and
expression to create photographs
o UNITY: Identify and create unity through elements and principles
Adv. Use unity to support the communication of an idea
o RHYTHM: Identify and use elements to create progressive rhythm
Adv. Use rhythm to support the communication of an idea
o MOTION: Select and apply the most effective media, techniques and processes to independently solve
challenging time-based photographic problems
o MOTION: use still photography to create animation

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PORTFOLIO/HISTORY/CRITICISM

Weeks 33-- -36

Artifacts for Portfolio:
o CHARACTERISTICS OF ARTWORK: Compare and contrast 2 Characteristics of Artwork (see year
long page)
o AESTHETICS (see year long page) reflective: responses to the two questions
o ART CRITICISM: 1 Art Criticism Sheet
o CONNECTIONS: 1 artwork that connects to other subjects
o PRODUCT: 1 artwork from each unit of study (minimum of 12)
Objectives:
o ART CRITICISM: Make complex descriptive, interpretive and evaluative judgments about ones own
images and those of others
o ART CRITICISM: Analyze the intention of the photographer in a particular image and justify ones
interpretation of that intention
o CONNECTIONS: Compare and contrast issues and themes in the visual arts with those in the
humanities or the sciences
o CONNECTIONS: Compare the materials, technologies, media and processes of the visual arts with
those of other arts
o CONNECTIONS: Describe how the subject matter of a photograph, and the apparent symbols or
ideas depicted, are related to history and culture
o CHARACTERISTICS OF ARTWORK: Evaluate how particular choices of subject matter, symbols
and ideas function to communicate meaning in ones own photography and that of others
o AESTHETICS: Explain how a variety of a photographic images, photographers and photographic
medias represent and reflect history and cultures
o ART CRITICISM: Formulate criteria for interpreting and evaluation ones own images and those of
others

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