Overview
Fourth graders meet for art once a week throughout the year. Student projects reflect the fourth grade North Carolina social studies curriculum. For example, creating hand woven-baskets and looking at the work of craftspeople in the state enhances student understanding of the rich heritage of fine and applied arts in North Carolina. The students learn to make technical and expressive judgments about the success of an artwork and to give reasons for their opinions.
Objectives
The student will:
A. Compare and contrast art elements, with emphasis on
similarities and differences in shape (two-dimensions) and form
(three-dimensions), types of line, and color variations.
B. Convey ideas
or emotions in an assigned medium.
C. Use a
variety of painting, drawing, and modeling techniques in his/her artwork.
D. Create works
of art that communicate and record impressions and views of everyday events.
E. Identify
and discuss artworks of the past and present by comparing and contrasting them.
F. Identify
and describe the work of contemporary artists and craftspersons.
G. Describe
artworks in terms of the art elements and design principles.
H. Identify
multiple purposes for creating works of art.
I. Make
judgments about the success of an artwork (technical and expressive) and give
reasons for his/her opinions.
J. Connect
what he or she learns in the visual arts to other disciplines.
K. Identify how
art improves the aesthetic quality of the environment.
Content
A. Painting
Still life/ watercolor
Landscape/tempera
B. Drawing
Still life/ pen and ink
Figures/pencil
Flowers/oil pastels/O’Keeffe
C. Weaving-basketry
D. Ceramics-animal mugs
E. Art by Me
Methodology
Discussion
Demonstration
Show examples-motivation
Class work - teacher input and guidance
Critiques
Student Directed
Teacher Directed
Modeling student and teaching
Evaluation
Student and teacher critique
School exhibits
Use of techniques and ideas in the work produced
Peer mentoring
Resources
Drawing and newsprint paper, construction paper,
crayons, watercolors, markers, pastels, clay and glazes, reeds for basket
weaving, tempera paint, fabric, scissors, glue, brushes, pencils, rulers,
erasers. Assorted books, slides, posters
and demonstration pieces belonging to teacher.
A Passion for Art: Renoir, Cezanne, Matisse and Dr.
Barnes, CD-ROM, Bellevue, WA: Corbis.
1995.