8th Grade Lesson Units:
Lesson: Collage Zentangles
Elements and Principles of Art: Space, Contrast, Emphasis, Pattern, and Unity National Core Arts Standards: Select, organize, and design images and words to make visually clear and compelling presentations. Enduring Understanding: People create and interact with objects, places, and designs that define, shape enhance, and empower their lives. Essential Questions: How do objects, places, and design shape lives and communities? How do artists and designers determine goals for designing or redesigning objects, places, or systems? How do artists and designers create works of art or design that effectively communicate? Resources:
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Lesson: Coiled Fiber Baskets Bowls
Elements and Principles of Art: Color, Form, and Balance National Core Arts Standards: Demonstrate willingness to experiment, innovate, and take risks to pursue ideas, forms, and meanings that emerge in the process of art making or design. Enduring Understanding: Artists and designers experiment with forms, structures, materials, concepts, media and art making approaches. Essential Questions: How do objects, places, and design shape lives and communities? How do artists and designers determine goals for designing or redesigning objects, places, or systems? How do artists and designers create works of art or design that effectively communicate? Resources:
Lesson: Cityscape
Elements and Principles of Art: Line, Shape, Form, Space, Balance, Contrast, Emphasis, and Unity Objective: At the conclusion of the unit activities, students will be able create a cityscape that creates emphasis through the use of a focal point and will have demonstrated proficiency in the drawing techniques taught. National Core Arts Standards: Document the early stages of the creative process visually and / or verbally in traditional or new media. Enduring Understanding: Creativity and innovative thinking are essential life skills that can be developed. Essential Questions: What conditions, attitudes, and behaviors support creative and innovative thinking? What factors prevent or encourage people to take creative risks? How does collaboration expand the creative process? Lesson: Complimentary Colors Cityscape
Elements and Principles of Art: Line, Shape, Color, Form, Space, Balance, Contrast, and Unity Objective: At the conclusion of the unit activities, students will be able create an aesthetically pleasing cityscape that includes variation and contrast and will have demonstrated proficiency in the drawing and painting techniques taught. National Core Arts Standards: Document the early stages of the creative process visually and / or verbally in traditional or new media. Enduring Understanding: Creativity and innovative thinking are essential life skills that can be developed. Essential Questions: What conditions, attitudes, and behaviors support creative and innovative thinking? What factors prevent or encourage people to take creative risks? How does collaboration expand the creative process? Resources: |
Lesson: Abstract Aerial Landscape Painting
Elements and Principles of Art: Color, Shape, Space, Balance, and Unity National Core Arts Standards: Demonstrate willingness to experiment, innovate, and take risks to pursue ideas, forms, and meanings that emerge in the process of art making or design. Enduring Understanding: Artists and designers experiment with forms, structures, materials, concepts, media and art making approaches. Essential Questions: How do objects, places, and design shape lives and communities? How do artists and designers determine goals for designing or redesigning objects, places, or systems? How do artists and designers create works of art or design that effectively communicate?
Time Span: Independent Assignment
Lesson: Pixelated Still Life National Core Arts Standards: Demonstrate willingness to experiment, innovate, and take risks to pursue ideas, forms, and meanings that emerge in the process of art making or design. Elements and Principles of Art: Color, Line, Space, Balance, Rhythm, and Unity Enduring Understanding: Artists and designers experiment with forms, structures, materials, concepts, media and art making approaches. Essential Questions: How do objects, places, and design shape lives and communities? How do artists and designers determine goals for designing or redesigning objects, places, or systems? How do artists and designers create works of art or design that effectively communicate? Resources:
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