Grade 8 Creating Art Standards
Essential Questions:
1. Why do people create art?
2. How do people create art?
Enduring Understandings
Creativity and innovative thinking are essential life skills that can be developed through practice, critique, and refining work
over time.
People create and interact with objects, places, and design that define, shape, enhance, and empower their lives.
Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.
C8.1.1: Students will document early stages of the creative process visually, and/or verbally in traditional or new media
Prior Background Knowledge
Required:
 implement a variety of
problem solving skills
to begin a piece of art.
Students will know….
 problem solving
techniques that works
for themselves.
Vocabulary:
 brainstorming
 progress monitoring
Students will understand
that…
 works of art begin
through individual
planning.
Students will be able to…
 make independent
choices when
producing works of art
 communicate their
progress throughout
the art making stages.
C8.1.2: Students will collaboratively shape a investigation of an aspect of present day life using a contemporary practice of art
and design
Students will know….
Students will understand
Students will be able to…
Prior Background Knowledge
that…
Required:
 variety of media and
 create a work of art

by
using
individual
techniques
collaboratively.
 apply specific criteria to
ideas collaboratively;
accomplish a finished
 problem solving skills
and through
piece of work.
 artistic respect
compromise a
Vocabulary:
meaningful work of art
 collaboration
can be created.
 media
 techniques
 respect
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Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.
C8.2.1: Students will demonstrate willingness to experiment, innovate, and take risks to pursue ideas, forms, and meanings that
emerge in the process of art making or designing.
Students will know….
Students will understand
Students will be able to…
Prior Background Knowledge
that…
Required:
 the steps of an
 create a series of work.
 through a process of
innovative/research  develop a work of art.
pre draws, and
based process from a
revisions, a final work
variety of sources.
of art can be developed.
Vocabulary:
 taking risks is part of
 experimentation
the artistic process.
 innovative
 the use of research can
 series
result in an innovative
idea.
C8.2.2: Students will demonstrate awareness of practices, issues, and ethics of appropriation, fair use, copyright, open source and
creative commons as they apply to creating works of art and design.
Students will know….
Students will understand
Students will be able to…
Prior Background Knowledge
that…
Required:
 GFPS Computer
 use a variety of sources
 there are policies and
Acceptable Use Policy
to create a work of art.
 use the policies to guide
guidelines in place for
and Internet Safety
their art making.
safety.
Agreement.
Vocabulary:
 that proper use of
policies does not limit
 copyright
the creative process.
 open source
 creative commons
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C8.2.3: Students will select, organize and design images and words to make visually clear and compelling presentations.
Students will know….
Students will understand
Students will be able to…
Prior Background Knowledge
Required:
 the selection process for that…
 implement a variety of

by
refining
ideas,
a
a specific task.
processes into a final
 organize their ideas
variety of artwork can
presentation.
into a finished visual
 organizational
be created.
representation of said
skills/steps.
ideas
 the strength of
composition .
Vocabulary:
 composition
 presentations
 organization
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Anchor Standard 3: Refine and complete artistic work.
C8.3.1: Students will apply relevant criteria to examine, reflect on and plan revisions for a work of art or design in progress.
Students will know….
Students will understand
Students will be able to…
Prior Background Knowledge
that…
Required:
 the revision process.
 use the criteria and
 artists create through
Vocabulary:
revisions to create a
 express their
revisions.
work of art.
reasoning/rationale for
 revision
producing their work of
 criteria
art in either verbal or
written formats.
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Grade 8 Presenting Art Standards
Essential Questions: Why do people value objects, artifacts, and artworks, and select them for presentation, and how does the
selected work cultivate an appreciation and understanding?
What criteria are considered when selecting work for presentation, a portfolio, or a collection?
Enduring Understandings
Artists and other presenters consider various techniques, methods, venues, and criteria when preparing, analyzing, selecting, and
curating objects artifacts, and artworks for preservation and/or presentation.
Artworks communicate meaning and a record of social, cultural, and political experiences resulting in the cultivating of
appreciation and understanding.
Anchor Standard 4: Select analyze and interpret artistic works for presentation.
P8.4.1: Students will develop and apply criteria for evaluating a collection of artwork for presentation.
Students will know….
Students will understand
Students will be able to…
Prior Background Knowledge
that…
Required:
 a set criteria for the
 affectively
 different variations of
evaluation process
communicate pros and
 use technology to
styles
influence
what
comes from a
cons of selected work
present, preserve and
can be successful
individual decision
for presentation.
experiment with to
works of art.
process .
create a work of art.
X
Anchor Standard 5: Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.
P8.5.1: Students will collaboratively prepare and present selected theme-based artwork for display, and formulate exhibition
narratives for the viewer.
Students will know….
Students will understand
Students will be able to…
Prior Background Knowledge
Required:
 the process of art comes that…
 formulate/
 artists communicate the
from inspiration,
communicate an artist
 prepare and present a
reasoning behind a
experience, and
statement.
work of art based on set
work
of
art.
practice.
criteria.
Vocabulary:
 exhibit
 artist statement
 narrative
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Anchor Standard 6: Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.
P8.6.1: Analyze why and how an exhibition or collection may influence ideas, beliefs, and experiences
Students will know….
Students will understand
Students will be able to…
Prior Background Knowledge
that…
Required:
 characteristics in
 recognize how art
 historical and current
identifying different
 use technology to aid in
history has influenced
events
have
an
styles of art.
efforts to research
current art styles.
influence on the
works of art.
creation of works of art.
Vocabulary:
 styles of art
 analyze
 collection
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Grade 8 Responding Art Standards
Essential Questions:
1. How do life experiences influence the way you relate to art?
2. How does learning about art impact how we perceive the world?
Enduring Understandings
Engagement with art can lead to understanding and appreciation of self, others, the natural world, and constructed
environments.
Anchor Standard 7: Perceive and analyze artistic work.
R.8.7.1: Students will explain how a person’s aesthetic choices are influenced by culture and environment and impact the visual
image that one conveys to others.
Students will know….
Students will understand
Students will be able to…
Prior Background Knowledge
that…
Required:
 through the process of
 identify where the
 culture and
personal choice artists
influences in specific
 identify multiple
environment
plays
a
influences
impact
the
works of art have come
venues for viewing
role in the message a
visual image.
from.
works of art.
work of art .
Vocabulary:
 aesthetics
 influences
R8.7.2: Students will compare and contrast contexts and media in which viewers encounter images that influence ideas,
emotions, and actions.
Students will know….
Students will understand
Students will be able to…
Prior Background Knowledge
that…
Required:
 methods of comparison.
 compare and contrast a
 there are similarities
variety of works of art.
 recognize imagery that
 vocabulary associated
and differences in
relates to a variety of
with the critique
works of art.
cultures.
method.
Vocabulary:
 compare and contrast
 similarities and
difference
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Anchor Standard 8: Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.
C.8.8.1: Students will interpret art by analyzing how the interaction of subject matter, characteristics of form and structure, use of
media, art making approaches, and relevant contextual information contributes to understanding messages or ideas and mood
conveyed.
Students will know….
Students will understand
Students will be able to…
Prior Background Knowledge
that…
Required:
 the elements and
 use the fundamental art
 the elements and
principles of design.
principles to respond to
 identify the use of
principles are the basis
Vocabulary:
the message work of
media to create moods
for
works
of
art.
art.
and specific ideas in
 elements and principles
works of art.
Anchor Standard 9: apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.
C8.9.1: Students will create a convincing and logical argument to support an evaluation of art.
Students will know….
Students will understand
Prior Background Knowledge
that…
Required:
 the critique process.
 critiques are important
Vocabulary:
 expand on a original
formats in the revision
idea through the
 critique
process of art making.
process of revision.
 revision
 artist statement
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Students will be able to…
 communicate either
verbally or written
using a critique format.
Grade 8 Connecting Art Standards
Essential Questions:
1. How do people contribute to awareness and understanding of their lives and the lives of their communities through artmaking?
2. How does art help us understand and preserve the lives of people of different times, places, and cultures?
Enduring Understandings
Through art-making and interactions with and analysis of art, people make meaning by investigating and developing ideas and
understandings of society, culture, and history
Anchor Standard 10: Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.
CO8.10.1: Students will make art collaboratively to reflect on and reinforce positive aspects of group identity
Students will know….
Students will understand
Students will be able to…
Prior Background Knowledge
that…
Required:
 self reflections are part
 use a group’s identity
 identities share unique
of the process in the
to design a
 design a site specific
aspects
that
contribute
creation of collaborative
collaborative site
idea.
to the creation of works
works of art.
specific work of art.
of art.
Vocabulary:
 self reflection
 collaborative art works
 site specific
Anchor Standard 11: Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding.
CO8.11.1a: Students will distinguish different ways art is used to represent, establish, reinforce, and reflect group identity.
Students will know….
Students will understand
Students will be able to…
Prior Background Knowledge
that…
Required:
 personal identities and
 use group identities to
 art is created differently
group identities play a
distinguish different
 identify and respond to
using group identities
role in the outcome of a
ways art is used.
cultural uses of
verses
individual
work of art.
resources.
processes.
Vocabulary:
 societal and cultural
context
 group identity
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