MIDDLE SCHOOL ART SYLLABUS
7th GRADE: Each quarter of the semester includes 1-2 tests followed by a
project after each test. Each project incorporates concepts from the
corresponding test.
Grades are determined by:
 Tests/Projects
 Daily Work/Quizzes
 Exams
40%
40%
20%
Focus: Art History in Europe
 Pre-Historic and Egyptian art, Greek and Roman art, the Middle Ages and
the Renaissance
Introduction: Students create nametags.
Pre-Historic and Egyptian Art: Lecture for test
 Understanding significance of art history
 Understanding time lines and time references
o BC, AD, Years ago
 Cave Paintings
o Realistic, Bright Colors
 Egyptian Civilization
o Timeframe
o 6 characteristics of Egyptian art
 Lacks perspective, Important people larger, Eyes and
shoulders face viewer, Heads in profile, Body posed
unnaturally
 Significance of Pharaoh and their religion
 Mummification, Canopic jars, Sarcophagus
 Pyramids
 Hieroglyphics
Pre-Historic and Egyptian Art Test
Hieroglyphics Assignment: Students write an autobiographical paragraph and
translate into Egyptian hieroglyphics. This may be counted as daily work or a
project. Allow time as needed.
Sarcophagus Project: Students create a sarcophagus as described in the rubric.
Allow time as needed. This part of the project will be unfired and unpainted at
this point, and may also be counted as a mid-term exam.
Greek/ Roman Art: Lecture for Test
 Greece as Birthplace of Western Civilization
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Greek Architecture
o Greek (square,) Arch and it’s significance
o Columns
 Doric, Ionic, Corinthian
Greek sculpture as Idealistic
o Use of bright colors in sculpture and architecture
End of ancient Greek civilization/Beginning of Roman
Roman (rounded,) Arch and it’s significance
Roman sculpture as Realistic
Romans as problem solvers and innovators
o Roads, Aqueducts, Fired brick, Concrete, Sewage and Drainage
system
Roman collapse
Greek/Roman Art Test
Greek Architecture Project: Students create a model of a Greek building as
described in the rubric from their own measured drawings. Allow time as
needed: Front and side views, construction of building from cardboard, painting
and decoration.
Complete fired sarcophagi: Students will decorate and paint their sarcophagi.
This component of the project may count as a final exam depending upon time.
Timeline:
Grading Period 1
 Weeks 1 and 2: Name tags/ Notes on Pre-Historic and Egyptian Art/ Review for test
 Week 3: Test/ Test corrections and retest
 Week 4: Hieroglyphics autobiography assignment
 Week 5: Art Critique/ Explain “Sarcophagus” project rubric/ Begin sketches
 Week 6: Work on Sarcophagus drawings (approved sketch and final drawing)
 Week 7-9: Work on clay sarcophagus (pre-fired project grade)
Grading Period 2
 Week 1: Project Critique (if time allows)
 Week 2: Notes on Greek and Roman Art/ Review for test
 Week 3: Test/ Test corrections and retest
 Week 4: Measuring practice worksheets
 Week 5: Explain Greek Building project rubric/ Front view drawing
 Week 6: Side view drawing/ Begin 3-D Building construction
 Weeks 7-9: Work on and complete Greek Building
 Week 9: Paint and complete fired Sarcophagus