Academic Content Standards
Visual Art
Grade-Level Indicators
Foundations in Art
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3
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3,4
Understanding
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Students will understand how
the visual arts impact and
reflect history, culture, and
society.
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4
VAS 1
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VAS 2
Through artistic processes
students visually express,
demonstrate, and communicate
their understanding of the
elements and principles of
design.
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Students will respond to works
of art by describing, analyzing,
interpreting, and judging using
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VAS 3
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Discuss the roles of visual art forms
within social contexts.
Demonstrate perceptual skill when
drawing from direct observation.
Assessment
Chapter 1,2, 3 review and vocabulary
quiz
Studio Experience: Drawing with
Expressive Line
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Apply various methods of art criticism
to analyze and interpret works of art.
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Studio Experience: Drawing with
Expressive Line
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VAS 4
Distinguish the aesthetic qualities in
works of art and determined how the
artist achieved the effect.
Shape quiz
Studio Experience: Drawing with
Negative Shapes
appropriate criteria.
Students understand the value
of visual arts and the significant
of these beliefs.
Students will recognize the
importance of lifelong learning
in the visual arts and the
relationships to other
disciplines.
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Ch
4
T
CH
5
5
6
T
CH
7
5,6
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6
8
Students will understand how
the visual arts impact and
reflect history, culture, and
society.
Through artistic processes
students visually express,
demonstrate, and communicate
their understanding of the
elements and principles of
design.
Students will respond to works
of art by describing, analyzing,
interpreting, and judging using
appropriate criteria.
Students understand the value
of visual arts and the significant
of these beliefs.
Weekly Sketchbook Assignment
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VAS 5
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VAS 1
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VAS 2
Survey various art theories or
movements and make a presentation
to explain one of them.
Explain the relationship of a selected
work of art to the time period in which
it was created.
Use available technology as a tool to
explore art techniques and to express
ideas.
Chapter 5,6,7,8 review and
vocabulary quiz
Studio Experience: Drawing with
Negative Shapes
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VAS 3
Explain how form and media influence
artistic decisions.
Studio Experience: Creating a
Spectrum of Color
Weekly Sketchbook Assignment
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VAS 4
Demonstrate logical reasoning when
arguing the merit of a selected work of
art and discuss the arguments put
forward by others.
Students will recognize the
importance of lifelong learning
in the visual arts and the
relationships to other
disciplines.
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6
T
CH
6,7
9
10
T
CH
11
7
T
Ch
12
Students will understand how
the visual arts impact and
reflect history, culture, and
society.
Through artistic processes
students visually express,
demonstrate, and communicate
their understanding of the
elements and principles of
design.
Students will respond to works
of art by describing, analyzing,
interpreting, and judging using
appropriate criteria.
Students understand the value
of visual arts and the significant
of these beliefs.
7,8
Students will recognize the
importance of lifelong learning
in the visual arts and the
relationships to other
disciplines.
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VAS 1
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VAS 3
Research and compare how visual art
in used in a musical, theatre or dance
production.
Research and describe the cultural
values in various traditions that
influence contemporary art media.
Make informed choices in the
selection of materials, subject matter
and techniques to achieve certain
visual effects.
Chapter 9,10,11,12 review and
vocabulary quiz
Research and describe the work of an
artistic on the basis of how the artist’s
choice of media and style contribution
to the meaning of art.
Student/Teacher Generated Rubric
Studio Experience: Depth in
Monochromatic Collage
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Studio Experience: Texture Collage
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VAS 4
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VAS 5
Research and explain various
aesthetic theories in visual art.
Research and provide examples that
show the relationship of visual art to
other subjects in curriculum.
Weekly Sketchbook Assignment
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Ch
13
8
T
Ch
8
14
T
Ch
15
8,9
T
CH
16
9
Students will understand how
the visual arts impact and
reflect history, culture, and
society.
Through artistic processes
students visually express,
demonstrate, and communicate
their understanding of the
elements and principles of
design.
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17
9
T
CH
9,10
18
VAS 1
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VAS 2
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Students will respond to works
of art by describing, analyzing,
interpreting, and judging using
appropriate criteria.
VAS 3
Students understand the value
of visual arts and the significant
of these beliefs.
VAS 4
Students will recognize the
importance of lifelong learning
in the visual arts and the
relationships to other
disciplines.
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Students will understand how
the visual arts impact and
reflect history, culture, and
society.
Through artistic processes
students visually express,
demonstrate, and communicate
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VAS 5
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VAS 1
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VAS 2
Compare and contrast the stylistic
characteristics of visual art from one
historical period with the those of the
previous time period.
Explain artistic processes from
conceiving an idea to completing a
work of art.
Chapter 13,14,15,16 review and
vocabulary quiz
Use appropriate vocabulary to define
and describe techniques, materials
and methods.
Student/Teacher Generated Rubric
Identify various sources for published
reviews of artworks and use them to
analyze and understand different
aesthetic perspectives.
Studio Experience: A Unified
Seasonal Collage
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Studio Experience: Color Mixing with
Acrylic Paint
Weekly Sketchbook Assignment
Research and report on careers in the
visual arts and identify the experience,
education and training needed for
each one.
Connect a variety of contemporary art
forms, media and styles to their
cultural, historical and social origins.
Develop criteria for assessing the
quality of their works.
17,18,19,20 review and vocabulary
quiz
Color Wheel/Mixing Assessment
Studio Experience: Color Mixing with
Acrylic Paint
Studio Experience: Figurative Clay
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CH
19
10
T
Ch
20
10
their understanding of the
elements and principles of
design.
Students will respond to works
of art by describing, analyzing,
interpreting, and judging using
appropriate criteria.
T
21
10,11
T
Ch
11
22
T
Ch
11
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VAS 3
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VAS 4
Students understand the value
of visual arts and the significant
of these beliefs.
Students will recognize the
importance of lifelong learning
in the visual arts and the
relationships to other
disciplines.
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Sculpture
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Students will understand how
the visual arts impact and
reflect history, culture, and
society.
Through artistic processes
students visually express,
demonstrate, and communicate
their understanding of the
elements and principles of
design.
Students will respond to works
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VAS 5
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VAS 1
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VAS 2
Explain how context can attribute to
meaning in works of art.
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Communicate how an aesthetic point
of view contributes to the ideas,
emotions and overall impact of
personal artworks and the works of
others.
Weekly Sketchbook Assignment
Investigate opportunities for lifelong
involvement in the arts and artsrelated careers.
Explain how art history interrelates
with the study of aesthetics, criticism
and art making.
Chapter 21,22,23,24 review and
vocabulary quiz
Demonstrate mastery of materials,
concepts and personal concentration
when creating original artworks.
Student/Teacher Generated Rubric
Studio Experience: Figurative Clay
Sculpture
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Weekly Sketchbook Assignment
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VAS 3
Apply the knowledge and skills of art
criticism to conduct in-depth analyses
of works of art.
Studio Experience: Architectural
Collage
Portfolio Review
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CH
24
12
of art by describing, analyzing,
interpreting, and judging using
appropriate criteria.
T
25
Students will understand how
the visual arts impact and
reflect history, culture, and
society.
12,13
T
Ch
13
26
T
Ch
13
VAS 4
Students understand the value
of visual arts and the significant
of these beliefs.
Students will recognize the
importance of lifelong learning
in the visual arts and the
relationships to other
disciplines.
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Identify and analyze a variety of
viewpoints on aesthetic issues and
themes in visual art and develop a
personal point of view.
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Through artistic processes
students visually express,
demonstrate, and communicate
their understanding of the
elements and principles of
design.
Students will respond to works
of art by describing, analyzing,
interpreting, and judging using
appropriate criteria.
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VAS 5
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VAS 1
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VAS 2
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VAS 3
Identify and demonstrate processes to
solve visual art problems
Analyze major changes to selected
artistic styles in art history and
determine the historical, social,
political or artistic factors that
influenced the change.
Create expressive artworks that
demonstrate a sense of purpose and
understanding of the relationship
among form, materials, techniques
and subject matter.
Explain how form, subject matter and
context contribute to meanings in
works of art.
Chapter 25,26,27,28 review and
vocabulary quiz
Studio Experience: Photomontage:
Our International Origins
Student/Teacher Generated Rubric
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Weekly Sketchbook Assignment
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CH
28
13,14
Students will recognize the
importance of lifelong learning
in the visual arts and the
relationships to other
disciplines.
T
Ch
14
T
CH
14,15
29
30
T
CH
31
15
T
Ch
15
Students understand the value
of visual arts and the significant
of these beliefs.
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Students will understand how
the visual arts impact and
reflect history, culture, and
society.
Through artistic processes
students visually express,
demonstrate, and communicate
their understanding of the
elements and principles of
design.
Students will respond to works
of art by describing, analyzing,
interpreting, and judging using
appropriate criteria.
Students understand the value
of visual arts and the significant
of these beliefs.
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VAS 4
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VAS 5
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VAS 1
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VAS 2
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VAS 3
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VAS 4
Judge the merit of selected artworks
and provide the aesthetic basis for
their positions.
Summarize and explain the impact of
a historical event or movement on the
development of visual art.
Explain how and why visual art forms
develop in the contexts in which they
were made.
Engage in ongoing assessment to
revise and improve artworks and to
produce a portfolio of works.
Critiques their own works, the works
or peers and other artists on the basis
of the formal, technical and
expressive aspects in the works.
Distinguish the aesthetic qualities in
works of art and determined how the
artist achieved the effect.
Chapter 29,30,31,32 review and
vocabulary quiz
Studio Experience: Expressing
Personality in a Mask Form
Studio Experience: Sistine Chapel–
Inspired Ceiling Mural
Student/Teacher Generated Rubric
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Weekly Sketchbook Assignment
Students will recognize the
importance of lifelong learning
in the visual arts and the
relationships to other
disciplines.
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Ch
33
15
T
Ch
16
34
T
Ch
35
16
T
CH
16
36
Students will understand how
the visual arts impact and
reflect history, culture, and
society.
Through artistic processes
students visually express,
demonstrate, and communicate
their understanding of the
elements and principles of
design.
Students will respond to works
of art by describing, analyzing,
interpreting, and judging using
appropriate criteria.
Students understand the value
of visual arts and the significant
of these beliefs.
Students will recognize the
importance of lifelong learning
in the visual arts and the
relationships to other
disciplines.
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VAS 5
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VAS 1
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VAS 2
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VAS 3
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VAS 4
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VAS 5
Formulate and solve a visual art
problem using strategies and
perspectives from other disciplines.
Compare works of art to one another
in terms of historical, cultural, social
and political influences evident in the
works.
Use feedback and self-assessment to
revise their artwork.
Chapter 33,34,35,36 review and
vocabulary quiz
Use appropriate vocabulary to define
and describe techniques, materials
and methods.
Studio Experience: Sistine Chapel–
Inspired Ceiling Mural
Demonstrate logical reasoning when
arguing the merit of a selected work of
art and discuss the arguments put
forward by others.
Student/Teacher Generated Rubric
List and explain opportunities for
lifelong involvement in the visual arts.
Studio Experience: Structural
Connections
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Weekly Sketchbook Assignment