7th grade Art Curriculum Map South Henry School Corp.
Content
week
1
2-3
4
5-6
Greco-Roman
Greek and Roman
influence on art and
the modern world.
Renaissance art and its
relationship to Greek
and American Art.
World History and
Geography
Studio: none
Drawing from life
Classical Proportion
and your Drawings.
Drawing from Life:
Contour Drawing.
Studio: Drawing,
Contour Drawing.
Print Making: Creating
Block Prints.
Printing as an art form.
Types of prints.
Getting Ideas for your
Lino Cut using the
concept of
Personification.
ELA
Studio: Drawing
Personifications
Planning and
preparation of plates.
Safety and proper
cutting techniques.
Plate Registration and
printing.
Studio: Printmaking
Standards
Taught
7.1.1, 7.1.2,
7.2.3, 7.5.1,
7.8.2,
7:6.1, 7.6.4,
7.7.1, 7.7.3,
7.7.4,
7:1.1 7:1.2
7:4.1 7:8.2
. 7:8.1
7:8.4
Lino Cuts 7:6.1
7:6.2 7:7.2
Plate cutting
7:7.1 7:7.3
7:7.4 7:7.5
Printmaking
7:7.1 7:7.3
7:7.4 7:7.5
7:8.2 (Interdis.
ELA
Personification
)
Skills for
Achievement
Students will
observe and
discuss Greek,
Roman, and
Renaissance Art.
Students will Write
how Greeks used
Mathematics and
proportion to
create realistic
Sculptures They
will read (ELA)
about the history
and development
of the Greek style.
Students will draw
the human head
using a ruler to lay
out proper
proportions of the
face. They will
apply this to the
front and side view
of the face.
Introduction to the
different types of
printing and ways
to generate ideas
for student
projects.
Planning/design,
Motor skills.
Craftsmanship
Students will
design, cut and
print a linoleum
cut.
Assessment
Resources
Classroom
discussion,
Vocabulary
and other
written
evaluations.
(Quiz)
Scholastic arts.
(Reading), Power Point:
Greek and Roman Art,
You Tube video: Coming
out of the dark ages, the
Renaissance.
Observation
of work in
progress.
Criteria for
proportion
evident in
work.
Pencils, Color Pencils,
Rulers, Proportional
handout.
ID of
different
types of
printing
techniques
and
products.
(Vocabulary
quiz and
test)
Handouts YouTube
Videos: Silkscreen
Lithography Relief or
block Intaglio and
Embossments
Criteria for
print Good
balance of
light and
dark all
prints
properly
signed and
printed.
Printing tools and
supply.
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Ceramics & Sculpture
Introduction to
Ceramics. Clay forming
techniques. Stages of
clay. Properties of clay.
Material Limits.
The Human form in
Clay a historical and
cultural survey
Clay Projects: Pinch
pot person (core ELA
alliteration)
Independent Clay
project based on one
of the forming
techniques.
Ceramic finish and
glazing.
Find examples of
contemporary
Ceramics you enjoy
write about what you
like make a drawing.
Studio:
Sculpture/Ceramics
Patterns and
Painting:
Elements of design
What is a pattern and
how do artist use it .
What is a motif and
how do artist use it.
Introduction to
painting techniques
Studio: Design/
Draw/ Paint
Art of Egypt
Egypt and the world
(Interdis. World
History/Geography)
Religious beliefs,
Symbols,
Hieroglyphs, and Art
Frontal Style Egyptian use of
Pattern. King Tuts
Tomb
Name in
7:7.3 7:8.2
(Interdis.
Science)
Identify the stages
that clay goes
through in the
ceramic process.
List the various
forming techniques
and what stage the
clay should be in
for
Create projects
using proper
techniques and
materials. Use the
concept of parts of
the pot to create a
pinch pot person.
Free choice to
explore personal
expressions in
clay. Write about
clay art and artist
you like.
Written test
and class
discussion
and
participation
Slides on the history of
human form in ceramics.
Handouts and lecture
notes.
Criteria set
forth by
instructor.
Final
products
created by
the student
Examples
from
student
writing and
drawing.
Clay, Glazes, Clay studio.
Ceramic Monthly
Magazine for
Appreciation lesson.
7.2 7:7.3
7:7.4 7:7.5
Identify in writing
what a pattern
and motif
constitutes. Create
patterns that fit
that criterion.
Properly use paint
to finish design.
Criteria set
forth by
instructor.
Final
products
created by
the student.
Student
writing
Handouts, Painting
subjects. Ink Pens,
brushes, Paper and
Watercolor.
7:1.1 7:2.1
7:8.2
7:1.2 7:3.2
7:4.1
7:1.2 7:7.2
7.31
7:1.1 7:1.2
7:2.1
7:6.2 7:6.4
7:6.5 7:7.1
Read about the
Egyptian style and
use of art; Identify
hieroglyphs as
icons that are
symbols for.
Students will
create their own
cartouche.
Students Will use
pattern and motif
to create an
original design of
Criteria set
forth by
instructor.
Final
products
created by
the student.
Student
writing
Scholastic arts.
Egyptian arts
Handouts, tracing paper,
drawing paper,
templates, brushes,
tempera paint
7:1.1 7:1.2
7:1.3 7:1.4
7:8.2 (World
History/Multi
Cultural)
Clay
techniques
7:7.2 7:7.3
7:7.4 7:7.5
Clay projects
7:7.1 7:7.3
7:7.4 7:7.5
(Core ELA
Alliteration)
Ceramic Fire
and Finish
7:71 7:7.4
7:7.5
. 7:1.6 7:3.1
7:4.2 7:6.2
7:6.1 7:7.1
7:7.4
7th grade Art Curriculum Map South Henry School Corp.
Hieroglyphs.
Sarcophagus
Painting.
Sarcophagus Design
using pattern.
Studio: DrawingPainting
7:7.4 7:7.5
7:6.2 7:6.4
7:6.5 7:7.1
7:7.4 7:7.5
a sarcophagus and
paint their
creation