Mayor's Committee on Disabilities Art Contest |
Using the theme, students will make a drawing depicting the main idea of the theme. |
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Primary Learning Outcomes
Students will learn that the theme is an important part of all projects. Using a theme given can be very helpful in making art. Discussion on "brainstorming" will give students a chance to create ideas from the theme before beginning work.
Additional Learning Outcomes
Grade: 4
Fine Arts
Visual Arts
3
Topic: Artistic Skills and Knowledge: Creating, Performing, Producing
Standard: Creates artwork portraying an object,
subject, or theme from different points of view (e.g., close-up, below, and
above).
5
Topic: Artistic Skills and Knowledge: Creating, Performing, Producing
Standard: Emphasizes specific elements of art and
principles of design and selects materials and techniques appropriate to
creating an artwork based on own idea and self-direction.
6
Topic: Artistic Skills and Knowledge: Creating, Performing, Producing
Standard: Produces artworks in a variety of subject
matter and in the areas of drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, pottery,
fiber arts, and mixed media. (See Introduction: Matrix.)
8
Topic: Artistic Skills and Knowledge: Creating, Performing, Producing
Standard: Demonstrates proper care and safe use of
materials and tools.
15
Topic: Critical Analysis and Aesthetic Understanding
Standard: Discusses an artist's purpose for using
line, shape, and color to capture movement in artworks, such as gesture
drawings, action painting, and mobiles.
18
Topic: Critical Analysis and Aesthetic Understanding
Standard: Develops and applies criteria for judging
personal decisions about artworks.
22
Topic: Historical and Cultural Context
Standard: Explains how art reflects the relationship
between artists and their culture (e.g., geographic, political, religious, and
economic).
Grade: 5
Fine Arts
1
Topic: Artistic Skills and Knowledge: Creating, Performing, Producing
Standard: Produces artworks and graphic designs that
use selected subject matter, including symbols and ideas, to communicate a
message.
2
Topic: Artistic Skills and Knowledge: Creating, Performing, Producing
Standard: Plans, organizes, and creates artworks
using: form, color expressing emotion, linear perspective, proportion,
contrast. (See Introduction: Matrix.)
3
Topic: Artistic Skills and Knowledge: Creating, Performing, Producing
Standard: Creates artworks in the areas of drawing,
painting, sculpture, printmaking, pottery, fiber arts, mixed media, and digital
images. (See Introduction: Matrix.)
5
Topic: Artistic Skills and Knowledge: Creating, Performing, Producing
Standard: Demonstrates proper care and safe use of
art materials and tools.
10
Topic: Critical Analysis and Aesthetic Understanding
Standard: Analyzes proportion in artworks as the
relationship of one part to another or in the whole.
12
Topic: Critical Analysis and Aesthetic Understanding
Standard: Identifies specific media and techniques
used to produce selected artworks.
13
Topic: Critical Analysis and Aesthetic Understanding
Standard: Recognizes how artists use selected subject
matter, including symbols and ideas, to communicate a message.
14
Topic: Critical Analysis and Aesthetic Understanding
Standard: Critiques artworks in sequence of:
description, analysis of design or a composition, interpretation of meaning,
and judgment based on evidence/clues observed in artworks.
15
Topic: Critical Analysis and Aesthetic Understanding
Standard: Develops, judges, and communicates personal
decisions about artwork.
Procedures/Activities
Step: 1 Duration: approx. :20 minutes ; remainder of class
Discussion of "disabilities" will include "root word" and meaning. Brainstorming of the ideas in the theme (by taking each word/phrase and matching a visual idea)entices students' imaginations and creativity. Students then will begin to start their drawing.
9 x 12 white drawing paper, oil pastels, color pencils, crayons, markers, pencils, and erasers.
Standards (Local and/or National)
Total Duration
2-3 sessions
Technology Connection
Teacher observation of students' work. Students will be encouraged to judge their own work according to the criteria.
For students with exceptional needs, what changes can be
made in instruction and teaching delivery to enhance student participation and
learning? Each area below is a direct link to general classroom accommodations.
Non-readers Physical Impairments Sensory Impairments Attention/Behavior Gifted
Each disability below is a direct link to general classroom accommodations
specific for that disability.
Autism
Deaf - Blind
Deaf/Hard of Hearing
Emotional and Behavioral Disorder
Mild Intellectual Disability
Orthopedic Impairment
Other Health Impairments:
Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder