(1) The fine arts incorporate the study of dance, music, theatre, and the visual arts to offer unique experiences and empower students to explore realities, relationships, and ideas. These disciplines engage and motivate all students through active learning, critical thinking, and innovative problem solving. The fine arts develop cognitive functioning and increase student academic achievement, higher-order thinking, communication, and collaboration skills, making the fine arts applicable to college readiness, career opportunities, workplace environments, social skills, and everyday life. Students develop aesthetic and cultural awareness through exploration, leading to creative expression. Creativity, encouraged through the study of the fine arts, is essential to nurture and develop the whole child. (2) Four basic strands--foundations: observation and perception; creative expression; historical and cultural relevance; and critical evaluation and response--provide broad, unifying structures for organizing the knowledge and skills students are expected to acquire. Each strand is of equal value and may be presented in any order throughout the year. Students rely on personal observations and perceptions, which are developed through increasing visual literacy and sensitivity to surroundings, communities, memories, imaginings, and life experiences, as sources for thinking about, planning, and creating original artworks. Students communicate their thoughts and ideas with innovation and creativity. Through art, students challenge their imaginations, foster critical thinking, collaborate with others, and build reflective skills. While exercising meaningful problem-solving skills, students develop the lifelong ability to make informed judgments. (3) Statements that contain the word "including" reference content that must be mastered, while those containing the phrase "such as" are intended as possible illustrative examples.
An activity for students to match colors with black and white settings.
A 44-slide editable PowerPoint template exploring the famous artists and signature artistic techniques of the Cubist movement.
A set of 54 famous artist cards to be used for a variety of card games.
A 48-slide editable PowerPoint template exploring the famous artists and signature artistic techniques of the Renaissance.
39 activity task cards based on the Frida's Fiesta Restaurant menu which is included.
A fun art activity to explore the creation of depth in two-dimensional work.
A 28-slide teaching presentation to use when investigating space in Visual Art.
A 26-slide teaching presentation to use when investigating texture in Visual Art.
A fun art activity to explore shape and form in a three-dimensional work.
A 25-slide teaching presentation to use when investigating shape and form in Visual Art.
A PowerPoint including eight slides explaining the different visual art elements.
A fun art activity to explore shape through the creation of a mask.
A fun art activity to explore form in a two-dimensional work.
A 21-slide teaching presentation to use when investigating color in Visual Art.
A fun art activity to experiment with the use of specific color schemes.
A 28-slide teaching presentation to use when investigating line in Visual Art.
A fun art activity to experiment with the use of monochromatic color.
A fun sorting activity for students to explore interpretation of color in visual art.
A fun art activity to experiment with the use of line and pattern.
A fun sorting activity for students to explore interpretation of line in visual art.
A template to use when learning about line in visual art.
A set of worksheets to use in the classroom to consolidate knowledge of primary, secondary, warm, and cool colors.
An activity perfect for exploring the art elements of color, texture, and pattern.
A blank chameleon template to practice the art elements of color, pattern, and texture.