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Grade 6
CORE Syllabus
Sixth Grade: Art & Design
Generating Ideas
o Identify 3 creative inventions of one artist
o Combine several real things into an imaginative form
o Recognize the smallest creative improvement
Media Use and Selection
o Select a medium to accomplish a specific goal
o Demonstrate values and details in the use of pencil
o Create 16 colors by using 3
Elements and Principles of Design
o Identify 2 out of 4 ways to create 3D space on a flat page
o Identify primary, secondary and tertiary colors
o Recognize the focal point in a picture
Art From the Past
o Distinguish between art created by a culture and that created by an individual
o Create learning targets for a project based on the work of 1 artist from the past
Critique Artwork
o Recognize details, values, and background in the work of others
o Recognize details, values, and background in one’s own work
Common Assessments
• Oral and written presentations to the class
• Students create learning targets
• Written reflections of one’s own strengths and challenges
• Student work demonstrates design elements
Major Assignments
• Learn 5 facts about a Renaissance artist and share the information with the class.
• Create a work of art in the style of a Renaissance artist including perspective, modeling, observation, focal point, foreground, middle ground, and background.
• Study and share with the class basic color theory: light, primary, secondary, complementary, analogous, tint, shade and neutral.
• Create a 6-color batik and a 16-color color wheel using only the 3 primary colors.
• Design and build in clay a medieval gargoyle.
• Identify the specific criteria in a work of art that contribute to its success.
• Observe and draw an outdoor and indoor scene at home using Renaissance techniques.
• Create a sketch of a personal memory using sequence and overlapping.
• Create an imaginary sketch of Kewaskum 50 years from now.
Special Texts and Materials:
• Scholastic Magazines: Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Albrecht Durer
• Durer, the artist and his drawings , C. White
• The Hidden Michelangelo, Roberto Salvini
• The Renaissance, Alison Cole (Eyewitness Art Series)
• “Depth”, a “Behind the Scenes” video
• Holy Terrors, J.R. Benton
• “Cathedrals” a PBS video by David Macaulay
• The Visual Dictionary of Buildings, (Eyewitness Art Series)
• Assorted books on drawing animals
• Color, Alison Cole (Eyewitness Art Series)
• Light, (Eyewitness Art Series)
• 3 posters: The Color of Light, Light, and Color
• Color, Ruth Heller
• Various manipulatives: prisms, color wheels, color paddles, optical illusions, etc.
Grade 7
CORE SyllabusAdvertising Webquest
Seventh Grade: Art & Design
Generating Ideas
o Analyze the creative ideas found in 2 different styles of art
o Use brainstorming to combine several ideas into a new one
o Recognize the smallest creative improvement
Media Use and Selection
o Select a medium appropriate to a specific style of art
o Recognize how artists use the same medium to create different meaning
Elements and Principles of Design
o Demonstrate the use of one point perspective
o Identify the 3 relationships between colors
o Recognize the components of visual messages in pop culture
Art From the Past
o Recognize 6 out of 15 different styles of art from the Renaissance to the present
o Model a personal experience after the style of a specific artist
Critique Artwork
o Recognize symbolism, mood, and message in the work of others
o Recognize symbolism, mood, and message in one’s own work
Common Assessments
• Oral and written presentations to the class
• Students create learning targets
• Written reflections of one’s own strengths and challenges
• Sequential documentation of learning progress
• Student work demonstrates design elements
Major Assignments
• Develop a list of sketch assignments and complete 3 in any media.
• Create a work of art in response to the WASB yearly challenge. 2008-09: “Protecting our Natural Environment”.
• Express a personal experience in any medium in the style of an artist you have selected.
• Share your artwork and a brief description of your selected artist’s life with the class.
• Recognize the types of emotional manipulation used in advertising.
• Design an ad or create a video commercial with a slogan, company logo, and a specific emotional appeal.
• Understand that artists communicate a diversity of ideas in many different styles.
• Participate in constructing the criteria for 3 assignments.
• Design an original cartoon character with a storyboard. Draw and animate it using Power Point.
Special Texts and Materials:
• Scholastic Art Magazines: 10 year collection of various artists and their styles
• The Annotated Mona Lisa, Carol Strickland
• FANDEX, “Masters of Western Art” (family field guide series)
• 300 + postcards representing 30 + different styles of art by numerous artists
• 2 Video Discs: “The National Gallery of Art” and “Louvre”
• “The Artists’ Specials”: videos about Francisco Goya, Claude Monet, Mary Cassatt, Rembrandt, Winslow Homer
• Web quest: “The Emotional Power of Advertising” by Lynn Molenda
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