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Curriculum Map
Subject : Elementary Art
Grade Level: 1
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Month |
Content/Topic |
Skills |
Assessment |
Standards |
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September |
· House Drawings
· Parallel lines and pattern
· Abstraction vs. Realism
· Paul Klee
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· Using geometric shapes
· Using straight and curved lines
· Drawing
· Using parallel lines
· Creating a repeating pattern
· Discussing artwork
· Create abstract artwork based on Paul Klee’s Head of a Man
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· Naming geometric shapes
· Combining shapes to form a house
· Repeating pattern
· Craftsmanship
· Discussion
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· A2, A3, C2, C5, C7, C8, D5, H1, H3, J10 |
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October |
· Bird Molas
· Number Art
· Charles Demuth
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· Be introduced to folk art
· Work with pattern
· Introduced to complementary color schemes
· Learn about artist Charles Demuth
· Know warm and cool color combinations
· Introduced to concepts of positive and negative space |
· Craftsmanship
· Correct color scheme
· Use of positive and negative space (composition)
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· A1, A2, A4, B3, C4, C7, H3, J3, K1
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November |
· Number Art/Charles Demuth (cont.)
· Wild Turkey Drawing
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· Looking at nature as a resource for a drawing
· Learn facts about the wild turkey
· Discuss habitat for wild turkey. |
· Composition
· Realism of bird (drawing and color choice)
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· A1, A2, C5, C7, E1, H3, K1
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December |
· Wild Turkey Drawing (cont.)
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· C5, C7, E1
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January |
· Vincent Van Gogh
· “Starry Night”
· Lascaux caves
· Cave art
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· Learn about Van Gogh and his painting “Starry Night”
· Experiment with crayon resist
· Define silhouette
· Learn about prehistoric art
· Create their own rock out of clay and draw a prehistoric symbol upon it
· Hand building with clay
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· Knowledge of Van Gogh
· Craftsmanship
· Crayon Resist
· Be able to identify prehistoric art
· Be able to discuss why prehistoric people painted the subject matter that they did and why they chose natural colors verses lime green, hot pink, etc. |
· A1, A2, A3, A4, A6, B1, B3, C5, C8, E1, H3, H4, J10
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February |
· Pattern
· Color wheel
· Color mixing
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· Be introduced to the story Elmer and His Elephant Friends.
· Know pattern and repetition
· Learn basic knowledge of the color wheel for color mixing |
· Pattern
· Understand the meaning of the story through their artwork (it is ok to be different)
· Craftsmanship
· Color mixing
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· A2, C7, C8, H3, K1
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March |
· Pattern, Color wheel, Color mixing cont.
· Abstract Art
· Line
· Shape
· Color
· Georgia O’Keeffe
· Observational drawing |
· Elmer lesson cont.
· Learn about artist Piet Mondrain
· Use geometric shapes to create their own abstract art pieces inspired by Mondrain’s work
· Students will learn about Georgia O’Keeffe
· Create an observational drawing of a flower
· Discuss composition |
· Understanding of abstraction
· Reviewing of shapes (rectangles, squares), straight, angular lines and color
· Knowing facts about O’Keeffe
· Composition
· Craftsmanship |
· A1,A2, A3, A6, C1, C2, C5, C7, C8, C10, E1, H1, H2, H3, J10, K1, L4, L6, L7
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April |
· Georgia O’Keeffe cont.
· Bug anatomy
· Symmetry
· Painting |
· O’Keefe lesson cont.
· Discuss color mixing
· Discuss symmetry
· Discuss bug anatomy |
· Color mixing
· Craftsmanship
· Attention to detail |
· A1, A2, A3, A6, C1, C5, C7, C8, E1, H1, H2, J10, L6, L7
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May |
· Movement in Art
· Frank Stella
· Wassily Kandinsky
· Sonia Delaunay
· Creativity and flexible thinking
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· Used curved forms in a composition
· Create dimension in a composition by folding and twisting paper
· Show movement and rhythm in a composition
· Work on brainstorming and creativity skills
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· Craftsmanship
· Creativity
· Showing movement and rhythm
· Creativity
· Craftsmanship |
· A2, B6, C2, C4, C7, C8, C9, C10, H3, I 7,K2, K4, L1, L2, L7
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June |
* Last day is May 26th, wrap up and discussion. |
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