ART HISTORY CORE CURRICULUM EXAMPLES

Standard 2 – 4th - Art
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The student will analyze, reflect on, and apply the structures of art.

Objective 1
Analyze and reflect on works of art by their elements and principles.

* Discuss how height placement creates an illusion of depth in artworks.
* Determine the overall value key for several significant works of art.
* Analyze how artists have varied the space divisions to create a more interesting composition.
* Identify evidence of depth, shadow, color, and mood in artwork.

Standard 4 – 4th - Art
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The student will interpret and apply visual arts in relation to cultures, history, and all learning.

Objective 1
Compare the arts of different cultures to explore their similarities and diversities.

* Explain how much of Utah's history is revealed by visual arts, crafts, and folk arts.
* Create works of art that connect to the early art and cultures of the state using similar designs or motifs.

Objective 2
Connect various kinds of art with particular cultures, times, or places.

* Find stylistic similarities between local and international works of art.
* Describe the effects that location and the availability of materials have had on buildings, folk arts, and crafts of the state's cultures; e.g., wool for weaving, clay for pottery, wood for furniture making, large amounts of lumber for home building.

Objective 3
Recognize the connections of visual arts to all learning.

* Create art that expresses your connections to the early Utah art.
Strategy Example:
The early Utah art may be prehistoric, craft oriented, or folk art. Use the design motifs of the early Utah art to inspire similar designs in the new art made in class.
* Explain how scientific information can be communicated by visual art.
* Explain how the arts affect or enhance the quality of life in Utah; e.g., availability of the arts, traditions from previous times, value placed on arts within the state, impact of the arts on the environment.
* Suggested list of masterworks and artists for fourth grade:
* 'Immigrant Train' by George M. Ottinger
* 'Rhinoceros' by James C. Christensen
* 'Capitol from North Salt Lake' by Louise R. Farnsworth
* 'Apples and Oranges' or other works by Paul Cezanne
* 'Dempsy and Fripo' by George Bellows
* 'Mother and Child' by Käthe Kollwitz
* 'Bedroom at Arles' and other works by Vincent Van Gogh
* 'The Letter' and other works by Jan Vermeer
* 'Blue Atmosphere' by Helen Frankenthaler
* Any works of art with which the teacher is familiar and appropriately teaches the standards and objectives of this grade level can be used. This could include works suggested for other grade levels as well as other works by the artists suggested above.

Standard 1- 4th – Language Arts
http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/LPcourse.cgi?course=4040Oral Language-Students develop language for the purpose of effectively communicating through listening, speaking, viewing, and presenting.

Objective 1
Develop language through listening and speaking.



a. Identify specific purpose(s) for listening (e.g., to gain information, to be entertained).
b. Listen and demonstrate understanding by responding appropriately (e.g., follow multiple-step directions, restate, clarify, question, summarize, elaborate formulating an opinion with supporting evidence).
c. Speak clearly and audibly with expression in communicating ideas (i.e., effective rate, volume, pitch, tone, phrasing, tempo).
d. Speak using simple and compound sentences with appropriate subject-verb agreement and verb tense.


Objective 2
Develop language through viewing media and presenting



a. Identify specific purpose(s) for viewing media (i.e., to identify main idea and details, to gain information, distinguish between fiction/nonfiction, distinguish between fact/opinion, form an opinion, determine presentation’s accuracy).
b. Use a variety of formats in presenting with various forms of media (e.g., pictures, posters, charts, ads, newspapers, graphs, videos, slide shows).

Standard 8 – 4th – Language Arts
http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/LPcourse.cgi?course=4040Writing-Students write daily to communicate effectively for a variety of purposes and audiences.

Objective 1
Prepare to write by gathering and organizing information and ideas (pre-writing).



a. Generate ideas for writing by reading, discussing, researching, and reflecting on personal experiences.
b. Select and narrow a topic from generated ideas.
c. Identify audience, purpose, form for writing.
d. Use a variety of graphic organizers to organize information.


Objective 2
Compose a written draft.



a. Draft ideas on paper in an organized manner utilizing words, sentences, and multiple paragraphs (e.g., beginning, middle, end; main idea; details; characterization; setting; plot).
b. Use voice to fit the purpose and audience.
c. Use strong verbs and precise and vivid language to convey meaning.
d. Identify and use effective leads and strong endings.


Objective 3
Revise by elaborating and clarifying a written draft.



a. Revise draft to add details, strengthen word choice, clarify main idea, and reorder content.
b. Enhance fluency by using transitional words, phrases to connect ideas, and a variety of complete sentences (i.e., sentence length, simple and complex sentences).
c. Revise writing, considering the suggestions of others.


Objective 4
Edit written draft for conventions.



a. Edit writing for correct capitalization and punctuation (i.e., words in a series, dialogue, complex sentences, singular possessives, abbreviations).
b. Edit for spelling of grade level-appropriate words.
c. Edit for standard grammar (e.g., subject-verb agreement, verb tense, comparatives, superlatives, pronouns).
d. Edit for appropriate formatting features (e.g., margins, indentations, titles).


Objective 5
Use fluent and legible handwriting to communicate.



a. Write using upper- and lower-case cursive letters with proper form, proportions, and spacing.
b. Increase fluency with cursive handwriting.
c. Produce legible documents with cursive handwriting.


Objective 6
Write in different forms and genres.



a. Produce personal writing (e.g., journals, personal experiences, eyewitness accounts, memoirs, literature responses).
b. Produce traditional and imaginative stories, narrative and formula poetry.
c. Produce informational text (e.g., book reports, compare and contrast essays, observational reports, research reports, content area reports, biographies, summaries).
d. Produce writing to persuade (e.g., response to newspaper and magazine articles).
e. Produce functional texts (e.g. newspaper and newsletter articles, e-mails, simple PowerPoint presentations).
f. Share writing with others incorporating relevant illustrations, photos, charts, diagrams, and/or graphs to add meaning.
g. Publish 6-8 individual products