Content Area: Visual and Performing Arts

 

Index: 1.3D Grade 2 CPI 1

 

Standard: 1.3 - Elements and Principles

 

Strand: D - Visual Art

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 1 -The student will identify the basic art elements of color, line, shape, form, texture and space.

 

Grade: 2

 

Sample Activities:

 

A Day at the Beach -

    ·     Students identify basic colors and shapes by name.

    ·     Works of art with beach themes (e.g. Winslow Homer - Long Beach, New Jersey; Ansel Adams - Pacific Vista; Martin J. Heade- Approaching Storm, Beach near Newport) are selected for students to analyze the use of shape and color.

 

Essential Questions:
·     What makes the selection of specific colors and shapes important in a work of art?

 

Reflective Practice:
·     Were there similar shapes and colors used in the different art images? What are they?
·     Why do you think certain colors and shapes were used?

 

The contents of the CPI's and Framework Activites come from the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards (NJCCCS) - CD-ROM (Version 1.0), which was developed collaboratively by the Newark Teachers Union (NTU) and Seton Hall University (SHU)

For more information on this CCCS search engine contact Mitchel Gerry - mg@ntuaft.com or Mike Maillaro - mm@ntuaft.com.

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