Content Area: Visual and Performing Arts

 

Index: 1.3D Grade 2 CPI 2

 

Standard: 1.3 - Elements and Principles

 

Strand: D - Visual Art

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 2 - The student will discuss how art elements are used in specific works of art.

 

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?