Content Area: Visual and Performing Arts

 

Index: 1.1A Grade 4 CPI 2

 

Standard: 1.1 - Aesthetics

 

Strand: A - Knowledge

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 2 - The student will communicate ideas reflecting on the nature and meaning of art and beauty.

 

Grade: 4

 

Sample Activities:

 

Art Superlatives - Display works of art demonstrating different media from various periods, styles, and cultures.  Consider that art can be beautiful expressive, functional, etc.

    ·    Working in small groups, students discuss each artwork, comparing it to the criteria listed below.  Provide each group with a set of "awards ribbons" labeled as below

        -    Most Beautiful

        -    Most Useful

        -    Most Realistic

        -    Most Original

        -    Most Expressive

        -    Best Composition

        -    Took the Longest to Make

    ·    Each group decides which artwork gets which award.  Each group member is responsible for taping the appropriate award next to an artwork and giving a supportive reason for that award.  Disparity in choices can be further evaluated, but need not be resolved.

 

Essential Questions:

    ·    What makes something a work of art?

    ·    When does something become a work of art?

    ·    Does artwork have to be beautiful?

    ·    Without an artist to create it, is there art?

 

Reflective Practice: Why is it acceptable for us to disagree on how the awards were distributed?