Grades 6-8 Art Curriculum Standards

Written by Administrator Wednesday, 01 December 2010 22:44

Bold-faced standards are the MDIRSS essential standards and the standards in regular font are supporting standards. Click on the green bold-faced MDIRSS essential standards to see the unpacked version, list of resources, and corresponding performance rubric for that standard.

Grades K-8 Art Essential Standards

The student will:

Show an understanding of concepts, skills, vocabulary and processes in art.
Create, communicate and express through art.
Approach artistic problem-solving using multiple solutions and the creative process.
Observe, describe and analyze works of art (K-2), (3-5), 6-8
Understand the relationship between the arts, history and world culture.
Collaborate and make connections between the arts, other disciplines and daily life.

Grades 6-8 Supporting Art Standards

A. Communication - While creating and working in the visual arts, students will be effective communicators who:

1. Learn and use appropriate vocabulary to explain ideas and concepts in the visual arts.

2. Respectfully critique their own work and the work of others based on established and/or personal criteria.

3. Identify the elements and Principles of Design used in specific works of art.

4. Select and prepare art works for display in the classroom, school, or other community locations, and articulate an artistic justification for their selection.

B. Critical Thinking - While creating and working in the visual arts, students will be critical thinkers who:

1. Use the arts to respond to social, political and personal issues.

2. Use a variety of media to convey emotions, ideas, and moods.

3. While making art, use problem solving skills, such as fluency, flexibility, elaboration, originality, and analysis.

4. Describe, compare and interpret examples of art from different time periods and cultures.

5. Clarify self image and beliefs through personal expression and reflection in the arts.

6. Create art works that communicate an individual point of view.

7. Demonstrate skills in the use of media, tools, techniques, and processes.

8. Demonstrate knowledge of visual art concepts.

9. Communicate a variety of ideas, feelings, and meanings.

C. Integration of Knowledge and Skills - While creating and working in the visual arts students will be academically, artistically and technologically knowledgeable people who:

1. Use Elements of Art and Principles of Design to create original art works that demonstrate different styles in paintings, three-dimensional objects, drawings from imagination and real life, and a variety of other media and visual art forms.

2. Incorporate knowledge of the Elements and Principles of Art to create, revise and refine works of visual art.

3. Choose suitable media, tools, techniques, and processes to create art.

4. Demonstrate an understanding of the skills and tools of a variety of media and use art elements, principles and expressive qualities to apply this knowledge to their work.

5. Develop work habits that foster the self discipline and focus needed for the creative process.

D. Collaboration - While creating and working in the visual arts, students will be collaborative workers who:

1. Respect the creative process, contributions and roles of others within a group.

2. Develop and use skills in cooperation, group decision-making, interaction and leadership.

3. Respect differing interpretations and solutions to aesthetic challenges.

4. Understand and use skills and concepts that are similar across disciplines.

E. Global Citizenship - While creating and working in the visual arts, students will be global citizens who:

1. Understand and experience other cultures through the arts.

2. Compare artistic products to understand history and/or world cultures.

3. Use community and local resources to learn about art.

4. Identify the use of the arts in daily experiences in all cultures.

5. Demonstrate how we make personal aesthetic choices in daily decisions.

6. Understand how the arts influence human experience, are communal and encourage kinship with others.

7. Demonstrate stewardship in the classroom.

F. Lifelong Learning - While creating and working in the visual arts, students will be lifelong learners who:

1. Learn behavioral expectations by attending a variety of art events.

2. Recognize the impact of artistic and career choices on self, others, and the environment.

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