Sonoran Science Academy

Curriculum Map

2010-2011

GRADE: High School                                   Variations in curriculum order may occur throughout the year

SUBJECT: ART 1

TEACHER:  Mrs. Paula Hanson

Month

Content

Skills

Assessments

AZ Standards

August

Language of Art

Study of line

Study of value 

Lecture on Form and Space

Movie: Edgar Degas

Identify and define the elements of art

Identify gesture, contour, continuous, blind contour lines

Learn to draw without line

Interpreting art pieces from ppt.

Biography of Degas as well as introduction of Impressionism

Identify and define elements of art

Types of line, color, schemes and shapes

Know various line types

Understand value transition, highlight and contrast. Demonstrate through value enlargements from magazine photo. Demonstrate through value enlargements from magazine photo. Demonstrate through high contrast marshmallow drawing.

Examples of art using elements

Understand the art of Degas as he works with ballet dancers as subjects. Understand the introduction to Impressionist art

S1C3 PO301

S1C2 PO301

S1C2 PO 302

S2C4 PO302

S1C2 PO401

S2C1 PO301

September

Self Portrait Drawing

Value Study

Working with a grid

Understanding drawing on the right side of the brain.

Interpret the individual components of the value sections rather than identify the whole or parts.

Class critiques

Self evaluations

Understand how the individual parts will create the finished product

S1C5 PO302

October

Space and Form

Sculpture

Movie : Mary Cassatt

Sculpture: Wire, Paper Mache, or recycled

Art of the Earliest times---History Unit

Oil Pastel drawing

Overview of sculpture applied arts and architecture.

American Female Impressionist painter in Paris. One of her favorite subjects was children.

Know: sculpture-in-the-round, relief sculpture, additive and subtractive processes.

Making an armature

Perceiving images, interpreting meaning of cave paintings, interpret Egyptian art, culture defined

Introduction to drawing with color values: animals and landscapes

Understand three dimensional space, mass, form, interior space

Know the works of Cassatt by the style they were painted in.

Appreciation of impressionist art style.

Understand  casting, molding, carving and assembling in sculpture and it’s vocabulary.

Understanding culture, artists use of materials available, understand religion and art.

Understand  how to  blend colors and values to create the textures and values seen in the subject.

S2 C1 PO304

S2 C2 PO 301

S2C1 PO301

S1 C1 PO 301

S2C1 PO 305

S2 C1 PO303

S1 C1 PO 303

November

Leonardo Da Vinci

Introduction to color

Art of the Romanesque Period

Movie on Da Vinci

Primary, Secondary, Intermediate, color schemes: analogous, monochromatic, triadic, complementary, intensity, hue, tints, shades

How life in the Romanesque times affected the art created

Understand and  know the brilliance of the artist, inventor, scientist.

Know how to mix tints an shades and mix intermediate colors

Create a color value chart

Identify the role of Romanesque architecture and illumination

S2 C4 PO302

S1 C2 PO301

S2 C4 PO403

December

Charcoal Still-life Drawing

Art of the Gothic Period

Final Exam

Chiaroscuro charcoal drawing technique

Study the works of Albrecht Durer.

Students will work from a still life in the classroom

Describe the contributions of Gothic artists to architecture, crafts, and painting

Final exam with review sheets

Understand chiaroscuro

Learn to draw reflective metal, glass, and fabrics.

Explain the importance of the painted arch and flying buttress.

Demonstrate a knowledge of art history, art process, art vocabulary

S1 C2 PO 401

S2 C5 PO 301

S3 C3 PO 301

S2 C2 PO 402

S3 C4 PO301

January

Bookmaking

Movie: Claude Monet

Perspective Unit

Create a theme for a copper tooled book.

Make a book with handmade paper as a drilled and stitched book. Learn copper tooling and binding

Impressionism in the style of an artist who was passionate about light and shadow

One point perspective drawing cubes with cutouts

Two point perspective: Draw the exterior of a home. Discuss energy efficiency and draw an energy efficient home using passive solar, wind, solar, geothermal and hydro alternative energies

Three point perspective: Draw a city from the sky looking down.

Demonstrate knowledge of bookmaking by creating a unique book.

Review the movie and write answers to the questions

Demonstrate by drawing the SSA hallway

Demonstrate understanding by drawing an energy efficient home.

Demonstrate knowledge by drawing an interesting view of a city scape

S1 C1 PO 401

S1 C3 PO 401

S2 C1 PO304

S2 C4 PO301

February

Movie: Rembrandt van Rijn

Art and Ecology

Endangered Species study: Whooping Crane

 Art of the Italian Renaissance

The artist who captured light and contrast

Develop a sensitivity to the endangered Whooping Crane.

Human impact, habitat loss, study of the crane’s biology, ecology and history.

Name several Italian Renaissance artists

Use linear perspective in drawing

Understand through a quiz of the artists learned up to this point

Students will develop a passion to make a visual statement that the viewer can understand the importance of the crane in our environment.

S2 C5 PO401

S1 C1 PO 403

S1 C4 PO 401

S2 C4 PO403

S2 C4 PO301

March

Color Unit

Acrylic Painting

8x10 canvas

Acrylic painting on a 16x20 canvas

Art of the 17^th and 18^th Century

Use the knowledge learned earlier in the year to start a painting of value enlarged object. Mix colors to create a scheme with value changes

Students will use skills used in perspective to create an abstract painting. Students may also closely crop a picture for their motivation

Realism of Caravaggio

Expressive painting- Rembrandt, Rococo style-Watteau

Portraits by Vigee’-Lebrun & Chardin, shocking war scenes-Goya

Demonstrate use of acrylic paint mixing and application to the canvas through the completed project

Demonstrate skills in creating a visually pleasing abstract painting

Understand  Protestant Reformation and influence of counter Reformation

Baroque defined Dutch genre painting Paris as center of art contrasting value to show emphasis

S! C3 PO301

S3 C2 PO 302

S3 C4 PO 401

S3 C2 PO 301

S3 C1 PO 303

April

Pewter Casting

Cut and Soldered Fabricated Metals piece with cabochon stone setting

Art of the 19^th Century

Design a simple stylized art piece

Carve the design in mold-reverse

Casting process

Filing and sanding

Students will cut out two pieces of metal as a negative cut section to be soldered on the positive piece

Learn to bezel set a stone.

Dramatic and exotic expression in Neoclassic and Romantic art

Communicating mood

Understanding Impressionism

Demonstrate through design and understanding the reversal process.

Ability to cast and finish a project

Demonstrate craftsmanship with creative design through the metals project

Historical and political influence of French Revolution on art

Analyzing influence of historical and political events in paintings

Neoclassic and Romantic art styles

Impressionism and Post impressionism Meet the artist-Rodin

S1 C1 PO303

S1 C2 P0 302

S1 C2 PO 401

S1 C4 PO 201

S2 C2 PO 301

S3 C5 PO 301

S3 C2 PO 302

May

Scratchboard drawing

Art of the 20^th Century

Basketweaving

Final exam review and final exam

Students will draw a feathered, scaled, or furry animal

Students

Learn how to draw in reverse (white on black)

Viewing abstract art

Subject matter of Ashcan School artists

Exploring expressive qualities of Surrealist artworks

Learn how to make a spoked basket with a variety of basket weaving techniques.

Allow students to have a practice copy of the final exam

Review in class

Demonstrate the ability to use a variety of drawing skills used in scratchboard by drawing on a 11x14 scratchboard material

Understand 20^th C art movements in Europe and America

Influence of political, social and technology issues on art

Meet Diego Rivera

Social protest painting

Demonstrate how to start the base

Learn at least 4 to 5 different basket weaving techniques

Learn how to make handles and finish the rim of the basket

Students will demonstrate the accumulated knowledge of material learned by doing well on the exam.

S3 C5 PO301

S3 C5 PO 303

S3 C1 PO 305

S1 C3 PO 401

S2 C4 PO 301