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6th Grade Visual Arts
Course Description
Artists in the sixth grade art program will explore the art elements in relationship to art history and studio activities. Studio activities will include a variety of media in both two and three-dimensional formats. Students will begin to establish artistic practices aligned with the Eight Studio Habits, such as keeping a sketchbook and/or building a digital portfolio of their artwork.
Grade Level(s): Sixth Grade
Related Priority Standards (State &/or National): Missouri Fine Arts Standards
Essential Questions
- Where do artists get ideas for their artworks?
- How do artists use tools to generate and organize possible ideas for artworks?
- How do students organize artistic ideas for artworks?
- How do artists use them to describe their artworks?
- What media are used to create different types of art?
- What techniques and knowledge are required to use specialized tools and materials?
- How are the Art Elements used to create artworks?
- Why do artists revise their artwork?
- How do artists give and receive feedback about their artwork?
- What are artist portfolios and how are they created and organized?
- How do artists use the Art Elements to describe their artworks?
- What language do artists use to respond to artworks?
Enduring Understandings/Big Ideas
- Students will use the Art Elements to generate and organize possible ideas for artworks.
- Students will use tools to generate and organize possible ideas for artworks.
- Students will make artistic decisions and plan for artworks.
- Students will create artworks using a range of media.
- Students will persevere to create works of art.
- Students will use techniques and knowledge to work with specialized tools and materials.
- Students will use the Art Elements to inform and create artworks.
- Students will produce artwork and reflect and revise their work.
- Students will give and get feedback about their artwork from peers.
- Students will organize artworks in an artist portfolio.
- Students will describe what their artworks are about using the Art Elements.
- Students will respond to works of art.
Course-Level Scope & Sequence (Units &/or Skills)
Artistic Thinking Process: Inspiration
- Students will use tools and resources to generate and organize ideas for artworks.
Artistic Thinking Process: Design
- Students will plan for artwork using planning sketch methods.
Artistic Thinking Process: Creation
- Students will create artwork using a range of media.
- Students will persevere when creating artwork.
- Students will acquire new techniques and knowledge to work with specialized tools and materials.
- Students will revise artwork.
- Students will provide feedback about artwork and other peers’ work.
Artistic Thinking Process: Presentation/Reflection
- Students will learn what artist portfolios are.
- Students will create and organize their artworks into an artist portfolio.
- Students will learn about the Art Elements.
- Students will identify where they use the Art Elements in their artworks.
- Students will learn artistic language artists use to respond to artworks.
- Students will use artistic language to respond to artworks.
Date Last Revised/Approved: April 2023