Unpacked Content
Essential Questions
EU: Through artmaking, people make meaning by investigating and developing awareness of perceptions, knowledge, and experiences.
EQ: How does engaging in creating art enrich people's lives? How does making art attune people to their surroundings? How do people contribute to awareness and understanding of their lives and the lives of their communities through artmaking?
EQ: How does engaging in creating art enrich people's lives? How does making art attune people to their surroundings? How do people contribute to awareness and understanding of their lives and the lives of their communities through artmaking?
Skills Examples
- Create a quilt square in the style of the Gee's Bend Quilters.
- State what materials or processes you prefer and why.
- Discuss how art and design serves multiple functions such as to inform, entertain, invest, persuade, ritualize or assist in everyday tasks.
- Observe and discuss the statue of Vulcan in Birmingham and talk about its relationship to history of the city.
- Investigate differences in cultural style, genres, and context through historical time periods.
- Discuss how art reflects the interests, accomplishments and conflicts of culture and society over time.
- Use details and descriptive language to identify universal themes, subject matter and ideas expressed across arts disciplines.
- Identify and describe how artists have depicted Alabama history.
Vocabulary
- Constructed environment
- Cultural traditions
- Digital format
- Engagement
- Tertiary color
- Preservation
- Proportion
- Principles of design
- Unity
- Shade
- Style
- Tints & shades
Anchor Standards
Anchor Standard 10: Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences.
