AE17.VA.4.14

Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 4 - Visual Arts

AE17.VA.4.14
Create works of art that reflect community and/or cultural traditions.

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?

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.

COS Examples

Examples: Create a quilt in the style of the Gee’s Bend Quilters.

Aligned Learning Resources

Haunting Music

100-Patch Geometric Quilts

Narrating a Family Tradition

Quilt Block Collage

Rainsticks

Classroom Quilt