AE17.VA.5.5

Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 5 - Visual Arts

AE17.VA.5.5
Identify, describe, and visually document places and/or objects of personal significance.

Unpacked Content

Essential Questions

EU: People create and interact with objects, places, and design that define, shape, enhance, and empower their lives.
EQ: How do objects, places, and design shape lives and communities? How do artists and designers determine goals for designing or redesigning objects, places, or systems? How do artists and designers create works of art or design that effectively communicate?

Skills Examples

Use a variety of materials (wood, found objects, wire, paper, clay, etc.) to construct a three-dimensional work of art.
Have students keep journals to reflect on and combine ideas for their works of art.
Draw a still life of students' favorite objects, while adding color with a variety of media (paint, pastels, collage, etc.).
Draw an object or other images (landscapes, hallways, etc.) in linear one-point perspective.
Create tessellations in connection with interdisciplinary subjects such as mathematics.
Write a short story and illustrate the story with original drawings.
Draw and transform two-dimensional shapes into three-dimensional forms.
Write a personal artist statement to accompany an original work of art.
Draw a landscape including foreground, middle ground, and background.
Create an artwork integrating observational and technical skills to solve a problem or address contemporary social issues.
Create a bas-relief by carving into a clay slab.

Vocabulary

Cultural context
Formal & conceptual vocabulary
Genre
Linear perspective
Preserve
Principles of design

Movement
Emphasis

Relief
Vanishing point

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Aligned Learning Resources

Toys Now & Then

Narrating a Family Tradition

Buildings, Buildings Everywhere