Benchmark:  A.5.1   Develop a mental storehouse of images  

• Compare and contrast art media
• Identify art movements
• Render an object in both two and three dimensions
• Discuss art concepts and create artwork based on those concepts

D - Identify vocabulary words that correspond to examples of art styles; realistic and abstract

•  Word Walls 
•  Display Art Styles

• Chicago Art Institute http://www.artic.edu/aic/
• Word Wall Site http://www.ket.org/artstoolkit/visual/glossary.htm
• Prints, books, websites, dvds and online art galleries

Standard:  A.  Visual Memory and Knowledge
Benchmark: A.5.3  Know about styles of art from their own and other parts of the world 

• Project Demonstrations
• Bring/visit local artists
• Explore Native American art specific to Wisconsin and contrast it to other Native American art
• Draw from the cultural backgrounds of students in the school to create a project
  

• Contact local artists:  John Wren, Connie Glowacki, 
• Prints, books, websites, dvds and online art galleries

• Compare and contrast the styles of different art eras and movements (ex: cave paintings  vs. Jackson Pollock)
• Create an art project that integrates the social studies curriculum

• Introduce the contributions of women and minorites by learning about artists from those groups
• Look at major creations such as the Wonders of the World, throughout history 
• Discuss art concepts and create artwork based on those concepts

Standard:  A.  Visual Memory and Knowledge
Benchmark:  A.5.6   Identify ways in which art is basic to thinking and communicating about the world

• Discuss how art effects our everyday lives
• Discuss how art has shaped history
• Discuss art concepts and create artwork based on those concepts

• D - Identify artworks associated with other times and places

• Explore why certain cultures made and continue to make art
• Explore and discuss cultural functions of art and art objects
• Discuss the clothing styles of cultures throughout history

• Look at examples of how artist's works reflect the influences of past artists and cultures

• Discuss how current trends in society and advertising effect what appeals to students
• Create a product that incorporates current trends in society

• Conduct a class critique
• Use art vocabulary to explain their opinions about art

• Design an outdoor space (such as a playground, park, recycle center, etc.)
• Design a "green package" for an existing product

• Create a poster
• Apply the elements of design in an original work of art
• Create a powerpoint

• Review the elements and principles of design
• Student critiques of famous artwork
• Students create a piece of art using the elements and principles of design

S - Brainstorm ideas for art projects

D - Use sketching to develop ideas for a new project

• Make sketches before projects to show development of ideas

Standard: C. Visual Design and Production 
Benchmark:  C.5.6  Develop the craft and skills to produce quality art 

C.5.7  Understand the natural characteristics of materials and their possibilities and limitations

D - Continue to developing the craft and skills to produce quality art.

D. Explore materials and their possibilities and limitations.

• Demonstrate methods and skills needed to use the tools for each project
• Allow time for students to experiment and practice skills needed for projects

• Reflection breaks during work time
• Peer discussion about progress
• Think, pair, share

Standard:  D.  Practical Applications
Benchmark:   D.5.1  Know about the history, public art, and unique architecture of their cultural community

• Walking tour of local architecture
• Virtual tour with powerpoint

• Look at examples of famous architects (ie: Frank Lloyd Wright)
• Show examples of architecture from different cultures

• Look at various pieces of art that were designed with no real purpose
• Look at functional pieces of art

• Word Wall
• Using art language to create a piece of art
• Group images according to art styles

• Demonstrate how to solve problems based on ones own interest and views of the world
• Emphasize that every problem has multiple solutions in art
• Creative problem solving

Standard:  E.  Visual Communication and Expression

Benchmark:  E.5.1  Communicate complex ideas by producing studio art forms, such as drawings, paintings, prints, sculpture, jewelry, fibers, and ceramics 

Benchmark:  E.5.2  Communicate complex ideas by producing design art forms, such as graphic design, product design, architecture and landscape

Benchmark:  E.5.3  Communicate complex ideas by producing popular images and objects, such as folk art, traditional arts and crafts, popular arts, mass media, and consumer products

B - Produce complex studio works of art in a variety of media

B - Communicate ideas by producing popular images and objects such as consumer product designs

• Have students produce projects throughout the year

• Have students express a specific idea through an art project

• Expose students to various forms of mass media (ex: magazines, internet, computer programs, television,etc.)
• Discuss what creates appeal

• Discuss and define stereotypes
• Work with students to define stereotypes in the media

• Explore computer art programs
• Allow students time to discover different features independently

• Compare messages with and without images to understand the importance of art to effective communication 

Standard:  G.  Art and Design Criticism

Benchmark:  G.5.2  Know how to find the meanings in artwork 

Benchmark:  G.5.3  Analyze the meanings of artworks and design

B - Explore the process of finding meanings in artwork  

B - Analyze the meanings of various artworks

• Have student led discussions based on one or more artworks.
• Have students discuss the meanings of their own art

• Produce art work with a specific meaning or theme

• Observe art subjects through a viewfinder

D -  Explore how sight can be effected by light, shadow, color, distance, and angle of viewing

• Know how to show light and shadow by using value in a drawing
• Create a piece of art that demonstrates perspective

• Set up a still life and have students sketch different sections.
• Have students/faculty model for life drawings.

D - Make and interpret photographs and videos

• Make a photograph that illustrates an interest or idea
• Interpret the meaning of a photograph
• Have students create a video

• Prints, books, websites, and online art galleries
• Digital camera
• Video equipment

Standard:  I.   Personal and Social Development

Benchmark:  I.5.1  Use art to understand their own emotions

Benchmark:  I.5.2  Make art that reflects different feelings    

B - Identify the emotional qualities of their own artwork

 D - Create a piece of art that expresses their own feelings

• Have students create an artwork based on something meaningful to them.
• Have students explain/critique a piece of artwork they created.

Standard:  I.   Personal and Social Development

Benchmark:  I.5.3  Talk or write about feelings in a variety of works of art 

Benchmark:  I.5.4  Recognize that their own feelings affect how they look at art 

 D - Discuss in verbally and/or written the feelings and emotions in a work of art

D - Identify feelings when viewing a piece of art

• Compare and contrast two portraits from different time periods, and explain how they reflect the time and place of their creation  
• Review art from a variety of times and discuss what was happening socially, politically, and economically during that time.

• Have students plan and create projects independently

Standard:  J.   Cultural and Aesthetic Understanding

Benchmark:  J.5.1  Begin to understand the purposes and functions of art  

Standard:  J.   Cultural and Aesthetic Understanding

Benchmark:  J.5.2  Understand how the choice of materials and techniques influences the expressive quality of art   

• Have students choose and experiment with an art medium of their choice, then tell how the experience made them feel.

Standard:  J.   Cultural and Aesthetic Understanding

Benchmark:  J.5.3  Learn ways different cultures think about art

Standard:  J.   Cultural and Aesthetic Understanding

Benchmark:  J.5.5  Explore their own ideas about the purposes and meanings of art

Standard:  J.   Cultural and Aesthetic Understanding

Benchmark:  J.5.6  Learn the value of art as a basic part of being human

Prints, books, websites, and online art galleries

Standard:  J.   Cultural and Aesthetic Understanding

Benchmark:  J.5.7  Learn to use art criticism and aesthetic knowledge in art and design 

Standard:  J.   Cultural and Aesthetic Understanding

Benchmark:  J.5.8  Explore different cultures' concepts of beauty

• Use a power point, video or other media to show examples of trends in a variety of cultures.

• Prints, books, websites, and online art galleries
• DVD's

Standard:  J.   Cultural and Aesthetic Understanding

Benchmark:  J.5.9  Understand the difference between original artworks, reproductions, and copies 

Standard:  J.   Cultural and Aesthetic Understanding

Benchmark:  J.5.10  Develop the ability to reflect and talk about works of art

• Show students a variety of artworks and have them reflect on it.

Standard: K.  Making Connections

Benchmark:  K.5.1  Connect their knowledge and skills in art to other areas, such as the humanities, sciences, social studies, and technology   

• Create artworks that show knowledge of color theory
• Create an art history photo story, photoshop, or powerpoint presentation.
• Write stories to explain or enrich an art project.

• Prints, books, websites, and online art galleries
• Computers and computer programs

Standard: K.  Making Connections

Benchmark:  K.5.2  Invent new ways to communicate ideas and solutions to problems  

• Give students a design problem and give them liberty to solve it using any available media or format.

Standard: K.  Making Connections

Benchmark:  K.5.3  Apply what they know about life, nature, the physical world to their understanding and creatation of art   

Standard: K.  Making Connections

Benchmark:  K.5.4  Use a variety of tools, such as words, numbers, sounds, movements, images, objects, emotions, technology, and spaces, to help understand and communicate about the visual world

• Create a computer generated mixed media project.

Standard: K.  Making Connections

Benchmark:  K.5.5  Know about a range of art activities, such as museum curation, historic preservation, collecting, and writing about art and design

Standard: K.  Making Connections

Benchmark:  K.5.6   Explore the similarities and differences of world cultures by studying their fine arts: theatre, literature, and architecture

• View a variety of art forms from world cultures.

Standard: L.  Visual Imagination and Creativity

Benchmark:  L.5.1  Use their knowledge, intuition, and personal experiences to develop ideas for artwork 

• Illustrate an experience to tell a story visually  

• Prints, books, websites, and online art galleries
• Variety of art tools 

Standard: L.  Visual Imagination and Creativity

Benchmark:  L.5.2  Develop a base of knowledge and skills from which to create new ideas 

• Expand on a work of art with personal ideas

• Undersatnd that art may take a long time to create and risk taking is a part of the art process
• Discuss times in which a student may try to be like others
• Discuss times in which they may think independently

• Study and describe famous artists' preferences in subject matter and use of materials

Integration Matrix:  Visual Arts and Information and Technology Literacy

Benchmarks:  Visual Arts and Information and Technology Literacy