Warwick School District

Curriculum❯Art - Grade 2

Art - Grade 2

Grade Levels: 02 |

Course Description

The elementary art program consists of units that show students the relevance of art in their lives and in diverse cultures.
This program will allow the student to understand and use proper vocabulary.
An understanding of the Principles and Elements of Art to express and solve creative problems will be developed.
Students will explore, revise, and create original works using skills in various mediums and forms of art.

Core Curriculum Content Standards

Arts and Humanities (2002)

  • Production, Performance and Exhibition of Dance, Music, Theatre and Visual Arts

    • GRADE 3

      • Know and use the elements and principles of each art form to create works in the arts and humanities. Elements -Dance: • energy/force • space • time -Music: • duration • intensity • pitch • timbre -Theatre: • scenario • script/text • set design -Visual Arts: • color • form/shape • line • space • texture • value Principles -Dance: • choreography • form • genre • improvisation • style • technique -Music: • composition • form • genre • harmony • rhythm • texture -Theatre: • balance • collaboration • discipline • emphasis • focus • intention • movement • rhythm • style • voice -Visual Arts: • balance • contrast • emphasis/focal point • movement/rhythm • proportion/scale • repetition • unity/harmony(9.1.3.A)
      • Recognize, know, use and demonstrate a variety of appropriate arts elements and principles to produce, review and revise original works in the arts. -Dance: • move • perform • read and notate dance • create and choreograph • improvise -Music: • sing • play an instrument • read and notate music • compose and arrange •improvise -Theatre: • stage productions • read and write scripts • improvise • interpret a role • design sets • direct -Visual Arts: • paint • draw • craft • sculpt • print • design for environment, communication, multi-media(9.1.3.B)
      • Recognize and use fundamental vocabulary within each of the arts forms.(9.1.3.C)
      • Use knowledge of varied styles within each art form through a performance or exhibition of unique work.(9.1.3.D)
      • Demonstrate the ability to define objects, express emotions, illustrate an action or relate an experience through creation of works in the arts.(9.1.3.E)
      • Identify works of others through a performance or exhibition (e.g., exhibition of student paintings based on the study of Picasso).(9.1.3.F)
      • Handle materials, equipment and tools safely at work and performance spaces. -Identify materials used. -Identify issues of cleanliness related to the arts. -Recognize some mechanical/electrical equipment. -Recognize differences in selected physical space/environments. -Recognize the need to select safe props/stage equipment. -Identify methods for storing materials in the arts.(9.1.3.H)

  • Historical and Cultural Contexts

    • GRADE 3

      • Explain the historical, cultural and social context of an individual work in the arts.(9.2.3.A)
      • Relate works in the arts to varying styles and genre and to the periods in which they were created (e.g., Bronze Age, Ming Dynasty, Renaissance, Classical, Modern, Post-Modern, Contemporary, Futuristic, others).(9.2.3.C)
      • Identify, explain and analyze traditions as they relate to works in the arts (e.g., story telling – plays, oral histories- poetry, work songs- blue grass).(9.2.3.K)

  • Critical Response

    • GRADE 3

      • Recognize critical processes used in the examination of works in the arts and humanities. -Compare and contrast -Analyze -Interpret -Form and test hypotheses -Evaluate/form judgments(9.3.3.A)
      • Know that works in the arts can be described by using the arts elements, principles and concepts (e.g., use of color, shape and pattern in Mondrian’s Broadway Boogie-Woogie; use of dynamics, tempo, texture in Ravel’s Bolero).(9.3.3.B)
      • Know how to recognize and identify similar and different characteristics among works in the arts (e.g., Amish and Hawaiian quilts, Navaho weavings and Kente cloth from West Africa).(9.3.3.F)

  • Aesthetic Response

    • GRADE 3

      • Know how to communicate an informed individual opinion about the meaning of works in the arts (e.g., works of an artist of the month).(9.4.3.B)

The National Visual Arts Standards (1994)

  • Grades K-4

    • Understanding and applying media, techniques, and processes(Art.K-4.1)
      • Students know the differences between materials, techniques, and processes(Art.K-4.1.a)
      • Students describe how different materials, tech- niques, and processes cause different responses(Art.K-4.1.b)
      • Students use different media, techniques, and pro- cesses to communicate ideas, experiences, and stories (Art.K-4.1.c)
      • Students use art materials and tools in a safe and responsible manner(Art.K-4.1.d)
    • Choosing and evaluating a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas(Art.K-4.3)
    • Understanding the visual arts in relation to history and cultures(Art.K-4.4)
    • Making connections between visual arts and other disciplines(Art.K-4.6)

Units

Unit #1 - Art Inspired by Line

Unit #2 - Art Inspired by Shape

Unit #3 - Art Inspired by Color

Unit #4 - Art Inspired by Pattern