Warwick School District

Course Description

Ceramics 1 is an introduction to clay as an art medium for hand building, wheel throwing, and sculpting. Through building both functional and nonfunctional ceramics pieces, students will learn about the physical and chemical properties of clay and glazes. 

Core Curriculum Content Standards

Arts and Humanities (2002)

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

• GRADE 12

• 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(9.1.12.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(9.1.12.B)
• Integrate and apply advanced vocabulary to the arts forms.(9.1.12.C)
• Delineate a unifying theme through the production of a work of art that reflects skills in media processes and techniques.(9.1.12.E)
• Analyze works of arts influenced by experiences or historical and cultural events through production, performance or exhibition.(9.1.12.F)
• Incorporate the effective and safe use of materials, equipment and tools into the production of works in the arts at work and performance spaces. -Evaluate the use and applications of materials. -Evaluate issues of cleanliness related to the arts. -Evaluate the use and applications of mechanical/electrical equipment. -Evaluate differences among selected physical space/environment. -Evaluate the use and applications of safe props/stage equipment. -Evaluate the use and apply safe methods for storing materials in the arts.(9.1.12.H)
• Distinguish among a variety of regional arts events and resources and analyze methods of selection and admission.(9.1.12.I)
• Analyze and evaluate the use of traditional and contemporary technologies for producing, performing and exhibiting works in the arts or the works of others. -Analyze traditional technologies (e.g., acid printing, etching methods, musical instruments, costume materials, eight track recording, super 8 movies). -Analyze contemporary technologies (e.g., virtual reality design, instrument enhancements, photographic tools, broadcast equipment, film cameras, preservation tools, web graphics, computer generated marching band designs).(9.1.12.J)
• Analyze and evaluate the use of traditional and contemporary technologies in furthering knowledge and understanding in the humanities.(9.1.12.K)

• Historical and Cultural Contexts

• GRADE 12

• Explain the historical, cultural and social context of an individual work in the arts.(9.2.12.A)
• Relate works in the arts chronologically to historical events (e.g., 10,000 B.C. to present).(9.2.12.B)
• Analyze a work of art from its historical and cultural perspective.(9.2.12.D)
• Relate works in the arts to geographic regions: -Africa -Asia -Australia -Central America -Europe -North America -South America(9.2.12.G)
• Identify, describe and analyze the work of Pennsylvania Artists in dance, music, theatre and visual arts.(9.2.12.H)
• 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).(9.2.12.K)

• Critical Response

• GRADE 12

• Explain and apply the critical examination processes of works in the arts and humanities. -Compare and contrast -Analyze -Interpret -Form and test hypotheses -Evaluate/form judgments(9.3.12.A)
• Determine and apply criteria to a person’s work and works of others in the arts (e.g., use visual scanning techniques to critique the student’s own use of sculptural space in comparison to Julio Gonzales’ use of space in Woman Combing Her Hair).(9.3.12.B)

• Aesthetic Response

• GRADE 12

• Evaluate an individual’s philosophical statement on a work in the arts and its relationship to one’s own life based on knowledge and experience.(9.4.12.A)

Units

Unit #1 - Functional Ceramics

Unit #2 - Sculptural Ceramics

Unit #3 - Glazing Materials and Methods

Unit #4 - Clay Outside of the Classroom