Warwick School District

Curriculum❯Jewelry and Small Sculpture (sem)

Jewelry and Small Sculpture (sem)

Grade Levels: 11 | 12 |

Course Description

Jewelry and Small Sculpture is an introduction to metal as an art medium for sculpting and jewelry making.  Students will learn through cold and hot working techniques with wire, sheet metal and found materials that will be used in the production of sculpture and jewelry. This course is only offered to 11th and 12th grade students. There is no pre-requisite for  this course.

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)
      • Analyze the effect of rehearsal and practice sessions.(9.1.12.G)
      • 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)

  • 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 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).(9.2.12.C)
      • Analyze a work of art from its historical and cultural perspective.(9.2.12.D)
      • Analyze how historical events and culture impact forms, techniques and purposes of works in the arts (e.g., Gilbert and Sullivan operettas)(9.2.12.E)
      • Identify, explain and analyze historical and cultural differences as they relate to works in the arts (e.g., PLAYS BY Shakespeare, works by Michelangelo, ethnic dance and music).(9.2.12.J)

  • 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)
      • Examine and evaluate various types of critical analysis of works in the arts and humanities. -Contextual criticism -Formal criticism -Intuitive criticism(9.3.12.E)
      • Analyze works in the arts by referencing the judgments advanced by arts critics as well as one’s own analysis and critique.(9.3.12.G)

  • 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)
      • Analyze and interpret a philosophical position identified in works in the arts and humanities.(9.4.12.D)

Units

Unit #1 - Sculpture

Unit #2 - Jewelry