Warwick School District

Curriculum❯Ceramics 2 (sem)

Ceramics 2 (sem)

Grade Levels: 11 | 12 |

Course Description

Ceramics 2 is a course building on the skills developed in Ceramics 1. While new skills and techniques will be introduced, projects can be completed using various methods of construction chosen by the student. Assigned projects are more complex and often multi-faceted, and students are encouraged to establish a personal voice or style with their artwork. Glazing knowledge and techniques will be extended, introducing some alternative methods of firing such as raku, horsehair, and pit firing.

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 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)
      • 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)
      • 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)
      • Know and apply appropriate vocabulary used between social studies and the arts and humanities.(9.2.12.F)
      • 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 philosophical beliefs as they relate to works in the arts (e.g., classical architecture, rock music, Native American dance, contemporary American musical theatre).(9.2.12.I)
      • 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)
      • 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)
      • Identify, explain and analyze common themes, forms and techniques from works in the arts (e.g., Copland and Graham’s Appalachian Spring and Millet’s The Gleaners).(9.2.12.L)

  • 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)
      • Apply systems of classification for interpreting works in the arts and forming a critical response.(9.3.12.C)

  • 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 - Functional Ceramics

Unit #2 - Sculptural Ceramics

Unit #3 - Alternative Firing Techniques

Unit #4 - Ceramics History

Unit #5 - Glazing Materials and Methods