Eighth Grade

CONNECT: Explore and relate artistic ideas and works to past, present, and future societies and cultures.

CREATE: Create and adapt new artistic ideas and work individually or collaboratively.

PRESENT: Present, perform, produce, and develop artistic ideas and works.

Relate theatrical ideas and works with personal, societal, cultural, historical, and daily life contexts, including diverse and marginalized groups.

Relate visual arts ideas and works with personal, societal, cultural, historical, and daily life contexts, including diverse and marginalized groups.

Explore advancements in the ?eld of visual arts.

Create original visual arts ideas and 2-D and 3-D artworks, including drawing, painting, printmaking, ?bers, sculpture, ceramics, and digital media, using tools safely and appropriately, independently or collaboratively.

Adapt original visual arts ideas and works, and those of peers and other artists, independently and collaboratively.

Present visual artworks.

Develop visual arts presentations.

Analyze visual artworks from a variety of styles, cultures, and genres using content-speci?c vocabulary.

Evaluate visual artworks using content-speci?c vocabulary.

Explain why and how the visual arts in?uence ideas, beliefs, and experiences in North Carolina.

Analyze relevant skills and information from visual arts and other content areas to solve a variety of problems.

Explain the connections between the creative design process and college and career readiness.

Describe various innovative tools and technological products used to create visual images in the media.

Experiment with techniques and processes to plan and create art.

Create original art that conveys one or more ideas or feelings.

Combine imagery from multiple sources to create personal artwork.

Explain how to share works of art legally and ethically in both physical and digital spaces.

Re?ne artwork based on given criteria.

Create an artist statement that communicates the meaning and purpose of personal art.

Organize a portfolio to show exemplary artwork.

Engage with art venues and productions appropriately.

Identify how the Elements of Art and Principles of Design are used to differentiate movements, styles, and themes in art.

Explain how a visual artist�s artistic choices are in?uenced by personal experience, culture, and environment.

Describe personal responses to visual qualities in works of art.

Critique artwork based on given and self-generated criteria.