Sixth 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.

RESPOND: Analyze and evaluate how the arts communicate.

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.

Analyze the effect of geographic location and physical environment on the development of visual arts.

Explain how skills and concepts developed in the visual arts can be applied to daily life.

Identify the art skills, characteristics, and behaviors needed for success in art careers.

Compare how innovative tools and ideas have been used in a variety of visual artworks.

Use materials in both traditional and non-traditional ways to create art.

Create original imagery as a means of self-expression to communicate ideas and feelings.

Combine ideas from multiple artists to create a new work of art.

Describe how fair use, copyright, public domain, open source, and creative commons affect the ability of artists to create original or derivative art.

Improve the use of elements of art and principles of design using feedback based on given criteria.

Create an artist statement describing elements of art and principles of design used in personal art.

Identify personal artwork that meets multiple criteria.

Differentiate etiquette for appropriately engaging with works of art in a variety of settings.

Analyze style, subject matter, and movements in art from various historical periods.

Speculate on why the artist chose speci?c qualities for a work of visual art.

Justify appealing qualities of works in visual artworks.

Develop relevant criteria to evaluate a work of art.