Visual Arts: Grade 7

Visual Literacy

Contextual Relevancy

Critical Response

Use the language of visual arts to communicate effectively.

Apply creative and critical thinking skills to artistic expression.

Create art using a variety of tools, media, and processes, safely and appropriately.

Understand the global, historical, societal, and cultural contexts of the visual arts.

Understand the interdisciplinary connections and life applications of the visual arts.

Use critical analysis to generate responses to a variety of prompts.

Use art vocabulary to analyze art.

Understand how the Principles of Design aid in the planning and creating of personal art.

Identify themes in art.

Understand the relationship between the Elements of Art and the Principles of Design.

Evaluate solutions to artistic problems.

Use observation skills of the environment and personal experiences to create original imagery.

Create original art emphasizing selected elements and principles to express ideas or feelings.

Apply safety knowledge to maintain a safe and orderly personal work space.

Compare media in order to choose the best option to create art.

Compare techniques and processes to create art.

Understand the visual arts in relationship to the geography, history, and culture of modern societies from the emergence of the First Global Age (1450) to the present.

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

Analyze the effect of geographic location and physical environment on the media and subject matter of African, Asian, and Australian art.

Analyze careers in art and a variety of other careers in terms of the art skills needed to be successful.

Select skills and information needed from other disciplines to solve artistic problems.

Implement collaborative planning and art skills to solve problems.

Interpret visual images from media sources and the immediate environment through the context of art.

Generate responses to art using both personal and formal criteria.

Implement formative and summative evaluations of personal art.