Visual Art: Grade 1

Media, Techniques, and Processes - Students will understand and apply media, techniques, and processes.

Structures and Functions - Students will use knowledge of structures and functions.

Evaluation - Students will choose and evaluate a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas.

Historical and Cultural Relationships - Students will understand the visual arts in relation to history and cultures.

Reflecting and Assessing - The student will reflect upon and assess the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others.

Interdisciplinary Connections - Students will make connections between visual arts and other disciplines.

Use tools and media in a safe and responsible manner.

Demonstrate an understanding of a variety of techniques.

Explore a variety of processes.

Recognize levels of craftsmanship.

Identify and understand the elements of art.

Identify and understand the principles of design.

Understand that art has a purpose.

Understand that art has a context.

Select subject matter, symbols, and ideas for the student's own art.

Explain subject matter, symbols, and ideas in the student's own art.

Explain subject matter, symbols, and ideas in others' art.

Understand that art comes from different cultures, times, and places.

Understand that culture and history influence art.

Recognize and explain the characteristics and merits of the student's own work.

Recognize and explain the characteristics and merits of other's work.

Recognize that viewers have various responses to art.

Identify connections between visual art and other arts disciplines.

Identify connections between visual art and other disciplines in the curriculum.