Visual Art: Grade 2

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 consistently in a safe and responsible manner.

Demonstrate an understanding of a variety of techniques.

Explore a variety of processes.

Recognize and demonstrate levels of craftsmanship.

Identify, understand, and apply the elements of art.

Identify, understand, and apply the principles of art.

Understand and apply purpose in art.

Understand and apply context in art.

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

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

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

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

Understand that culture, history, and art influence one another.

Analyze the characteristics and merits of the student's own work.

Analyze the characteristics and merits of other's work.

Understand that viewers have various responses to art.

Understand connections between visual art and other arts disciplines.

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