Content Area,Grade,Standard,Prepared Graduate 1,Prepared Graduate 2,Prepared Graduate 3,Prepared Graduate 4,Prepared Graduate 5,Grade Level Expectation,GLE Code,Subheading,Statement
Visual Arts,Preschool,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Identify imagery and art in daily surroundings.,VA.P.1.1,"By the end of the preschool experience (approximately 60 months/5 years old), students may:","Select images in materials such as but not limited to books, cartoons, computer games and environmental print."
Visual Arts,Preschool,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Identify imagery and art in daily surroundings.,VA.P.1.1,"By the end of the preschool experience (approximately 60 months/5 years old), students may:",Use age-appropriate communication to describe works of art.
Visual Arts,Preschool,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Identify imagery and art in daily surroundings.,VA.P.1.1,"By the end of the preschool experience (approximately 60 months/5 years old), students may:",Recognize basic language of art and design in relation to daily surroundings.
Visual Arts,Preschool,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Identify imagery and art in daily surroundings.,VA.P.1.1,Supportive Teaching Practices/Adults May:,Incorporate art experiences throughout the daily routine.
Visual Arts,Preschool,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Identify imagery and art in daily surroundings.,VA.P.1.1,Supportive Teaching Practices/Adults May:,Stress process over product when viewing a work of art.
Visual Arts,Preschool,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Identify imagery and art in daily surroundings.,VA.P.1.1,Supportive Teaching Practices/Adults May:,"Post or make available visual representations such as photographs of familiar objects, places and illustrations from books in the art area."
Visual Arts,Preschool,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Identify imagery and art in daily surroundings.,VA.P.1.1,Supportive Teaching Practices/Adults May:,Hang art reproductions showing familiar experiences.
Visual Arts,Preschool,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Identify imagery and art in daily surroundings.,VA.P.1.1,Supportive Teaching Practices/Adults May:,"Provide opportunities for children to explore and classify various art media. For example, children may sort photographs or sculpture, collage, drawings and paintings into groups."
Visual Arts,Preschool,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Identify imagery and art in daily surroundings.,VA.P.1.1,Supportive Teaching Practices/Adults May:,"Provide opportunities for children to discover art in their homes, classroom, center or school and community."
Visual Arts,Preschool,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Identify imagery and art in daily surroundings.,VA.P.1.1,Supportive Teaching Practices/Adults May:,"Display children's art creations attractively and prominently in the art room, as much as possible at children's eye level."
Visual Arts,Preschool,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Identify imagery and art in daily surroundings.,VA.P.1.1,Supportive Teaching Practices/Adults May:,"Display collaborative work, such as but not limited to murals, as well as individual work."
Visual Arts,Preschool,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Identify imagery and art in daily surroundings.,VA.P.1.1,Supportive Teaching Practices/Adults May:,Remove displays before the room becomes cluttered or when children lose interest.
Visual Arts,Preschool,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Identify imagery and art in daily surroundings.,VA.P.1.1,Supportive Teaching Practices/Adults May:,Prioritize the display of children's art over commercially purchased posters.
Visual Arts,Preschool,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Identify imagery and art in daily surroundings.,VA.P.1.1,Examples of Learning/Children May:,Move with a variety of colored scarves noticing how color and shape are changed by the light and movement.
Visual Arts,Preschool,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Identify imagery and art in daily surroundings.,VA.P.1.1,Examples of Learning/Children May:,"Bring attention to patterns, shapes, lines or colors found in objects and design inside as well as in nature and the outdoor environment."
Visual Arts,Preschool,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Identify imagery and art in daily surroundings.,VA.P.1.1,Examples of Learning/Children May:,Comment or draw attention to a feature of a food item or packaging at snack or meal time.
Visual Arts,Preschool,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Identify imagery and art in daily surroundings.,VA.P.1.1,Examples of Learning/Children May:,Ask a question about a work of art.
Visual Arts,Preschool,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Identify imagery and art in daily surroundings.,VA.P.1.1,Examples of Learning/Children May:,Notice and discuss the illustrations in picture books as inspiration for making original art.
Visual Arts,Preschool,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Identify imagery and art in daily surroundings.,VA.P.1.1,Examples of Learning/Children May:,Help decide which of their art works should be displayed.
Visual Arts,Preschool,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Identify imagery and art in daily surroundings.,VA.P.1.1,Examples of Learning/Children May:,Point out images of personal preference found in the everyday and connect to stories about their life.
Visual Arts,Preschool,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,"1. Know that works of art can represent people, places and things.",VA.P.2.1,"By the end of the preschool experience (approximately 60 months/5 years old), students may:",Explain that works of art communicate ideas and tell stories.
Visual Arts,Preschool,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,"1. Know that works of art can represent people, places and things.",VA.P.2.1,"By the end of the preschool experience (approximately 60 months/5 years old), students may:",Communicate a story about a work of art.
Visual Arts,Preschool,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,"1. Know that works of art can represent people, places and things.",VA.P.2.1,"By the end of the preschool experience (approximately 60 months/5 years old), students may:",Discuss one's own artistic creations and those of others.
Visual Arts,Preschool,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,"1. Know that works of art can represent people, places and things.",VA.P.2.1,Supportive Teaching Practices/Adults May:,"Include various art forms, materials and techniques representing children's cultures."
Visual Arts,Preschool,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,"1. Know that works of art can represent people, places and things.",VA.P.2.1,Supportive Teaching Practices/Adults May:,Encourage children to take art home to share with families.
Visual Arts,Preschool,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,"1. Know that works of art can represent people, places and things.",VA.P.2.1,Supportive Teaching Practices/Adults May:,"Encourage children to talk about their art by commenting on colors, textures, techniques and patterns."
Visual Arts,Preschool,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,"1. Know that works of art can represent people, places and things.",VA.P.2.1,Supportive Teaching Practices/Adults May:,Share wordless picture books and invite children to tell the story.
Visual Arts,Preschool,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,"1. Know that works of art can represent people, places and things.",VA.P.2.1,Supportive Teaching Practices/Adults May:,Display children's art at their eye level within the classroom (with their permission) to encourage discussion.
Visual Arts,Preschool,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,"1. Know that works of art can represent people, places and things.",VA.P.2.1,Supportive Teaching Practices/Adults May:,Provide a safe space for children's works-in-progress to be labeled and stored to encourage children to extend elaborating on their work over subsequent days.
Visual Arts,Preschool,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,"1. Know that works of art can represent people, places and things.",VA.P.2.1,Supportive Teaching Practices/Adults May:,Ask questions that encourage children to think about their creations and why they made particular choices.
Visual Arts,Preschool,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,"1. Know that works of art can represent people, places and things.",VA.P.2.1,Supportive Teaching Practices/Adults May:,Display prints of fine art and books that include art reproductions.
Visual Arts,Preschool,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,"1. Know that works of art can represent people, places and things.",VA.P.2.1,Supportive Teaching Practices/Adults May:,Ask children to dictate stories about artwork they have created.
Visual Arts,Preschool,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,"1. Know that works of art can represent people, places and things.",VA.P.2.1,Supportive Teaching Practices/Adults May:,Take photos of children's work and record their explanations.
Visual Arts,Preschool,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,"1. Know that works of art can represent people, places and things.",VA.P.2.1,Examples of Learning/Children May:,Tell the story of their own work.
Visual Arts,Preschool,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,"1. Know that works of art can represent people, places and things.",VA.P.2.1,Examples of Learning/Children May:,Show or tell the steps used in making own art.
Visual Arts,Preschool,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,"1. Know that works of art can represent people, places and things.",VA.P.2.1,Examples of Learning/Children May:,Use the illustrations of books as inspiration to create their own story.
Visual Arts,Preschool,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Create works of art based on personal relevance.,VA.P.3.1,"By the end of the preschool experience (approximately 60 months/5 years old), students may:",Explore the process of creating works of art at one's own pace that arrive at an individual desired outcome.
Visual Arts,Preschool,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Create works of art based on personal relevance.,VA.P.3.1,"By the end of the preschool experience (approximately 60 months/5 years old), students may:","Use art materials freely, safely and with respect in any environment."
Visual Arts,Preschool,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Create works of art based on personal relevance.,VA.P.3.1,"By the end of the preschool experience (approximately 60 months/5 years old), students may:",Engage in the process of creating visual narratives from familiar stories and subject matter.
Visual Arts,Preschool,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Create works of art based on personal relevance.,VA.P.3.1,Supportive Teaching Practices/Adults May:,"Provide children with access to an organized art area and supply with a variety of developmentally appropriate art materials and emphasize open-ended, process-oriented activities."
Visual Arts,Preschool,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Create works of art based on personal relevance.,VA.P.3.1,Supportive Teaching Practices/Adults May:,Designate an area where children can be free to use art materials and be messy; provide cleaning tools and model how to use them to clean up when finished.
Visual Arts,Preschool,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Create works of art based on personal relevance.,VA.P.3.1,Supportive Teaching Practices/Adults May:,Plan art activities that extend children's understanding of art techniques and art media.
Visual Arts,Preschool,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Create works of art based on personal relevance.,VA.P.3.1,Supportive Teaching Practices/Adults May:,"Introduce children to vocabulary used in the visual arts (e.g., line, color, shape, sculpture, collage) during hands-on activities and explorations."
Visual Arts,Preschool,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Create works of art based on personal relevance.,VA.P.3.1,Supportive Teaching Practices/Adults May:,Stress the process over product.
Visual Arts,Preschool,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Create works of art based on personal relevance.,VA.P.3.1,Supportive Teaching Practices/Adults May:,"Label how children describe areas, techniques or subject matter in their artwork."
Visual Arts,Preschool,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Create works of art based on personal relevance.,VA.P.3.1,Supportive Teaching Practices/Adults May:,Respect children's work and ask permission to write directly on their picture.
Visual Arts,Preschool,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Create works of art based on personal relevance.,VA.P.3.1,Supportive Teaching Practices/Adults May:,Write children's narratives about their artwork on sticky notes or labels and attach to side or beneath their picture to encourage families to discuss the artwork with their child.
Visual Arts,Preschool,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Create works of art based on personal relevance.,VA.P.3.1,Examples of Learning/Children May:,Use a combination of materials in an inventive way.
Visual Arts,Preschool,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Create works of art based on personal relevance.,VA.P.3.1,Examples of Learning/Children May:,Try a variety of techniques.
Visual Arts,Preschool,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Create works of art based on personal relevance.,VA.P.3.1,Examples of Learning/Children May:,Dictate about the subject of personal artwork.
Visual Arts,Preschool,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Create works of art based on personal relevance.,VA.P.3.1,Examples of Learning/Children May:,"After several readings of a favorite story, participate in a process that represents the story."
Visual Arts,Preschool,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Create works of art based on personal relevance.,VA.P.3.1,Examples of Learning/Children May:,Learn by discovery such as by finding out what happens when colors are mixed rather than being told ahead of time.
Visual Arts,Preschool,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Create works of art based on personal relevance.,VA.P.3.1,Examples of Learning/Children May:,Make choices about their artwork and envision what might happen if they make changes or additions to a work of art.
Visual Arts,Preschool,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,1. Understand that artists have an important role in communities.,VA.P.4.1,"By the end of the preschool experience (approximately 60 months/5 years old), students may:",Explain what an artist does and who an artist can be.
Visual Arts,Preschool,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,1. Understand that artists have an important role in communities.,VA.P.4.1,"By the end of the preschool experience (approximately 60 months/5 years old), students may:",Identify some of the activities in which artists participate.
Visual Arts,Preschool,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,1. Understand that artists have an important role in communities.,VA.P.4.1,"By the end of the preschool experience (approximately 60 months/5 years old), students may:",Identify arts materials used by artists.
Visual Arts,Preschool,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,1. Understand that artists have an important role in communities.,VA.P.4.1,Supportive Teaching Practices/Adults May:,"Draw children's attention to the illustrations in a book and read about the artist. For example, children may make a work of art inspired by the process and materials choice of the illustrator."
Visual Arts,Preschool,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,1. Understand that artists have an important role in communities.,VA.P.4.1,Supportive Teaching Practices/Adults May:,"Invite family members or local artists to talk about the materials, tools and techniques they used to create a piece of artwork."
Visual Arts,Preschool,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,1. Understand that artists have an important role in communities.,VA.P.4.1,Supportive Teaching Practices/Adults May:,"Use the correct art vocabulary for materials, tools and actions (in English as well as in any other of the children's home languages) while children are actively engaged in working with art materials."
Visual Arts,Preschool,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,1. Understand that artists have an important role in communities.,VA.P.4.1,Supportive Teaching Practices/Adults May:,Plan opportunities for children to see artists in action.
Visual Arts,Preschool,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,1. Understand that artists have an important role in communities.,VA.P.4.1,Examples of Learning/Children May:,"Make decisions about, request and use names for art materials while working in the art center (such as but not limited to pastels, clay, yarn, etc.)."
Visual Arts,Kindergarten,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Identify how artists use visual art and design to communicate.,VA.K.1.1,Students Can:,Recognize that visual art and design can tell stories.
Visual Arts,Kindergarten,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Identify how artists use visual art and design to communicate.,VA.K.1.1,Students Can:,Recognize that individuals will have multiple viewpoints.
Visual Arts,Kindergarten,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Identify how artists use visual art and design to communicate.,VA.K.1.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Demonstrate curiosity, imagination, and eagerness to learn in making and discussing works of art. (Creativity and Innovation)"
Visual Arts,Kindergarten,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Identify how artists use visual art and design to communicate.,VA.K.1.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students use art to tell the story of what they see and experience?
Visual Arts,Kindergarten,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Identify how artists use visual art and design to communicate.,VA.K.1.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students use the vocabulary of art to share and hear the stories of others?
Visual Arts,Kindergarten,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Identify how artists use visual art and design to communicate.,VA.K.1.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students locate art in their world?
Visual Arts,Kindergarten,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Identify how artists use visual art and design to communicate.,VA.K.1.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students use art to expand their imaginary worlds?
Visual Arts,Kindergarten,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Identify how artists use visual art and design to communicate.,VA.K.1.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students recognize visual and design forms in human-built environments and in nature?
Visual Arts,Kindergarten,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Identify how artists use visual art and design to communicate.,VA.K.1.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists use layers of experiences to develop personal insight that can be shared.
Visual Arts,Kindergarten,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Notice and discuss what can be seen in works of visual art and design.,VA.K.2.1,Students Can:,Recognize that explorative play with materials can inspire ideas for visual art and design.
Visual Arts,Kindergarten,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Notice and discuss what can be seen in works of visual art and design.,VA.K.2.1,Students Can:,Give an opinion on works of visual art and design.
Visual Arts,Kindergarten,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Notice and discuss what can be seen in works of visual art and design.,VA.K.2.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Articulate thoughts and ideas effectively using oral, written, and/or nonverbal communication skills in a variety of forms and contexts (including multilingual). (Interpersonal Communication)"
Visual Arts,Kindergarten,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Notice and discuss what can be seen in works of visual art and design.,VA.K.2.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Look for and value different perspectives expressed by others. (Social Awareness)
Visual Arts,Kindergarten,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Notice and discuss what can be seen in works of visual art and design.,VA.K.2.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Establish goals for communication in one's own artwork and plan out steps accordingly. (Creativity and Innovation)
Visual Arts,Kindergarten,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Notice and discuss what can be seen in works of visual art and design.,VA.K.2.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students use their play and imagination to generate ideas?
Visual Arts,Kindergarten,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Notice and discuss what can be seen in works of visual art and design.,VA.K.2.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students experiment with all of the senses to make connections about art?
Visual Arts,Kindergarten,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Notice and discuss what can be seen in works of visual art and design.,VA.K.2.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students make connections between what they know and what they see?
Visual Arts,Kindergarten,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Notice and discuss what can be seen in works of visual art and design.,VA.K.2.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Play is a generative learning process used in the artistic practice.
Visual Arts,Kindergarten,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Investigate the properties of materials to support the planning and making of works of art.,VA.K.3.1,Students Can:,Investigate various properties of tools and materials.
Visual Arts,Kindergarten,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Investigate the properties of materials to support the planning and making of works of art.,VA.K.3.1,Students Can:,Describe intention for creating artwork.
Visual Arts,Kindergarten,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Investigate the properties of materials to support the planning and making of works of art.,VA.K.3.1,Students Can:,Use and share materials with intention and care.
Visual Arts,Kindergarten,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Investigate the properties of materials to support the planning and making of works of art.,VA.K.3.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Demonstrate an understanding of cause and effect related to personal decisions in the creative process. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)
Visual Arts,Kindergarten,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Investigate the properties of materials to support the planning and making of works of art.,VA.K.3.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students use art to tell their stories?
Visual Arts,Kindergarten,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Investigate the properties of materials to support the planning and making of works of art.,VA.K.3.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students play and experiment to make?
Visual Arts,Kindergarten,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Investigate the properties of materials to support the planning and making of works of art.,VA.K.3.1,Inquiry Questions:,How do students connect art and feelings?
Visual Arts,Kindergarten,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Investigate the properties of materials to support the planning and making of works of art.,VA.K.3.1,Inquiry Questions:,How do students share materials and ideas?
Visual Arts,Kindergarten,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Investigate the properties of materials to support the planning and making of works of art.,VA.K.3.1,Inquiry Questions:,How do students safely and responsibly use materials?
Visual Arts,Kindergarten,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Investigate the properties of materials to support the planning and making of works of art.,VA.K.3.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Art shares stories.
Visual Arts,Kindergarten,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,1. Recognize that artists and designers contribute and connect to their communities.,VA.K.4.1,Students Can:,Identify how and where artists and designers work.
Visual Arts,Kindergarten,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,1. Recognize that artists and designers contribute and connect to their communities.,VA.K.4.1,Students Can:,Recognize how art is integrated into their everyday life.
Visual Arts,Kindergarten,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,1. Recognize that artists and designers contribute and connect to their communities.,VA.K.4.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Connect knowledge (facts, theories, etc.) from personal ideas/understandings to art and design in the community. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)"
Visual Arts,Kindergarten,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,1. Recognize that artists and designers contribute and connect to their communities.,VA.K.4.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Ask questions to develop further personal understanding of an artist's or designer's intent or a viewer's perspective. (Interpersonal Communication)
Visual Arts,Kindergarten,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,1. Recognize that artists and designers contribute and connect to their communities.,VA.K.4.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Recognize how members of a community, including artists and designers, rely on each other, considering personal contributions as applicable. (Interpersonal Communication)"
Visual Arts,Kindergarten,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,1. Recognize that artists and designers contribute and connect to their communities.,VA.K.4.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students find artists in their community?
Visual Arts,Kindergarten,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,1. Recognize that artists and designers contribute and connect to their communities.,VA.K.4.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students describe the art they see in everyday life?
Visual Arts,Kindergarten,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,1. Recognize that artists and designers contribute and connect to their communities.,VA.K.4.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students describe how art is used in their community?
Visual Arts,Kindergarten,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,1. Recognize that artists and designers contribute and connect to their communities.,VA.K.4.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students recognize the contributions that artists and designers make to their communities?
Visual Arts,Kindergarten,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,1. Recognize that artists and designers contribute and connect to their communities.,VA.K.4.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Art is a poetic expression of everyday life.
Visual Arts,First Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,"1. Investigate how visual art and design tell the many stories of people, places or things.",VA.1.1.1,Students Can:,Recognize that artists intentionally choose materials to help tell their stories.
Visual Arts,First Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,"1. Investigate how visual art and design tell the many stories of people, places or things.",VA.1.1.1,Students Can:,Identify how works of art express specific feelings using the language of visual art and design.
Visual Arts,First Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,"1. Investigate how visual art and design tell the many stories of people, places or things.",VA.1.1.1,Students Can:,Demonstrate an understanding that different communities and cultures share their own stories.
Visual Arts,First Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,"1. Investigate how visual art and design tell the many stories of people, places or things.",VA.1.1.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Identify and explain multiple perspectives when exploring events, ideas and issues present in works of art and design. (Global and Cultural Awareness)"
Visual Arts,First Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,"1. Investigate how visual art and design tell the many stories of people, places or things.",VA.1.1.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students use close observation and questioning to learn about an artist's or artwork's story?
Visual Arts,First Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,"1. Investigate how visual art and design tell the many stories of people, places or things.",VA.1.1.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students incorporate personal cultural relevance to share stories?
Visual Arts,First Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,"1. Investigate how visual art and design tell the many stories of people, places or things.",VA.1.1.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students connect stories in works of art to the cultures they represent?
Visual Arts,First Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,"1. Investigate how visual art and design tell the many stories of people, places or things.",VA.1.1.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Connect personal perspectives and feelings to express ideas.
Visual Arts,First Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Question and respond to the stories told and the feelings expressed in works of visual art and design.,VA.1.2.1,Students Can:,Discuss the stories portrayed in a personal work of art.
Visual Arts,First Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Question and respond to the stories told and the feelings expressed in works of visual art and design.,VA.1.2.1,Students Can:,Envision the potential of a material to be transformed to tell a story.
Visual Arts,First Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Question and respond to the stories told and the feelings expressed in works of visual art and design.,VA.1.2.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Articulate thoughts and ideas effectively using oral, written and/or nonverbal communication skills in a variety of forms and contexts (including multilingual) which includes visual art and design. (Interpersonal Communication)"
Visual Arts,First Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Question and respond to the stories told and the feelings expressed in works of visual art and design.,VA.1.2.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Look for and value different perspectives expressed by others in works of art and design. (Interpersonal Communication)
Visual Arts,First Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Question and respond to the stories told and the feelings expressed in works of visual art and design.,VA.1.2.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Establish goals for communication of ideas and concepts in one's own artwork and plan out steps accordingly. (Creativity and Innovation)
Visual Arts,First Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Question and respond to the stories told and the feelings expressed in works of visual art and design.,VA.1.2.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students identify the feelings expressed in a work of art?
Visual Arts,First Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Question and respond to the stories told and the feelings expressed in works of visual art and design.,VA.1.2.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students use stories to encourage empathy?
Visual Arts,First Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Question and respond to the stories told and the feelings expressed in works of visual art and design.,VA.1.2.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students imagine how a material can be transformed?
Visual Arts,First Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Question and respond to the stories told and the feelings expressed in works of visual art and design.,VA.1.2.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Transformation is the result of imagination at work.
Visual Arts,First Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Investigate the properties of materials to support the planning and making of works of art to communicate.,VA.1.3.1,Students Can:,Choose art media to express ideas and feelings.
Visual Arts,First Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Investigate the properties of materials to support the planning and making of works of art to communicate.,VA.1.3.1,Students Can:,Describe the steps used in creating works of art.
Visual Arts,First Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Investigate the properties of materials to support the planning and making of works of art to communicate.,VA.1.3.1,Students Can:,Share materials with intention and care.
Visual Arts,First Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Investigate the properties of materials to support the planning and making of works of art to communicate.,VA.1.3.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Generate questions and synthesize ideas in original and surprising ways in works of art and design. (Creativity and Innovation)
Visual Arts,First Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Investigate the properties of materials to support the planning and making of works of art to communicate.,VA.1.3.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Form and test hypotheses to guide problem-solving in the planning, making and display of works of art and design. Critical Thinking and Analysis)"
Visual Arts,First Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Investigate the properties of materials to support the planning and making of works of art to communicate.,VA.1.3.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students learn through play and experimentation as they make?
Visual Arts,First Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Investigate the properties of materials to support the planning and making of works of art to communicate.,VA.1.3.1,Inquiry Questions:,How do students share their trials and errors?
Visual Arts,First Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Investigate the properties of materials to support the planning and making of works of art to communicate.,VA.1.3.1,Inquiry Questions:,How do students connect art and feelings?
Visual Arts,First Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Investigate the properties of materials to support the planning and making of works of art to communicate.,VA.1.3.1,Inquiry Questions:,How do students share materials and ideas?
Visual Arts,First Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Investigate the properties of materials to support the planning and making of works of art to communicate.,VA.1.3.1,Inquiry Questions:,How do students safely and responsibly use materials?
Visual Arts,First Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Investigate the properties of materials to support the planning and making of works of art to communicate.,VA.1.3.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists communicate ideas and feelings.
Visual Arts,First Grade,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Identify how artists and designers make connections through personal stories between self, family, friends, and community.",VA.1.4.1,Students Can:,Tell about the people and places in everyday life through works of art and design.
Visual Arts,First Grade,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Identify how artists and designers make connections through personal stories between self, family, friends, and community.",VA.1.4.1,Students Can:,Identify how stories in visual art and design teach us about each other.
Visual Arts,First Grade,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Identify how artists and designers make connections through personal stories between self, family, friends, and community.",VA.1.4.1,Students Can:,Discuss how visual art and design are used to remember and document personal stories and feelings.
Visual Arts,First Grade,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Identify how artists and designers make connections through personal stories between self, family, friends, and community.",VA.1.4.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Demonstrate an understanding of cause and effect related to personal decisions in works of art and design. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)
Visual Arts,First Grade,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Identify how artists and designers make connections through personal stories between self, family, friends, and community.",VA.1.4.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Articulate thoughts and ideas effectively using oral, written and/or nonverbal communication skills in a variety of forms and contexts (including multilingual). (Interpersonal Communication)"
Visual Arts,First Grade,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Identify how artists and designers make connections through personal stories between self, family, friends, and community.",VA.1.4.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Ask questions about works of art and design to develop further personal understanding. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)
Visual Arts,First Grade,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Identify how artists and designers make connections through personal stories between self, family, friends, and community.",VA.1.4.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students learn about each other by sharing stories in their art?
Visual Arts,First Grade,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Identify how artists and designers make connections through personal stories between self, family, friends, and community.",VA.1.4.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students communicate what is important about themselves in their art?
Visual Arts,First Grade,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Identify how artists and designers make connections through personal stories between self, family, friends, and community.",VA.1.4.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students express their feelings through art and design?
Visual Arts,First Grade,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Identify how artists and designers make connections through personal stories between self, family, friends, and community.",VA.1.4.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists communicate what is important in their world.
Visual Arts,Second Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Identify how artists make choices using the language of visual art and design to communicate ideas.,VA.2.1.1,Students Can:,Describe how artists choose materials to communicate ideas.
Visual Arts,Second Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Identify how artists make choices using the language of visual art and design to communicate ideas.,VA.2.1.1,Students Can:,Discover how similar ideas can be expressed in multiple ways.
Visual Arts,Second Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Identify how artists make choices using the language of visual art and design to communicate ideas.,VA.2.1.1,Students Can:,Determine what art vocabulary is useful when discussing works of art and design.
Visual Arts,Second Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Identify how artists make choices using the language of visual art and design to communicate ideas.,VA.2.1.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Define the problem (which could involve, but is not limited to, technical skill, artistic intent or choice of media) concerning the work of art and design using a variety of strategies. (Creativity and Innovation)"
Visual Arts,Second Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Identify how artists make choices using the language of visual art and design to communicate ideas.,VA.2.1.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students learn to understand the ways art expresses more than one idea?
Visual Arts,Second Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Identify how artists make choices using the language of visual art and design to communicate ideas.,VA.2.1.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students describe ideas in verbal and nonverbal forms?
Visual Arts,Second Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Identify how artists make choices using the language of visual art and design to communicate ideas.,VA.2.1.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students attentively describe sensory experiences?
Visual Arts,Second Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Identify how artists make choices using the language of visual art and design to communicate ideas.,VA.2.1.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students identify the choices artists make to communicate ideas in their work?
Visual Arts,Second Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Identify how artists make choices using the language of visual art and design to communicate ideas.,VA.2.1.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists make artistic choices to share ideas.
Visual Arts,Second Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Share and explain choices made and possible next steps in personal works of visual art and design.,VA.2.2.1,Students Can:,Describe how artists reflect on their creative practice to improve works of visual art and design.
Visual Arts,Second Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Share and explain choices made and possible next steps in personal works of visual art and design.,VA.2.2.1,Students Can:,Recognize that artists use different forms of research to inform their practice.
Visual Arts,Second Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Share and explain choices made and possible next steps in personal works of visual art and design.,VA.2.2.1,Students Can:,Use the language of visual art and design to describe observations and form opinions.
Visual Arts,Second Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Share and explain choices made and possible next steps in personal works of visual art and design.,VA.2.2.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Articulate thoughts and ideas effectively using oral, written and/or nonverbal communication skills in a variety of forms and contexts (including multilingual) which includes visual art and design. (Interpersonal Communication)"
Visual Arts,Second Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Share and explain choices made and possible next steps in personal works of visual art and design.,VA.2.2.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Look for and value how your own perspective may be expressed differently from others in works of art and design. (Adaptability and Flexibility)
Visual Arts,Second Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Share and explain choices made and possible next steps in personal works of visual art and design.,VA.2.2.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Establish goals for communication of ideas and concepts in one's own artwork and plan out steps accordingly. (Creativity and Innovation)
Visual Arts,Second Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Share and explain choices made and possible next steps in personal works of visual art and design.,VA.2.2.1,Inquiry Questions:,Where do students get ideas?
Visual Arts,Second Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Share and explain choices made and possible next steps in personal works of visual art and design.,VA.2.2.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students engage with observational experiences?
Visual Arts,Second Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Share and explain choices made and possible next steps in personal works of visual art and design.,VA.2.2.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students explain what they imagine?
Visual Arts,Second Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Share and explain choices made and possible next steps in personal works of visual art and design.,VA.2.2.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students use their memory to describe their observations?
Visual Arts,Second Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Share and explain choices made and possible next steps in personal works of visual art and design.,VA.2.2.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students use the opinions of peers to expand their thinking?
Visual Arts,Second Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Share and explain choices made and possible next steps in personal works of visual art and design.,VA.2.2.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Visual arts use various literacies.
Visual Arts,Second Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Plan and create works of art by exploring various media and creating meaning through symbolization.,VA.2.3.1,Students Can:,Choose appropriate materials to make art.
Visual Arts,Second Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Plan and create works of art by exploring various media and creating meaning through symbolization.,VA.2.3.1,Students Can:,Create finished works of art.
Visual Arts,Second Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Plan and create works of art by exploring various media and creating meaning through symbolization.,VA.2.3.1,Students Can:,Explain choices made in the artmaking process.
Visual Arts,Second Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Plan and create works of art by exploring various media and creating meaning through symbolization.,VA.2.3.1,Students Can:,Respect and care for classroom materials.
Visual Arts,Second Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Plan and create works of art by exploring various media and creating meaning through symbolization.,VA.2.3.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Synthesize ways to symbolize ideas in original and surprising ways in works of art and design. (Creativity and Innovation)
Visual Arts,Second Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Plan and create works of art by exploring various media and creating meaning through symbolization.,VA.2.3.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Form and test hypotheses to guide problem-solving of ways to symbolize intended meaning in the planning, making and display of works of art and design. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)"
Visual Arts,Second Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Plan and create works of art by exploring various media and creating meaning through symbolization.,VA.2.3.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students make works of art to communicate?
Visual Arts,Second Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Plan and create works of art by exploring various media and creating meaning through symbolization.,VA.2.3.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students identify and create symbols in works of art?
Visual Arts,Second Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Plan and create works of art by exploring various media and creating meaning through symbolization.,VA.2.3.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students test the qualities of different materials?
Visual Arts,Second Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Plan and create works of art by exploring various media and creating meaning through symbolization.,VA.2.3.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students describe their artmaking experience?
Visual Arts,Second Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Plan and create works of art by exploring various media and creating meaning through symbolization.,VA.2.3.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students use metaphor or analogy to create works of art and enhance communication of ideas?
Visual Arts,Second Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Plan and create works of art by exploring various media and creating meaning through symbolization.,VA.2.3.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Art reflects ideas.
Visual Arts,Second Grade,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,1. Observe and discuss how visual art and design are evident in the everyday life of communities.,VA.2.4.1,Students Can:,Recognize how visual art and design is interdisciplinary.
Visual Arts,Second Grade,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,1. Observe and discuss how visual art and design are evident in the everyday life of communities.,VA.2.4.1,Students Can:,Investigate public art and its role within the community.
Visual Arts,Second Grade,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,1. Observe and discuss how visual art and design are evident in the everyday life of communities.,VA.2.4.1,Students Can:,Investigate the role of art and design in our communities and world.
Visual Arts,Second Grade,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,1. Observe and discuss how visual art and design are evident in the everyday life of communities.,VA.2.4.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Participate in social or community activities that involve art and design such as but not limited to public art displays, visiting a museum or gallery, or engaging in a community arts event. (Civic Engagement)"
Visual Arts,Second Grade,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,1. Observe and discuss how visual art and design are evident in the everyday life of communities.,VA.2.4.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Compare attitudes and beliefs represented through art and design as an individual to others. (Interpersonal Communication)
Visual Arts,Second Grade,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,1. Observe and discuss how visual art and design are evident in the everyday life of communities.,VA.2.4.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Identify and reflect upon personal connections to community systems through the use of or creation of art and design. (Interpersonal Communication)
Visual Arts,Second Grade,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,1. Observe and discuss how visual art and design are evident in the everyday life of communities.,VA.2.4.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students represent their community through art and design?
Visual Arts,Second Grade,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,1. Observe and discuss how visual art and design are evident in the everyday life of communities.,VA.2.4.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students describe the way they see artists working in their communities?
Visual Arts,Second Grade,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,1. Observe and discuss how visual art and design are evident in the everyday life of communities.,VA.2.4.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students make art about their everyday life experiences as a tool for understanding their community?
Visual Arts,Second Grade,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,1. Observe and discuss how visual art and design are evident in the everyday life of communities.,VA.2.4.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists preserve the culture of a community.
Visual Arts,Third Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Investigate works of art and design to recognize how to create meaning with purpose and intent.,VA.3.1.1,Students Can:,Identify historical and cultural ideas evident in works of visual art and design.
Visual Arts,Third Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Investigate works of art and design to recognize how to create meaning with purpose and intent.,VA.3.1.1,Students Can:,Use the language of visual art and design as a tool to help determine artistic intent.
Visual Arts,Third Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Investigate works of art and design to recognize how to create meaning with purpose and intent.,VA.3.1.1,Students Can:,Discuss how the use of a material supports or detracts from intended meaning.
Visual Arts,Third Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Investigate works of art and design to recognize how to create meaning with purpose and intent.,VA.3.1.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Recognize personal characteristics, preferences, thoughts and feelings as one explores one's own art or the work of others. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)"
Visual Arts,Third Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Investigate works of art and design to recognize how to create meaning with purpose and intent.,VA.3.1.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Students can cite evidence to demonstrate understanding and support an analysis of a text or work of art such as but not limited to connecting an artist's color choices to emotions. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)
Visual Arts,Third Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Investigate works of art and design to recognize how to create meaning with purpose and intent.,VA.3.1.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students develop ownership over self-expression?
Visual Arts,Third Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Investigate works of art and design to recognize how to create meaning with purpose and intent.,VA.3.1.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students use choices to plan for intended outcomes?
Visual Arts,Third Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Investigate works of art and design to recognize how to create meaning with purpose and intent.,VA.3.1.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students investigate works of art and design to recognize how artists and designers create meaning?
Visual Arts,Third Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Investigate works of art and design to recognize how to create meaning with purpose and intent.,VA.3.1.1,Inquiry Questions:,"How can students explore, through art, the cultures that make their community/region unique?"
Visual Arts,Third Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Investigate works of art and design to recognize how to create meaning with purpose and intent.,VA.3.1.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,One can read artwork to uncover visual information.
Visual Arts,Third Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Demonstrate an understanding of how intent and purpose are informed by research and experimentation.,VA.3.2.1,Students Can:,Use peer feedback and self-reflection to inform next steps and improve works of art and design.
Visual Arts,Third Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Demonstrate an understanding of how intent and purpose are informed by research and experimentation.,VA.3.2.1,Students Can:,Describe how research informed a personal work of art.
Visual Arts,Third Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Demonstrate an understanding of how intent and purpose are informed by research and experimentation.,VA.3.2.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Experiment to find ways that articulate thoughts and ideas effectively using oral, written and/or nonverbal communication skills in a variety of forms and contexts (including multilingual) which includes visual art and design. (Creativity and Innovation)"
Visual Arts,Third Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Demonstrate an understanding of how intent and purpose are informed by research and experimentation.,VA.3.2.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Research to find, demonstrate an understanding of and value different perspectives expressed by others in works of art and design. (Interpersonal Communication)"
Visual Arts,Third Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Demonstrate an understanding of how intent and purpose are informed by research and experimentation.,VA.3.2.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students explain why there are different opinions about art?
Visual Arts,Third Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Demonstrate an understanding of how intent and purpose are informed by research and experimentation.,VA.3.2.1,Inquiry Questions:,How do students appreciate and value their opinions?
Visual Arts,Third Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Demonstrate an understanding of how intent and purpose are informed by research and experimentation.,VA.3.2.1,Inquiry Questions:,How do students self-evaluate their works of art?
Visual Arts,Third Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Demonstrate an understanding of how intent and purpose are informed by research and experimentation.,VA.3.2.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students speak with intention about art?
Visual Arts,Third Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Demonstrate an understanding of how intent and purpose are informed by research and experimentation.,VA.3.2.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artmaking incorporates reciprocal feedback.
Visual Arts,Third Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,2. Synthesize ideas about personal works of art and imagine possible next steps.,VA.3.2.2,Students Can:,Demonstrate understanding of how research inspires development of ideas.
Visual Arts,Third Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,2. Synthesize ideas about personal works of art and imagine possible next steps.,VA.3.2.2,Students Can:,Envision solutions to artmaking problems.
Visual Arts,Third Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,2. Synthesize ideas about personal works of art and imagine possible next steps.,VA.3.2.2,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Establish goals for a finished artwork and plan out steps accordingly such as sketching, receiving feedback, revising, etc. (Creativity and Innovation)"
Visual Arts,Third Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,2. Synthesize ideas about personal works of art and imagine possible next steps.,VA.3.2.2,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Students can synthesize information from multiple sources to demonstrate understanding of a topic such as art history, popular culture, or personal research. (Critical Thinking)"
Visual Arts,Third Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,2. Synthesize ideas about personal works of art and imagine possible next steps.,VA.3.2.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students be inspired by the everyday world around them?
Visual Arts,Third Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,2. Synthesize ideas about personal works of art and imagine possible next steps.,VA.3.2.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students use personal observation to gather ideas?
Visual Arts,Third Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,2. Synthesize ideas about personal works of art and imagine possible next steps.,VA.3.2.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students provide productive feedback for possible next steps?
Visual Arts,Third Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,2. Synthesize ideas about personal works of art and imagine possible next steps.,VA.3.2.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students explain artmaking choices and possible next steps for personal artwork?
Visual Arts,Third Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,2. Synthesize ideas about personal works of art and imagine possible next steps.,VA.3.2.2,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Ideas are developed over time throughout the artmaking process.
Visual Arts,Third Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Plan and create works of visual art and design recognizing various purposes and intentions.,VA.3.3.1,Students Can:,Demonstrate how working collaboratively can enhance the artistic process.
Visual Arts,Third Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Plan and create works of visual art and design recognizing various purposes and intentions.,VA.3.3.1,Students Can:,Demonstrate understanding of how experimentation helps develop making with purpose and intent.
Visual Arts,Third Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Plan and create works of visual art and design recognizing various purposes and intentions.,VA.3.3.1,Students Can:,Determine whether a work of art is finished.
Visual Arts,Third Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Plan and create works of visual art and design recognizing various purposes and intentions.,VA.3.3.1,Students Can:,Demonstrate how the art room is a community of makers.
Visual Arts,Third Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Plan and create works of visual art and design recognizing various purposes and intentions.,VA.3.3.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Create works of art and design through the use of various technologies. (Creativity and Innovation)
Visual Arts,Third Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Plan and create works of visual art and design recognizing various purposes and intentions.,VA.3.3.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Synthesize art and design ideas in original and surprising ways. (Creativity and Innovation)
Visual Arts,Third Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Plan and create works of visual art and design recognizing various purposes and intentions.,VA.3.3.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Form and test hypotheses to guide problem-solving in works of art and design. (Perseverance and Resilience)
Visual Arts,Third Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Plan and create works of visual art and design recognizing various purposes and intentions.,VA.3.3.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students select appropriate tools and media to communicate an idea?
Visual Arts,Third Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Plan and create works of visual art and design recognizing various purposes and intentions.,VA.3.3.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students use collaboration to enhance their thinking and making?
Visual Arts,Third Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Plan and create works of visual art and design recognizing various purposes and intentions.,VA.3.3.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students use visual language intentionally?
Visual Arts,Third Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Plan and create works of visual art and design recognizing various purposes and intentions.,VA.3.3.1,Inquiry Questions:,What questions can a student ask to determine if the work of art is finished?
Visual Arts,Third Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Plan and create works of visual art and design recognizing various purposes and intentions.,VA.3.3.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Different skills are accessed when working individually and collaboratively.
Visual Arts,Third Grade,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,1. Recognize how works of visual art and design communicate meaning both within a community and between diverse cultures.,VA.3.4.1,Students Can:,"Investigate how visual art and design can make connections between subjects, disciplines or events."
Visual Arts,Third Grade,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,1. Recognize how works of visual art and design communicate meaning both within a community and between diverse cultures.,VA.3.4.1,Students Can:,"Connect the meaning of personal works of art to historical, cultural or community events."
Visual Arts,Third Grade,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,1. Recognize how works of visual art and design communicate meaning both within a community and between diverse cultures.,VA.3.4.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Consider purpose, formality of context, audience and distinct cultural norms when planning content, mode, delivery and expression in art and design. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)"
Visual Arts,Third Grade,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,1. Recognize how works of visual art and design communicate meaning both within a community and between diverse cultures.,VA.3.4.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Recognize how members of a community rely on each other, considering contributions of artists and designers as applicable such as but not limited to historical mural collaborations by artists of the WPA Federal Art Project and contemporary collaborations like the Conejos Mural Project. (Interpersonal Communication)"
Visual Arts,Third Grade,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,1. Recognize how works of visual art and design communicate meaning both within a community and between diverse cultures.,VA.3.4.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students' communities be reflected in their art?
Visual Arts,Third Grade,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,1. Recognize how works of visual art and design communicate meaning both within a community and between diverse cultures.,VA.3.4.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students make connections between various disciplines through art?
Visual Arts,Third Grade,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,1. Recognize how works of visual art and design communicate meaning both within a community and between diverse cultures.,VA.3.4.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can the understanding of a student's culture enhance the understanding of other cultures?
Visual Arts,Third Grade,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,1. Recognize how works of visual art and design communicate meaning both within a community and between diverse cultures.,VA.3.4.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists work within the context of their communities.
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Uncover how artistic intent can be enhanced through the use of the language of visual art and design.,VA.4.1.1,Students Can:,Hypothesize the steps an artist may have used to complete a work of visual art or design.
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Uncover how artistic intent can be enhanced through the use of the language of visual art and design.,VA.4.1.1,Students Can:,Suggest alternative ways an artist could have communicated an idea.
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Uncover how artistic intent can be enhanced through the use of the language of visual art and design.,VA.4.1.1,Students Can:,Intentionally revise artwork to better communicate intended meaning.
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Uncover how artistic intent can be enhanced through the use of the language of visual art and design.,VA.4.1.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Recognize that problems can be identified and possible solutions can be created using the language of visual art and design. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Uncover how artistic intent can be enhanced through the use of the language of visual art and design.,VA.4.1.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Students can pose and respond to questions and contribute to the discussion about artistic intent. (Interpersonal Communication)
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Uncover how artistic intent can be enhanced through the use of the language of visual art and design.,VA.4.1.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students discuss artistic intent that recognizes the influence of contexts on artistic decisions?
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Uncover how artistic intent can be enhanced through the use of the language of visual art and design.,VA.4.1.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students examine the various approaches artists and designers use for the planning of artworks?
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Uncover how artistic intent can be enhanced through the use of the language of visual art and design.,VA.4.1.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists and designers make inferences based on contextual knowledge.
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"2. Respond to an artist's point of view being mindful of historical, contemporary, and cultural context.",VA.4.1.2,Students Can:,Recognize how the human experience is expressed in diverse ways.
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"2. Respond to an artist's point of view being mindful of historical, contemporary, and cultural context.",VA.4.1.2,Students Can:,Respond to works of art using inference and empathy.
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"2. Respond to an artist's point of view being mindful of historical, contemporary, and cultural context.",VA.4.1.2,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Look for and value different perspectives expressed by others in works of art and design. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"2. Respond to an artist's point of view being mindful of historical, contemporary, and cultural context.",VA.4.1.2,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Students can delineate an artist's argument, identify specific claims and distinguish if claims are supported by reasons and evidence. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)"
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"2. Respond to an artist's point of view being mindful of historical, contemporary, and cultural context.",VA.4.1.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students thoughtfully consider the experiences of others to support mindfulness?
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"2. Respond to an artist's point of view being mindful of historical, contemporary, and cultural context.",VA.4.1.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students use creative expression and aesthetic responses for multiple purposes?
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"2. Respond to an artist's point of view being mindful of historical, contemporary, and cultural context.",VA.4.1.2,Learning Experience and Transfer:,One can read visual information in works of art and design with genuine regard and concern.
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Interpret and evaluate personal work and the work of others with informed criteria.,VA.4.2.1,Students Can:,Discuss and define how to determine appropriate criteria for a given work of art.
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Interpret and evaluate personal work and the work of others with informed criteria.,VA.4.2.1,Students Can:,Discuss and form an opinion about the social and personal value of art.
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Interpret and evaluate personal work and the work of others with informed criteria.,VA.4.2.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Interpret and evaluate thoughts and ideas effectively using oral, written and/or nonverbal communication skills in a variety of forms and contexts (including multilingual) which includes visual art and design. (Interpersonal Communication)"
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Interpret and evaluate personal work and the work of others with informed criteria.,VA.4.2.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Look for and value different perspectives expressed by others in works of art and design using informed criteria. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Interpret and evaluate personal work and the work of others with informed criteria.,VA.4.2.1,Inquiry Questions:,How do students discuss and form opinions?
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Interpret and evaluate personal work and the work of others with informed criteria.,VA.4.2.1,Inquiry Questions:,How do students evaluate their progress to advance ideas?
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Interpret and evaluate personal work and the work of others with informed criteria.,VA.4.2.1,Inquiry Questions:,How do students determine criteria?
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Interpret and evaluate personal work and the work of others with informed criteria.,VA.4.2.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Establishing criteria is an aspect of evaluating art.
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,"2. Synthesize researched and visual information to imagine, inform and plan possible next steps in personal artmaking.",VA.4.2.2,Students Can:,Research from multiple sources to inspire works of visual art and design.
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,"2. Synthesize researched and visual information to imagine, inform and plan possible next steps in personal artmaking.",VA.4.2.2,Students Can:,Investigate the ways alternative ideas are generated.
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,"2. Synthesize researched and visual information to imagine, inform and plan possible next steps in personal artmaking.",VA.4.2.2,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Establish goals from researched and visual information in one's own artwork and plan out steps accordingly. (Self-Management)
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,"2. Synthesize researched and visual information to imagine, inform and plan possible next steps in personal artmaking.",VA.4.2.2,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Students can create content-specific arguments in which they state a claim, provide evidence from texts and sources to support the claim, and organize the evidence in well-reasoned, meaningful ways regarding a work of art. (Self-Advocacy and Initiative)"
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,"2. Synthesize researched and visual information to imagine, inform and plan possible next steps in personal artmaking.",VA.4.2.2,Inquiry Questions:,How do students use in-process critique to determine possible next steps?
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,"2. Synthesize researched and visual information to imagine, inform and plan possible next steps in personal artmaking.",VA.4.2.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students learn to research from diverse sources?
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,"2. Synthesize researched and visual information to imagine, inform and plan possible next steps in personal artmaking.",VA.4.2.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students use research to gather ideas?
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,"2. Synthesize researched and visual information to imagine, inform and plan possible next steps in personal artmaking.",VA.4.2.2,Inquiry Questions:,"How can students synthesize research to imagine, inform and plan possible next steps?"
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,"2. Synthesize researched and visual information to imagine, inform and plan possible next steps in personal artmaking.",VA.4.2.2,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Research is a continuous and ongoing aspect of artmaking.
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Investigate ideas of personal interest to plan and create works of visual art and design.,VA.4.3.1,Students Can:,Generate multiple ideas in order to select the idea that best communicates intended meaning.
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Investigate ideas of personal interest to plan and create works of visual art and design.,VA.4.3.1,Students Can:,Communicate a plan for completing works of visual art and design.
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Investigate ideas of personal interest to plan and create works of visual art and design.,VA.4.3.1,Students Can:,Analyze through collaborative discussion how personal works of art can be refined to effectively communicate.
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Investigate ideas of personal interest to plan and create works of visual art and design.,VA.4.3.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Synthesize ideas in works of art and design in original and surprising ways. (Creativity and Innovation)
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Investigate ideas of personal interest to plan and create works of visual art and design.,VA.4.3.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Look for and value different perspectives expressed by self and others as inspiration for creating works of art and design. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Investigate ideas of personal interest to plan and create works of visual art and design.,VA.4.3.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Demonstrate curiosity, imagination and eagerness to learn more as inspiration for works of art and design. (Creativity and Innovation)"
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Investigate ideas of personal interest to plan and create works of visual art and design.,VA.4.3.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students determine the qualities of a finished work of art?
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Investigate ideas of personal interest to plan and create works of visual art and design.,VA.4.3.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students identify opportunities for experimentation in the creative processes?
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Investigate ideas of personal interest to plan and create works of visual art and design.,VA.4.3.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists and designers consider and understand how a viewer can read and interpret intended meaning.
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Utilize media in traditional and inventive ways to communicate personal intent.,VA.4.3.2,Students Can:,Justify how choice of media communicates personal intent.
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Utilize media in traditional and inventive ways to communicate personal intent.,VA.4.3.2,Students Can:,Problem-solve and persist to determine the outcome of a final product.
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Utilize media in traditional and inventive ways to communicate personal intent.,VA.4.3.2,Students Can:,Prepare works of visual art and design for presentation.
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Utilize media in traditional and inventive ways to communicate personal intent.,VA.4.3.2,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Create works of art and design through the use of technologies. (Creativity and Innovation)
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Utilize media in traditional and inventive ways to communicate personal intent.,VA.4.3.2,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Synthesize ideas in works of art and design in original and surprising ways. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Utilize media in traditional and inventive ways to communicate personal intent.,VA.4.3.2,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Form and test hypotheses to guide problem-solving in works of art and design with personal intent. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Utilize media in traditional and inventive ways to communicate personal intent.,VA.4.3.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students transform an idea into a physical work of art?
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Utilize media in traditional and inventive ways to communicate personal intent.,VA.4.3.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students address issues of personal interest?
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Utilize media in traditional and inventive ways to communicate personal intent.,VA.4.3.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students communicate values and beliefs visually?
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Utilize media in traditional and inventive ways to communicate personal intent.,VA.4.3.2,Learning Experience and Transfer:,The sharing of artwork cultivates interest and knowledge.
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Investigate and discuss how diverse communities address issues relevant to their culture, place and times by sharing and creating art.",VA.4.4.1,Students Can:,"Identify and describe how visual art and design communicate meaning between any subject, discipline, event or issue."
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Investigate and discuss how diverse communities address issues relevant to their culture, place and times by sharing and creating art.",VA.4.4.1,Students Can:,Compare works of art between diverse cultures to understand how the role of art is perceived within a given community.
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Investigate and discuss how diverse communities address issues relevant to their culture, place and times by sharing and creating art.",VA.4.4.1,Students Can:,Compare how artists work in different cultures and at different times in history.
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Investigate and discuss how diverse communities address issues relevant to their culture, place and times by sharing and creating art.",VA.4.4.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Consider purpose, formality of context, audience and distinct cultural norms when planning content, mode, delivery and expression in works of art and design. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)"
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Investigate and discuss how diverse communities address issues relevant to their culture, place and times by sharing and creating art.",VA.4.4.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Recognize how members of a community, which includes artists and designers, rely on each other, considering personal contributions as applicable. (Interpersonal Communication)"
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Investigate and discuss how diverse communities address issues relevant to their culture, place and times by sharing and creating art.",VA.4.4.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students understand the interdisciplinary connections evident in art and design?
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Investigate and discuss how diverse communities address issues relevant to their culture, place and times by sharing and creating art.",VA.4.4.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students use comparison as a tool to develop greater understanding in art and design?
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Investigate and discuss how diverse communities address issues relevant to their culture, place and times by sharing and creating art.",VA.4.4.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students identify how the art of a culture changes over time?
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Investigate and discuss how diverse communities address issues relevant to their culture, place and times by sharing and creating art.",VA.4.4.1,Inquiry Questions:,"How can students investigate how diverse art traditions reflect time, place, and culture?"
Visual Arts,Fourth Grade,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Investigate and discuss how diverse communities address issues relevant to their culture, place and times by sharing and creating art.",VA.4.4.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists are agents of their own cultures.
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Investigate and analyze how specific points of view can be communicated through the language of visual art and design.,VA.5.1.1,Students Can:,Explore connections between works of art from different cultures through time.
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Investigate and analyze how specific points of view can be communicated through the language of visual art and design.,VA.5.1.1,Students Can:,Infer intended meaning using the language of visual art and design.
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Investigate and analyze how specific points of view can be communicated through the language of visual art and design.,VA.5.1.1,Students Can:,Investigate how artists communicate points of view through personal works of art based on lived experiences.
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Investigate and analyze how specific points of view can be communicated through the language of visual art and design.,VA.5.1.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Compare attitudes and beliefs as expressed through the language of visual art and design as an individual to others. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Investigate and analyze how specific points of view can be communicated through the language of visual art and design.,VA.5.1.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Students can cite evidence from content-specific texts to demonstrate understanding and support an analysis. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Investigate and analyze how specific points of view can be communicated through the language of visual art and design.,VA.5.1.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students make decisions about their own work?
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Investigate and analyze how specific points of view can be communicated through the language of visual art and design.,VA.5.1.1,Inquiry Questions:,How do students process divergent visual information?
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Investigate and analyze how specific points of view can be communicated through the language of visual art and design.,VA.5.1.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students think beyond generalizations to include differing and distinct points of view?
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Investigate and analyze how specific points of view can be communicated through the language of visual art and design.,VA.5.1.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists and designers associate meaning with point of view.
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,2. Demonstrate an understanding of how works of visual art and design are influenced by the culture of daily life.,VA.5.1.2,Students Can:,Observe and discuss how visual art and design exist in a shared contemporary world.
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,2. Demonstrate an understanding of how works of visual art and design are influenced by the culture of daily life.,VA.5.1.2,Students Can:,Investigate and discuss how popular culture influences visual art and design.
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,2. Demonstrate an understanding of how works of visual art and design are influenced by the culture of daily life.,VA.5.1.2,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Identify and reflect upon personal connections to community systems and how it is evidenced in art and design such as how public art can be influenced by the people in the community. (Social Awareness)
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,2. Demonstrate an understanding of how works of visual art and design are influenced by the culture of daily life.,VA.5.1.2,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Students can analyze and use information presented visually to support a claim. (Self-Advocacy and Initiative)
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,2. Demonstrate an understanding of how works of visual art and design are influenced by the culture of daily life.,VA.5.1.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students examine the role of cultural objects in the everyday environment?
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,2. Demonstrate an understanding of how works of visual art and design are influenced by the culture of daily life.,VA.5.1.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students respond to issues raised in popular culture to inspire original works of visual art and design?
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,2. Demonstrate an understanding of how works of visual art and design are influenced by the culture of daily life.,VA.5.1.2,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Visual art and design connect to daily life.
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,"1. Using a variety of criteria, question and evaluate works of art.",VA.5.2.1,Students Can:,Support collaborative dialogue to analyze and evaluate one's own work and that of others.
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,"1. Using a variety of criteria, question and evaluate works of art.",VA.5.2.1,Students Can:,Reflect on how intended meaning influences the artmaking process.
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,"1. Using a variety of criteria, question and evaluate works of art.",VA.5.2.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Articulate thoughts and ideas effectively using oral, written and/or nonverbal communication skills and a variety of criteria before, during and after making works of art and design. (Self-Advocacy and Initiative)"
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,"1. Using a variety of criteria, question and evaluate works of art.",VA.5.2.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Look for and value different perspectives expressed by others. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,"1. Using a variety of criteria, question and evaluate works of art.",VA.5.2.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students respect each other's points of view?
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,"1. Using a variety of criteria, question and evaluate works of art.",VA.5.2.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students create an environment that encourages a culture of safety that allows for risk-taking and divergent thinking?
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,"1. Using a variety of criteria, question and evaluate works of art.",VA.5.2.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students use different methods of reflection to evaluate their process and product?
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,"1. Using a variety of criteria, question and evaluate works of art.",VA.5.2.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students analyze diverse artworks and their different ways of visual communication to express diverse points of view?
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,"1. Using a variety of criteria, question and evaluate works of art.",VA.5.2.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Divergent thinking supports the development of intended meaning.
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,2. Visualize intended meaning and determine a method of planning that best supports personal artmaking.,VA.5.2.2,Students Can:,Reflect on how problem-solving drives the creative process.
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,2. Visualize intended meaning and determine a method of planning that best supports personal artmaking.,VA.5.2.2,Students Can:,Identify various methods of planning for visual art and design
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,2. Visualize intended meaning and determine a method of planning that best supports personal artmaking.,VA.5.2.2,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Establish goals for visual communication and plan out steps accordingly. (Creativity and Innovation)
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,2. Visualize intended meaning and determine a method of planning that best supports personal artmaking.,VA.5.2.2,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Students can present arguments or information in a logical sequence with a clear claim, supportive evidence and effective presence that build credibility. (Interpersonal Communication)"
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,2. Visualize intended meaning and determine a method of planning that best supports personal artmaking.,VA.5.2.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students use reflection to envision a resolution of their ideas?
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,2. Visualize intended meaning and determine a method of planning that best supports personal artmaking.,VA.5.2.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students consider alternatives while making works of art?
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,2. Visualize intended meaning and determine a method of planning that best supports personal artmaking.,VA.5.2.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students use planning to create meaning?
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,2. Visualize intended meaning and determine a method of planning that best supports personal artmaking.,VA.5.2.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students use research to determine a method of planning that best supports personal artmaking?
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,2. Visualize intended meaning and determine a method of planning that best supports personal artmaking.,VA.5.2.2,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Reflecting and envisioning are continuous and ongoing.
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Plan works of visual art and design where intended meaning is communicated to viewers.,VA.5.3.1,Students Can:,Make decisions during the creative process that best supports the intended point of view.
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Plan works of visual art and design where intended meaning is communicated to viewers.,VA.5.3.1,Students Can:,Discuss with others to determine if intended meaning was effectively communicated.
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Plan works of visual art and design where intended meaning is communicated to viewers.,VA.5.3.1,Students Can:,Contribute to the community of makers in a shared art space.
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Plan works of visual art and design where intended meaning is communicated to viewers.,VA.5.3.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Synthesize ideas in original and surprising ways to plan and communicate intent in works of art and design. (Adaptability and Flexibility)
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Plan works of visual art and design where intended meaning is communicated to viewers.,VA.5.3.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Look for and value different perspectives expressed by others to aid in planning how to communicate intent in works of art. (Creativity and Innovation)
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Plan works of visual art and design where intended meaning is communicated to viewers.,VA.5.3.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Demonstrate curiosity, imagination and eagerness to learn more through works of art and design. (Creativity and Innovation)"
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Plan works of visual art and design where intended meaning is communicated to viewers.,VA.5.3.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students establish intent for making?
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Plan works of visual art and design where intended meaning is communicated to viewers.,VA.5.3.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students create meaning through art interventions?
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Plan works of visual art and design where intended meaning is communicated to viewers.,VA.5.3.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists and designers consider and understand how a viewer can read and interpret the intended meaning.
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Apply an understanding of art processes and studio skills to create works of art and design.,VA.5.3.2,Students Can:,Utilize traditional and contemporary media to effectively communicate intended meaning.
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Apply an understanding of art processes and studio skills to create works of art and design.,VA.5.3.2,Students Can:,Revise works of visual art and design to improve ideas.
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Apply an understanding of art processes and studio skills to create works of art and design.,VA.5.3.2,Students Can:,Justify choices made during the artistic process that resulted in the finished work of art and design.
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Apply an understanding of art processes and studio skills to create works of art and design.,VA.5.3.2,Students Can:,Prepare works of art and design for presentation.
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Apply an understanding of art processes and studio skills to create works of art and design.,VA.5.3.2,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Create art and design through the use of technologies. (Creativity and Innovation)
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Apply an understanding of art processes and studio skills to create works of art and design.,VA.5.3.2,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Synthesize ideas in original and surprising ways in works of art and design. (Creativity and Innovation)
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Apply an understanding of art processes and studio skills to create works of art and design.,VA.5.3.2,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Form and test hypotheses using art processes and studio skill to guide problem-solving in works of art and design. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Apply an understanding of art processes and studio skills to create works of art and design.,VA.5.3.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students present their ideas and art work to their peers?
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Apply an understanding of art processes and studio skills to create works of art and design.,VA.5.3.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students determine what good craftsmanship look like?
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Apply an understanding of art processes and studio skills to create works of art and design.,VA.5.3.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students use technologies (contemporary media) to convey meaning?
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Apply an understanding of art processes and studio skills to create works of art and design.,VA.5.3.2,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists and designers create using an understanding of experimental and traditional processes.
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Using interdisciplinary knowledge, investigate and interpret how diverse communities address issues relevant to their place and times.",VA.5.4.1,Students Can:,Investigate how the reciprocal relationship between a work of visual art and design and the context of its culture deepens understanding.
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Using interdisciplinary knowledge, investigate and interpret how diverse communities address issues relevant to their place and times.",VA.5.4.1,Students Can:,Discuss how art reflects diverse social values and beliefs.
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Using interdisciplinary knowledge, investigate and interpret how diverse communities address issues relevant to their place and times.",VA.5.4.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Identify and explain multiple perspectives (cultural, global) when exploring visual art and design. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)"
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Using interdisciplinary knowledge, investigate and interpret how diverse communities address issues relevant to their place and times.",VA.5.4.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Connect knowledge of art and design (facts, theories, etc.) from personal ideas and understandings to civic engagement such as how artists respond to global events. (Civic Engagement)"
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Using interdisciplinary knowledge, investigate and interpret how diverse communities address issues relevant to their place and times.",VA.5.4.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Students can synthesize information from multiple sources to demonstrate understanding of a topic. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Using interdisciplinary knowledge, investigate and interpret how diverse communities address issues relevant to their place and times.",VA.5.4.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students develop well-rounded perspectives in regards to identity?
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Using interdisciplinary knowledge, investigate and interpret how diverse communities address issues relevant to their place and times.",VA.5.4.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students research art and design traditions to understand the intersectionality of culture?
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Using interdisciplinary knowledge, investigate and interpret how diverse communities address issues relevant to their place and times.",VA.5.4.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students build on cultural understanding when addressing real world problems?
Visual Arts,Fifth Grade,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Using interdisciplinary knowledge, investigate and interpret how diverse communities address issues relevant to their place and times.",VA.5.4.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Interdisciplinary knowledge informs cultural understanding.
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Apply the language of visual art and design to distinguish and differentiate meanings.,VA.M1.1.1,Students Can:,Respond verbally or in written format justifying and interpreting a work of art using the language of art and design.
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Apply the language of visual art and design to distinguish and differentiate meanings.,VA.M1.1.1,Students Can:,"Develop from oneself and various cultures a mental storehouse of images and the uses, symbolism and meaning of those images."
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Apply the language of visual art and design to distinguish and differentiate meanings.,VA.M1.1.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Establish goals for communication using the language of visual art and design and plan out steps accordingly. (Interpersonal Communication)
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Apply the language of visual art and design to distinguish and differentiate meanings.,VA.M1.1.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Students can cite textual evidence from content-specific sources to demonstrate understanding and support analysis, experiment and the creation of works of art and design. (Interpersonal Communication)"
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Apply the language of visual art and design to distinguish and differentiate meanings.,VA.M1.1.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students justify formal decisions used in artworks to communicate visual effects?
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Apply the language of visual art and design to distinguish and differentiate meanings.,VA.M1.1.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students use life experiences to create visual symbols for creative expression?
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Apply the language of visual art and design to distinguish and differentiate meanings.,VA.M1.1.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students apply analysis strategies to create a new understanding?
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Apply the language of visual art and design to distinguish and differentiate meanings.,VA.M1.1.1,Inquiry Questions:,What common language is used to improve communication about art?
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Apply the language of visual art and design to distinguish and differentiate meanings.,VA.M1.1.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists create a visual vocabulary and library.
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"2. Compare art from various historical, contemporary and cultural sources.",VA.M1.1.2,Students Can:,Describe and discuss the general characteristics of a work of art from various historical time periods.
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"2. Compare art from various historical, contemporary and cultural sources.",VA.M1.1.2,Students Can:,Interpret a variety of works of art while being respectful and mindful of culturally sensitive themes.
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"2. Compare art from various historical, contemporary and cultural sources.",VA.M1.1.2,Students Can:,Analyze works of art from various time periods and world cultures by their components of style and design.
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"2. Compare art from various historical, contemporary and cultural sources.",VA.M1.1.2,Students Can:,"Evaluate how interpretations of works of art change based on the viewer's time, place and culture."
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"2. Compare art from various historical, contemporary and cultural sources.",VA.M1.1.2,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Connect knowledge of art and design (facts, theories, etc.) from personal ideas/understandings to civic engagement which includes referencing historical, contemporary and cultural sources. (Community Member)"
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"2. Compare art from various historical, contemporary and cultural sources.",VA.M1.1.2,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Students can analyze and use information presented visually to support interpretations. (Problem Solver)
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"2. Compare art from various historical, contemporary and cultural sources.",VA.M1.1.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students recognize stylistic differences and commonalities of artwork created across time and cultures?
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"2. Compare art from various historical, contemporary and cultural sources.",VA.M1.1.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students value the influence of belief systems on the interpretation and analysis of works of art?
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"2. Compare art from various historical, contemporary and cultural sources.",VA.M1.1.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students use the reciprocal relationship of art and culture to uncover meaning?
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"2. Compare art from various historical, contemporary and cultural sources.",VA.M1.1.2,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists and designers analyze visual characteristics in cultural contexts.
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.","10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,"3. Utilize key concepts, issues and themes to connect the visual arts to other disciplines.",VA.M1.1.3,Students Can:,"Identify skills, ideas and themes in the visual arts that are influenced by other content areas."
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.","10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,"3. Utilize key concepts, issues and themes to connect the visual arts to other disciplines.",VA.M1.1.3,Students Can:,Create works of art using skills from other disciplines.
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.","10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,"3. Utilize key concepts, issues and themes to connect the visual arts to other disciplines.",VA.M1.1.3,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Collaboration between disciplines can be found during the entire creative process. (Collaboration and Teamwork)
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.","10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,"3. Utilize key concepts, issues and themes to connect the visual arts to other disciplines.",VA.M1.1.3,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Students can analyze content-specific texts to distinguish the factual evidence offered, reasoned judgments made and conclusions drawn, and speculative ideas offered. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)"
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.","10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,"3. Utilize key concepts, issues and themes to connect the visual arts to other disciplines.",VA.M1.1.3,Inquiry Questions:,How can students solve interdisciplinary problems using visual art and design?
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.","10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,"3. Utilize key concepts, issues and themes to connect the visual arts to other disciplines.",VA.M1.1.3,Inquiry Questions:,How can students investigate artworks through the lens of other disciplines?
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.","10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,"3. Utilize key concepts, issues and themes to connect the visual arts to other disciplines.",VA.M1.1.3,Inquiry Questions:,How can students recognize the visual arts encompass and reflect multiple aspects of life throughout time and cultures?
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.","10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,"3. Utilize key concepts, issues and themes to connect the visual arts to other disciplines.",VA.M1.1.3,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists employ varied disciplines harmoniously.
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Interpret meaning and evaluate works of visual art and design recognizing diverse points of view.,VA.M1.2.1,Students Can:,Interpret meaning in works of art from a variety of perspectives.
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Interpret meaning and evaluate works of visual art and design recognizing diverse points of view.,VA.M1.2.1,Students Can:,Research and compare works of art from different times and places.
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Interpret meaning and evaluate works of visual art and design recognizing diverse points of view.,VA.M1.2.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Identify and explain multiple perspectives in works of art and design. (Global and Cultural Awareness)
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Interpret meaning and evaluate works of visual art and design recognizing diverse points of view.,VA.M1.2.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Examine how individuals interpret messages differently, how values and points of view are included or excluded and how media can influence beliefs and behaviors. (Interpersonal Communication)"
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Interpret meaning and evaluate works of visual art and design recognizing diverse points of view.,VA.M1.2.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students see meaning as a function of context?
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Interpret meaning and evaluate works of visual art and design recognizing diverse points of view.,VA.M1.2.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students engage in art analysis by comparing works through history and culture?
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Interpret meaning and evaluate works of visual art and design recognizing diverse points of view.,VA.M1.2.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists identify multiple points of view.
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Interpret meaning and evaluate works of visual art and design recognizing diverse points of view.,VA.M1.2.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists establish and link background knowledge.
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,"2. Describe, analyze and interpret works of art using specific art vocabulary.",VA.M1.2.2,Students Can:,Describe and analyze works of art using the language of visual art and design.
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,"2. Describe, analyze and interpret works of art using specific art vocabulary.",VA.M1.2.2,Students Can:,Explain the visual qualities of a specified work of art from multiple points of view.
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,"2. Describe, analyze and interpret works of art using specific art vocabulary.",VA.M1.2.2,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Articulate thoughts and ideas using specific art vocabulary effectively using oral, written and/or nonverbal communication. (Interpersonal Communication)"
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,"2. Describe, analyze and interpret works of art using specific art vocabulary.",VA.M1.2.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students analyze a work of art using a common language?
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,"2. Describe, analyze and interpret works of art using specific art vocabulary.",VA.M1.2.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students articulate the varied perspectives a viewer might have to a work of art?
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,"2. Describe, analyze and interpret works of art using specific art vocabulary.",VA.M1.2.2,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists and designers demonstrate and model.
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,"2. Describe, analyze and interpret works of art using specific art vocabulary.",VA.M1.2.2,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists connect academic language across diverse disciplines.
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Plan the creation of a work of art utilizing feedback.,VA.M1.3.1,Students Can:,Use feedback from peers to plan and create works of art.
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Plan the creation of a work of art utilizing feedback.,VA.M1.3.1,Students Can:,Propose revisions to works of art using the language of visual art and design.
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Plan the creation of a work of art utilizing feedback.,VA.M1.3.1,Students Can:,Evaluate redirection and revision during the creative process.
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Plan the creation of a work of art utilizing feedback.,VA.M1.3.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Value and consider incorporating different perspectives expressed by others in works of art. (Interpersonal Communication)
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Plan the creation of a work of art utilizing feedback.,VA.M1.3.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Develop and utilize basic task and time management strategies effectively in planning and creating works of art and design. (Self-Management)
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Plan the creation of a work of art utilizing feedback.,VA.M1.3.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Students can generate questions to guide their research into planning a work of art, gather information, determine biases and credibility of sources, and use gathered information in their artwork. (Self-Management)"
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Plan the creation of a work of art utilizing feedback.,VA.M1.3.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students look for and value different perspectives about their work as they engage in the artmaking process?
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Plan the creation of a work of art utilizing feedback.,VA.M1.3.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students utilize suggestions in order to find workable solutions?
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Plan the creation of a work of art utilizing feedback.,VA.M1.3.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artmaking can involve cooperative learning.
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Plan the creation of a work of art utilizing feedback.,VA.M1.3.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists use conceptual and project-based learning.
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Plan the creation of a work of art utilizing feedback.,VA.M1.3.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artmaking uses imagining to develop artistic vision.
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Plan the creation of a work of art utilizing feedback.,VA.M1.3.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists and designers can use organized critiques.
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Plan the creation of a work of art utilizing feedback.,VA.M1.3.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,"Artists and designers synthesize knowledge, skill and imagination to solve problems and express meaning."
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,"2. Explore various media, materials and techniques used to create works of visual art and design.",VA.M1.3.2,Students Can:,Recognize and utilize the individual characteristics of each medium.
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,"2. Explore various media, materials and techniques used to create works of visual art and design.",VA.M1.3.2,Students Can:,"Identify and differentiate the relationships between media choice, art processes and final solutions."
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,"2. Explore various media, materials and techniques used to create works of visual art and design.",VA.M1.3.2,Students Can:,Create and display works of art using a wide variety of contemporary and available media.
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,"2. Explore various media, materials and techniques used to create works of visual art and design.",VA.M1.3.2,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Demonstrate flexibility, imagination and inventiveness in artmaking. (Creativity and Innovation, Adaptability and Flexibility)"
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,"2. Explore various media, materials and techniques used to create works of visual art and design.",VA.M1.3.2,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Discern differences of effective and ineffective processes, communication and tasks in creating works of art and design. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)"
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,"2. Explore various media, materials and techniques used to create works of visual art and design.",VA.M1.3.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students choose media based on its inherent qualities in order to enhance their work?
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,"2. Explore various media, materials and techniques used to create works of visual art and design.",VA.M1.3.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students reflect on finished artworks in various media in order to make decisions about future media choices?
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,"2. Explore various media, materials and techniques used to create works of visual art and design.",VA.M1.3.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students make and curate work in order to share with viewers?
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,"2. Explore various media, materials and techniques used to create works of visual art and design.",VA.M1.3.2,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists and designers use demonstration.
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,"2. Explore various media, materials and techniques used to create works of visual art and design.",VA.M1.3.2,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artmaking involves exploration and discovery.
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,"2. Explore various media, materials and techniques used to create works of visual art and design.",VA.M1.3.2,Learning Experience and Transfer:,"Artists connect effective strategies of focused, goal-oriented investigation."
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,3. Invent and Discover to Create,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,3. Utilize current and available technology to refine ideas in works of art.,VA.M1.3.3,Students Can:,Evaluate various technological processes used to make art.
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,3. Invent and Discover to Create,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,3. Utilize current and available technology to refine ideas in works of art.,VA.M1.3.3,Students Can:,Recognize and discuss how technology operates in the creation of works of art.
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,3. Invent and Discover to Create,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,3. Utilize current and available technology to refine ideas in works of art.,VA.M1.3.3,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Create works of art and design through the use of technologies such as but not limited to the use of digital photo/video enhancing tools. (Digital Literacy)
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,3. Invent and Discover to Create,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,3. Utilize current and available technology to refine ideas in works of art.,VA.M1.3.3,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Innovate from failure, connect learning across domains and recognize new opportunities while creating works of art and design. (Critical Thinking and Analysis, Adaptability and Flexibility)"
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,3. Invent and Discover to Create,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,3. Utilize current and available technology to refine ideas in works of art.,VA.M1.3.3,Inquiry Questions:,How can students investigate technological processes that express their chosen ideas?
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,3. Invent and Discover to Create,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,3. Utilize current and available technology to refine ideas in works of art.,VA.M1.3.3,Inquiry Questions:,How can students articulate the possible roles of technology in the creative process?
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,3. Invent and Discover to Create,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,3. Utilize current and available technology to refine ideas in works of art.,VA.M1.3.3,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artmaking involves project-based learning.
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,3. Invent and Discover to Create,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,3. Utilize current and available technology to refine ideas in works of art.,VA.M1.3.3,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists connect planning to implementation.
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,3. Invent and Discover to Create,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,3. Utilize current and available technology to refine ideas in works of art.,VA.M1.3.3,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists use imagining to develop artistic vision.
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,3. Invent and Discover to Create,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,3. Utilize current and available technology to refine ideas in works of art.,VA.M1.3.3,Learning Experience and Transfer:,"Artists and designers synthesize knowledge, skill and imagination to solve problems and express meaning."
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Infer from works of visual art, design, and visual culture using interdisciplinary knowledge, how diverse communities address issues relevant to their culture, place, and times.",VA.M1.4.1,Students Can:,"Explain and create works of art that incorporate everyday life, traditions, customs and special events."
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Infer from works of visual art, design, and visual culture using interdisciplinary knowledge, how diverse communities address issues relevant to their culture, place, and times.",VA.M1.4.1,Students Can:,Draw conclusions from representations of ancestry in works of art.
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Infer from works of visual art, design, and visual culture using interdisciplinary knowledge, how diverse communities address issues relevant to their culture, place, and times.",VA.M1.4.1,Students Can:,Identify and explain cross-disciplinary connections in works of art.
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Infer from works of visual art, design, and visual culture using interdisciplinary knowledge, how diverse communities address issues relevant to their culture, place, and times.",VA.M1.4.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Examine how individuals interpret messages differently, how values and points of view are included or excluded and how media can influence beliefs and behaviors. (Communication)"
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Infer from works of visual art, design, and visual culture using interdisciplinary knowledge, how diverse communities address issues relevant to their culture, place, and times.",VA.M1.4.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Identify and explain multiple perspectives when exploring visual art and design. (Global and Cultural Awareness, Social Awareness)"
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Infer from works of visual art, design, and visual culture using interdisciplinary knowledge, how diverse communities address issues relevant to their culture, place, and times.",VA.M1.4.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Students can synthesize information from multiple sources to demonstrate understanding of a topic. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Infer from works of visual art, design, and visual culture using interdisciplinary knowledge, how diverse communities address issues relevant to their culture, place, and times.",VA.M1.4.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students utilize personal traditions and their everyday life experiences to create an artwork?
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Infer from works of visual art, design, and visual culture using interdisciplinary knowledge, how diverse communities address issues relevant to their culture, place, and times.",VA.M1.4.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students respectfully consider ancestry in works of art?
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Infer from works of visual art, design, and visual culture using interdisciplinary knowledge, how diverse communities address issues relevant to their culture, place, and times.",VA.M1.4.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students identify the intersections between content areas in works of art?
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Infer from works of visual art, design, and visual culture using interdisciplinary knowledge, how diverse communities address issues relevant to their culture, place, and times.",VA.M1.4.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists consider multiple perspectives by investigating the context in which a work is made.
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Infer from works of visual art, design, and visual culture using interdisciplinary knowledge, how diverse communities address issues relevant to their culture, place, and times.",VA.M1.4.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists and designers connect the interdependent relationship that art and societies have.
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,,,2. Investigate art and other careers that use creative and design thinking.,VA.M1.4.2,Students Can:,Investigate how art is incorporated into contemporary careers.
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,,,2. Investigate art and other careers that use creative and design thinking.,VA.M1.4.2,Students Can:,Research an art-related career of personal interest.
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,,,2. Investigate art and other careers that use creative and design thinking.,VA.M1.4.2,Students Can:,"Explain the contributions that art historians, cultural anthropologists, philosophers of art, engineers, computer designers, software engineers or others make to their community and society as a whole."
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,,,2. Investigate art and other careers that use creative and design thinking.,VA.M1.4.2,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Pursue a path of inquiry initiated by personal connections to careers and other life pursuits. (Self-Awareness, Career Awareness)"
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,,,2. Investigate art and other careers that use creative and design thinking.,VA.M1.4.2,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Demonstrate a willingness to try new things. (Adaptability and Flexibility)
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,,,2. Investigate art and other careers that use creative and design thinking.,VA.M1.4.2,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Students can pose and respond to questions and contribute to the discussion about a topic, text or work of art and design in order to advance the dialogue. (Interpersonal Communication)"
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,,,2. Investigate art and other careers that use creative and design thinking.,VA.M1.4.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students explore art as a career path and creative thinking as an asset in many workplaces?
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,,,2. Investigate art and other careers that use creative and design thinking.,VA.M1.4.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students utilize research to discover art careers of personal interests?
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,,,2. Investigate art and other careers that use creative and design thinking.,VA.M1.4.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students recognize creativity and design thinking as tools of many professionals in communities and society?
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,,,2. Investigate art and other careers that use creative and design thinking.,VA.M1.4.2,Learning Experience and Transfer:,"Imagining, artistic visioning and the design-thinking process can benefit many lifelong pursuits."
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,,,2. Investigate art and other careers that use creative and design thinking.,VA.M1.4.2,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists connect new knowledge to personal preferences.
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,,,,3. Investigate how art addresses contemporary issues and community and societal concerns.,VA.M1.4.3,Students Can:,Display research about artists that engage in social commentary.
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,,,,3. Investigate how art addresses contemporary issues and community and societal concerns.,VA.M1.4.3,Students Can:,Research the motivation for works of art that address social issues.
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,,,,3. Investigate how art addresses contemporary issues and community and societal concerns.,VA.M1.4.3,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Connect art and design knowledge (facts, theories, etc.) from personal ideas and understanding to civic engagement, such as but not limited to investigation of honored elders of a community and creating murals, sculptures, or other public works of art to highlight these contributions. (Civic Engagement)"
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,,,,3. Investigate how art addresses contemporary issues and community and societal concerns.,VA.M1.4.3,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Apply ethical perspectives/concepts to an ethical question/situation/scenario regarding art and design. (Global and Cultural Awareness)
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,,,,3. Investigate how art addresses contemporary issues and community and societal concerns.,VA.M1.4.3,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Students can present arguments or information in a logical sequence with a clear claim, supportive evidence and effective presence that builds credibility such as in their interpretation of a work of art and elements that the artist uses to communicate their ideas. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)"
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,,,,3. Investigate how art addresses contemporary issues and community and societal concerns.,VA.M1.4.3,Inquiry Questions:,How can students share their research about artists as agents of social change?
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,,,,3. Investigate how art addresses contemporary issues and community and societal concerns.,VA.M1.4.3,Inquiry Questions:,How can students analyze the reasons why artists create works about social issues?
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,,,,3. Investigate how art addresses contemporary issues and community and societal concerns.,VA.M1.4.3,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists identify and critique social issues and create work with real world and personal relevance.
Visual Arts,Middle School 1,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,,,,3. Investigate how art addresses contemporary issues and community and societal concerns.,VA.M1.4.3,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists and designers can connect personal ideas to civic engagement.
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,"1. Analyze works of art and visual culture, and apply the language of visual art and design, to infer meaning.",VA.M2.1.1,Students Can:,Apply the language of visual art and design to describe the aesthetic value of works of art.
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,"1. Analyze works of art and visual culture, and apply the language of visual art and design, to infer meaning.",VA.M2.1.1,Students Can:,Evaluate the emotional significance generated by the language of visual art and design.
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,"1. Analyze works of art and visual culture, and apply the language of visual art and design, to infer meaning.",VA.M2.1.1,Students Can:,Differentiate and implement the language of visual art and design when observing works of art.
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,"1. Analyze works of art and visual culture, and apply the language of visual art and design, to infer meaning.",VA.M2.1.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Investigate to form hypotheses, make observations and draw conclusions about how artists use the language of visual art and design to make meaning. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)"
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,"1. Analyze works of art and visual culture, and apply the language of visual art and design, to infer meaning.",VA.M2.1.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Students can cite textual evidence from content-specific texts or works of art to demonstrate understanding and support analysis. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,"1. Analyze works of art and visual culture, and apply the language of visual art and design, to infer meaning.",VA.M2.1.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students use analysis to create a new understanding?
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,"1. Analyze works of art and visual culture, and apply the language of visual art and design, to infer meaning.",VA.M2.1.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students consider the aesthetic value of works of art?
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,"1. Analyze works of art and visual culture, and apply the language of visual art and design, to infer meaning.",VA.M2.1.1,Inquiry Questions:,What common language is used to improve communication about art?
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,"1. Analyze works of art and visual culture, and apply the language of visual art and design, to infer meaning.",VA.M2.1.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists evaluate the role of aesthetic decisions to support meaning.
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"2. Recognize and interpret works of art through the lens of time, place and culture.",VA.M2.1.2,Students Can:,Examine and articulate works of art that communicate significant cultural beliefs or sets of values.
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"2. Recognize and interpret works of art through the lens of time, place and culture.",VA.M2.1.2,Students Can:,Investigate and discuss how exposure to various cultures and styles influences feelings and emotions toward art forms.
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"2. Recognize and interpret works of art through the lens of time, place and culture.",VA.M2.1.2,Students Can:,Interpret and demonstrate how works of art synthesize historical and cultural meaning.
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"2. Recognize and interpret works of art through the lens of time, place and culture.",VA.M2.1.2,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Identify and explain multiple perspectives (cultural, global) when exploring events, ideas and issues in works of art. (Global and Cultural Awareness)"
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"2. Recognize and interpret works of art through the lens of time, place and culture.",VA.M2.1.2,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Students can analyze and use information presented visually to support interpretation. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"2. Recognize and interpret works of art through the lens of time, place and culture.",VA.M2.1.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students understand the various ways art changes with time?
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"2. Recognize and interpret works of art through the lens of time, place and culture.",VA.M2.1.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students examine the impact of time and place on meaning in a work of art?
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"2. Recognize and interpret works of art through the lens of time, place and culture.",VA.M2.1.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students study artists and works of art to gain historical awareness?
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"2. Recognize and interpret works of art through the lens of time, place and culture.",VA.M2.1.2,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists contextualize divergent art histories and traditions.
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.","10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,"3. Employ concepts, issues and themes from other disciplines to solve visual arts problems.",VA.M2.1.3,Students Can:,"Incorporate key concepts, issues and themes from other disciplines into works of art."
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.","10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,"3. Employ concepts, issues and themes from other disciplines to solve visual arts problems.",VA.M2.1.3,Students Can:,"Explain and discuss how concepts, ideas and themes from other disciplines can be used in the visual arts."
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.","10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,"3. Employ concepts, issues and themes from other disciplines to solve visual arts problems.",VA.M2.1.3,Students Can:,"Explain how skills, themes and key concepts from other disciplines help artists improve their work."
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.","10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,"3. Employ concepts, issues and themes from other disciplines to solve visual arts problems.",VA.M2.1.3,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Define the visual art and design problem using a variety of strategies. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.","10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,"3. Employ concepts, issues and themes from other disciplines to solve visual arts problems.",VA.M2.1.3,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Synthesize creative solutions from a variety of disciplines to solve visual art and design problems. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.","10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,"3. Employ concepts, issues and themes from other disciplines to solve visual arts problems.",VA.M2.1.3,Inquiry Questions:,How can students use interdisciplinary knowledge to create works of visual art and design?
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.","10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,"3. Employ concepts, issues and themes from other disciplines to solve visual arts problems.",VA.M2.1.3,Inquiry Questions:,How can students incorporate information from a variety of sources to communicate complex visual ideas?
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.","10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,"3. Employ concepts, issues and themes from other disciplines to solve visual arts problems.",VA.M2.1.3,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists identify opportunities for interdisciplinary problem-solving.
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,"1. Determine meaning from works of art and design using visual literacy skills such as interpretation, negotiation, appreciation and selection.",VA.M2.2.1,Students Can:,Explain and justify the visual elements artists use to express ideas in specific works of art.
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,"1. Determine meaning from works of art and design using visual literacy skills such as interpretation, negotiation, appreciation and selection.",VA.M2.2.1,Students Can:,"Discuss, debate and negotiate possible alternative interpretations of works of art."
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,"1. Determine meaning from works of art and design using visual literacy skills such as interpretation, negotiation, appreciation and selection.",VA.M2.2.1,Students Can:,Utilize visual literacy skills in verbal or written discourse to construct meaning from works of art considering multiple points of view.
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,"1. Determine meaning from works of art and design using visual literacy skills such as interpretation, negotiation, appreciation and selection.",VA.M2.2.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Question to develop further understanding. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,"1. Determine meaning from works of art and design using visual literacy skills such as interpretation, negotiation, appreciation and selection.",VA.M2.2.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Interpret works of art and design with consideration to purpose, context, audience and cultural norms. (Global and Cultural Awareness)"
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,"1. Determine meaning from works of art and design using visual literacy skills such as interpretation, negotiation, appreciation and selection.",VA.M2.2.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Students can trace an argument in a content-specific text to understand how a creator organizes information, crafts an argument and uses domain-specific language to convey ideas. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)"
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,"1. Determine meaning from works of art and design using visual literacy skills such as interpretation, negotiation, appreciation and selection.",VA.M2.2.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students explain and justify visual text in an artwork?
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,"1. Determine meaning from works of art and design using visual literacy skills such as interpretation, negotiation, appreciation and selection.",VA.M2.2.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students explain and justify visual elements as expressions of ideas?
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,"1. Determine meaning from works of art and design using visual literacy skills such as interpretation, negotiation, appreciation and selection.",VA.M2.2.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students consider multiple viewpoints as they write and speak about meaning in art?
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,"1. Determine meaning from works of art and design using visual literacy skills such as interpretation, negotiation, appreciation and selection.",VA.M2.2.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists and designers establish and link background knowledge.
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,"1. Determine meaning from works of art and design using visual literacy skills such as interpretation, negotiation, appreciation and selection.",VA.M2.2.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,"Artists read, write and use vocabulary through an interdisciplinary lens."
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,2. Utilize appropriate vocabulary in the critical analysis of works of art.,VA.M2.2.2,Students Can:,Explain the purpose of a variety of visual and conceptual elements in works of art.
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,2. Utilize appropriate vocabulary in the critical analysis of works of art.,VA.M2.2.2,Students Can:,Decode the meaning in works of art using visual evidence.
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,2. Utilize appropriate vocabulary in the critical analysis of works of art.,VA.M2.2.2,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Articulate thoughts and ideas effectively using oral, written and/or nonverbal communication in analysis of works of art. (Interpersonal Communication)"
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,2. Utilize appropriate vocabulary in the critical analysis of works of art.,VA.M2.2.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students investigate the formal components and ideas in a work of art?
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,2. Utilize appropriate vocabulary in the critical analysis of works of art.,VA.M2.2.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students utilize visual cues in a work of art to understand a work of art?
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,2. Utilize appropriate vocabulary in the critical analysis of works of art.,VA.M2.2.2,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists and designers use demonstration and modeling.
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,2. Utilize appropriate vocabulary in the critical analysis of works of art.,VA.M2.2.2,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists connect specific academic language to diverse disciplines.
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,"1. Plan, anticipate outcomes and use feedback to grow as an artist.",VA.M2.3.1,Students Can:,"Plan, revise and refine an idea."
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,"1. Plan, anticipate outcomes and use feedback to grow as an artist.",VA.M2.3.1,Students Can:,Generate works of art based on selected themes or anticipated goals.
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,"1. Plan, anticipate outcomes and use feedback to grow as an artist.",VA.M2.3.1,Students Can:,Identify or demonstrate changes in personal style or skill level in works of art over time.
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,"1. Plan, anticipate outcomes and use feedback to grow as an artist.",VA.M2.3.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Look for and value different perspectives expressed by others in planning and creating. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,"1. Plan, anticipate outcomes and use feedback to grow as an artist.",VA.M2.3.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Assess personal strengths and limitations in order to grow as an artist. (Self-Awareness)
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,"1. Plan, anticipate outcomes and use feedback to grow as an artist.",VA.M2.3.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Students can generate questions to guide their research into making, gather information from multiple sources, determine biases and credibility of sources, and use evidence to create. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)"
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,"1. Plan, anticipate outcomes and use feedback to grow as an artist.",VA.M2.3.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can a student explore the progression of an artist's work in order to understand how artists grow?
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,"1. Plan, anticipate outcomes and use feedback to grow as an artist.",VA.M2.3.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students persist in steps of the creative process in order to present their artworks?
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,"1. Plan, anticipate outcomes and use feedback to grow as an artist.",VA.M2.3.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can a student utilize a theme or goal to guide their thinking and making processes?
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,"1. Plan, anticipate outcomes and use feedback to grow as an artist.",VA.M2.3.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists and designers can incorporate cooperative learning.
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,"1. Plan, anticipate outcomes and use feedback to grow as an artist.",VA.M2.3.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artmaking involves conceptual and project-based learning.
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,"1. Plan, anticipate outcomes and use feedback to grow as an artist.",VA.M2.3.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artmaking uses imagining to develop artistic vision.
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,"1. Plan, anticipate outcomes and use feedback to grow as an artist.",VA.M2.3.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists and designers can use organized critiques.
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,"1. Plan, anticipate outcomes and use feedback to grow as an artist.",VA.M2.3.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,"Artists and designers synthesize knowledge, skill and imagination to solve problems and express meaning."
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Demonstrate technical skills and processes to achieve desired results.,VA.M2.3.2,Students Can:,"Create works of art from observation, photographs and stored mental images adding personal interpretations."
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Demonstrate technical skills and processes to achieve desired results.,VA.M2.3.2,Students Can:,Demonstrate and apply perceptual skills to create works of art.
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Demonstrate technical skills and processes to achieve desired results.,VA.M2.3.2,Students Can:,Research and communicate personal ideas and interests in works of art.
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Demonstrate technical skills and processes to achieve desired results.,VA.M2.3.2,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Innovate from failure, connect learning across domains and recognize new opportunities while creating works of art using technical skills. (Creativity and Innovation, Adaptability and Flexibility)"
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Demonstrate technical skills and processes to achieve desired results.,VA.M2.3.2,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Form and test hypotheses in regard to art media and techniques to guide problem-solving. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Demonstrate technical skills and processes to achieve desired results.,VA.M2.3.2,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Students can synthesize information from multiple sources to demonstrate understanding of a topic. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Demonstrate technical skills and processes to achieve desired results.,VA.M2.3.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students use various imagery to inspire their work but add their own twist or interpretation?
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Demonstrate technical skills and processes to achieve desired results.,VA.M2.3.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students develop attention and awareness in order to create works of art?
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Demonstrate technical skills and processes to achieve desired results.,VA.M2.3.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students research and use ideas that are relevant to them to create a meaningful artwork?
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Demonstrate technical skills and processes to achieve desired results.,VA.M2.3.2,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artmaking involves project-based learning.
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Demonstrate technical skills and processes to achieve desired results.,VA.M2.3.2,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists connect planning to implementation.
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Demonstrate technical skills and processes to achieve desired results.,VA.M2.3.2,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists connect learning a skill to persevering to master the skill.
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,3. Invent and Discover to Create,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,3. Utilize current and available technology as a primary medium to create original works of art.,VA.M2.3.3,Students Can:,Explore ways to manipulate works of art through technology.
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,3. Invent and Discover to Create,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,3. Utilize current and available technology as a primary medium to create original works of art.,VA.M2.3.3,Students Can:,Utilize current and available technologies to create new forms of 2-D and 3-D art.
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,3. Invent and Discover to Create,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,3. Utilize current and available technology as a primary medium to create original works of art.,VA.M2.3.3,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Create art and design through the use of technologies. (Interpersonal Communication)
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,3. Invent and Discover to Create,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,3. Utilize current and available technology as a primary medium to create original works of art.,VA.M2.3.3,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Synthesize ideas in original and surprising ways in works of art. (Creativity and Innovation)
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,3. Invent and Discover to Create,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,3. Utilize current and available technology as a primary medium to create original works of art.,VA.M2.3.3,Inquiry Questions:,How can students explore the tools of technology in order to transform images and ideas?
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,3. Invent and Discover to Create,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,3. Utilize current and available technology as a primary medium to create original works of art.,VA.M2.3.3,Inquiry Questions:,How can students use technology to create innovative artworks?
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,3. Invent and Discover to Create,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,3. Utilize current and available technology as a primary medium to create original works of art.,VA.M2.3.3,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artmaking involves project-based learning.
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,3. Invent and Discover to Create,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,3. Utilize current and available technology as a primary medium to create original works of art.,VA.M2.3.3,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists connect planning to implementation.
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,3. Invent and Discover to Create,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,3. Utilize current and available technology as a primary medium to create original works of art.,VA.M2.3.3,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artmaking involves imagining to develop artistic vision.
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,3. Invent and Discover to Create,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,3. Utilize current and available technology as a primary medium to create original works of art.,VA.M2.3.3,Learning Experience and Transfer:,"Artists and designers synthesize knowledge, skill and imagination to solve problems and express meaning."
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Investigate how artists, designers, and scholars narrate their social context.",VA.M2.4.1,Students Can:,"Design and create works of art using images, words and symbols that illustrate personal community or culture."
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Investigate how artists, designers, and scholars narrate their social context.",VA.M2.4.1,Students Can:,Analyze and explain how artists and cultures have used art to communicate ideas and identity throughout history.
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Investigate how artists, designers, and scholars narrate their social context.",VA.M2.4.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Identify and explain multiple perspectives (cultural, global) when exploring visual art and design. (Global and Cultural Awareness)"
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Investigate how artists, designers, and scholars narrate their social context.",VA.M2.4.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Recognize and describe cause-and-effect relationships and patterns in everyday experiences. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Investigate how artists, designers, and scholars narrate their social context.",VA.M2.4.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Students can synthesize information from multiple sources to demonstrate understanding of a topic. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Investigate how artists, designers, and scholars narrate their social context.",VA.M2.4.1,Inquiry Questions:,"How can students utilize personally significant, symbolic imagery to create an artwork that expresses their time, place and culture?"
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Investigate how artists, designers, and scholars narrate their social context.",VA.M2.4.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students read artworks to find evidence of societal values and beliefs?
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Investigate how artists, designers, and scholars narrate their social context.",VA.M2.4.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students analyze the ways in which art has been used to communicate ideas?
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Investigate how artists, designers, and scholars narrate their social context.",VA.M2.4.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists consider multiple perspectives through investigation and inquiry.
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Investigate how artists, designers, and scholars narrate their social context.",VA.M2.4.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists and designers connect the interdependent relationship that art and societies have.
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,,,2. Identify where the visual arts and artistic thinking are present in the real world.,VA.M2.4.2,Students Can:,Discuss and explain how the visual arts are an integral part of popular culture.
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,,,2. Identify where the visual arts and artistic thinking are present in the real world.,VA.M2.4.2,Students Can:,Recognize and articulate how artists and designers use critical thinking skills in the community.
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,,,2. Identify where the visual arts and artistic thinking are present in the real world.,VA.M2.4.2,Students Can:,Explore and evaluate ways that artistic thinking is used to solve problems in various careers.
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,,,2. Identify where the visual arts and artistic thinking are present in the real world.,VA.M2.4.2,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Define the problem using a variety of strategies in works of art and design as well as in everyday life. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,,,2. Identify where the visual arts and artistic thinking are present in the real world.,VA.M2.4.2,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Make connections between information gathered in artmaking and personal experiences to apply and/or test solutions. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,,,2. Identify where the visual arts and artistic thinking are present in the real world.,VA.M2.4.2,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Students can pose and respond to questions and contribute to the discussion about a topic or text in order to advance the dialogue. (Interpersonal Communication)
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,,,2. Identify where the visual arts and artistic thinking are present in the real world.,VA.M2.4.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students engage in discourse about the intersections of art and popular culture?
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,,,2. Identify where the visual arts and artistic thinking are present in the real world.,VA.M2.4.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students demonstrate understanding of the ways in which artists and designers make connections between information gathered and personal experiences and apply creative solutions?
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,,,2. Identify where the visual arts and artistic thinking are present in the real world.,VA.M2.4.2,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Critical thinking and the design thinking process are used across disciplines.
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,,,2. Identify where the visual arts and artistic thinking are present in the real world.,VA.M2.4.2,Learning Experience and Transfer:,"Imagining, artistic visioning and the design thinking process can benefit many lifelong pursuits."
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,,,2. Identify where the visual arts and artistic thinking are present in the real world.,VA.M2.4.2,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists connect new knowledge to personal preferences.
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,,,2. Identify where the visual arts and artistic thinking are present in the real world.,VA.M2.4.2,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists and designers use cooperative learning.
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,,,,3. Communicate messages about societal problems through the creative process.,VA.M2.4.3,Students Can:,"Recognize and articulate how social issues influence the creation of contemporary works of art such as but not limited to the work of Mark Bradford, Pedro Reyes, Fred Wilson or street artists such as Swoon."
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,,,,3. Communicate messages about societal problems through the creative process.,VA.M2.4.3,Students Can:,Create and display a work of art based on a selected social issue.
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,,,,3. Communicate messages about societal problems through the creative process.,VA.M2.4.3,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Incorporate ideas from social or community activities in works of art and design. (Social Awareness)
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,,,,3. Communicate messages about societal problems through the creative process.,VA.M2.4.3,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Apply ethical perspectives/concepts to an ethical question/situation/scenario to artmaking. (Global and Cultural Awareness)
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,,,,3. Communicate messages about societal problems through the creative process.,VA.M2.4.3,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Students can present arguments or information in a logical sequence with a clear claim, supportive evidence and effective presence that builds credibility. (Interpersonal Communication)"
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,,,,3. Communicate messages about societal problems through the creative process.,VA.M2.4.3,Inquiry Questions:,How can students communicate the ways in which contemporary art addresses social issues?
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,,,,3. Communicate messages about societal problems through the creative process.,VA.M2.4.3,Inquiry Questions:,How can students seek to understand and communicate ideas about social issues through the creation and sharing of artwork?
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,,,,3. Communicate messages about societal problems through the creative process.,VA.M2.4.3,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists identify and critique social issues and create work with real-world and personal relevance.
Visual Arts,Middle School 2,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,,,,3. Communicate messages about societal problems through the creative process.,VA.M2.4.3,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists can connect personal ideas to civic engagement.
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Interpret works of art using the language of visual art and design and conceptual art frameworks.,VA.M3.1.1,Students Can:,Present works of art using the language of visual art and design to infer meaning.
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Interpret works of art using the language of visual art and design and conceptual art frameworks.,VA.M3.1.1,Students Can:,Describe and justify the specific elements in a work of art using the language of visual art and design.
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Interpret works of art using the language of visual art and design and conceptual art frameworks.,VA.M3.1.1,Students Can:,Investigate and debate conceptual frameworks that give value to works of art.
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Interpret works of art using the language of visual art and design and conceptual art frameworks.,VA.M3.1.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Interpret information and draw conclusions based on informed analysis using the language of visual art and design. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Interpret works of art using the language of visual art and design and conceptual art frameworks.,VA.M3.1.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Students can cite textual and visual evidence from content-specific texts and works of art to demonstrate understanding and support an analysis of the work, conduct an experiment or perform a task. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)"
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Interpret works of art using the language of visual art and design and conceptual art frameworks.,VA.M3.1.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students investigate the criteria used by various cultures to evaluate and make meaning of artwork?
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Interpret works of art using the language of visual art and design and conceptual art frameworks.,VA.M3.1.1,Inquiry Questions:,"How can visual artists, designers and media artists convey concepts, actions and emotions effectively?"
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Interpret works of art using the language of visual art and design and conceptual art frameworks.,VA.M3.1.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students use established conceptual criteria to interpret works of art?
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Interpret works of art using the language of visual art and design and conceptual art frameworks.,VA.M3.1.1,Inquiry Questions:,How do students use visual media to share their interpretation of ideas?
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Interpret works of art using the language of visual art and design and conceptual art frameworks.,VA.M3.1.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students respectfully consider the variety of individual responses to their artwork and the artwork of others?
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Interpret works of art using the language of visual art and design and conceptual art frameworks.,VA.M3.1.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,"Artists analyze composition, form, function and purpose."
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Interpret works of art using the language of visual art and design and conceptual art frameworks.,VA.M3.1.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists use established criteria to evaluate and synthesize knowledge and personal experience to develop individual criteria to evaluate.
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"2. Synthesize and evaluate how time, culture and artistic style relates to contemporary art concerns.",VA.M3.1.2,Students Can:,Incorporate personal life experiences through aesthetic responses to works of art.
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"2. Synthesize and evaluate how time, culture and artistic style relates to contemporary art concerns.",VA.M3.1.2,Students Can:,Justify and infer how art often is defined by its originality.
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"2. Synthesize and evaluate how time, culture and artistic style relates to contemporary art concerns.",VA.M3.1.2,Students Can:,Interpret changes in meaning over time in the perception of a familiar work of art.
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"2. Synthesize and evaluate how time, culture and artistic style relates to contemporary art concerns.",VA.M3.1.2,Students Can:,Investigate and discuss how social and political environments influence an artist's creative process in making a work of art.
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"2. Synthesize and evaluate how time, culture and artistic style relates to contemporary art concerns.",VA.M3.1.2,Students Can:,Examine and discuss the reasons to respect and avoid replication and interpretation of culturally sensitive taboos.
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"2. Synthesize and evaluate how time, culture and artistic style relates to contemporary art concerns.",VA.M3.1.2,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Examine how individuals interpret messages differently, and how values and points of view are included or excluded in works of art and design. (Social Awareness)"
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"2. Synthesize and evaluate how time, culture and artistic style relates to contemporary art concerns.",VA.M3.1.2,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Students can delineate an argument, identify specific claims and distinguish if claims are supported by reasons and evidence. (Interpersonal Communication)"
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"2. Synthesize and evaluate how time, culture and artistic style relates to contemporary art concerns.",VA.M3.1.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students incorporate time and place to give meaning or function to a work of art?
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"2. Synthesize and evaluate how time, culture and artistic style relates to contemporary art concerns.",VA.M3.1.2,Inquiry Questions:,"How can students be responsive to artists and works of art in their contexts of cultures, times and places?"
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"2. Synthesize and evaluate how time, culture and artistic style relates to contemporary art concerns.",VA.M3.1.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students analyze the influence artists have on each other?
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"2. Synthesize and evaluate how time, culture and artistic style relates to contemporary art concerns.",VA.M3.1.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students analyze the impact artists have on social structures across time and place?
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"2. Synthesize and evaluate how time, culture and artistic style relates to contemporary art concerns.",VA.M3.1.2,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists study diverse cultures across time and place.
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"2. Synthesize and evaluate how time, culture and artistic style relates to contemporary art concerns.",VA.M3.1.2,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists compare and contrast historical art to contemporary art.
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.","10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,"3. Apply key concepts, issues and themes of the visual arts to solve problems using real-world applications.",VA.M3.1.3,Students Can:,"Produce individual or group works of art that incorporate various multidisciplinary key concepts, issues and themes to solve visual problems."
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.","10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,"3. Apply key concepts, issues and themes of the visual arts to solve problems using real-world applications.",VA.M3.1.3,Students Can:,"Communicate ideas visually through various media, methods, styles and perspectives."
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.","10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,"3. Apply key concepts, issues and themes of the visual arts to solve problems using real-world applications.",VA.M3.1.3,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Collaborate with non-art areas to generate creative ideas that solve real-world problems. (Collaboration and Teamwork)
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.","10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,"3. Apply key concepts, issues and themes of the visual arts to solve problems using real-world applications.",VA.M3.1.3,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Students can analyze content-specific texts and works of art to distinguish the factual evidence offered, reasoned judgments made and conclusions drawn, and speculative ideas offered. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)"
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.","10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,"3. Apply key concepts, issues and themes of the visual arts to solve problems using real-world applications.",VA.M3.1.3,Inquiry Questions:,How can students use collaboration with other content areas to solve problems?
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.","10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,"3. Apply key concepts, issues and themes of the visual arts to solve problems using real-world applications.",VA.M3.1.3,Inquiry Questions:,How do students demonstrate problem-solving skills through art making?
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.","10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,"3. Apply key concepts, issues and themes of the visual arts to solve problems using real-world applications.",VA.M3.1.3,Inquiry Questions:,How can students deduce the value and influence of art on real-world problem solving applications?
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.","10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,"3. Apply key concepts, issues and themes of the visual arts to solve problems using real-world applications.",VA.M3.1.3,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists use interdisciplinary collaboration and approaches to extend thinking.
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Utilize visual literacy skills to establish personal meaning and interpret the artistic intent of others.,VA.M3.2.1,Students Can:,Connect ideas or concepts in a work of art to their visual elements.
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Utilize visual literacy skills to establish personal meaning and interpret the artistic intent of others.,VA.M3.2.1,Students Can:,Analyze and explain the impact of persuasive techniques in print and in electronic media.
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Utilize visual literacy skills to establish personal meaning and interpret the artistic intent of others.,VA.M3.2.1,Students Can:,"Develop a statement of purpose for a work of art in written, verbal or digital format."
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Utilize visual literacy skills to establish personal meaning and interpret the artistic intent of others.,VA.M3.2.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Develop self-awareness by utilizing multiple perspectives analyzing artworks. (Self-Awareness)
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Utilize visual literacy skills to establish personal meaning and interpret the artistic intent of others.,VA.M3.2.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Students can trace an argument in a context specific text or work of art and design to understand how a creator organizes information, crafts an argument and uses domain specific language to convey ideas. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)"
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Utilize visual literacy skills to establish personal meaning and interpret the artistic intent of others.,VA.M3.2.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students read visual elements as evidence of ideas and beliefs of an artist?
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Utilize visual literacy skills to establish personal meaning and interpret the artistic intent of others.,VA.M3.2.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students use visual literacy skills to analyze the world around them?
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Utilize visual literacy skills to establish personal meaning and interpret the artistic intent of others.,VA.M3.2.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students explain the meaning behind their artwork?
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Utilize visual literacy skills to establish personal meaning and interpret the artistic intent of others.,VA.M3.2.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists and designers establish and link background knowledge.
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,1. Utilize visual literacy skills to establish personal meaning and interpret the artistic intent of others.,VA.M3.2.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,"Artists read, write and use vocabulary through an interdisciplinary lens."
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,"2. Analyze, interpret and make informed judgments about works of art using different points of view.",VA.M3.2.2,Students Can:,Research and discuss belief systems used to value works of art.
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,"2. Analyze, interpret and make informed judgments about works of art using different points of view.",VA.M3.2.2,Students Can:,"Interpret artistic styles, trends and movements in various contexts."
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,"2. Analyze, interpret and make informed judgments about works of art using different points of view.",VA.M3.2.2,Students Can:,Defend the value of a work of art utilizing comparisons to works of art from other times and places.
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,"2. Analyze, interpret and make informed judgments about works of art using different points of view.",VA.M3.2.2,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Examine how individuals interpret messages differently, how values and points of view are included or excluded and how art, design and media arts can influence beliefs and behaviors. (Social Awareness)"
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,"2. Analyze, interpret and make informed judgments about works of art using different points of view.",VA.M3.2.2,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Students can create content-specific arguments in which they make a claim, provide evidence from sources to support the claim, and organize the evidence in well-reasoned, meaningful ways. (Interpersonal Communication)"
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,"2. Analyze, interpret and make informed judgments about works of art using different points of view.",VA.M3.2.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students investigate why an artwork is considered valuable?
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,"2. Analyze, interpret and make informed judgments about works of art using different points of view.",VA.M3.2.2,Inquiry Questions:,"How can students utilize art history to understand the importance of time, place, and culture in artmaking?"
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,"2. Analyze, interpret and make informed judgments about works of art using different points of view.",VA.M3.2.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students analyze art from multiple perspectives?
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,"2. Analyze, interpret and make informed judgments about works of art using different points of view.",VA.M3.2.2,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists identify multiple points of view.
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,"2. Analyze, interpret and make informed judgments about works of art using different points of view.",VA.M3.2.2,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists establish and link background knowledge.
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,"1. Employ feedback, planning and ideation processes to develop artistic voice.",VA.M3.3.1,Students Can:,"Collect feedback, ideas and inspirations from multiple sources to create personal works of art."
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,"1. Employ feedback, planning and ideation processes to develop artistic voice.",VA.M3.3.1,Students Can:,"Demonstrate personal responsibility in the planning, implementation and evaluation of works of art."
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,"1. Employ feedback, planning and ideation processes to develop artistic voice.",VA.M3.3.1,Students Can:,Create works of art that depict personal viewpoints while honoring sensitive topics.
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,"1. Employ feedback, planning and ideation processes to develop artistic voice.",VA.M3.3.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Look for and value different perspectives expressed by others and self in planning works of art and design. (Global and Cultural Awareness)
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,"1. Employ feedback, planning and ideation processes to develop artistic voice.",VA.M3.3.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Set personal goals and develop strategies to remain focused on learning goals while planning for and creating works of art and design. (Self-Management)
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,"1. Employ feedback, planning and ideation processes to develop artistic voice.",VA.M3.3.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Students can generate questions to guide their research into making, gather information from multiple sources, determine biases and credibility of sources, and use evidence in planning and ideation processes. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)"
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,"1. Employ feedback, planning and ideation processes to develop artistic voice.",VA.M3.3.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students gather and reflect on feedback in order to improve their artworks?
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,"1. Employ feedback, planning and ideation processes to develop artistic voice.",VA.M3.3.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can a student take initiative and persevere in the process of making an artwork?
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,"1. Employ feedback, planning and ideation processes to develop artistic voice.",VA.M3.3.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can a student use inspiration from many sources while considering how their art might be perceived in different contexts?
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,"1. Employ feedback, planning and ideation processes to develop artistic voice.",VA.M3.3.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artmaking involves conceptual and project-based learning.
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,"1. Employ feedback, planning and ideation processes to develop artistic voice.",VA.M3.3.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists and designers use imagining to develop artistic vision.
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,"1. Employ feedback, planning and ideation processes to develop artistic voice.",VA.M3.3.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists can use organized critiques.
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,"1. Employ feedback, planning and ideation processes to develop artistic voice.",VA.M3.3.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,"Artists and designers synthesize knowledge, skill and imagination to solve problems and express meaning."
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,"1. Employ feedback, planning and ideation processes to develop artistic voice.",VA.M3.3.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists act on creative ideas to make a tangible and useful contribution.
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Demonstrate technical proficiency and craftsmanship in the creative process.,VA.M3.3.2,Students Can:,Create works of art with attention to technique and craft.
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Demonstrate technical proficiency and craftsmanship in the creative process.,VA.M3.3.2,Students Can:,Create works of art with preferred techniques that advance intended purpose and are display-ready.
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Demonstrate technical proficiency and craftsmanship in the creative process.,VA.M3.3.2,Students Can:,Investigate the unique qualities of various media to achieve desired results.
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Demonstrate technical proficiency and craftsmanship in the creative process.,VA.M3.3.2,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Synthesize ideas in original and surprising ways using technical proficiency and craftsmanship. (Critical Thinking and Innovation)
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Demonstrate technical proficiency and craftsmanship in the creative process.,VA.M3.3.2,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Assess personal strengths and limitations with a well-grounded sense of confidence, optimism and a growth mindset when creating works of art and design. (Self-Awareness)"
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Demonstrate technical proficiency and craftsmanship in the creative process.,VA.M3.3.2,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Form and test hypotheses in regard to art media and techniques to guide problem-solving. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Demonstrate technical proficiency and craftsmanship in the creative process.,VA.M3.3.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can a student persist in the technical processes of artmaking in order to create art they are proud of?
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Demonstrate technical proficiency and craftsmanship in the creative process.,VA.M3.3.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can a student understand and utilize various techniques to forward their vision?
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Demonstrate technical proficiency and craftsmanship in the creative process.,VA.M3.3.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can a student engage in artmaking as creative research?
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Demonstrate technical proficiency and craftsmanship in the creative process.,VA.M3.3.2,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artmaking involves project-based learning.
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Demonstrate technical proficiency and craftsmanship in the creative process.,VA.M3.3.2,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists connect planning to implementation.
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Demonstrate technical proficiency and craftsmanship in the creative process.,VA.M3.3.2,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists connect learning a skill to persevering to master the skill.
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,3. Invent and Discover to Create,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,3. Utilize current and available technology to refine an idea and create original and imaginative works of art.,VA.M3.3.3,Students Can:,Utilize current and available technologies to explore multiple ways to communicate an idea visually.
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,3. Invent and Discover to Create,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,3. Utilize current and available technology to refine an idea and create original and imaginative works of art.,VA.M3.3.3,Students Can:,Communicate complex ideas through works of art and design produced with new technologies.
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,3. Invent and Discover to Create,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,3. Utilize current and available technology to refine an idea and create original and imaginative works of art.,VA.M3.3.3,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Create art and design through the use of technologies such as but not limited to using photo/video enhancing tools, animation, or digital illustration software, etc. (Digital Literacy)"
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,3. Invent and Discover to Create,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,3. Utilize current and available technology to refine an idea and create original and imaginative works of art.,VA.M3.3.3,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Innovate from failure, connect learning across domains, and recognize new opportunities when creating works of art. (Self-Awareness)"
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,3. Invent and Discover to Create,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,3. Utilize current and available technology to refine an idea and create original and imaginative works of art.,VA.M3.3.3,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Students can create a work of art that delineates an artist's argument, identifies specific claims and distinguishes if claims are supported by reasons and evidence. (Interpersonal Communication)"
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,3. Invent and Discover to Create,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,3. Utilize current and available technology to refine an idea and create original and imaginative works of art.,VA.M3.3.3,Inquiry Questions:,How can students demonstrate understanding of ethical and legal considerations when using appropriated images and information?
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,3. Invent and Discover to Create,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,3. Utilize current and available technology to refine an idea and create original and imaginative works of art.,VA.M3.3.3,Inquiry Questions:,How can students investigate how new technologies and media might support experimentation and innovative thinking?
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,3. Invent and Discover to Create,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,3. Utilize current and available technology to refine an idea and create original and imaginative works of art.,VA.M3.3.3,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artmaking involves project-based learning.
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,3. Invent and Discover to Create,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,3. Utilize current and available technology to refine an idea and create original and imaginative works of art.,VA.M3.3.3,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists connect planning to implementation.
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,3. Invent and Discover to Create,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,3. Utilize current and available technology to refine an idea and create original and imaginative works of art.,VA.M3.3.3,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artmaking involves imagining to develop artistic vision.
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,3. Invent and Discover to Create,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,3. Utilize current and available technology to refine an idea and create original and imaginative works of art.,VA.M3.3.3,Learning Experience and Transfer:,"Artists and designers synthesize knowledge, skill and imagination to solve problems and express meaning."
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Interpret the ways individual makers become agents that express the interdependent relationship between art, culture and social contexts.",VA.M3.4.1,Students Can:,Investigate and analyze the role of the maker in specific arts traditions.
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Interpret the ways individual makers become agents that express the interdependent relationship between art, culture and social contexts.",VA.M3.4.1,Students Can:,"Compare how various cultures and communities honor, memorialize and celebrate life events."
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Interpret the ways individual makers become agents that express the interdependent relationship between art, culture and social contexts.",VA.M3.4.1,Students Can:,Recognize and discuss how works of art previously created across time and cultures can influence the work of practicing artists today.
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Interpret the ways individual makers become agents that express the interdependent relationship between art, culture and social contexts.",VA.M3.4.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Connect art and design knowledge (facts, theories, etc.) from personal ideas and understandings to civic engagement. (Civic Engagement)"
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Interpret the ways individual makers become agents that express the interdependent relationship between art, culture and social contexts.",VA.M3.4.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Identify and explain multiple perspectives (cultural, global) when exploring visual art and design. (Global and Cultural Awareness)"
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Interpret the ways individual makers become agents that express the interdependent relationship between art, culture and social contexts.",VA.M3.4.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Students can synthesize information from multiple sources to demonstrate understanding of a topic in works of art and design. (Self-Awareness)
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Interpret the ways individual makers become agents that express the interdependent relationship between art, culture and social contexts.",VA.M3.4.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students allow their curiosity about why people make things to initiate inquiry?
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Interpret the ways individual makers become agents that express the interdependent relationship between art, culture and social contexts.",VA.M3.4.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students investigate the ways in which art is woven into cultural and community traditions?
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Interpret the ways individual makers become agents that express the interdependent relationship between art, culture and social contexts.",VA.M3.4.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students understand and articulate the ways in which art history influences contemporary art?
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Interpret the ways individual makers become agents that express the interdependent relationship between art, culture and social contexts.",VA.M3.4.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists consider multiple perspectives through reflective discussion.
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Interpret the ways individual makers become agents that express the interdependent relationship between art, culture and social contexts.",VA.M3.4.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists connect the interdependent relationship between art and society.
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,,,"2. Discern and articulate the impact arts, design and creativity have on a variety of lifelong endeavors.",VA.M3.4.2,Students Can:,Develop personal agency and critical thinking skills that can be transferred to lifelong endeavors.
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,,,"2. Discern and articulate the impact arts, design and creativity have on a variety of lifelong endeavors.",VA.M3.4.2,Students Can:,Identify arts resources and opportunities that exist in the community and explain why they are valued.
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,,,"2. Discern and articulate the impact arts, design and creativity have on a variety of lifelong endeavors.",VA.M3.4.2,Students Can:,Explore and evaluate ways that artistic thinking is used to solve problems.
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,,,"2. Discern and articulate the impact arts, design and creativity have on a variety of lifelong endeavors.",VA.M3.4.2,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Demonstrate knowledge, understanding and personal awareness of how dreams and interests translate into career fulfillment and career pathways in art and design. (Career Awareness)"
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,,,"2. Discern and articulate the impact arts, design and creativity have on a variety of lifelong endeavors.",VA.M3.4.2,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Make connections between information gathered and personal experiences to apply and/or test solutions. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,,,"2. Discern and articulate the impact arts, design and creativity have on a variety of lifelong endeavors.",VA.M3.4.2,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Students can pose and respond to questions and contribute to the discussion about a topic or text in order to advance the dialogue. (Interpersonal Communication)
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,,,"2. Discern and articulate the impact arts, design and creativity have on a variety of lifelong endeavors.",VA.M3.4.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students interpret ideas in art and apply this knowledge to other thinking processes?
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,,,"2. Discern and articulate the impact arts, design and creativity have on a variety of lifelong endeavors.",VA.M3.4.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students research arts in the community and articulate its significance?
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,,,"2. Discern and articulate the impact arts, design and creativity have on a variety of lifelong endeavors.",VA.M3.4.2,Inquiry Questions:,"How can students identify challenges, gather information, generate potential solutions and refine ideas to find creative art solutions?"
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,,,"2. Discern and articulate the impact arts, design and creativity have on a variety of lifelong endeavors.",VA.M3.4.2,Learning Experience and Transfer:,"Imagining, artistic visioning and the design-thinking process can benefit many lifelong pursuits."
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,,,"2. Discern and articulate the impact arts, design and creativity have on a variety of lifelong endeavors.",VA.M3.4.2,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists use investigation and inquiry.
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,,,"2. Discern and articulate the impact arts, design and creativity have on a variety of lifelong endeavors.",VA.M3.4.2,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists and designers use cooperative learning.
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,,,"2. Discern and articulate the impact arts, design and creativity have on a variety of lifelong endeavors.",VA.M3.4.2,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists connect new knowledge to personal preferences.
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,,,,3. Demonstrate an understanding that art can be a vehicle for social change.,VA.M3.4.3,Students Can:,"Research and explain a work of art that aims to create social change in a specific community such as but not limited to The Four Freedoms by Norman Rockwell, the Migration series by Jacob Lawrence, Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold, RUSH MORE by Kerry James Marshall or works by street artists such as Banksy."
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,,,,3. Demonstrate an understanding that art can be a vehicle for social change.,VA.M3.4.3,Students Can:,Create and display a work of art that persuades the viewer to take action as a participant in a democratic society.
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,,,,3. Demonstrate an understanding that art can be a vehicle for social change.,VA.M3.4.3,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Identify how works of art and design are present in social or community activities such as but not limited to public art displays, visiting a museum or gallery, or engaging in a community arts event. (Social Awareness)"
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,,,,3. Demonstrate an understanding that art can be a vehicle for social change.,VA.M3.4.3,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Students can present arguments or information in a logical sequence in a work of art with a clear claim, supportive evidence and effective presence that builds credibility such as an artist presentation of personal research to support ideas. (Interpersonal Communication)"
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,,,,3. Demonstrate an understanding that art can be a vehicle for social change.,VA.M3.4.3,Inquiry Questions:,How can students utilize research on social issues of personal concern to make a difference in a community?
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,,,,3. Demonstrate an understanding that art can be a vehicle for social change.,VA.M3.4.3,Inquiry Questions:,How can students make an impact and effect social change through the creation of artworks?
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,,,,3. Demonstrate an understanding that art can be a vehicle for social change.,VA.M3.4.3,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists critique social issues and create work with real-world and personal relevance.
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,,,,3. Demonstrate an understanding that art can be a vehicle for social change.,VA.M3.4.3,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists and designers use imagining and artistic vision.
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,,,,3. Demonstrate an understanding that art can be a vehicle for social change.,VA.M3.4.3,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists use investigation and inquiry.
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,,,,3. Demonstrate an understanding that art can be a vehicle for social change.,VA.M3.4.3,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Art involves project-based learning.
Visual Arts,Middle School 3,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,,,,3. Demonstrate an understanding that art can be a vehicle for social change.,VA.M3.4.3,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists can connect personal ideas to civic engagement.
Visual Arts,High School,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Utilize the inquiry method of observation and the language of visual art and design to gather information and determine meaning.,VA.HS.1.1,Students Can:,Develop observation skills to generate and synthesize ideas and interpret communicated meaning.
Visual Arts,High School,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Utilize the inquiry method of observation and the language of visual art and design to gather information and determine meaning.,VA.HS.1.1,Students Can:,Connect and compare information gathered through observation in order to articulate the human experience.
Visual Arts,High School,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Utilize the inquiry method of observation and the language of visual art and design to gather information and determine meaning.,VA.HS.1.1,Students Can:,Discern and interpret nuances of meaning and intention of visual art and design across cultural contexts.
Visual Arts,High School,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Utilize the inquiry method of observation and the language of visual art and design to gather information and determine meaning.,VA.HS.1.1,Students Can:,Critically analyze the origins of visual art and design across cultures.
Visual Arts,High School,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Utilize the inquiry method of observation and the language of visual art and design to gather information and determine meaning.,VA.HS.1.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Make connections between information gathered in visual art and design and personal experiences to broaden thinking such as but not limited to working on a movie animation design team. (Creativity and Innovation)
Visual Arts,High School,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Utilize the inquiry method of observation and the language of visual art and design to gather information and determine meaning.,VA.HS.1.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Critical thinking such as but not limited to students citing evidence from content-specific texts and works of art to demonstrate understanding and support an analysis of the text or work of art, conduct experiments and apply learning. (Data Literacy)"
Visual Arts,High School,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Utilize the inquiry method of observation and the language of visual art and design to gather information and determine meaning.,VA.HS.1.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students analyze and discuss works of art and design?
Visual Arts,High School,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Utilize the inquiry method of observation and the language of visual art and design to gather information and determine meaning.,VA.HS.1.1,Inquiry Questions:,"How can students research personal questions, experiences outside the art classroom and interdisciplinary knowledge?"
Visual Arts,High School,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Utilize the inquiry method of observation and the language of visual art and design to gather information and determine meaning.,VA.HS.1.1,Inquiry Questions:,How do students acknowledge multiple ways of knowing?
Visual Arts,High School,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Utilize the inquiry method of observation and the language of visual art and design to gather information and determine meaning.,VA.HS.1.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists synthesize information to make meaning.
Visual Arts,High School,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,1. Utilize the inquiry method of observation and the language of visual art and design to gather information and determine meaning.,VA.HS.1.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists utilize a process of questioning.
Visual Arts,High School,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"2. Interpret, analyze and explain the influence of multiple contexts found in visual art and design.",VA.HS.1.2,Students Can:,Analyze visual art and design traditions to understand the influence of historical and cultural context on works of art and design.
Visual Arts,High School,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"2. Interpret, analyze and explain the influence of multiple contexts found in visual art and design.",VA.HS.1.2,Students Can:,Identify unexplored ideas to gain understanding of works of art.
Visual Arts,High School,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"2. Interpret, analyze and explain the influence of multiple contexts found in visual art and design.",VA.HS.1.2,Students Can:,"Research and document visual art, design and architecture identifying various themes that communities experience across cultures and throughout time."
Visual Arts,High School,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"2. Interpret, analyze and explain the influence of multiple contexts found in visual art and design.",VA.HS.1.2,Students Can:,Connect unexplored works of visual art and design to the lives of students.
Visual Arts,High School,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"2. Interpret, analyze and explain the influence of multiple contexts found in visual art and design.",VA.HS.1.2,Students Can:,Identify and analyze innovations in visual art and design from diverse cultures to inform about the present and future works of art.
Visual Arts,High School,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"2. Interpret, analyze and explain the influence of multiple contexts found in visual art and design.",VA.HS.1.2,Students Can:,Analyze and debate the consequences of replicating images or icons that are culturally or spiritually sensitive.
Visual Arts,High School,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"2. Interpret, analyze and explain the influence of multiple contexts found in visual art and design.",VA.HS.1.2,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Look for and value different perspectives expressed by others in visual art and design such as but not limited to exploring how personal identity is represented in visual arts in various stages of life. (Global and Cultural Awareness)
Visual Arts,High School,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"2. Interpret, analyze and explain the influence of multiple contexts found in visual art and design.",VA.HS.1.2,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Analyze and use information presented visually to support an argument. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)
Visual Arts,High School,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"2. Interpret, analyze and explain the influence of multiple contexts found in visual art and design.",VA.HS.1.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students contribute to their lives and the lives of their communities through artmaking?
Visual Arts,High School,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"2. Interpret, analyze and explain the influence of multiple contexts found in visual art and design.",VA.HS.1.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students give form and expression to their stories?
Visual Arts,High School,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"2. Interpret, analyze and explain the influence of multiple contexts found in visual art and design.",VA.HS.1.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students distinguish the difference between telling their story and telling the story of someone else?
Visual Arts,High School,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.","5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"2. Interpret, analyze and explain the influence of multiple contexts found in visual art and design.",VA.HS.1.2,Learning Experience and Transfer:,"Artists analyze social, cultural, historical and personal contexts."
Visual Arts,High School,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.","10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,"3. Use artmaking processes as forms of inquiry to develop skills of perception and independent reasoning, and to increase knowledge.",VA.HS.1.3,Students Can:,Examine how connotation and denotation are used in visual art and design to express multidimensional concepts.
Visual Arts,High School,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.","10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,"3. Use artmaking processes as forms of inquiry to develop skills of perception and independent reasoning, and to increase knowledge.",VA.HS.1.3,Students Can:,Compare personal work within the larger discourse of visual art and design practices to identify purpose and function.
Visual Arts,High School,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.","10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,"3. Use artmaking processes as forms of inquiry to develop skills of perception and independent reasoning, and to increase knowledge.",VA.HS.1.3,Students Can:,Critically analyze selection of materials that inform conceptualization and expression of ideas and aesthetic experience.
Visual Arts,High School,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.","10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,"3. Use artmaking processes as forms of inquiry to develop skills of perception and independent reasoning, and to increase knowledge.",VA.HS.1.3,Students Can:,Investigate and articulate the aims of disparate art practices to foster critical thinking about visual art and design.
Visual Arts,High School,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.","10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,"3. Use artmaking processes as forms of inquiry to develop skills of perception and independent reasoning, and to increase knowledge.",VA.HS.1.3,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Focus on learning goals in visual art and design by employing motivation and familiar strategies for engagement. (Self-Awareness, Self-Management)"
Visual Arts,High School,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.","10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,"3. Use artmaking processes as forms of inquiry to develop skills of perception and independent reasoning, and to increase knowledge.",VA.HS.1.3,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Evaluate progress in visual art and design making necessary changes to stay the course. (Adaptability and Flexibility)
Visual Arts,High School,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.","10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,"3. Use artmaking processes as forms of inquiry to develop skills of perception and independent reasoning, and to increase knowledge.",VA.HS.1.3,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Students can analyze content-specific texts and works of art to distinguish the factual evidence offered, reasoned judgments made and conclusions drawn, and speculative ideas offered. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)"
Visual Arts,High School,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.","10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,"3. Use artmaking processes as forms of inquiry to develop skills of perception and independent reasoning, and to increase knowledge.",VA.HS.1.3,Inquiry Questions:,How can students document the process of building an enduring understanding from the early stages of uncovering thinking to fully realized knowledge?
Visual Arts,High School,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.","10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,"3. Use artmaking processes as forms of inquiry to develop skills of perception and independent reasoning, and to increase knowledge.",VA.HS.1.3,Inquiry Questions:,How can students become aware of how their perceptions and experiences influence their ideas?
Visual Arts,High School,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.","10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,"3. Use artmaking processes as forms of inquiry to develop skills of perception and independent reasoning, and to increase knowledge.",VA.HS.1.3,Inquiry Questions:,How can students use ideas to communicate meaning?
Visual Arts,High School,1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.","10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,"3. Use artmaking processes as forms of inquiry to develop skills of perception and independent reasoning, and to increase knowledge.",VA.HS.1.3,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists and designers create with informed intention.
Visual Arts,High School,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,"1. Use criteria and personal discernment to evaluate works of art and design, taking into consideration the variables that influence how the work is perceived.",VA.HS.2.1,Students Can:,"Identify concepts, themes and viewpoints that are visible and suggested in a work of art."
Visual Arts,High School,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,"1. Use criteria and personal discernment to evaluate works of art and design, taking into consideration the variables that influence how the work is perceived.",VA.HS.2.1,Students Can:,Communicate interpretive and evaluative conclusions that justify intention and purpose.
Visual Arts,High School,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,"1. Use criteria and personal discernment to evaluate works of art and design, taking into consideration the variables that influence how the work is perceived.",VA.HS.2.1,Students Can:,Provide explanations that support critical judgments and discuss the value of competing opinions to support learning.
Visual Arts,High School,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,"1. Use criteria and personal discernment to evaluate works of art and design, taking into consideration the variables that influence how the work is perceived.",VA.HS.2.1,Students Can:,Determine how knowledge gained from critique may affect the creation or modification of an existing or new work of art.
Visual Arts,High School,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,"1. Use criteria and personal discernment to evaluate works of art and design, taking into consideration the variables that influence how the work is perceived.",VA.HS.2.1,Students Can:,Utilize critique to analyze and interpret existing or new works of art and apply new learning to the creation or modification of an artwork.
Visual Arts,High School,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,"1. Use criteria and personal discernment to evaluate works of art and design, taking into consideration the variables that influence how the work is perceived.",VA.HS.2.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Interpret visual art and design information to draw conclusions based on the best analysis. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)
Visual Arts,High School,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,"1. Use criteria and personal discernment to evaluate works of art and design, taking into consideration the variables that influence how the work is perceived.",VA.HS.2.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Students can trace an argument in a content-specific text or work of art to understand how an author or artist organizes information, crafts an argument and uses domain-specific language to convey ideas. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)"
Visual Arts,High School,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,"1. Use criteria and personal discernment to evaluate works of art and design, taking into consideration the variables that influence how the work is perceived.",VA.HS.2.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students examine how they discern external criteria?
Visual Arts,High School,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,"1. Use criteria and personal discernment to evaluate works of art and design, taking into consideration the variables that influence how the work is perceived.",VA.HS.2.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students synthesize knowledge and critically evaluate works of art?
Visual Arts,High School,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,"1. Use criteria and personal discernment to evaluate works of art and design, taking into consideration the variables that influence how the work is perceived.",VA.HS.2.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students apply knowledge gained from critical analysis to inform the creation of their own artwork?
Visual Arts,High School,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,"1. Use criteria and personal discernment to evaluate works of art and design, taking into consideration the variables that influence how the work is perceived.",VA.HS.2.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students draw conclusions from their and others' perceptions?
Visual Arts,High School,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,"1. Use criteria and personal discernment to evaluate works of art and design, taking into consideration the variables that influence how the work is perceived.",VA.HS.2.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists identify multiple perspectives.
Visual Arts,High School,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,"1. Use criteria and personal discernment to evaluate works of art and design, taking into consideration the variables that influence how the work is perceived.",VA.HS.2.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists establish and link background knowledge.
Visual Arts,High School,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,"2. Articulate a personal philosophy of art, understanding various philosophies that have come before.",VA.HS.2.2,Students Can:,Critically reflect on how artists work across time to form new patterns of insight.
Visual Arts,High School,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,"2. Articulate a personal philosophy of art, understanding various philosophies that have come before.",VA.HS.2.2,Students Can:,"Document, investigate and synthesize a range of traditional and nontraditional studio practices to articulate intent."
Visual Arts,High School,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,"2. Articulate a personal philosophy of art, understanding various philosophies that have come before.",VA.HS.2.2,Students Can:,"Synthesize research, theory and practice to envision the creation of an artwork."
Visual Arts,High School,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,"2. Articulate a personal philosophy of art, understanding various philosophies that have come before.",VA.HS.2.2,Students Can:,Develop and defend a personal philosophy of art using informed criteria.
Visual Arts,High School,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,"2. Articulate a personal philosophy of art, understanding various philosophies that have come before.",VA.HS.2.2,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Engage in inquiry-based questioning in order to synthesize art and design ideas in original and surprising ways. (Creativity and Innovation, Self-Awareness)"
Visual Arts,High School,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,"2. Articulate a personal philosophy of art, understanding various philosophies that have come before.",VA.HS.2.2,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Students can compose content-specific arguments in which they state a claim, provide evidence from texts, works of art and design and other sources to support the claim, and organize the evidence in well-reasoned, meaningful ways. (Creativity and Innovation)"
Visual Arts,High School,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,"2. Articulate a personal philosophy of art, understanding various philosophies that have come before.",VA.HS.2.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students interpret the world through a range of artistic concepts and approaches?
Visual Arts,High School,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,"2. Articulate a personal philosophy of art, understanding various philosophies that have come before.",VA.HS.2.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students develop a personal artistic philosophy?
Visual Arts,High School,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,"2. Articulate a personal philosophy of art, understanding various philosophies that have come before.",VA.HS.2.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students use the process of inquiry to ask questions that stimulate imagination and envision ideas?
Visual Arts,High School,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,"2. Articulate a personal philosophy of art, understanding various philosophies that have come before.",VA.HS.2.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students comprehend previous philosophies and transfer that knowledge to create their own philosophy of art?
Visual Arts,High School,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,"2. Articulate a personal philosophy of art, understanding various philosophies that have come before.",VA.HS.2.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students transfer their personal philosophy of art to the creation of artwork?
Visual Arts,High School,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,"2. Articulate a personal philosophy of art, understanding various philosophies that have come before.",VA.HS.2.2,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists establish and link background knowledge.
Visual Arts,High School,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.","10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",3. Examine the nature of diverse aesthetic experiences to build a language of representation that can be used to respond to the world.,VA.HS.2.3,Students Can:,"Analyze and interpret philosophies of Western and non-Western art, taking into consideration the role of the artist, art historian and art critic."
Visual Arts,High School,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.","10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",3. Examine the nature of diverse aesthetic experiences to build a language of representation that can be used to respond to the world.,VA.HS.2.3,Students Can:,"Explore past and present aesthetic experiences to convey perceptions, share interpretations, critique and evaluate works of visual art and design."
Visual Arts,High School,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.","10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",3. Examine the nature of diverse aesthetic experiences to build a language of representation that can be used to respond to the world.,VA.HS.2.3,Students Can:,Interpret how meaning in works of art are related to the materials and process chosen by the artist.
Visual Arts,High School,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.","10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",3. Examine the nature of diverse aesthetic experiences to build a language of representation that can be used to respond to the world.,VA.HS.2.3,Students Can:,Recognize how different criteria create contexts that influence the evaluation and assessment of visual works of art and design.
Visual Arts,High School,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.","10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",3. Examine the nature of diverse aesthetic experiences to build a language of representation that can be used to respond to the world.,VA.HS.2.3,Students Can:,Discuss and debate how society has come to value some works of art over others.
Visual Arts,High School,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.","10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",3. Examine the nature of diverse aesthetic experiences to build a language of representation that can be used to respond to the world.,VA.HS.2.3,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Interpret visual information and draw conclusions based on the best analysis. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)
Visual Arts,High School,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.","10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",3. Examine the nature of diverse aesthetic experiences to build a language of representation that can be used to respond to the world.,VA.HS.2.3,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Students can analyze different texts (including works of art, experiments, simulations, installations, videos or multimedia works) to compare and contrast competing theories, points of view and arguments within the discipline of visual art and other disciplines. (Adaptability and Flexibility)"
Visual Arts,High School,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.","10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",3. Examine the nature of diverse aesthetic experiences to build a language of representation that can be used to respond to the world.,VA.HS.2.3,Inquiry Questions:,How can students become aware of and engage in multiple aesthetic modalities?
Visual Arts,High School,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.","10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",3. Examine the nature of diverse aesthetic experiences to build a language of representation that can be used to respond to the world.,VA.HS.2.3,Inquiry Questions:,How do students describe their own aesthetic experience?
Visual Arts,High School,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.","10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",3. Examine the nature of diverse aesthetic experiences to build a language of representation that can be used to respond to the world.,VA.HS.2.3,Inquiry Questions:,How do students establish their own criteria to interpret works of art?
Visual Arts,High School,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.","10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",3. Examine the nature of diverse aesthetic experiences to build a language of representation that can be used to respond to the world.,VA.HS.2.3,Inquiry Questions:,How do students reason through complex knowledge to support an informed opinion about artwork?
Visual Arts,High School,2. Envision and Critique to Reflect,2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,3. Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.","10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",3. Examine the nature of diverse aesthetic experiences to build a language of representation that can be used to respond to the world.,VA.HS.2.3,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists use reflective discussion.
Visual Arts,High School,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Establish a practice of planning and experimentation to advance concepts and technical artistic skills.,VA.HS.3.1,Students Can:,Research and generate possible concepts that can be used to build deeper meaning in preparation for making.
Visual Arts,High School,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Establish a practice of planning and experimentation to advance concepts and technical artistic skills.,VA.HS.3.1,Students Can:,Research and consider various iterations of an idea and draft possible solutions using a variety of media.
Visual Arts,High School,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Establish a practice of planning and experimentation to advance concepts and technical artistic skills.,VA.HS.3.1,Students Can:,Practice techniques and improve skills by testing media to consider constraints and potential of materials.
Visual Arts,High School,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Establish a practice of planning and experimentation to advance concepts and technical artistic skills.,VA.HS.3.1,Students Can:,Create works of art that use traditional and contemporary media.
Visual Arts,High School,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Establish a practice of planning and experimentation to advance concepts and technical artistic skills.,VA.HS.3.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Develop, plan and organize visual art and design ideas. (Interpersonal Communication, Creativity and Innovation)"
Visual Arts,High School,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Establish a practice of planning and experimentation to advance concepts and technical artistic skills.,VA.HS.3.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Students can generate questions to guide their artmaking as a practice of research, gather information from various sources, determine biases and credibility of sources, cite sources as appropriate and use evidence to advance concepts and technical skills. (Interpersonal Communication, Critical Thinking and Analysis)"
Visual Arts,High School,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Establish a practice of planning and experimentation to advance concepts and technical artistic skills.,VA.HS.3.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students demonstrate their thinking as they progress through the artistic process?
Visual Arts,High School,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Establish a practice of planning and experimentation to advance concepts and technical artistic skills.,VA.HS.3.1,Inquiry Questions:,"How can students build upon ideas, skills and knowledge?"
Visual Arts,High School,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Establish a practice of planning and experimentation to advance concepts and technical artistic skills.,VA.HS.3.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students explain how they will represent a personal narrative?
Visual Arts,High School,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Establish a practice of planning and experimentation to advance concepts and technical artistic skills.,VA.HS.3.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students explore and experiment with new materials and media?
Visual Arts,High School,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Establish a practice of planning and experimentation to advance concepts and technical artistic skills.,VA.HS.3.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists and designers use artistic vision.
Visual Arts,High School,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Establish a practice of planning and experimentation to advance concepts and technical artistic skills.,VA.HS.3.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists and designers apply techniques and concepts.
Visual Arts,High School,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,,,,,1. Establish a practice of planning and experimentation to advance concepts and technical artistic skills.,VA.HS.3.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artmaking involves exploration and discovery.
Visual Arts,High School,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Ideate and build works of art and design to demonstrate growth and proficiency in traditional and new art media.,VA.HS.3.2,Students Can:,Examine and evolve potential meanings of an artwork.
Visual Arts,High School,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Ideate and build works of art and design to demonstrate growth and proficiency in traditional and new art media.,VA.HS.3.2,Students Can:,Master skills in a variety of media and techniques to create personally meaningful works of art.
Visual Arts,High School,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Ideate and build works of art and design to demonstrate growth and proficiency in traditional and new art media.,VA.HS.3.2,Students Can:,Interpret how meaning in works of art is related to the materials and process chosen by the artist.
Visual Arts,High School,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Ideate and build works of art and design to demonstrate growth and proficiency in traditional and new art media.,VA.HS.3.2,Students Can:,Resolve artmaking problems by persisting through failure and making revisions.
Visual Arts,High School,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Ideate and build works of art and design to demonstrate growth and proficiency in traditional and new art media.,VA.HS.3.2,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Act on creative ideas to make a tangible and useful contribution to visual art and design such as but not limited to creating a mural design for a school playground. (Civic Engagement, Self Advocacy and Initiative)"
Visual Arts,High School,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Ideate and build works of art and design to demonstrate growth and proficiency in traditional and new art media.,VA.HS.3.2,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Students can integrate multimedia as effective tools for clarifying and presenting information. (Interpersonal Communication)
Visual Arts,High School,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Ideate and build works of art and design to demonstrate growth and proficiency in traditional and new art media.,VA.HS.3.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students demonstrate the ideation process?
Visual Arts,High School,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Ideate and build works of art and design to demonstrate growth and proficiency in traditional and new art media.,VA.HS.3.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students learn from mistakes to improve upon current conceptual and technical skills?
Visual Arts,High School,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Ideate and build works of art and design to demonstrate growth and proficiency in traditional and new art media.,VA.HS.3.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students build a collection of work that represents their skills and personal philosophy of art?
Visual Arts,High School,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Ideate and build works of art and design to demonstrate growth and proficiency in traditional and new art media.,VA.HS.3.2,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists use project-based questioning.
Visual Arts,High School,3. Invent and Discover to Create,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,,,2. Ideate and build works of art and design to demonstrate growth and proficiency in traditional and new art media.,VA.HS.3.2,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists develop and refine work for presentation or display.
Visual Arts,High School,3. Invent and Discover to Create,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,3. Articulate and demonstrate that the making and study of art and design can be approached from a variety of perspectives.,VA.HS.3.3,Students Can:,Identify how interpretation can be an essential part of the artmaking process to evaluate progress.
Visual Arts,High School,3. Invent and Discover to Create,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,3. Articulate and demonstrate that the making and study of art and design can be approached from a variety of perspectives.,VA.HS.3.3,Students Can:,Receive and reflect upon feedback and integrate into artwork as needed.
Visual Arts,High School,3. Invent and Discover to Create,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,3. Articulate and demonstrate that the making and study of art and design can be approached from a variety of perspectives.,VA.HS.3.3,Students Can:,Use knowledge and developed skills to inform future works of visual art and design.
Visual Arts,High School,3. Invent and Discover to Create,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,3. Articulate and demonstrate that the making and study of art and design can be approached from a variety of perspectives.,VA.HS.3.3,Students Can:,Persevere through the progression of a work to explore and encourage alternative solutions.
Visual Arts,High School,3. Invent and Discover to Create,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,3. Articulate and demonstrate that the making and study of art and design can be approached from a variety of perspectives.,VA.HS.3.3,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Articulate a variety of thoughts, ideas and contexts in visual art and design. (Interpersonal Communication)"
Visual Arts,High School,3. Invent and Discover to Create,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,3. Articulate and demonstrate that the making and study of art and design can be approached from a variety of perspectives.,VA.HS.3.3,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Effectively use verbal, written and/or nonverbal communication skills in the making and study of art and design. (Interpersonal Communication)"
Visual Arts,High School,3. Invent and Discover to Create,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,3. Articulate and demonstrate that the making and study of art and design can be approached from a variety of perspectives.,VA.HS.3.3,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Students can delineate an artist's argument, identify specific claims and distinguish if claims are supported by reasons and evidence. (Critical Thinking and Analysis, Social Awareness)"
Visual Arts,High School,3. Invent and Discover to Create,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,3. Articulate and demonstrate that the making and study of art and design can be approached from a variety of perspectives.,VA.HS.3.3,Inquiry Questions:,How do students use reflective strategies to understand the creative process?
Visual Arts,High School,3. Invent and Discover to Create,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,3. Articulate and demonstrate that the making and study of art and design can be approached from a variety of perspectives.,VA.HS.3.3,Inquiry Questions:,"How do students draw from and explain the intersectionality of race, ethnicity, gender and class perspectives within works of art and design?"
Visual Arts,High School,3. Invent and Discover to Create,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,3. Articulate and demonstrate that the making and study of art and design can be approached from a variety of perspectives.,VA.HS.3.3,Inquiry Questions:,How do students persevere through challenges and the iterative process to complete an idea?
Visual Arts,High School,3. Invent and Discover to Create,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,3. Articulate and demonstrate that the making and study of art and design can be approached from a variety of perspectives.,VA.HS.3.3,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists and designers create real-world and personal relevance.
Visual Arts,High School,3. Invent and Discover to Create,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of expertise in skills and techniques for personal and/or professional endeavors.,"7. Allow imagination, curiosity, and wonder to guide inquiry and research.",9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.,3. Articulate and demonstrate that the making and study of art and design can be approached from a variety of perspectives.,VA.HS.3.3,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists and designers reflect on finished products.
Visual Arts,High School,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Research and analyze the ways visual artists, designers and scholars express personal views and beliefs and how these perspectives have a social context that enlarges the meaning of an artwork beyond the individual maker.",VA.HS.4.1,Students Can:,Research and debate viewpoints found in a variety of resources that focus on and discuss visual art and design.
Visual Arts,High School,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Research and analyze the ways visual artists, designers and scholars express personal views and beliefs and how these perspectives have a social context that enlarges the meaning of an artwork beyond the individual maker.",VA.HS.4.1,Students Can:,Discern the complexity of visual art and design to interpret and articulate historical paradigms in cultural context.
Visual Arts,High School,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Research and analyze the ways visual artists, designers and scholars express personal views and beliefs and how these perspectives have a social context that enlarges the meaning of an artwork beyond the individual maker.",VA.HS.4.1,Students Can:,Analyze and evaluate how works of art previously created across time and culture can influence the work of practicing artists today.
Visual Arts,High School,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Research and analyze the ways visual artists, designers and scholars express personal views and beliefs and how these perspectives have a social context that enlarges the meaning of an artwork beyond the individual maker.",VA.HS.4.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Apply knowledge and skills in visual art and design to address complex problems and perspectives. (Adaptability and Flexibility, Creativity and Innovation)"
Visual Arts,High School,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Research and analyze the ways visual artists, designers and scholars express personal views and beliefs and how these perspectives have a social context that enlarges the meaning of an artwork beyond the individual maker.",VA.HS.4.1,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Students can synthesize information from multiple sources to demonstrate understanding of a topic through a work of art. (Critical Thinking and Analysis)
Visual Arts,High School,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Research and analyze the ways visual artists, designers and scholars express personal views and beliefs and how these perspectives have a social context that enlarges the meaning of an artwork beyond the individual maker.",VA.HS.4.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can a student identify relevant research that promotes analytical discourse about artists' personal views and beliefs?
Visual Arts,High School,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Research and analyze the ways visual artists, designers and scholars express personal views and beliefs and how these perspectives have a social context that enlarges the meaning of an artwork beyond the individual maker.",VA.HS.4.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can a student discern and articulate complex intersections between historical and cultural paradigms?
Visual Arts,High School,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Research and analyze the ways visual artists, designers and scholars express personal views and beliefs and how these perspectives have a social context that enlarges the meaning of an artwork beyond the individual maker.",VA.HS.4.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can students access paths to artistic and cultural histories that develop culturally humble perspectives?
Visual Arts,High School,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Research and analyze the ways visual artists, designers and scholars express personal views and beliefs and how these perspectives have a social context that enlarges the meaning of an artwork beyond the individual maker.",VA.HS.4.1,Inquiry Questions:,How can a student use art and design for personal agency and to develop an informed understanding of the world around them?
Visual Arts,High School,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Research and analyze the ways visual artists, designers and scholars express personal views and beliefs and how these perspectives have a social context that enlarges the meaning of an artwork beyond the individual maker.",VA.HS.4.1,Inquiry Questions:,"How can students analyze traditions of visual art and design to understand the influence of historical narratives and contexts from perspectives of race, gender and class?"
Visual Arts,High School,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Research and analyze the ways visual artists, designers and scholars express personal views and beliefs and how these perspectives have a social context that enlarges the meaning of an artwork beyond the individual maker.",VA.HS.4.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists identify multiple perspectives.
Visual Arts,High School,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",2. Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.,4. Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.,"5. Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories, and cultures.",,"1. Research and analyze the ways visual artists, designers and scholars express personal views and beliefs and how these perspectives have a social context that enlarges the meaning of an artwork beyond the individual maker.",VA.HS.4.1,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artmaking involves developing agency.
Visual Arts,High School,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,,,2. Develop proficiency in visual communication skills that extends learning to new contexts and disciplines.,VA.HS.4.2,Students Can:,Use reasoning to identify problems and conceive solutions in artmaking that demonstrate independent judgment.
Visual Arts,High School,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,,,2. Develop proficiency in visual communication skills that extends learning to new contexts and disciplines.,VA.HS.4.2,Students Can:,Transfer and integrate concepts and skills to inform innovative ideas and solutions.
Visual Arts,High School,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,,,2. Develop proficiency in visual communication skills that extends learning to new contexts and disciplines.,VA.HS.4.2,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,Apply a fundamental understanding of the issues in many contexts including visual art and design. (Creativity and Innovation)
Visual Arts,High School,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,,,2. Develop proficiency in visual communication skills that extends learning to new contexts and disciplines.,VA.HS.4.2,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Students can pose and respond to questions and contribute to the discussion about a topic or text, including a work of art, in order to advance the dialogue. (Collaboration and Teamwork)"
Visual Arts,High School,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,,,2. Develop proficiency in visual communication skills that extends learning to new contexts and disciplines.,VA.HS.4.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students examine their reasoning abilities and demonstrate how it leads to independent thinking?
Visual Arts,High School,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,,,2. Develop proficiency in visual communication skills that extends learning to new contexts and disciplines.,VA.HS.4.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students identify problems and create works of art that demonstrate integration of new learning?
Visual Arts,High School,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,,,2. Develop proficiency in visual communication skills that extends learning to new contexts and disciplines.,VA.HS.4.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students use existing artworks to develop informed perspectives?
Visual Arts,High School,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,,,2. Develop proficiency in visual communication skills that extends learning to new contexts and disciplines.,VA.HS.4.2,Inquiry Questions:,How can students identify a problem and how it needs to be solved?
Visual Arts,High School,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,,,2. Develop proficiency in visual communication skills that extends learning to new contexts and disciplines.,VA.HS.4.2,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists use inquiry-based questioning.
Visual Arts,High School,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,"10. Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.",,,,2. Develop proficiency in visual communication skills that extends learning to new contexts and disciplines.,VA.HS.4.2,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artmaking can involve identifying multiple perspectives.
Visual Arts,High School,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,,,,"3. Utilize the practice of artmaking, and research historical and cultural contexts, to discern between different viewpoints, critique social problems and effect social change.",VA.HS.4.3,Students Can:,Demonstrate autonomous meaning-making and problem-solving skills to create works that reveal agency in thinking.
Visual Arts,High School,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,,,,"3. Utilize the practice of artmaking, and research historical and cultural contexts, to discern between different viewpoints, critique social problems and effect social change.",VA.HS.4.3,Students Can:,Work collaboratively to share knowledge and apply learning in new and unexpected contexts.
Visual Arts,High School,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,,,,"3. Utilize the practice of artmaking, and research historical and cultural contexts, to discern between different viewpoints, critique social problems and effect social change.",VA.HS.4.3,Students Can:,"Engage in curating processes that invoke social, cultural and potential discourse."
Visual Arts,High School,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,,,,"3. Utilize the practice of artmaking, and research historical and cultural contexts, to discern between different viewpoints, critique social problems and effect social change.",VA.HS.4.3,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Use interpersonal skills and the practice of artmaking to learn and work with individuals from diverse backgrounds in collaborative art initiatives or exchanges. (Social Awareness, Self-Management)"
Visual Arts,High School,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,,,,"3. Utilize the practice of artmaking, and research historical and cultural contexts, to discern between different viewpoints, critique social problems and effect social change.",VA.HS.4.3,Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:,"Critical thinking such as but not limited to students presenting arguments or information in a logical sequence with a clear claim, supportive evidence and effective presence that builds credibility for their work or the work of others. (Data Literacy, Critical Thinking and Analysis)"
Visual Arts,High School,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,,,,"3. Utilize the practice of artmaking, and research historical and cultural contexts, to discern between different viewpoints, critique social problems and effect social change.",VA.HS.4.3,Inquiry Questions:,How can students analyze how context influences visual language and how visual language influences context?
Visual Arts,High School,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,,,,"3. Utilize the practice of artmaking, and research historical and cultural contexts, to discern between different viewpoints, critique social problems and effect social change.",VA.HS.4.3,Inquiry Questions:,How can students explore multiple methods of using visual language and how it reveals context of ideas?
Visual Arts,High School,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,,,,"3. Utilize the practice of artmaking, and research historical and cultural contexts, to discern between different viewpoints, critique social problems and effect social change.",VA.HS.4.3,Inquiry Questions:,How can students employ collaborative skills inclusive of individual and collective knowledge for the purpose of exploring new domains?
Visual Arts,High School,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,,,,"3. Utilize the practice of artmaking, and research historical and cultural contexts, to discern between different viewpoints, critique social problems and effect social change.",VA.HS.4.3,Inquiry Questions:,How can students examine perspectives that impact social change?
Visual Arts,High School,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,,,,"3. Utilize the practice of artmaking, and research historical and cultural contexts, to discern between different viewpoints, critique social problems and effect social change.",VA.HS.4.3,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artmaking involves creating real-world and personal relevance.
Visual Arts,High School,4. Relate and Connect to Transfer,"1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing, or making.",8. Engage in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.,,,,"3. Utilize the practice of artmaking, and research historical and cultural contexts, to discern between different viewpoints, critique social problems and effect social change.",VA.HS.4.3,Learning Experience and Transfer:,Artists and designers use cooperative and collaborative learning.