2020 Colorado Academic Standards

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Visual Arts

Sixth Grade, Standard 1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend

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  • 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 mastery in skills and techniques.

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1. Apply the language of visual art and design to distinguish and differentiate meanings.

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Students Can:

  1. Respond verbally or in written format justifying and interpreting a work of art using the language of art and design.
  2. Develop from oneself and various cultures a mental storehouse of images and the uses, symbolism and meaning of those images.

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More information icon Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:

  1. Establish goals for communication using the language of visual art and design and plan out steps accordingly. (Civic/Interpersonal Skills: Communication)
  2. 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. (Entrepreneurial Skills)

More information icon Inquiry Questions:

  1. How can students justify formal decisions used in artworks to communicate visual effects?
  2. How can students use life experiences to create visual symbols for creative expression?
  3. How can students apply analysis strategies to create a new understanding?
  4. What common language is used to improve communication about art?

More information icon Learning Experience and Transfer:

  1. Artists create a visual vocabulary and library.

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More information icon Prepared Graduates:

  • 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 mastery in skills and techniques.
  • 7. Allow imagination, curiosity and wonder to guide inquiry and research.
  • 8. Participate in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.

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2. Compare art from various historical, contemporary and cultural sources.

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Students Can:

  1. Describe and discuss the general characteristics of a work of art from various historical time periods.
  2. Interpret a variety of works of art while being respectful and mindful of culturally sensitive themes.
  3. Analyze works of art from various time periods and world cultures by their components of style and design.
  4. Evaluate how interpretations of works of art change based on the viewer's time, place and culture.

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More information icon Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:

  1. Connect knowledge of art and design (facts, theories, etc.) from personal ideas/understandings to civic engagement which includes referencing historical, contemporary and cultural sources. (Civic/Interpersonal Skills: Civic Engagement)
  2. Students can analyze and use information presented visually to support interpretations. (Entrepreneurial Skills)

More information icon Inquiry Questions:

  1. How can students recognize stylistic differences and commonalities of artwork created across time and cultures?
  2. How can students value the influence of belief systems on the interpretation and analysis of works of art?
  3. How can students use the reciprocal relationship of art and culture to uncover meaning?

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  1. Artists and designers analyze visual characteristics in cultural contexts.

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  • 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 mastery in skills and techniques.
  • 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.

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3. Utilize key concepts, issues and themes to connect the visual arts to other disciplines.

More information icon Evidence Outcomes:

Students Can:

  1. Identify skills, ideas and themes in the visual arts that are influenced by other content areas.
  2. Create works of art using skills from other disciplines.

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More information icon Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:

  1. Collaboration between disciplines can be found during the entire creative process. (Entrepreneurial Skills: Critical Thinking/Problem Solving)
  2. Students can analyze content-specific texts to distinguish the factual evidence offered, reasoned judgments made and conclusions drawn, and speculative ideas offered. (Entrepreneurial Skills)

More information icon Inquiry Questions:

  1. How can students solve interdisciplinary problems using visual art and design?
  2. How can students investigate artworks through the lens of other disciplines?
  3. How can students recognize the visual arts encompass and reflect multiple aspects of life throughout time and cultures?

More information icon Learning Experience and Transfer:

  1. Artists employ varied disciplines harmoniously.

Visual Arts

Sixth Grade, Standard 2. Envision and Critique to Reflect

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  • 2. Visually and/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 mastery in skills and techniques.
  • 9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.

More information icon Grade Level Expectation:

1. Interpret meaning and evaluate works of visual art and design recognizing diverse points of view.

More information icon Evidence Outcomes:

Students Can:

  1. Interpret meaning in works of art from a variety of perspectives.
  2. Research and compare works of art from different times and places.

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More information icon Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:

  1. Identify and explain multiple perspectives in works of art and design. (Civic/Interpersonal Skills: Global and Cultural Awareness)
  2. Examine how individuals interpret messages differently, how values and points of view are included or excluded and how media can influence beliefs and behaviors. (Professional Skills: Information Literacy)

More information icon Inquiry Questions:

  1. How can students see meaning as a function of context?
  2. How can students engage in art analysis by comparing works through history and culture?

More information icon Learning Experience and Transfer:

  1. Artists identify multiple points of view.
  2. Artists establish and link background knowledge.

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More information icon Prepared Graduates:

  • 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 mastery in skills and techniques.

More information icon Grade Level Expectation:

2. Describe, analyze and interpret works of art using specific art vocabulary.

More information icon Evidence Outcomes:

Students Can:

  1. Describe and analyze works of art using the language of visual art and design.
  2. Explain the visual qualities of a specified work of art from multiple points of view.

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More information icon Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:

  1. Articulate thoughts and ideas using specific art vocabulary effectively using oral, written and/or nonverbal communication. (Civic/Interpersonal Skills: Communication)

More information icon Inquiry Questions:

  1. How can students analyze a work of art using a common language?
  2. How can students articulate the varied perspectives a viewer might have to a work of art?

More information icon Learning Experience and Transfer:

  1. Artists and designers demonstrate and model.
  2. Artists connect academic language across diverse disciplines.

Visual Arts

Sixth Grade, Standard 3. Invent and Discover to Create

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  • 6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of mastery in skills and techniques.

More information icon Grade Level Expectation:

1. Plan the creation of a work of art utilizing feedback.

More information icon Evidence Outcomes:

Students Can:

  1. Use feedback from peers to plan and create works of art.
  2. Propose revisions to works of art using the language of visual art and design.
  3. Evaluate redirection and revision during the creative process.

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More information icon Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:

  1. Value and consider incorporating different perspectives expressed by others in works of art. (Personal Skills: Adaptability/Flexibility)
  2. Develop and utilize basic task and time management strategies effectively in planning and creating works of art and design. (Professional Skills: Task/Time Management)
  3. 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. (Entrepreneurial Skills)

More information icon Inquiry Questions:

  1. How can students look for and value different perspectives about their work as they engage in the artmaking process?
  2. How can students utilize suggestions in order to find workable solutions?

More information icon Learning Experience and Transfer:

  1. Artmaking can involve cooperative learning.
  2. Artists use conceptual and project-based learning.
  3. Artmaking uses imagining to develop artistic vision.
  4. Artists and designers can use organized critiques.
  5. Artists and designers synthesize knowledge, skill and imagination to solve problems and express meaning.

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More information icon Prepared Graduates:

  • 6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of mastery in skills and techniques.
  • 7. Allow imagination, curiosity and wonder to guide inquiry and research.
  • 9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.

More information icon Grade Level Expectation:

2. Explore various media, materials and techniques used to create works of visual art and design.

More information icon Evidence Outcomes:

Students Can:

  1. Recognize and utilize the individual characteristics of each medium.
  2. Identify and differentiate the relationships between media choice, art processes and final solutions.
  3. Create and display works of art using a wide variety of contemporary and available media.

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More information icon Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:

  1. Demonstrate flexibility, imagination and inventiveness in artmaking. (Entrepreneurial Skills: Informed Risk Taking)
  2. Discern differences of effective and ineffective processes, communication and tasks in creating works of art and design. (Personal Skills: Personal Responsibility)

More information icon Inquiry Questions:

  1. How can students choose media based on its inherent qualities in order to enhance their work?
  2. How can students reflect on finished artworks in various media in order to make decisions about future media choices?
  3. How can students make and curate work in order to share with viewers?

More information icon Learning Experience and Transfer:

  1. Artists and designers use demonstration.
  2. Artmaking involves exploration and discovery.
  3. Artists connect effective strategies of focused, goal-oriented investigation.

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More information icon Prepared Graduates:

  • 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 mastery in skills and techniques.
  • 7. Allow imagination, curiosity and wonder to guide inquiry and research.
  • 9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.

More information icon Grade Level Expectation:

3. Utilize current and available technology to refine ideas in works of art.

More information icon Evidence Outcomes:

Students Can:

  1. Evaluate various technological processes used to make art.
  2. Recognize and discuss how technology operates in the creation of works of art.

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More information icon Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:

  1. Create works of art and design through the use of technologies. (Professional Skills: Use Information and Communication Technologies)
  2. Innovate from failure, connect learning across domains and recognize new opportunities while creating works of art and design. (Entrepreneurial Skills: Informed Risk Taking)

More information icon Inquiry Questions:

  1. How can students investigate technological processes that express their chosen ideas?
  2. How can students articulate the possible roles of technology in the creative process?

More information icon Learning Experience and Transfer:

  1. Artmaking involves project-based learning.
  2. Artists connect planning to implementation.
  3. Artists use imagining to develop artistic vision.
  4. Artists and designers synthesize knowledge, skill and imagination to solve problems and express meaning.

Visual Arts

Sixth Grade, Standard 4. Relate and Connect to Transfer

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More information icon Prepared Graduates:

  • 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.

More information icon Grade Level Expectation:

1. Infer from works of visual art and design, using interdisciplinary knowledge, how diverse communities address issues relevant to their culture, place and times.

More information icon Evidence Outcomes:

Students Can:

  1. Explain and create works of art that incorporate everyday life, traditions, customs and special events.
  2. Draw conclusions from representations of ancestry in works of art.
  3. Identify and explain cross-disciplinary connections in works of art.

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More information icon Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:

  1. Examine how individuals interpret messages differently, how values and points of view are included or excluded and how media can influence beliefs and behaviors. (Professional Skills: Information Literacy)
  2. Identify and explain multiple perspectives (cultural, global) when exploring visual art and design. (Civic/Interpersonal Skills: Global/Cultural Awareness)
  3. Students can synthesize information from multiple sources to demonstrate understanding of a topic. (Entrepreneurial Skills)

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  1. How can students utilize personal traditions and their everyday life experiences to create an artwork?
  2. How can students respectfully consider ancestry in works of art?
  3. How can students identify the intersections between content areas in works of art?

More information icon Learning Experience and Transfer:

  1. Artists consider multiple perspectives by investigating the context in which a work is made.
  2. Artists and designers connect the interdependent relationship that art and societies have.

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  • 8. Participate 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.

More information icon Grade Level Expectation:

2. Investigate art and other careers that use creative and design thinking.

More information icon Evidence Outcomes:

Students Can:

  1. Investigate how art is incorporated into contemporary careers.
  2. Research an art-related career of personal interest.
  3. 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.

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More information icon Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:

  1. Pursue a path of inquiry initiated by personal connections to careers and other life pursuits. (Professional Skills: Career Awareness)
  2. Demonstrate a willingness to try new things. (Entrepreneurial Skills: Informed Risk Taking)
  3. 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. (Personal Skills)

More information icon Inquiry Questions:

  1. How can students explore art as a career path and creative thinking as an asset in many workplaces?
  2. How can students utilize research to discover art careers of personal interests?
  3. How can students recognize creativity and design thinking as tools of many professionals in communities and society?

More information icon Learning Experience and Transfer:

  1. Imagining, artistic visioning and the design-thinking process can benefit many lifelong pursuits.
  2. Artists connect new knowledge to personal preferences.

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  • 1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing or making.
  • 8. Participate in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.

More information icon Grade Level Expectation:

3. Investigate how art addresses contemporary issues and community and societal concerns.

More information icon Evidence Outcomes:

Students Can:

  1. Display research about artists that engage in social commentary.
  2. Research the motivation for works of art that address social issues.

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More information icon Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:

  1. Connect art and design knowledge (facts, theories, etc.) from personal ideas and understanding to civic engagement. (Civic/Interpersonal Skills: Civic Engagement)
  2. Apply ethical perspectives/concepts to an ethical question/situation/scenario regarding art and design. (Civic/Interpersonal Skills: Character)
  3. Students can present arguments or information in a logical sequence with a clear claim, supportive evidence and effective presence that builds credibility. (Civic/Interpersonal Skills)

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  1. How can students share their research about artists as agents of social change?
  2. How can students analyze the reasons why artists create works about social issues?

More information icon Learning Experience and Transfer:

  1. Artists identify and critique social issues and create work with real world and personal relevance.
  2. Artists and designers can connect personal ideas to civic engagement.

Visual Arts

Seventh Grade, Standard 1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend

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More information icon Prepared Graduates:

  • 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 mastery in skills and techniques.

More information icon Grade Level Expectation:

1. Analyze works of art and apply the language of visual art and design to infer meaning.

More information icon Evidence Outcomes:

Students Can:

  1. Apply the language of visual art and design to describe the aesthetic value of works of art.
  2. Evaluate the emotional significance generated by the language of visual art and design.
  3. Differentiate and implement the language of visual art and design when observing works of art.

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More information icon Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:

  1. Investigate to form hypotheses, make observations and draw conclusions about how artists use the language of visual art and design to make meaning. (Entrepreneurial Skills: Inquiry/Analysis)
  2. Students can cite textual evidence from content-specific texts or works of art to demonstrate understanding and support analysis. (Entrepreneurial Skill)

More information icon Inquiry Questions:

  1. How can students use analysis to create a new understanding?
  2. How can students consider the aesthetic value of works of art?
  3. What common language is used to improve communication about art?

More information icon Learning Experience and Transfer:

  1. Artists evaluate the role of aesthetic decisions to support meaning.

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  • 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 mastery in skills and techniques.
  • 7. Allow imagination, curiosity and wonder to guide inquiry and research.
  • 8. Participate in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.

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2. Recognize and interpret works of art through the lens of time, place and culture.

More information icon Evidence Outcomes:

Students Can:

  1. Examine and articulate works of art that communicate significant cultural beliefs or sets of values.
  2. Investigate and discuss how exposure to various cultures and styles influences feelings and emotions toward art forms.
  3. Interpret and demonstrate how works of art synthesize historical and cultural meaning.

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More information icon Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:

  1. Identify and explain multiple perspectives (cultural, global) when exploring events, ideas and issues in works of art. (Civic/Interpersonal Skills: Global/Cultural Awareness)
  2. Students can analyze and use information presented visually to support interpretation. (Entrepreneurial Skills)

More information icon Inquiry Questions:

  1. How can students understand the various ways art changes with time?
  2. How can students examine the impact of time and place on meaning in a work of art?
  3. How can students study artists and works of art to gain historical awareness?

More information icon Learning Experience and Transfer:

  1. Artists contextualize divergent art histories and traditions.

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  • 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 mastery in skills and techniques.
  • 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.

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3. Employ concepts, issues and themes from other disciplines to solve visual arts problems.

More information icon Evidence Outcomes:

Students Can:

  1. Incorporate key concepts, issues and themes from other disciplines into works of art.
  2. Explain and discuss how concepts, ideas and themes from other disciplines can be used in the visual arts.
  3. Explain how skills, themes and key concepts from other disciplines help artists improve their work.

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More information icon Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:

  1. Define the visual art and design problem using a variety of strategies. (Entrepreneurial Skills: Critical Thinking/Problem Solving)
  2. Synthesize creative solutions from a variety of disciplines to solve visual art and design problems. (Entrepreneurial Skills: Critical Thinking/Problem Solving)

More information icon Inquiry Questions:

  1. How can students use interdisciplinary knowledge to create works of visual art and design?
  2. How can students incorporate information from a variety of sources to communicate complex visual ideas?

More information icon Learning Experience and Transfer:

  1. Artists identify opportunities for interdisciplinary problem-solving.

Visual Arts

Seventh Grade, Standard 2. Envision and Critique to Reflect

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  • 2. Visually and/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 mastery in skills and techniques.
  • 9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.

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1. Determine meaning from works of art and design using visual literacy skills such as interpretation, negotiation, appreciation and selection.

More information icon Evidence Outcomes:

Students Can:

  1. Explain and justify the visual elements artists use to express ideas in specific works of art.
  2. Discuss, debate and negotiate possible alternative interpretations of works of art.
  3. Utilize visual literacy skills in verbal or written discourse to construct meaning from works of art considering multiple points of view.

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More information icon Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:

  1. Question to develop further understanding. (Professional Skills: Self-Advocacy)
  2. Interpret works of art and design with consideration to purpose, context, audience and cultural norms. (Civic/Interpersonal Skills: Communication)
  3. 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. (Entrepreneurial Skills)

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  1. How can students explain and justify visual text in an artwork?
  2. How can students explain and justify visual elements as expressions of ideas?
  3. How can students consider multiple viewpoints as they write and speak about meaning in art?

More information icon Learning Experience and Transfer:

  1. Artists and designers establish and link background knowledge.
  2. Artists read, write and use vocabulary through an interdisciplinary lens.

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  • 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 mastery in skills and techniques.

More information icon Grade Level Expectation:

2. Utilize appropriate vocabulary in the critical analysis of works of art.

More information icon Evidence Outcomes:

Students Can:

  1. Explain the purpose of a variety of visual and conceptual elements in works of art.
  2. Decode the meaning in works of art using visual evidence.

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More information icon Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:

  1. Articulate thoughts and ideas effectively using oral, written and/or nonverbal communication in analysis of works of art. (Civic/Interpersonal Skills: Communication)

More information icon Inquiry Questions:

  1. How can students investigate the formal components and ideas in a work of art?
  2. How can students utilize visual cues in a work of art to understand a work of art?

More information icon Learning Experience and Transfer:

  1. Artists and designers use demonstration and modeling.
  2. Artists connect specific academic language to diverse disciplines.

Visual Arts

Seventh Grade, Standard 3. Invent and Discover to Create

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  • 6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of mastery in skills and techniques.

More information icon Grade Level Expectation:

1. Plan, anticipate outcomes and use feedback to grow as an artist.

More information icon Evidence Outcomes:

Students Can:

  1. Plan, revise and refine an idea through a series of display-ready works of art.
  2. Generate works of art based on selected themes or anticipated goals.
  3. Identify or demonstrate changes in personal style or skill level in works of art over time.

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More information icon Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:

  1. Look for and value different perspectives expressed by others in planning and creating. (Personal Skills: Adaptability/Flexibility)
  2. Assess personal strengths and limitations in order to grow as an artist. (Personal Skills: Self-Awareness)
  3. 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. (Entrepreneurial Skills)

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  1. How can a student explore the progression of an artist's work in order to understand how artists grow?
  2. How can students persist in the steps of creative process in order to present their artworks?
  3. How can a student utilize a theme or goal to guide their thinking and making processes?

More information icon Learning Experience and Transfer:

  1. Artists and designers can incorporate cooperative learning.
  2. Artmaking involves conceptual and project-based learning.
  3. Artmaking uses imagining to develop artistic vision.
  4. Artists and designers can use organized critiques.
  5. Artists and designers synthesize knowledge, skill and imagination to solve problems and express meaning.

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  • 6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of mastery in skills and techniques.
  • 7. Allow imagination, curiosity and wonder to guide inquiry and research.
  • 9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.

More information icon Grade Level Expectation:

2. Demonstrate technical skills and processes to achieve desired results.

More information icon Evidence Outcomes:

Students Can:

  1. Create works of art from observation, photographs and stored mental images adding personal interpretations.
  2. Demonstrate and apply perceptual skills to create works of art.
  3. Research and communicate personal ideas and interests in works of art.

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More information icon Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:

  1. Innovate from failure, connect learning across domains and recognize new opportunities while creating works of art using technical skills. (Entrepreneurial Skills: Informed Risk Taking)
  2. Form and test hypotheses in regard to art media and techniques to guide problem-solving. (Entrepreneurial Skills: Inquiry/Analysis)
  3. Students can synthesize information from multiple sources to demonstrate understanding of a topic. (Entrepreneurial Skills)

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  1. How can students use various imagery to inspire their work but add their own twist or interpretation?
  2. How can students develop attention and awareness in order to create works of art?
  3. How can students research and use ideas that are relevant to them to create a meaningful artwork?

More information icon Learning Experience and Transfer:

  1. Artmaking involves project-based learning.
  2. Artists connect planning to implementation.
  3. Artists connect learning a skill to persevering to master the skill.

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  • 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 mastery in skills and techniques.
  • 7. Allow imagination, curiosity and wonder to guide inquiry and research.
  • 9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.

More information icon Grade Level Expectation:

3. Utilize current and available technology as a primary medium to create original works of art.

More information icon Evidence Outcomes:

Students Can:

  1. Explore ways to manipulate works of art through technology.
  2. Utilize current and available technologies to create new forms of 2-D and 3-D art.

More information icon Academic Contexts and Connections:

More information icon Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:

  1. Create art and design through the use of technologies. (Professional Skills: Use Information and Communication Technologies)
  2. Synthesize ideas in original and surprising ways in works of art. (Entrepreneurial Skills: Creativity/Innovation)

More information icon Inquiry Questions:

  1. How can students explore the tools of technology in order to transform images and ideas?
  2. How can students use technology to create innovative artworks?

More information icon Learning Experience and Transfer:

  1. Artmaking involves project-based learning.
  2. Artists connect planning to implementation.
  3. Artmaking involves imagining to develop artistic vision.
  4. Artists and designers synthesize knowledge, skill and imagination to solve problems and express meaning.

Visual Arts

Seventh Grade, Standard 4. Relate and Connect to Transfer

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More information icon Prepared Graduates:

  • 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.

More information icon Grade Level Expectation:

1. Investigate how artists, designers and scholars narrate their social context.

More information icon Evidence Outcomes:

Students Can:

  1. Design and create works of art using images, words and symbols that illustrate personal community or culture.
  2. Analyze and explain how artists and cultures have used art to communicate ideas and identity throughout history.

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More information icon Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:

  1. Identify and explain multiple perspectives (cultural, global) when exploring visual art and design. (Civic/Interpersonal Skills: Global/Cultural Awareness)
  2. Recognize and describe cause-and-effect relationships and patterns in everyday experiences. (Entrepreneurial Skills: Inquire/Analysis)
  3. Students can synthesize information from multiple sources to demonstrate understanding of a topic. (Entrepreneurial Skills)

More information icon Inquiry Questions:

  1. How can students utilize personally significant, symbolic imagery to create an artwork that expresses their time, place and culture?
  2. How can students read artworks to find evidence of societal values and beliefs?
  3. How can students analyze the ways in which art has been used to communicate ideas?

More information icon Learning Experience and Transfer:

  1. Artists consider multiple perspectives through investigation and inquiry.
  2. Artists and designers connect the interdependent relationship that art and societies have.

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  • 8. Participate 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.

More information icon Grade Level Expectation:

2. Identify where the visual arts and artistic thinking are present in the real world.

More information icon Evidence Outcomes:

Students Can:

  1. Discuss and explain how the visual arts are an integral part of popular culture.
  2. Recognize and articulate how artists and designers use critical thinking skills in the community.
  3. Explore and evaluate ways that artistic thinking is used to solve problems in various careers.

More information icon Academic Contexts and Connections:

More information icon Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:

  1. Define the problem using a variety of strategies in works of art and design as well as in everyday life. (Entrepreneurial Skills: Critical Thinking/Problem Solving)
  2. Make connections between information gathered in artmaking and personal experiences to apply and/or test solutions. (Entrepreneurial Skills: Critical Thinking/Problem Solving)
  3. Students can pose and respond to questions and contribute to the discussion about a topic or text in order to advance the dialogue. (Personal Skills)

More information icon Inquiry Questions:

  1. How can students engage in discourse about the intersections of art and popular culture?
  2. 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?

More information icon Learning Experience and Transfer:

  1. Critical thinking and the design thinking process are used across disciplines.
  2. Imagining, artistic visioning and the design thinking process can benefit many lifelong pursuits.
  3. Artists connect new knowledge to personal preferences.
  4. Artists and designers use cooperative learning.

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More information icon Prepared Graduates:

  • 1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing or making.
  • 8. Participate in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.

More information icon Grade Level Expectation:

3. Communicate messages about societal problems through the creative process.

More information icon Evidence Outcomes:

Students Can:

  1. 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.
  2. Create and display a work of art based on a selected social issue.

More information icon Academic Contexts and Connections:

More information icon Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:

  1. Incorporate ideas from social or community activities in works of art and design. (Civic/Interpersonal Skills: Civic Engagement)
  2. Apply ethical perspectives/concepts to an ethical question/situation/scenario to artmaking. (Civic/Interpersonal Skills: Character)
  3. Students can present arguments or information in a logical sequence with a clear claim, supportive evidence and effective presence that builds credibility. (Civic/Interpersonal Skills)

More information icon Inquiry Questions:

  1. How can students communicate the ways in which contemporary art addresses social issues?
  2. How can students seek to understand and communicate ideas about social issues through the creation and sharing of artwork?

More information icon Learning Experience and Transfer:

  1. Artists identify and critique social issues and create work with real-world and personal relevance.
  2. Artists can connect personal ideas to civic engagement.

Visual Arts

Eighth Grade, Standard 1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend

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  • 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 mastery in skills and techniques.

More information icon Grade Level Expectation:

1. Interpret works of art using the language of visual art and design and conceptual art frameworks.

More information icon Evidence Outcomes:

Students Can:

  1. Present works of art using the language of visual art and design to infer meaning.
  2. Describe and justify the specific elements in a work of art using the language of visual art and design.
  3. Investigate and debate conceptual frameworks that give value to works of art.

More information icon Academic Contexts and Connections:

More information icon Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:

  1. Interpret information and draw conclusions based on informed analysis using the language of visual art and design. (Entrepreneurial Skills: Critical Thinking/Problem Solving)
  2. 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. (Entrepreneurial Skills)

More information icon Inquiry Questions:

  1. How can students investigate the criteria used by various cultures to evaluate and make meaning of artwork?
  2. How can visual artists, designers and media artists convey concepts, actions and emotions effectively?
  3. How can students use established conceptual criteria to interpret works of art?
  4. How do students use visual media to share their interpretation of ideas?
  5. How can students respectfully consider the variety of individual responses to their artwork and the artwork of others?

More information icon Learning Experience and Transfer:

  1. Artists analyze composition, form, function and purpose.
  2. Artists use established criteria to evaluate and synthesize knowledge and personal experience to develop individual criteria to evaluate.

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More information icon Prepared Graduates:

  • 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 mastery in skills and techniques.
  • 7. Allow imagination, curiosity and wonder to guide inquiry and research.
  • 8. Participate in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.

More information icon Grade Level Expectation:

2. Synthesize and evaluate how time, culture and artistic style relates to contemporary art concerns.

More information icon Evidence Outcomes:

Students Can:

  1. Incorporate personal life experiences through aesthetic responses to works of art.
  2. Justify and infer how art often is defined by its originality.
  3. Interpret changes in meaning over time in the perception of a familiar work of art.
  4. Investigate and discuss how social and political environments influence an artist's creative process in making a work of art.
  5. Examine and discuss the reasons to respect and avoid replication and interpretation of culturally sensitive taboos.

More information icon Academic Contexts and Connections:

More information icon Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:

  1. Examine how individuals interpret messages differently, and how values and points of view are included or excluded in works of art and design. (Professional Skills: Information Literacy)
  2. Students can delineate an argument, identify specific claims and distinguish if claims are supported by reasons and evidence. (Civic/Interpersonal Skills)

More information icon Inquiry Questions:

  1. How can students incorporate time and place to give meaning or function to a work of art?
  2. How can students be responsive to artists and works of art in their contexts of cultures, times and places?
  3. How can students analyze the influence artist have on each other?
  4. How can students analyze the impact artists have on social structures across time and place?

More information icon Learning Experience and Transfer:

  1. Artists study diverse cultures across time and place.
  2. Artists compare and contrast historical art to contemporary art.

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More information icon Prepared Graduates:

  • 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 mastery in skills and techniques.
  • 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.

More information icon Grade Level Expectation:

3. Apply key concepts, issues and themes of the visual arts to solve problems using real-world applications.

More information icon Evidence Outcomes:

Students Can:

  1. Produce individual or group works of art that incorporate various multidisciplinary key concepts, issues and themes to solve visual problems.
  2. Communicate ideas visually through various media, methods, styles and perspectives.

More information icon Academic Contexts and Connections:

More information icon Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:

  1. Collaborate with non-art areas to generate creative ideas that solve real-world problems. (Civic/Interpersonal Skills: Collaboration/Teamwork)
  2. 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. (Entrepreneurial Skills)

More information icon Inquiry Questions:

  1. How can students use collaboration with other content areas to solve problems?
  2. How do students demonstrate problem-solving skills through art making?
  3. How can students deduce the value and influence of art on real-world problem solving applications?

More information icon Learning Experience and Transfer:

  1. Artists use interdisciplinary collaboration and approaches to extend thinking.

Visual Arts

Eighth Grade, Standard 2. Envision and Critique to Reflect

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  • 2. Visually and/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 mastery in skills and techniques.
  • 9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.

More information icon Grade Level Expectation:

1. Utilize visual literacy skills to establish personal meaning and interpret the artistic intent of others.

More information icon Evidence Outcomes:

Students Can:

  1. Connect ideas or concepts in a work of art to their visual elements.
  2. Analyze and explain the impact of persuasive techniques in print and in electronic media.
  3. Develop a statement of purpose for a work of art in written, verbal or digital format.

More information icon Academic Contexts and Connections:

More information icon Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:

  1. Develop self-awareness by utilizing multiple perspectives analyzing artworks. (Civic/Interpersonal Skills: Global/Cultural Awareness)
  2. 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. (Entrepreneurial Skills)

More information icon Inquiry Questions:

  1. How can students read visual elements as evidence of ideas and beliefs of an artist?
  2. How can students use visual literacy skills to analyze the world around them?
  3. How can students explain the meaning behind their artwork?

More information icon Learning Experience and Transfer:

  1. Artists and designers establish and link background knowledge.
  2. Artists read, write and use vocabulary through an interdisciplinary lens.

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More information icon Prepared Graduates:

  • 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 mastery in skills and techniques.

More information icon Grade Level Expectation:

2. Analyze, interpret and make informed judgments about works of art using different points of view.

More information icon Evidence Outcomes:

Students Can:

  1. Research and discuss belief systems used to value works of art.
  2. Interpret artistic styles, trends and movements in various contexts.
  3. Defend the value of a work of art utilizing comparisons to works of art from other times and places.

More information icon Academic Contexts and Connections:

More information icon Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:

  1. 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. (Professional Skills: Information Literacy)
  2. 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. (Entrepreneurial Skills)

More information icon Inquiry Questions:

  1. How can students investigate why an artwork is considered valuable?
  2. How can students utilize art history to understand the importance of time, place, and culture in artmaking?
  3. How can students analyze art from multiple perspectives?

More information icon Learning Experience and Transfer:

  1. Artists identify multiple points of view.
  2. Artists establish and link background knowledge.

Visual Arts

Eighth Grade, Standard 3. Invent and Discover to Create

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  • 6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of mastery in skills and techniques.

More information icon Grade Level Expectation:

1. Employ feedback, planning and ideation processes to develop artistic voice.

More information icon Evidence Outcomes:

Students Can:

  1. Collect feedback, ideas and inspirations from multiple sources to create personal works of art.
  2. Demonstrate personal responsibility in the planning, implementation and evaluation of works of art.
  3. Create works of art that depict personal viewpoints while honoring sensitive topics.

More information icon Academic Contexts and Connections:

More information icon Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:

  1. Look for and value different perspectives expressed by others and self in planning works of art and design. (Personal Skills: Adaptability/Flexibility)
  2. Set personal goals and develop strategies to remain focused on learning goals while planning for and creating works of art and design. (Professional Skills: Perseverance/Resilience)
  3. 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. (Entrepreneurial Skills)

More information icon Inquiry Questions:

  1. How can students gather and reflect on feedback in order to improve their artworks?
  2. How can a student take initiative and persevere in the process of making an artwork?
  3. How can a student use inspiration from many sources while considering how their art might be perceived in different contexts?

More information icon Learning Experience and Transfer:

  1. Artmaking involves conceptual and project-based learning.
  2. Artists and designers use imagining to develop artistic vision.
  3. Artists can use organized critiques.
  4. Artists and designers synthesize knowledge, skill and imagination to solve problems and express meaning.
  5. Artists act on creative ideas to make a tangible and useful contribution.

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  • 6. Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of mastery in skills and techniques.
  • 7. Allow imagination, curiosity and wonder to guide inquiry and research.
  • 9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.

More information icon Grade Level Expectation:

2. Demonstrate technical proficiency and craftsmanship in the creative process.

More information icon Evidence Outcomes:

Students Can:

  1. Create works of art with attention to technique and craft.
  2. Create works of art with preferred techniques that advance intended purpose and are display-ready.
  3. Investigate the unique qualities of various media to achieve desired results.

More information icon Academic Contexts and Connections:

More information icon Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:

  1. Synthesize ideas in original and surprising ways using technical proficiency and craftsmanship. (Entrepreneurial Skills: Creativity/Innovation)
  2. Assess personal strengths and limitations with a well-grounded sense of confidence, optimism and a growth mindset when creating works of art and design. (Personal Skills: Self-Awareness)
  3. Form and test hypotheses in regard to art media and techniques to guide problem-solving. (Entrepreneurial Skills: Inquiry/Analysis)

More information icon Inquiry Questions:

  1. How can a student persist in the technical processes of artmaking in order to create art they are proud of?
  2. How can a student understand and utilize various techniques to forward their vision?
  3. How can a student engage in artmaking as creative research?

More information icon Learning Experience and Transfer:

  1. Artmaking involves project-based learning.
  2. Artists connect planning to implementation.
  3. Artists connect learning a skill to persevering to master the skill.

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  • 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 mastery in skills and techniques.
  • 7. Allow imagination, curiosity and wonder to guide inquiry and research.
  • 9. Persist in the creative process and innovate from failure.

More information icon Grade Level Expectation:

3. Utilize current and available technology to refine an idea and create original and imaginative works of art.

More information icon Evidence Outcomes:

Students Can:

  1. Utilize current and available technologies to explore multiple ways to communicate an idea visually.
  2. Communicate complex ideas through works of art and design produced with new technologies.

More information icon Academic Contexts and Connections:

More information icon Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:

  1. Create art and design through the use of technologies. (Professional Skills: Use Information and Communication Technologies)
  2. Innovate from failure, connect learning across domains, and recognize new opportunities when creating works of art. (Entrepreneurial Skills: Informed Risk Taking)
  3. 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. (Civic/Interpersonal Skills)

More information icon Inquiry Questions:

  1. How can students demonstrate understanding of ethical and legal considerations when using appropriated images and information?
  2. How can students investigate how new technologies and media might support experimentation and innovative thinking?

More information icon Learning Experience and Transfer:

  1. Artmaking involves project-based learning.
  2. Artists connect planning to implementation.
  3. Artmaking involves imagining to develop artistic vision.
  4. Artists and designers synthesize knowledge, skill and imagination to solve problems and express meaning.

Visual Arts

Eighth Grade, Standard 4. Relate and Connect to Transfer

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  • 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.

More information icon Grade Level Expectation:

1. Interpret the ways individual makers become agents that express the interdependent relationship between art, culture and social contexts.

More information icon Evidence Outcomes:

Students Can:

  1. Investigate and analyze the role of the maker in specific arts traditions.
  2. Compare how various cultures and communities honor, memorialize and celebrate life events.
  3. Recognize and discuss how works of art previously created across time and cultures can influence the work of practicing artists today.

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More information icon Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:

  1. Connect art and design knowledge (facts, theories, etc.) from personal ideas and understandings to civic engagement. (Civic/Interpersonal Skills: Civic Engagement)
  2. Identify and explain multiple perspectives (cultural, global) when exploring visual art and design. (Civic/Interpersonal Skills: Global/Cultural Awareness)
  3. Students can synthesize information from multiple sources to demonstrate understanding of a topic in works of art and design. (Entrepreneurial Skill)

More information icon Inquiry Questions:

  1. How can students allow their curiosity about why people make things to initiate inquiry?
  2. How can students investigate the ways in which art is woven into cultural and community traditions?
  3. How can students understand and articulate the ways in which art history influences contemporary art?

More information icon Learning Experience and Transfer:

  1. Artists consider multiple perspectives through reflective discussion.
  2. Artists connect the interdependent relationship between art and society.

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  • 8. Participate 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.

More information icon Grade Level Expectation:

2. Discern and articulate the impact arts, design and creativity have on a variety of lifelong endeavors.

More information icon Evidence Outcomes:

Students Can:

  1. Develop personal agency and critical thinking skills that can be transferred to lifelong endeavors.
  2. Identify arts resources and opportunities that exist in the community and explain why they are valued.
  3. Explore and evaluate ways that artistic thinking is used to solve problems.

More information icon Academic Contexts and Connections:

More information icon Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:

  1. Demonstrate knowledge, understanding and personal awareness of how dreams and interests translate into career fulfillment and career pathways in art and design. (Professional Skills: Career Awareness)
  2. Make connections between information gathered and personal experiences to apply and/or test solutions. (Entrepreneurial Skills: Critical Thinking/Problem Solving)
  3. Students can pose and respond to questions and contribute to the discussion about a topic or text in order to advance the dialogue. (Personal Skills)

More information icon Inquiry Questions:

  1. How can students interpret ideas in art and apply this knowledge to other thinking processes?
  2. How can students research arts in the community and articulate its significance?
  3. How can students identify challenges, gather information, generate potential solutions and refine ideas to find creative art solutions?

More information icon Learning Experience and Transfer:

  1. Imagining, artistic visioning and the design-thinking process can benefit many lifelong pursuits.
  2. Artists use investigation and inquiry.
  3. Artists and designers use cooperative learning.
  4. Artists connect new knowledge to personal preferences.

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  • 1. See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing or making.
  • 8. Participate in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.

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3. Demonstrate an understanding that art can be a vehicle for social change.

More information icon Evidence Outcomes:

Students Can:

  1. 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.
  2. Create and display a work of art that persuades the viewer to take action as a participant in a democratic society.

More information icon Academic Contexts and Connections:

More information icon Colorado Essential Skills and Meaning Making:

  1. Identify how works of art and design are present in social or community activities. (Civic/Interpersonal Skills: Civic Engagement)
  2. Apply ethical perspectives/concepts to an ethical question/situation/scenario in artmaking. (Civic/Interpersonal Skills: Character)
  3. 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. (Civic/Interpersonal Skills)

More information icon Inquiry Questions:

  1. How can students utilize research on social issues of personal concern to make a difference in a community?
  2. How can students make an impact and effect social change through the creation of artworks?

More information icon Learning Experience and Transfer:

  1. Artists critique social issues and create work with real-world and personal relevance.
  2. Artists and designers use imagining and artistic vision.
  3. Artists use investigation and inquiry.
  4. Art involves project-based learning.
  5. Artists can connect personal ideas to civic engagement.

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