The "Take-Away": What the Learner will understand
CRITICAL THINKING AND REFLECTION
Enduring Understanding 1:
Cognition and reflection are required to appreciate, interpret, and create with artistic intent.
VA.912.C.1.1
Integrate curiosity, range of interests, attentiveness, complexity, and artistic intention in the art-making process to demonstrate self-expression.
VA.912.C.1.2
Use critical-thinking skills for various contexts to develop, refine, and reflect on an artistic theme.
VA.912.C.1.3
Evaluate the technical skill, aesthetic appeal, and/or social implication of artistic exemplars to formulate criteria for assessing personal work.
VA.912.C.1.4
Apply art knowledge and contextual information to analyze how content and ideas are used in works of art.
VA.912.C.1.5
Analyze how visual information is developed in specific media to create a recorded visual image.
VA.912.C.1.6
Identify rationale for aesthetic choices in recording visual media.
VA.912.C.1.8
Explain the development of meaning and procedural choices throughout the creative process to defend artistic intention.
Enduring Understanding 2: Assessing our own and others’ artistic work, using critical-thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, is central to artistic growth.
VA.912.C.2.1
Examine and revise artwork throughout the art-making process to refine work and achieve artistic objective.
VA.912.C.2.2
Assess the works of others, using established or derived criteria, to support conclusions and judgments about artistic progress.
VA.912.C.2.3
Process and apply constructive criticism as formative assessment for continued growth in art-making skills.
VA.912.C.2.4
Classify artworks, using accurate art vocabulary and knowledge of art history to identify and categorize movements, styles, techniques, and materials.
VA.912.C.2.6
Investigate the process of developing a coherent, focused concept in a body of work comprised of multiple artworks.
VA.912.C.2.7
Assess the challenges and outcomes associated with the media used in a variety of one’s own works.
VA.912.C.2.8
Compare artwork, architecture, designs, and/or models to understand how technical and utilitarian components impact aesthetic qualities.
Enduring Understanding 3: The processes of critiquing works of art lead to development of critical-thinking skills transferable to other contexts.
VA.912.C.3.1
Use descriptive terms and varied approaches in art analysis to explain the meaning or purpose of an artwork.
VA.912.C.3.2
Develop and apply criteria to determine how aesthetic works are aligned with a personal definition of "art."
VA.912.C.3.3
Examine relationships among social, historical, literary, and/or other references to explain how they are assimilated into artworks.
VA.912.C.3.4
Use analytical skills to examine issues in non-visual art contexts.
VA.912.C.3.5
Make connections between timelines in other content areas and timelines in the visual arts.
VA.912.C.3.6
Discuss how the aesthetics of artwork and utilitarian objects have changed over time.
Big Idea: HISTORICAL AND GLOBAL CONNECTIONS
Enduring Understanding 1: Through study in the arts, we learn about and honor others and the worlds in which they live(d).
VA.912.H.1.1
Analyze the impact of social, ecological, economic, religious, and/or political issues on the function or meaning of the artwork.
VA.912.H.1.10
Describe and analyze the characteristics of a culture and its people to create personal art reflecting daily life and/or the specified environment.
VA.912.H.1.3
Examine the significance placed on art forms over time by various groups or cultures compared to current views on aesthetics.
VA.912.H.1.4
Apply background knowledge and personal interpretation to discuss cross-cultural connections among various artworks and the individuals, groups, cultures, events, and/or traditions they reflect.
VA.912.H.1.5
Investigate the use of technology and media design to reflect creative trends in visual culture.
VA.912.H.1.6
Create a timeline for the development of artists’ materials to show multiple influences on the use of art media.
VA.912.H.1.7
Research and report technological developments to identify influences on society.
VA.912.H.1.8
Analyze and compare works in context, considering economic, social, cultural, and political issues, to define the significance and purpose of art.
VA.912.H.1.9
Describe the significance of major artists, architects, or masterworks to understand their historical influences.
Big Idea: INNOVATION, TECHNOLOGY, AND THE FUTURE
Enduring Understanding 1: Creating, interpreting, and responding in the arts stimulate the imagination and encourage innovation and creative risk-taking.
VA.912.F.1.1
Use divergent thinking, abstract reasoning, and various processes to demonstrate imaginative or innovative solutions for art problems.
VA.912.F.1.2
Manipulate or synthesize established techniques as a foundation for individual style initiatives in two-, three-, and/or four-dimensional applications.
VA.912.F.1.3
Demonstrate flexibility and adaptability throughout the innovation process to focus and re-focus on an idea, deliberately delaying closure to promote creative risk-taking.
VA.912.F.1.4
Use technological tools to create art with varying effects and outcomes.
VA.912.F.1.5
Create a digital or time-based presentation to analyze and compare artists, artworks, and concepts in historical context.
Enduring Understanding 2: Careers in and related to the arts significantly and positively impact local and global economies.
VA.912.F.2.1
Examine career opportunities in the visual arts to determine requisite skills, qualifications, supply-and-demand, market location, and potential earnings.
VA.912.F.2.2
Examine a broad spectrum of art-related careers to identify potential employment opportunities that involve construction, management, and/or sale of aesthetic or utilitarian objects.
VA.912.F.2.4
Research ideas to plan, develop, and market art-related goods, artworks, or services that influence consumer beliefs and behaviors.
VA.912.F.2.6
Research and discuss the potential of the visual arts to improve aesthetic living.
VA.912.F.2.7
Evaluate the effects of creating works of art for sale or donation to support local organizations for social or economic causes.
VA.912.F.2.8
Describe community resources to preserve, restore, exhibit, and view works of art.
CRITICAL THINKING AND REFLECTION
Enduring Understanding 1:
Cognition and reflection are required to appreciate, interpret, and create with artistic intent.
VA.912.C.1.1
Integrate curiosity, range of interests, attentiveness, complexity, and artistic intention in the art-making process to demonstrate self-expression.
VA.912.C.1.2
Use critical-thinking skills for various contexts to develop, refine, and reflect on an artistic theme.
VA.912.C.1.3
Evaluate the technical skill, aesthetic appeal, and/or social implication of artistic exemplars to formulate criteria for assessing personal work.
VA.912.C.1.4
Apply art knowledge and contextual information to analyze how content and ideas are used in works of art.
VA.912.C.1.5
Analyze how visual information is developed in specific media to create a recorded visual image.
VA.912.C.1.6
Identify rationale for aesthetic choices in recording visual media.
VA.912.C.1.8
Explain the development of meaning and procedural choices throughout the creative process to defend artistic intention.
Enduring Understanding 2: Assessing our own and others’ artistic work, using critical-thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, is central to artistic growth.
VA.912.C.2.1
Examine and revise artwork throughout the art-making process to refine work and achieve artistic objective.
VA.912.C.2.2
Assess the works of others, using established or derived criteria, to support conclusions and judgments about artistic progress.
VA.912.C.2.3
Process and apply constructive criticism as formative assessment for continued growth in art-making skills.
VA.912.C.2.4
Classify artworks, using accurate art vocabulary and knowledge of art history to identify and categorize movements, styles, techniques, and materials.
VA.912.C.2.6
Investigate the process of developing a coherent, focused concept in a body of work comprised of multiple artworks.
VA.912.C.2.7
Assess the challenges and outcomes associated with the media used in a variety of one’s own works.
VA.912.C.2.8
Compare artwork, architecture, designs, and/or models to understand how technical and utilitarian components impact aesthetic qualities.
Enduring Understanding 3: The processes of critiquing works of art lead to development of critical-thinking skills transferable to other contexts.
VA.912.C.3.1
Use descriptive terms and varied approaches in art analysis to explain the meaning or purpose of an artwork.
VA.912.C.3.2
Develop and apply criteria to determine how aesthetic works are aligned with a personal definition of "art."
VA.912.C.3.3
Examine relationships among social, historical, literary, and/or other references to explain how they are assimilated into artworks.
VA.912.C.3.4
Use analytical skills to examine issues in non-visual art contexts.
VA.912.C.3.5
Make connections between timelines in other content areas and timelines in the visual arts.
VA.912.C.3.6
Discuss how the aesthetics of artwork and utilitarian objects have changed over time.
Big Idea: HISTORICAL AND GLOBAL CONNECTIONS
Enduring Understanding 1: Through study in the arts, we learn about and honor others and the worlds in which they live(d).
VA.912.H.1.1
Analyze the impact of social, ecological, economic, religious, and/or political issues on the function or meaning of the artwork.
VA.912.H.1.10
Describe and analyze the characteristics of a culture and its people to create personal art reflecting daily life and/or the specified environment.
VA.912.H.1.3
Examine the significance placed on art forms over time by various groups or cultures compared to current views on aesthetics.
VA.912.H.1.4
Apply background knowledge and personal interpretation to discuss cross-cultural connections among various artworks and the individuals, groups, cultures, events, and/or traditions they reflect.
VA.912.H.1.5
Investigate the use of technology and media design to reflect creative trends in visual culture.
VA.912.H.1.6
Create a timeline for the development of artists’ materials to show multiple influences on the use of art media.
VA.912.H.1.7
Research and report technological developments to identify influences on society.
VA.912.H.1.8
Analyze and compare works in context, considering economic, social, cultural, and political issues, to define the significance and purpose of art.
VA.912.H.1.9
Describe the significance of major artists, architects, or masterworks to understand their historical influences.
Big Idea: INNOVATION, TECHNOLOGY, AND THE FUTURE
Enduring Understanding 1: Creating, interpreting, and responding in the arts stimulate the imagination and encourage innovation and creative risk-taking.
VA.912.F.1.1
Use divergent thinking, abstract reasoning, and various processes to demonstrate imaginative or innovative solutions for art problems.
VA.912.F.1.2
Manipulate or synthesize established techniques as a foundation for individual style initiatives in two-, three-, and/or four-dimensional applications.
VA.912.F.1.3
Demonstrate flexibility and adaptability throughout the innovation process to focus and re-focus on an idea, deliberately delaying closure to promote creative risk-taking.
VA.912.F.1.4
Use technological tools to create art with varying effects and outcomes.
VA.912.F.1.5
Create a digital or time-based presentation to analyze and compare artists, artworks, and concepts in historical context.
Enduring Understanding 2: Careers in and related to the arts significantly and positively impact local and global economies.
VA.912.F.2.1
Examine career opportunities in the visual arts to determine requisite skills, qualifications, supply-and-demand, market location, and potential earnings.
VA.912.F.2.2
Examine a broad spectrum of art-related careers to identify potential employment opportunities that involve construction, management, and/or sale of aesthetic or utilitarian objects.
VA.912.F.2.4
Research ideas to plan, develop, and market art-related goods, artworks, or services that influence consumer beliefs and behaviors.
VA.912.F.2.6
Research and discuss the potential of the visual arts to improve aesthetic living.
VA.912.F.2.7
Evaluate the effects of creating works of art for sale or donation to support local organizations for social or economic causes.
VA.912.F.2.8
Describe community resources to preserve, restore, exhibit, and view works of art.