TOPIC MAP

 

            Grade Level:  9-12                 Content Area:  Studio Art

List the topics you plan to cover during a typical school year.  Please place them in chronological order.

 

1.       Variety in the World of Art “Seeing, Wondering, Enjoying”

 

2.       Why Is It Art?  “When Is It Art?”

 

3.       Describing an Artwork  “What Do You See?

 

4.       Visual Elements “Line, Shape & Form, Value & Color, Space, Texture & Movement.”

 

5.       Analyzing What You See

 

6.       Design

 

7.       Introduction to Media

 

8.       Two-Dimensional Media

 

9.       Three-Dimensional Media

 

10.     Careers in Art

 

11.     Interpretation

 

12.     Non-Western Art I “Asia”

 

13.     Non-Western Art II “Africa, Islam, Pre-Columbian, North American”

 

14.     Islands of Time I “Ice Age - Renaissance”

 

15.     Islands of Time II “Baroque - Post-Modern”

 

16.     Criticism and Critics

 

17.             A Critical Method “Analyzing an Artwork”

 

18.     Electronic Portfolio “Final Evaluation”