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Harding Township School

Visual and Performing Arts

K-8

Revised August 2014

Art

Kindergarten Japanese Fish Kites

NJ CCC Standards

1.1.2.D.1 1.2.2.A.1 1.3.2.D.1 1.4.2.A.2

Essential Question(s)/ Enduring Understandings

What is a carp kite? What does it celebrate?

Unit/Content History Technique

Skills / Objectives

History: Students will identify key concepts related to traditional fish kites. Technique: Students will draw, decorate, and construct a three-dimensional carp kite using the payon technique.

Assessments Finished project ready for display Materials Photographs of carp kites.

History of carp kites. Interdisciplinary Connections

Social Studies – Cultures, Countries, and Traditions Math – 3D rendering

Technology Integrations

Smartboard construction practice Videos and photographs from internet

Art Kindergarten

Clay Stamp Frames NJ CCC Standards

1.1.2.D.2 1.3.2.D.1 1.4.2.A.4


What is a pattern? What is a repeating pattern?

Unit/Content Clay Work Pattern Study

Skills / Objectives

Clay Work: Students will create a clay stamp. Pattern Study: Students will use clay stamp to create a ceramic frame stamped with a repeating pattern.

Assessments Art Rubric Finished project ready for display

Materials Design a Frame - worksheet Interdisciplinary Connections

Math – Patterns and Shapes


SmartBoard Stamp Pattern Activities Online Pattern Demonstrations

Art Kindergarten

Kings and Queens NJ CCC Standards

1.1.2.D.2 1.2.2.A.2 1.3.2.D.4 1.4.2.A.2 1.4.2.B.3


How many of you have seen a real King or Queen? How are they dressed? What lines, shapes, and patterns do you see?

Unit/Content Lines and Shapes Skills / Objectives

Lines and Shapes: Students will review lines and shapes. Students will create elegant clothing, a crown, and shoes for a king or queen.


Materials Photographs of Queen Elizabeth PowerPoint presentation of real kings/queens of the past

Interdisciplinary Connections

Social Studies – Cultures, Costumes, and Traditions


PowerPoint Internet photographs

Art Kindergarten

Snowmen Stencils NJ CCC Standards

1.1.2.D.2 1.2.2.A.1 1.3.2.D.1 1.3.2.D.5


What is a fun object to create in winter when it snows? What are the shapes you will use?

Unit/Content Positive and Negative Shapes Skills / Objectives

Students will prepare for printing activity by cutting positive and negative shapes for stencils. Students will print a simple snowman stencil on paper.

Assessments Finished project ready for display Materials Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats. Interdisciplinary Connections

ELA – Storytelling and Illustrations Math – Positive (filled) space and Negative (empty) space


Digital Art Programs – Fill and erase tools

Art Kindergarten

Sunflower Paintings NJ CCC Standards

1.1.2.D.1 1.3.2.D.1 1.3.2.D.5 1.4.2.A.1


Have you ever seen a sunflower? What colors do you see? What are the shapes of the petals?

Unit/Content Sunflower Paintings Skills / Objectives

Students will use lines, shapes, and patterns. Students will create their own sunflower paintings.


Materials Camille and the Sunflowers by Laurence Anholt. Smart Board lesson introducing the artist, Vincent Van Gogh. Videos depicting real sunflowers.


Math – Symmetry and Patterns Science – Plants and Flowers


SmartBoard lesson Online Videos

Art Kindergarten Line Turtles

NJ CCC Standards

1.1.2.D.1 1.3.2.D.1 1.3.2.D.3 1.3.2.D.5 1.4.2.A.4


How many of you have seen a real live turtle? What lines do you see? What shapes do you see?

Unit/Content Line/Shape Study

Skills / Objectives

Students will explore the relationship between lines and shapes. Students will use lines to create shapes. Students will explore the difference between geometric and organic lines/shapes. Students will use knowledge of organic and geometric lines and shapes to draw turtles.

Assessments Finished project ready for display Materials SmartBoard lesson on lines and shapes with a focus on geometric

and organic shapes and the differences in each. Photographs of live turtles. Color and Shapes – DVD (Crystal Productions)


Math – Lines and Shapes Science - Turtles


DVD Online photographs SmartBoard lesson

Art 1st Grade

Bella Butterflies NJ CCC Standards

1.1.2.D.2 1.3.2.D.1 1.4.2.A.4


What is symmetry? What examples of symmetry can be found in the world around you?

Unit/Content Symmetry Skills / Objectives

Students will demonstrate understanding of symmetry, pattern, and color. Students will apply these techniques to create a butterfly.


Materials Symmetry PowerPoint presentation. Interdisciplinary Connections

Math – Symmetry and Patterns Science – Butterflies/Insects


PowerPoint Internet photographs

Art 1st Grade

Ceramic Fish NJ CCC Standards

1.1.2.A.1 1.3.2.D.1 1.3.2.D.4


What is texture? How can you create a textured piece of art?

Unit/Content Texture Ceramics

Skills / Objectives

Texture: Students will understand techniques used to texture the surface of a relief sculpture. Ceramics: Students will use these techniques to create a textured ceramic fish.


Materials Photographs of real fish via PowerPoint presentation. Fish Box – Handout Draw Ocean Animals – Doug DuBosque


Science – Fish ELA – Storytelling and Illustrations


PowerPoint Online photographs

Art 1st Grade

Color Wheel Clowns NJ CCC Standards

1.1.2.D.2 1.1.2.A.1 1.3.2.D.1 1.4.2.B.3


What are the primary colors? What are the secondary colors?

Unit/Content Primary Colors Skills / Objectives

Students will review the primary colors. Students will mix the secondary colors from the primary colors. Students will use both color types to paint their own color wheel.


Materials Circus music and pictures via PowerPoint presentation. Color in Art DVD – (Getting to Know) Color Paddles


Math – Symmetry, Fractions of a circle


DVD PowerPoint

Art 1st Grade

Fishy Stitchery NJ CCC Standards

1.1.2.D.2 1.1.2.A.1 1.3.2.D.4


What is a stitch? What is a needle and thread? How are they used to create a product?

Unit/Content Sewing Skills / Objectives

Students will understand basic sewing techniques. Students will create a stitched artwork with attention to detail, crafting and design.


Materials Fish Design Template Examples of fishy stitchery via Power Point presentation.


Science – Fish


PowerPoint SmartBoard Activities

Art 1st Grade Plaid Cats

NJ CCC Standards

1.1.2.D.2 1.3.2.D.1 1.3.2.D.5


What are the three primary colors on the color wheel? How do we make other colors?

Unit/Content Primary and Secondary Colors Skills / Objectives

Students will review the primary colors. Students will learn to make secondary colors by overlapping primary colors.


Materials Circus music and pictures via PowerPoint presentation. Exploring Color: Creating Color Wheels and Using Color Schemes DVD (Crystal) Color Paddles


Science – Colors in nature


DVD PowerPoint

Art 1st Grade

Paper Weaving NJ CCC Standards

1.1.2.A.1 1.2.2.A.2 1.3.2.D.5


What is a loom? What is weaving? What examples of weaving can you see in everyday life?

Unit/Content Weaving Skills / Objectives

Students will demonstrate their understanding of the weaving process by successfully utilizing the rainbow patterned paper as a loom to create a paper weaving.


Materials PowerPoint Presentation featuring photos of weavings. Interdisciplinary Connections

Social Studies – Cultures and Textiles


PowerPoint Internet Examples

Art 2nd Grade

Animal Applique (Molas) NJ CCC Standards

1.1.2.D.2 1.2.2.A.2 1.3.2.D.1 1.4.2.A.2


Who are the Kuna women? What is a mola and how is it made?

Unit/Content Stitching Skills / Objectives

Students will review how to do a running stitch via creating an animal appliqué similar to molas made by the Kuna women.


Materials Mola handouts and real examples Mola Research paper Paper Molas DVD – (Crystal)


Social Studies – Cultures, Artifacts and Crafts


DVD Internet examples

Art 2nd Grade

Dynamic Dinosaurs NJ CCC Standards

1.1.2.D.2 1.2.2.A.2 1.3.2.D.1


What is a reverse print?

Unit/Content Printing Skills / Objectives

Students will understand the concept of a reverse print via designing and producing several relief prints of a chosen dinosaur.


Materials Draw Dinosaurs by Doug DuBosque “Real Dinosaurs” PowerPoint


Science – Dinosaurs


PowerPoint Digital Painting - Invert colors tool

Art 2nd Grade

Effigy Pinch Pots NJ CCC Standards

1.1.2.D.1 1.2.2.A.2 1.3.2.D.1 1.4.2.A.2


What is a pinch pot? What are the steps in creating a pinch pot? Why do animals fascinate artists as a subject matter?

Unit/Content Ceramics Skills / Objectives

Students will demonstrate their understanding of techniques used in joining pieces of clay together by successfully utilizing them in creating an animal pinch pot.


Materials Pinch Pot Construction – handout Ceramics Handbuilding: Pinch and Coil Construction DVD – (Crystal)


Social Studies – Cultures, Artifacts and Crafts Science – Animal Physiology



Art 2nd Grade

Monochromatic Face Collage NJ CCC Standards

1.1.2.D.2 1.3.2.D.1 1.4.2.A.3


What is a collage and how do you create it? What are the steps in the design?

Unit/Content Lines and Shapes Skills / Objectives

Students will show how lines and shapes can be used to show different facial expressions via creating a collage of a face with a definite expression.


Materials Artwork: Paul Klee “Senecio”, “Arab Song”, “Mask of Fear.” Examples from last year.


Social Studies – Artists in History


Internet examples

Art 2nd Grade Still Life

NJ CCC Standards

1.1.2.D.2 1.3.2.D.1 1.3.2.D.5 1.4.2.A.4


What is a still life? What are overlapping shapes?

Unit/Content Drawing from Observation Skills / Objectives

Students will draw a still life that shows careful observation of overlapping shapes, sizes, and spaces via drawing a variety of autumn gourds and pumpkins.


Materials “Draw a Still Life” – PowerPoint presentation Examples of famous still life paintings Exploring Art – Book 2


Social Studies – Depicting seasons and nature in art


PowerPoint Online images of artwork

Art 2nd Grade

Value Scale NJ CCC Standards

1.1.2.D.2 1.3.2.D.1 1.4.2.A.3


What are tints and shades? What is a monochromatic color scheme?

Unit/Content Qualities of Colors Skills / Objectives

Students will demonstrate their understanding of how to make values by creating a value scale utilizing tints and shades.


Materials Artwork: Paul Klee “Senecio”, “Arab Song”, “Mask of Fear.” Examples from last year.


Math – Scales and Intervals


Online images of artwork

Art 3rd Grade

Architectural Letters NJ CCC Standards

1.1.5.D.2 1.3.5.D.1 1.3.5.D.4 1.4.5.A.3


What words/adjectives/pictures would describe you best?

Unit/Content Three Dimensional Drafting Skills / Objectives

Students will construct a three-dimensional letter decorated with descriptive words/images that are meaningful and unique to the student’s identity.


Materials Collage DVD Examples of last year’s finished projects.


Math – 3D figures ELA – Autobiographical thinking


DVD SmartBoard 3D activities

Art 3rd Grade

City Collage NJ CCC Standards

1.1.5.D.1 1.3.2.D.1 1.3.5.D.5 1.4.5.A.3


What is a collage?

Unit/Content Paper Collage Skills / Objectives

Students will create a city collage via examining the structure of cities and important architectural features within a city. Students will vary the heights of buildings and overlap shapes using geometric forms all while using scraps of paper.


Materials City handouts “City Views” PowerPoint presentation Time Lapse videos of actual cities


Social Studies – Cities, Urban Living Math – Geometric figures


PowerPoint Online videos

Art 3rd Grade

Coil Pottery NJ CCC Standards

1.1.5.D.1 1.2.5.A.2 1.3.5.D.1 1.4.5.A.1


How do we build a coil pot? What is “slip and score?”


Students will become familiar with various forms of hand-building techniques and decoration. Students will be able to build a coil pot that is both decorative and useful.


Materials Ceramics Handbuilding: Pinch and Coil Construction DVD – (Crystal) Coil Pots Construction – Handout Clay


Social Studies – Cultures, Artifacts and Crafts



Art 3rd Grade

Aboriginal Dot Painting NJ CCC Standards

1.1.5.D.1 1.2.5.A.3 1.3.5.D.2 1.4.5.A.3 1.4.5.B.1


Symbols, lines, dots, patterns, and repetition…why are all these terms important in art?

Unit/Content Dot Painting Skills / Objectives

Students will design and create an original mixed media “dot painting” using traditional symbols, dots, lines, patterns, and repetition.


Materials The Flying Emu and Other Australian Stories by Sally Morgan Didgeridoo Music – CD Traditional Dot Painting examples from Australian Aborigines.


Music – Traditional music ELA – Storytelling and Cultural Traditions


CD Internet examples

Art 3rd Grade

Metallic Weaving NJ CCC Standards

1.1.5.D.1 1.2.5.A.2 1.3.5.D.1 1.3.5.D.5


How do you use a loom to create a weaving? What is the correct technique?


Students will use different media (paper and metal) and techniques to develop a pattern with contrasting colors.


Materials Examples of metallic weavings. Paper Weaving DVD


Math – Patterns


DVD Internet examples SmartBoard weaving activities

Art 3rd Grade

Jackson Pollack NJ CCC Standards

1.1.5.D.2 1.2.5.A.3 1.3.5.D.3 1.4.5.A.1


Why is “action painting” an important term in art? What is the “drip technique?

Unit/Content Action Painting Skills / Objectives

Students will research Jackson Pollock via the internet, recognize what “action painting is, and create their own “action painting” via the “drip technique.”


Materials Jackson Pollock DVD Action Jackson by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan


Social Studies – Famous artists in history


DVD Internet research

Art 3rd Grade

Wax Resist Lizards NJ CCC Standards

1.1.5.D.1 1.3.5.D.1 1.3.5.D.5


How do you create a “wax resist” work of art?

Unit/Content Mixed Media Skills / Objectives

Students will learn technique of wax resist via creating a mixed media work of art using aqua pastels and watercolors.


Materials “Amazing Watercolors & Projects Using the Wax Resist Technique” – DVD (Crystal) Examples of wax resist projects


Science – Reptile appearance and texture


DVD Internet images

Art 4th Grade

Printmaking – City Skyline NJ CCC Standards

1.1.5.D.1 1.3.5.D.4 1.3.5.D.5 1.4.5.A.2


What is a relief print?

Unit/Content Printmaking and Mixed Media Skills / Objectives

Students will produce a mixed media picture of a city skyline via combining the relief print with other art media.


Materials City Skyline examples via PowerPoint presentation. City Skyline time lapse videos.


Social Studies – Cities, Urban Life


Online videos PowerPoint

Art 4th Grade

Pop Art Food NJ CCC Standards

1.1.5.D.1 1.2.5.A.3 1.3.5.D.1 1.3.5.D.4


What does “pop art” mean?


Students will create a simple food out of clay after observing several well known artists and their famous pieces of art.


Materials “Who Is The Artist?” Lichtenstein, Thiebaud, Warhol DVD – (Crystal) Pop Art PowerPoint presentation


Social Studies – Famous artists in history, culture through art


DVD Powerpoint

Art 4th Grade

Radial Balance NJ CCC Standards

1.1.5.D.1 1.3.5.D.1 1.4.5.A.1


What are some real life examples of radial balanced designs? (rose windows, bike wheels, etc.) What is symmetry?

Unit/Content Radial Symmetry Skills / Objectives

Students will demonstrate their understanding of radial balance via creating a symmetrical, radiating design.


Materials Radial Balance PowerPoint presentation Rose window examples


Math – Radial Symmetry


PowerPoint Online images

Art 4th Grade

Swatch Watch Art NJ CCC Standards

1.1.5.D.1 1.2.5.A.3 1.3.5.D.2 1.4.5.A.3


What is a fashion fad of today? How was the name “swatch” coined? Who is Keith Haring?

Unit/Content Pop Art Skills / Objectives

Students will design their own face plate swatch design using examples of Keith Haring’s simple organic and geometric lines.


Materials Swatch Watch PowerPoint presentation Keith Haring Webquest


Social Studies – Artists in history Math – Geometric figures


Webquest PowerPoint

Art 4th Grade

Texture and Patterns NJ CCC Standards

1.1.5.D.1 1.3.5.D.1 1.3.5.D.4


What are geometric and organic lines and shapes?

Unit/Content Texture and Patterns Skills / Objectives

Students will create a background using both geometric and organic lines/shapes, Craypas, and watercolors.


Materials Geometric and Organic PowerPoint presentation Interdisciplinary Connections

Math – Geometric figures


PowerPoint Internet examples

Art 5th Grade

An Artist’s Life and Work NJ CCC Standards

1.2.5.A.3 1.3.5.D.1 1.4.5.A.3


How does an artist’s life influence his or her artwork?

Unit/Content Artist’s Life and Work Skills / Objectives

Students will create an “artist journal” about a chosen artist that includes factual statements about the artist’s life and work.


Materials Who is the Artist? (DVDs) Interdisciplinary Connections

ELA – Research and Writing


DVD Internet Research

Art 5th Grade

Crazy Creatures NJ CCC Standards

1.3.5.D.1 1.3.5.D.3 1.3.5.D.4 1.4.5.A.3


What are the additive and subtractive processes in creating a finished piece?


Students will create a clay figure using both the additive and subtractive processes.


Materials Art in the Classroom Series: Making Sculptures (Sunburst Visual Media)


Social Studies – Cultural Crafts and Artifacts



Art 5th Grade Cubism

NJ CCC Standards

1.1.5.D.2 1.2.5.A.3 1.3.5.D.1 1.3.5.D.2 1.3.5.D.3


Who is Pablo Picasso? What are the six characteristics of Cubism?

Unit/Content Cubism Skills / Objectives

Students will create a portrait in the cubist style after being introduced to the life and work of Pablo Picasso.


Materials Pablo Picasso/Cubism PowerPoint presentation “Girl Before a Mirror” by Pablo Picasso Six Characteristics of Cubism - worksheet




PowerPoint Internet images

Art 5th Grade

Matisse Fish NJ CCC Standards

1.1.5.D.2 1.2.5.A.3 1.3.5.D.1 1.3.5.D.5


Cut-outs, collage, pattern, symmetry… what artist used all these techniques later in life?

Unit/Content Cutouts and Collage Skills / Objectives

Students will create an abstract collage which uses pattern and is balanced and is in the manner of Henri Matisse.


Materials Henri Matisse PowerPoint presentation A Model for Matisse – (Firstrunfeatures.com) Henri Matisse – Patterns and Paper – (Fones Productions) Henri Matisse Research Paper




Internet examples PowerPoint Internet research DVD

Art 5th Grade

Zentangle Designs NJ CCC Standards

1.1.5.D.1 1.3.5.D.1 1.3.5.D.4


What are “zentangle” designs?

Unit/Content Mixed Media Skills / Objectives

Students will create a background using “zentangle” designs, craypas, and watercolors.


Materials Geometric and Organic PowerPoint presentation Interdisciplinary Connections

Math – Geometric figures and space



Art 6th Grade

An Artist’s Life and Work NJ CCC Standards

1.1.8.D.2 1.3.8.D.5 1.4.8.A.3


How does an artist’s life influence his or her artwork?

Unit/Content Artist’s Life and Work Skills / Objectives

Students will create an “artist journal” about a chosen artist that includes factual statements about the artist’s life and work.


Materials Who is the Artist? (DVDs) Interdisciplinary Connections

ELA – Research and Writing


DVD Internet Research

Art 6th Grade

Mod Podge Head Collage

NJ CCC Standards

1.1.8.D.1 1.3.8.D.1 1.3.8.D.2


Why do artists create items that are meaningful to them? How would a piece of art describe you?

Unit/Content Collage Skills / Objectives

Using a Styrofoam head, students will create a piece of art that is meaningful to them.


Materials Collage DVD (Crystal) Interdisciplinary Connections

ELA – Autobiographical thinking


Online image search

Art 6th Grade

Notan Designs

NJ CCC Standards

1.1.8.D.1 1.3.8.D.1 1.4.8.A.6


What is positive and negative space and how do they affect a piece of artwork?

Unit/Content Positive and Negative Space Skills / Objectives

Students will create a balanced positive/negative collage by using black and white paper.


Materials Notan Design – Video Notal Design examples


Math – Area, 2-D Shapes


Videos Internet Examples Digital Art Progam – Fill and Erase tools

Art 6th Grade

Perspective Drawing NJ CCC Standards

1.3.8.D.1 1.3.8.D.2 1.4.8.B.2


How do you draw using one point perspective? What is a vanishing point?

Unit/Content Perspective Drawing Skills / Objectives

Using a ruler, students will create a room using one point perspective.


Materials Basic Perspective Drawing DVD – (Crystal) Interdisciplinary Connections

Math – Angles, Geometry, Slope


DVD Internet examples Digital image skewing tools

Art 6th Grade

Treasure Boxes NJ CCC Standards

1.3.8.D.1 1.3.8.D.4 1.4.8.B.2


What is slab construction? How do you start to put a box together?


Students will create a “treasure box” using clay slab construction.


Materials Ceramics – Slab Construction (DVD) Interdisciplinary Connections

Math – 3-D Drafting


DVD Digital drafting tools

Art 7th Grade

Andy Warhol Printmaking NJ CCC Standards

1.2.8.A.2 1.2.8.A.3 1.3.8.D.1 1.3.8.D.2


Who is Andy Warhol, and how did he create his Printmaking Style of Pop Art?

Unit/Content Printmaking Skills / Objectives

Use technology to alter a digital photograph through teacher guided practice. Take the altered photograph and use it as a template for a printing plate, through demonstration and application. Create a series of prints, which will be combined to make student self portrait collage in the manner of Andy Warhol.


Materials Who is the Artist? (DVDs) PowerPoint presentation on Andy Warhol


Social Studies –Artists in history, Pop culture through art


DVD PowerPoint

Art 7th Grade

One-Point Perspective NJ CCC Standards

1.3.8.D.1


What are the basic principles of drawing with one-point perspective?


Students will understand the principles of One-Point Perspective Drawing through teacher guided discussion. Students will apply the principles through teacher guided practice and assignments.


Materials Video – Linear Perspective Interdisciplinary Connections

Math – Geometry and space


Photoshop ChromaKey Digital Scanning

Art Silk Painting: Mandalas

NJ CCC Standards

1.1.5.D.2 Compare and contrast works of art in various mediums that use the same art elements and principles of design. 1.2.2.A.1 Identify characteristic theme‐based works of dance, music, theatre, and visual art, such as artworks based on the themes of family and community, from various historical periods and world cultures. 1.3.2.D.2 Use symbols to create personal works of art based on selected age‐ appropriate themes, using oral stories as a basis for pictorial representation. 1.3.8.D.1 Incorporate various art elements and the principles of balance, harmony, unity, emphasis, proportion, and rhythm/movement in the creation of two‐ and three‐ dimensional artworks, using a broad array of art media and art mediums to enhance the expression of creative ideas (e.g., perspective, implied space, illusionary depth, value, and pattern). 1.4.5.A.3


How do we incorporate the use of symmetry in a mandala?

Unit/Content Symmetry and Mandalas Skills / Objectives

Learn and apply the following skills and techniques: Color Blending, Color changes, and Color Tints Introduce and apply the concepts of: Symmetry and Formal Balance


Materials PowerPoint on Mandalas from different cultures Interdisciplinary Connections

Social Studies – Cultures and Artifacts

Art Silk Painting: Mandalas



Art 7th Grade

Ceramic Slab Tray NJ CCC Standards

1.1.5.D.2 1.3.5.D.1 1.3.5.D.4


What are ways to decorate ceramic slab trays?


Students will utilize the printing plate from the Printmaking Unit to add surface decoration to the ceramic platter. Students will learn the proper ceramic techniques for: rolling/flipping a slab of clay; using stamps to decorate the clay surface; using clay tools to create a lip or edge and add texture designs to it. Students will understand the nature and limitations of clay.


Materials Finished examples Interdisciplinary Connections

Science – Physical properties of clay as sedimentary material Social Studies – Cultures and Artifacts


Internet images

Art 7th Grade

Objects as Identity Drawing NJ CCC Standards

1.3.8.D.1 1.2.8.A.3 1.3.8.D.2 1.4.8.A.5


Can a person’s possessions provide insight as to who they are?


Students will utilize their One Point Perspective Drawing techniques to create a room which will include 6 objects that reflect their personalities/ likes/ interests.


Materials Previous student examples Interdisciplinary Connections

ELA – Autobiographical thinking


Photoshop Online images

Art 8th Grade

Cubism Portraits NJ CCC Standards

1.3.8.D.1 1.3.8.D.2 1.3.8.D.6 1.4.8.A.6


Can abstract art be based on reality?

Unit/Content Cubism Skills / Objectives

Students will understand and distinguish between the different characteristics of cubism through teacher guided discussion. Students will apply previously learned knowledge of how to use the Adobe Elements program’s filters by using them to change their grey scale portrait on the computer into a simplified, abstract portrait. Students will use the abstract computerized portrait as a basis for a bas relief sculpture by creating a simplified drawing utilizing the geometric shapes in the portrait. Students will invent line patterns and textures by drawing/creating line designs pressed into the metal foil. Students will demonstrate their understanding of colors (warm/cool) by choosing and using a planned color scheme.


Materials Previous student examples PowerPoint on Pablo Picasso


Math – Area and space


Adobe Elements Digital Imaging

Art 8th Grade

Ceramic Houses NJ CCC Standards

1.3.8.D.1 1.3.8.D.2 1.4.8.A.6 1.4.5.A.3


Can everyday objects be transformed into houses?


Student will review and apply ceramic slab construction techniques.


Materials Previous student examples PowerPoint on David Stabley’s ceramic houses


Social Studies – Artists in history



Art 8th Grade

Textiles/Weaving/Basketry NJ CCC Standards

1.1.2.D.2 1.3.8.D.1 1.3.8.D.2 1.4.8.A.2


Is it possible to create a three dimensional weaving?


Students will apply basic basketry techniques‐ over one, under one, and weaving a single row at a time. Students will understand importance of keeping basket reeds damp. Students will be able to weave straight sides and finish edges.


Materials Previous student examples Interdisciplinary Connections

Social Studies – Cultures and Artifacts


Online tutorials

Performing Arts Curriculum Grades K-8

Revised August 2014

General Music K-2

Expressive Qualities of Music NJ CCC Standards

1.1.2.B.1-4 1.3.2.B.1 1.3.2.B.3


Can we label the things we learn with correct terms? Can we demonstrate understanding of these terms through our singing, playing, moving?

Unit/Content Expressive Qualities of Music Skills / Objectives

Students will identify expressive qualities of music, including tempo, dynamics, and articulation. Students will apply these qualities to in-class music performance.

Assessments Teacher observation Work Sheets Unit Projects

Materials Singing, playing instruments, moving to music Folk games and dances. Dalcroze rhythm and movement games Orff instrumentarium of pitched and non-pitched instruments


Social Studies – Cultures and Traditions Math – Patterns and Intervals


Online music SmartBoard Activities

General Music 3-5


1.1.5.B.1 1.3.5.B.1 1.3.5.B.4


Can we label the things we learn with correct terms? Can we demonstrate understanding of these terms through our singing, playing, moving?


Students will be able to identify words, markings, and symbols in written music. Students will apply expressive markings in written music to musical performance.


Materials Singing, playing instruments, moving to music Folk games and dances Kodaly solfeg hand signals and rhythm syllables





General Music 6-8


1.1.8.B.2 1.3.8.B.1 1.3.8.B.2 1.3.8.B.3 1.3.8.B.4


How do the expressive qualities of music affect performance? How can we use these qualities to improve our product?


Students will be able to correctly use words, markings, and symbols in written music. Students will apply expressive markings in written music to musical performance.


Materials Vocal performance Diverse instruments Music Examples




Online music SmartBoard Activities Internet research

General Music K-2

Tone Color NJ CCC Standards

1.3.2.B.2 1.3.2.B.5 1.1.2.B.1 1.1.2.B.2 1.1.2.B.3 1.1.2.B.4


How does the vocal mechanism work? How is it able to create various sounds? How are we able to improve our vocal ability?

Unit/Content Tone Color Skills / Objectives

Students will listen to, play, and sing a variety of vocal and instrumental music of age-appropriate complexity.


Materials Sheet Music Music Recordings Piano Accompaniment


Science – Respiration and Vocalization


iPad instruments SmartBoard Activities Online music

General Music

3-5 Tone Color

NJ CCC Standards

1.1.5.B.2 1.3.5.B.2 1.3.5.B.4






Materials Sheet Music Music Recordings Piano Accompaniment Diverse Instruments




iPad instruments SmartBoard Activities Online music

General Music 6-8

Tone Color NJ CCC Standards

1.3.8.B.1 1.3.8.B.2 1.3.8.B.3 1.3.8.B.4 1.1.8.B.1 1.1.8.B.2






Materials Sheet Music Music Recordings Piano Accompaniment Diverse Instruments




iPad instruments SmartBoard Activities Online music GarageBand

General Music K-2

Duration NJ CCC Standards

1.1.2.B.2 1.1.2.B.3 1.3.2.B.1 1.3.2.B.6


Can we demonstrate understanding of note values through reading, writing, moving, playing and singing? How can we move to a steady beat? How can we use classroom instruments to show steady beat?

Unit/Content Beat/Meter Rhythm

Skills / Objectives

Students will identify and reproduce basic rhythms and meters. Students will demonstrate understanding of notes of varying length.


Materials Rhythm games Locomotor movement Echoing


Math – Patterns, Fractions


iPad metronome SmartBoard Activities Online music

General Music 3-5


1.1.5.B.2 1.3.5.B.1




Skills / Objectives

Students will identify and reproduce more complex rhythms and meters. Students will demonstrate understanding of stylized notes, such as dots and syncopation.


Materials Rhythm games Locomotor movement Echoing Kodaly rhythm syllables Orff and Dalcroze activities




iPad metronome SmartBoard Activities Digital composition tools

General Music 6-8


1.3.8.B.1 1.3.8.B.2 1.3.8.B.4 1.1.8.B.2




Skills / Objectives

Students will identify and produce complex rhythms and meters. Students will demonstrate understanding of stylized notes, such as ties, triplets, and upbeats.


Materials Diverse instruments Sheet Music




iPad metronome SmartBoard Activities Digital composition tools GarageBand

General Music K-2

Pitch NJ CCC Standards

1.1.2.B.1 1.1.2.B.2 1.3.2.B.1-7


Can we label the things we learn with correct terms? Can we identify intervals by hearing them?

Unit/Content Melody Harmony Tonality

Skills / Objectives

Students will be able to identify intervals by listening to piano and voice.


Materials Kodaly hand signals Solfeg syllables Piano


Math - Intervals


Digital pitch pipe apps Online music examples

General Music

3-5 Pitch

NJ CCC Standards

1.1.5.B.1 1.1.5.B.2 1.3.5.B.1-4


Can we label the things we learn with correct terms? Can we identify intervals by hearing them as well as seeing them? Can we write and sing a major scale and a pentatonic scale?


Skills / Objectives

Students will be able to identify intervals by listening to piano and voice. Students will be able to identify a written interval.


Materials Orff Instruments Solfeg Syllables


Math - Intervals


Digital pitch pipe apps Online music examples

General Music 6-8

Pitch NJ CCC Standards

1.1.8.B.1 1.1.8.B.2 1.3.8.B.1-4


Can we label the things we learn with correct terms? Can we identify intervals by seeing them? Can we write and sing a major scale and a pentatonic scale?


Skills / Objectives

Students will be able to identify and reproduce intervals by listening to piano and voice. Students will be able to identify and play or sing a written interval.


Materials Orff Instruments Piano Worksheets Sheet Music


Math - Intervals


Digital pitch pipe apps Online music examples GarageBand

General Music K-2

Design NJ CCC Standards

1.4.2.A.1-4


What unique and special elements can we enjoy from music of other countries or periods of time?

Unit/Content Texture Form Cultural Content/History

Skills / Objectives

Students will experience different elements of design by listening, singing, performing on instruments, creating, and movement activities. Students will explore cultural context and history through listening to, identifying, and performing a wide variety of musical style periods, ethnic, folk, and world music.


Materials Recorded Music Games and Dances


Social Studies – Cultures and Traditions



General Music 3-5


1.4.5.A.1-3




Skills / Objectives

Students will experience different elements of design by listening, singing, performing on instruments, creating, and movement activities. Students will explore cultural context and history through listening to, identifying, and performing a wide variety of musical style periods, ethnic, folk, and world music.


Materials Recorded Music Sheet Music Games and Dances




Online Music Folk Dance videos

General Music 6-8


1.4.8.A.1-7




Skills / Objectives

Students will explore cultural context and history through listening to, identifying, and performing a wide variety of musical style periods, ethnic, folk, and world music. Students will analyze significance of diverse styles of music design.


Materials Recorded music Cultural examples Sheet music




Internet research Digital presentation software

General Music K-2

Music History NJ CCC Standards

1.2.2.A.1 1.2.2.A.2 1.4.2.A.1-4


What are characteristics of certain styles and composers? What are the lasting contributions of each?

Unit/Content Classic European and American Composers Skills / Objectives

Students will identify accomplishments and biographical data of major composers.


Materials Videos Music Examples Biographies


Social Studies – Famous Musicians in History


Online Music BrainPop Jr.

General Music

3-5 Music History

NJ CCC Standards

1.2.5.A.1-3 1.4.5.A.1-3


What are characteristics of certain styles and composers? What are the lasting contributions of each?

Unit/Content Composers from Around the World Skills / Objectives

Students will identify accomplishments and biographical data of major composers.




Social Studies – Famous Musicians in History


Online Music BrainPop

General Music 6-8

Music History NJ CCC Standards

1.2.8.A.1-3 1.4.8.A.1-7


What are characteristics of certain styles and composers? What are the lasting contributions of each? How has music changed over time?

Unit/Content Musical Time Periods and Styles Skills / Objectives

Students will identify accomplishments and biographical data of major composers. Students will explore why we celebrate these composers today. Students will explore how music reflects its time period.




Social Studies – Music as an artifact of history and culture


Online music Internet research

Chorus 6-8

Vocal Technique NJ CCC Standards

1.3.8.B.1 1.3.8.B.2 1.3.8.B.3 1.3.8.B.4


How can we improve our vocal performance? How does our individual performance blend with the group?

Unit/Content Posture Breath Vowels Articulation

Skills / Objectives

Students will learn and demonstrate good posture while sitting and standing. Students will learn basic breathing techniques. Students will demonstrate basic vowel sounds and proper mouth formation. Students will demonstrate the use of consonants in relation to tone production.

Assessments Solo Auditions Concerts Teacher Observation

Materials Concert Music Recordings and Playback Piano Tuners


Social Studies – Cultures and Traditions ELA – Storytelling through Music


Pitch Pipe apps Online music

Chorus 6-8

Music Theory NJ CCC Standards

1.4.8.B.1 1.4.8.B.2 1.1.8.B.1 1.1.8.B.2


How can we approach music academically? How can the work of our predecessors help our musical performance?

Unit/Content Rhythm Notation Key Signatures Music Analysis

Skills / Objectives

Students will be able to approach the rhythm aspect of choral music through varied activities including, clapping, echoing, count-singing, and staccato singing. Students will be able to identify symbols for pitch, dynamics, tempo, articulation and expression. Students will be able to identify the key signature of the pieces worked on in class. Students will be able to describe music through listening to various recordings as well as looking at a variety of scores.

Assessments Solo Auditions Concerts Teacher Observation

Materials Concert Music Recordings and Playback Piano Tuners


Social Studies – Cultures and Traditions ELA – Storytelling through Music


Pitch Pipe apps Online music

Instrumental Music 4-5

NJ CCC Standards 1.1.5.B 1.2.5.B 1.3.5.B 1.4.5.B


What does it mean to be in a band? What skills are required? How does one use an instrument to play music?

Content Performance and Rehearsal Conduct Instrument-specific skills Music Theory Music Reading

Skills / Objectives

Students will be able to perform using correct posture and beginning breathing techniques. Students will demonstrate the ability to play major scales as required at each grade level. Students will demonstrate an ability to successfully play music based on their level of ability Students will be able to play an assigned part in an ensemble. Students will identify basic dynamics and musical expressions. Demonstrate how to assemble and care for their instruments. By the end of 4th grade, students will: - Demonstrate correct embouchure and/or hand, finger, and are position for their instruments. - Demonstrate a satisfactory tone. - Identify notes and rests. - Interpret 4/4, 3/4, 2/4 time signatures. - Explain and use first and second endings. By the end of 5th grade, students will: -Be aware of and use basic dynamic terminology and signs. -Identify and demonstrate different articulations in music. - Demonstrate ability to count and play in rhythm.

Assessments Demonstration of instrument-specific skills Demonstration of understanding of music reading, music theory, and music-related vocabulary Rehearsal and concert performance Lesson participation.

Materials Essential Elements lesson books Interdisciplinary Connections

Math – Number patterns, intervals Foreign Language – Latin roots, musical markings


Essential Elements Online Interactive element Digital Recording and Playback Digital Tuners

Instrumental Music

6-8 NJ CCC Standards 1.1.8.B

1.2.8.B 1.3.8.B 1.4.8.B


What does it mean to be in an advanced band? What skills are required? How does one interpret diverse styles of music through their particular instrument?

Content Group Rehearsal Techniques Instrumental Techniques Musical Interpretation

Skills / Objectives

Students will demonstrate basic knowledge of music theory elements- note reading, time signatures, key signatures, accidentals. Students will demonstrate ability to play major, minor, and chromatic scales. Students will demonstrate necessary and proper posture, breathing, and tone production while at school and during home practice. Students will demonstrate ability to recognize markings within a score to determine dynamics, articulation, style, tempo and phrasing. Students will demonstrate ability to be aware of intonation, balance, and blend in ensemble performance. Students will demonstrate proper care and maintenance of their instruments and of the school's equipment. Students will correctly produce a tone and apply the physical sequence in practice sessions at home. Students will be able to transpose for their particular instrument and play a variety of concert scales. Students will be exposed to and utilize alternate fingerings for their particular instrument. Students will continue to develop specific music reading skills. Students will begin the process of critical listening with regard to balance, blend, intonation, tone quality, musical style, phrasing, cultural context and recognition of the leading voice. Students will continue to attain range and technical facility through the practice of tone production and skill-building exercises. Students will continue to develop self-guided techniques that encourage and allow them to self-correct and build confidence in their abilities. Students will gain recognition from public performance which enhances student pride, self-esteem, and self-confidence. Students will exhibit increasing technical facility in tone production, intonation, breath control, posture and articulation.

Assessments Demonstration of instrument-specific skills Demonstration of understanding of music reading, music theory, and

Instrumental Music 6-8

music-related vocabulary Rehearsal and concert performance Lesson participation.

Materials -Essential Elements Method Books -Grades 1 ½-3 Band Literature -Supplementary Repertoire -Instrument-specific exercises


Math – Number patterns, intervals Social Studies – Cultures and Traditions


Essential Elements Online Interactive element Digital Recording and Playback Digital Tuners

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