The elementary school art curriculum is based on themes that show students the relevance of art in their own lives and the lives of people across time and place. These themes cross the boundaries of traditional disciplines and make connections between the student, art, and real-life issues; and they provide focus for exploration, expression, communication, and the creation of art.
- Environment: The environment affects the way people think, feel, behave, and live.
- Communication: People communicate thoughts, feelings, and ideas using words, symbols, signs, and behaviors.
- Communities: People live in communities that are identified by common personal, social, and organizational beliefs, values, or traditions
- Human Issues: People use knowledge, skills, and creativity to fulfill needs and desires.
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Kindergarten: The kindergarten curriculum allows students to experience the joy of discovering materials, developing skills, and inventing new ways to create art while engaged in various art forms such as drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, puppets and mask-making, textiles, collage, and ceramics. Students will explore the following art elements in kindergarten: color, shape, pattern, texture, line; and that objects in a composition can be identified using basic design principles (e.g. over/under, top/bottom, near/ far, inside/out)
Students will explore the following art elements in kindergarten: color, shape, pattern, texture, line; and that objects in a composition can be identified using basic design principles (e.g. over/under, top/bottom, near/ far, inside/out)
In Grade 1, students will know and be able to use the following art elements and design principles in making and responding to art: color, line, shape, texture, form, pattern, and repetition
In Grade 2, students will know and be able to use the following art elements and design principles in making and responding to art: color, line, shape, texture, form, pattern, repetition, contrast, and balance.
In Grade 3, students will know and be able to use the following art elements and design principles to making and responding to art: color, line, texture, form, space, shape, pattern, contrast, balance, repetition, emphasis, and rhythm/movement.
In Grade 4, students will know and be able to use the following art elements and design principles in making and responding to art: color, line, texture, form, value, space, shape, pattern, contrast, balance, repetition, emphasis, rhythm/movement, and unity.
In Grade 5, students will know and be able to use the following art elements and design principles in creating and responding to art: color, line, texture, form, value, space, shape, pattern, contrast, balance, repetition, emphasis, rhythm/movement, and unity.
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