PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE

The student will:

• Use one or more of the arts to create a personal chronology that speculates about a future career choice.
• Select and research a culture and investigate the reciprocal influence between the arts forms (art, music, drama/theater, and dance) and one of the following: science and technology or philosophical and religious ideas. In a public forum defend and provide evidence for the position.
• Co-develop (with others), construct, test, evaluate, and trouble shoot a set of procedures for younger learners to investigate an artistic idea or process; apply teaching and learning strategies to prepare a discovery center in which students will select and investigate various arts forms and discuss their characteristics.
• Develop criteria for judging the technological formats used to present, project, or transmit arts images and speculate about the impact of future technologies on the arts viewing and listening process.
• Collaborate with others to select, research, and address a contemporary issue and to create an artwork or performance that communicates a specific point or view.

VISUAL ART - GRADE 8

GOAL I: Historical, Cultural, and Social Contexts: Understanding the Role of the Arts in People's Lives

Student Objective	Content/Suggested Activities
The student will examine or investigate an historical event or period and compare multiple perspectives of it presented through the arts.	Investigate the influence of the theory of relativity on art - science and mankind in the 20th century. (Atomic Age) Guernicca World War II

VISUAL ART - GRADE 8

GOAL II: Personal Expression and Production/Performance: Communicating Through the Arts

Student Objective	Content/Suggested Activities
The student will develop strategies for collaborative work in the arts. The student will create or recreate artworks individually or collaboratively, discuss the sources(s) for ideas, and defend the artistic choices made. The student will create or recreate an artistic piece demonstrating use of old and new technologies and compare the process or result.	Develop a group project (mural) Develop a group project individually or collaboratively and defend the artist choices made. Compare qualities of printmaking (computer, etching, lithography, silk screen, wood block, linoleum, etc.).

VISUAL ART - GRADE 8

GOAL III: Arts Criticism: Responding to the Arts

Student Objective	Content/Suggested Activities
The student will develop criteria for evaluating artworks and apply them to a collection of their own work. The student will use vocabulary that encompasses structural, technical, analytical, and aesthetic aspects when discussing and analyzing arts forms and/or processes.	Analyze a piece of art speculating about how and why it began. Analyze structural and technical aspects in some detail using external resources as appropriate. Describe the meaning or feeling expressed. Support the interpretation with evidence from the piece.

VISUAL ART - GRADE 8

GOAL IV: Nature and Meaning of the Arts: Valuing the Arts

Student Objective	Content/Suggested Activities
The student will explore reasons why subjects and ideas are re-interpreted through the arts in different cultures. The student will recognize point of view as a physical, psychological, and/or cultural position. The student will interview someone in an arts related field and research the field to discover the influence of the arts in society.	Investigate how communities interact and coexist. Compare student review of an event or exhibit with those of local professional critics. Discuss what collaboration is needed for the design of a theater or of a theater production, a shopping mall, or a recreation center.

Student Grade
VISUAL ART - Grade 8	Basic/ Novice	Proficient/ Competent	Advanced/ Exceptional
I. ART HISTORY: Understanding the Role of the Arts	.	.	.
examine or investigate an historical event or period and compare multiple perspectives of it presented through the arts	.	.	.
II. ART PRODUCTION: Personal Expression	.	.	.
develop strategies for collaborative work in the arts	.	.	.
create or recreate artworks individually or collaboratively, discuss the sources(s) for ideas, and defend the artistic choices made.	.	.	.
create or recreate an artistic piece demonstrating use of old and new technologies and compare the process or result	.	.	.
III. ART CRITICISM: Responding to the Arts	.	.	.
develop criteria for evaluating artworks and apply them to a collection of their own work	.	.	.
use vocabulary that encompasses structural, technical, analytical, and aesthetic aspects when discussing and analyzing art forms and/or processes	.	.	.
IV. AESTHETICS: Valuing the Arts	.	.	.
explore reasons why subjects and ideas are re-interpreted through the arts in different cultures	.	.	.
recognize point of view as a physical, psychological, and/or cultural position	.	.	.
interview someone in an arts related field and research the field to discover the influence of the arts in society	.	.	.