National Standards for Visual Arts Instruction PreK-12
Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.
Enduring Understanding 1: Artists and designers experiment with forms, structures, materials, concepts media and art-making approaches.
1st - Explore uses of materials and tools to create works of art or design.
6th - Demonstrate openness in trying new ideas, materials, methods and approaches in making works of art and design.
HS Advanced- Experiment, plan, and make multiple works of art and design that explores a personally meaningful theme, idea, or concept.
Anchor Standard 3: Refine and complete artistic work.
Enduring Understanding 3: People create and interact with objects, places and design that define shape, enhance and empower their lives.
Pre K- Create and tell about art that communicates a story about a familiar place or object.
5th- Identify, describe, and visually document places and/or objects of personal significance
8th – Select, organize and design images and words to make visually clear and compelling presentations.
HS Advanced- Demonstrate in works of art or design how visual and material culture defines, shapes, enhances, inhibits and/or empowers people’s lives.
Anchor Standard 6: Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.
Enduring Understanding 1: Objects, artifacts and artworks collected, preserved or presented either by artists, museums or other venues communicate meaning and a record of social, cultural and political experiences resulting in the cultivating of appreciation and understanding.
2nd- Analyze how art exhibited inside and outside of schools contributes to the community.
7th- Compare and contrast viewing and experiencing collections and exhibitions in different venues.
HS Proficient – Analyze and describe the impact that an exhibition or collections has on personal awareness of social, cultural or political beliefs and understandings.
Anchor Standard 7: Perceive and analyze artistic work.
Enduring Understanding 2: Visual imagery influences understanding of and responses to the world.
1st - Compare images that represent the same subject.
3rd – Determine messages communicated by an image.
8th – Compare and contrast contexts and media in which viewers encounter images that influence ideas, emotions and actions.
HS Accomplished - Evaluate the effectiveness of an image or images to influence ideas, feels and behaviors of specific audiences.
Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.
Enduring Understanding 1: Artists and designers experiment with forms, structures, materials, concepts media and art-making approaches.
1st - Explore uses of materials and tools to create works of art or design.
6th - Demonstrate openness in trying new ideas, materials, methods and approaches in making works of art and design.
HS Advanced- Experiment, plan, and make multiple works of art and design that explores a personally meaningful theme, idea, or concept.
Anchor Standard 3: Refine and complete artistic work.
Enduring Understanding 3: People create and interact with objects, places and design that define shape, enhance and empower their lives.
Pre K- Create and tell about art that communicates a story about a familiar place or object.
5th- Identify, describe, and visually document places and/or objects of personal significance
8th – Select, organize and design images and words to make visually clear and compelling presentations.
HS Advanced- Demonstrate in works of art or design how visual and material culture defines, shapes, enhances, inhibits and/or empowers people’s lives.
Anchor Standard 6: Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.
Enduring Understanding 1: Objects, artifacts and artworks collected, preserved or presented either by artists, museums or other venues communicate meaning and a record of social, cultural and political experiences resulting in the cultivating of appreciation and understanding.
2nd- Analyze how art exhibited inside and outside of schools contributes to the community.
7th- Compare and contrast viewing and experiencing collections and exhibitions in different venues.
HS Proficient – Analyze and describe the impact that an exhibition or collections has on personal awareness of social, cultural or political beliefs and understandings.
Anchor Standard 7: Perceive and analyze artistic work.
Enduring Understanding 2: Visual imagery influences understanding of and responses to the world.
1st - Compare images that represent the same subject.
3rd – Determine messages communicated by an image.
8th – Compare and contrast contexts and media in which viewers encounter images that influence ideas, emotions and actions.
HS Accomplished - Evaluate the effectiveness of an image or images to influence ideas, feels and behaviors of specific audiences.