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VISUAL ART

A: Visual Memory and Knowledge

CONTENT STANDARD: Students in Wisconsin will know and remember information and ideas about the art and design around them and throughout the world.

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS: BY THE END OF GRADE 4 STUDENTS WILL.

	Al: develop a basic mental storehouse of images
	A2: learn basic vocabulary related to their study of art
	A3: learn about basic styles of art from their own and other parts of the world
	A4: learn about styles of art from various times
	A5: know that art is one of the greatest achievements of human beings
	A6: know that art is a basic way of thinking and communicating about the world

B: Art History, Citizens, and Environment

CONTENT STANDARD: Students in Wisconsin will understand the value and significance of the visual arts media and design in relation to art history, citizenship, the environment, and social development

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS: BY THE END OF GRADE 4 STUDENTS WILL.

	B1: understand that artists and cultures throughout history have used art to communicate ideas and to develop functions, structures, and designs
	B2: recognize that form, function, meaning, and expressive qualities of art and design change from culture to culture and artist to artist
	B3: know that works of art and designed objects relate to specific cultures, times, and places
	B4: know that artists, designers, and cultures influence art
	B5: understand that their choices in art are shaped by their own culture and society
	B6: know basic ways to describe, analyze, interpret, and judge art images and objects from various cultures, artists, and designers
	B7: begin to understand environmental and aesthetic issues related to the design of packaging, industrial products, and cities
	B8: learn that art historians, cultural anthropologists, and philosophers of alt contribute to an understanding of art and design

DOING

C: Visual Design and Production

CONTENT STANDARD: Students in Wisconsin will design and produce quality original images and objects, such as paintings, sculptures, designed objects, photographs, graphic designs, videos, and computer images.

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS: BY THE END OF GRADE 4 STUDENTS WILL:

	Cl: explore the elements and principles of design
	C2: explore what makes quality design
	C3: know how the design of art changes its meaning
	C4: use design to improve artwork
	C5: look at nature and works of art as visual resources
	C6: use sketching to develop ideas for their artwork
	C7: develop basic skills to produce quality art
	C8: explore the natural characteristics of materials and their possibilities and limitations
	C9: be aware of their creative processes to better understand their work
	C10: develop personal responsibility for their learning and creative processes

D: Practical Applications

CONTENT STANDARD: Students in Wisconsin will apply their knowledge of people, places, ideas, and language of art to their daily lives.

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS: BY THE END OF GRADE 4 STUDENTS WILL:

	Dl: know basic information, such as the history, public art, and unique architecture of their own cultural community
	D2: know about artists and designers, such as architects, furniture designers, critics, preservationists, museum curators, and gallery owners, in their community
	D3: know that the environment influences the look and use of art, architecture, and design
	D4: learn about basic concepts in art, such as form follows function less is more balance, symmetry, and originality
	D5: learn basic language used in art
	D6: use problem solving strategies that promote fluency, flexibility, elaboration, and originality

VISUAL ART

COMMUNICATING

E: Visual Communication and Expression

CONTENT STANDARDL: Students in Wisconsin will produce quality images and objects that effectively communicate and express ideas using varied media, techniques, and processes.

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS: BY THE END OF GRADE 4 STUDENTS WILL:

	El: communicate basic ideas by producing studio art forms, such as drawing, paintings, prints, sculpture Jewelry, fibers, and ceramics
	E2: communicate basic ideas by producing design art forms, such as graphic design, product design, architecture, landscape, and media arts, such as film, photography, and multimedia
	E3: communicate basic ideas by producing popular images and objects, such as folk art, traditional arts and crafts, popular arts, mass media, and consumer products
	E4: communicate basic ideas visual communication forms in life, such as sketches, diagrams, graphs, plans, and models
	E5: use the visual arts to express ideas that cannot be expressed by words alone.

F: Visual Media and Technology

CONTENT STANDARD: Students in Wisconsin will understand the role of, and be able to use, computers, video, and other technological tools and equipment.

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS: BY THE END OF GRADE 4 STUDENTS WILL:

	Fl: learn that art includes mass media, such as magazines, television, computers, and films
	F2: know that art techniques are used in mass media
	F3: know that advertisements, news, and entertainment programs contain visual messages
	F4: know that there are stereotypes in visual media
	F5: know that production techniques affect viewers' perceptions
	F6: learn simple media techniques
	F7: learn how media productions are made
	F8: learn to make changes in media production

THINKING

G: Art Criticism

CONTENT STANDARD: Students in Wisconsin will interpret visual experiences, such as artwork, designed objects, architecture, movies, television, and multimedia images, using a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas.

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS: BY THE END OF GRADE 4 STUDENTS WILL:

	G1: know that art communicates ideas
	G2: know that artwork has meanings
	G3: talk and write about the meaning of artworks and design
	G4: know how to create works of art that have meanings

H: Visual Thinking

CONTENT STANDARD: Students in Wisconsin will develop perception, visual discrimination, and media literacy skills to become visually educated people.

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS: BY THE END OF GRADE 4 STUDENTS WILL:

	H1: study the patterns and color in nature.
	H2: use drawing to examine objects closely.
	H3: show differences among color, shapes, textures, and other qualities of objects in their artwork.
	H4: create three-dimensional forms with paper, clay, and other materials.
	H5: be able to read simple maps charts, and plans
	H6: know how artists make photographs and films.

UNDERSTANDING

I: Personal and Social Development

CONTENT STANDARD: Students in Wisconsin will use their senses and emotions through art to develop their minds and to improve social relationships.

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS: BY THE END OF GRADE 4 STUDENTS WILL:

	I1: use art to understand how they feel
	I2: make art that shows how they sometimes feel
	I3: talk or write about feelings in a work of art
	I4: recognize their own feelings when they look at work of art
	I5: understand that art is made by people from different times, places, and cultures
	I6: realize that creating or looking at art can bring out
	I7: work alone and with others to develop visual ideas and objects

J: Cultural and Aesthetic Understanding

CONTENT STANDARD: Students in Wisconsin will reflect upon the nature of art and meaning in art and culture.

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS: BY THE END OF GRADE 4 STUDENTS WILL:

	J1: explore the purposes and functions of art
	J2: understand that the choice of materials and techniques influences the expressive quality of art
	J3: learn that different cultures think about art differently
	J4: learn that philosophers think about art
	J5: begin to understand their own ideas about the purposes
	J6: begin learning the value of art as a basic part of belong human
	J7: begin to understand and apply the role of art criticism and aesthetic knowledge in art and design
	J8: know that different cultures have different concepts of
	J9: understand the difference between original artworks, reproductions, and copies
	J10: talk about art in basic terms