Elementary Visual School Arts

Rigorous Curriculum Design

Unit Plan
Subject (s) Visual Arts

Grade/Course 1 st Grade

Unit of Study Art Criticism

Unit Type Topical Skills-based Thematic

Pacing 2 Sessions or after art productions

Priority Standards or Learning Outcomes

Supporting Standards/Outcomes

1. CR.1 Use critical analysis to generate responses to a variety of prompts.

Clarifying Priority Standards or Learning Outcomes

Supporting Standards/Outcomes

1. CR 1.1 Use appropriate art terminology to express personal opinions
   about art.


2. CR 1.2. Explain how and why personal works of art are made, focusing
   on media and process.

Name of Unit: Art Criticism

Lesson Plans Brief Description Pacing
Formal Critique of Mask Steps in the Critique
process:

Describe: How do you

describe art? How do

you use art terms in

describing art?

Tell exactly what you see

Analyze: Use the

elements/principles to

reflect upon the art form

Art vocabulary

Color Use

Shapes

Feelings

Mask Use

1 Session