Elementary Visual School Arts

Draw from observation in

a mirror

Essential Questions Corresponding Big Ideas

Why do all civilizations - past and
present – create portraits?

Why do artists have to study the lines,
shapes of a person’s face to create a
portrait?

Explain the difference between a
portrait and a self-portrait.

Artists help show us who we are and

what we care about.

Artists look for similarities and

differences in people by comparing and

contrasting shapes.

Portraits have been created for

hundreds of years and are a “category”

of art such as landscapes.

Standardized Assessment Correlations

(State, Province, College, and Career)

N/A

Unit Assessments

Pre-Assessment Informal Progress Monitoring

Checks

Students will fill out a KWL Chart (What
do you KNOW? What Do You WANT to
know? What Did You LEARN?), which
will serve as a pre- assessment
indicating what they expect to learn

Review of lines, shapes, colors through
game or Q & A

Sketches of faces

Monitor individuals while working on

tasks

Observation during an activity at each

stage in the process

1. Drawing


2. Adding details


3. Coloring/Neatness

Individual conferencing

Guided questions

Post Assessment

Students will fill out a KWL Chart (What do you KNOW? What Do You WANT to
know? What Did You LEARN?), which will serve as a pre-assessment indicating
what they expect to learn.