Elementary Visual School Arts

Rigorous Curriculum Design

Unit Plan
Subject (s) Visual Arts

Grade/Course Fourth Grade

Unit of Study Still Life

Unit Type Topical X Skills-based X Thematic

Pacing 4-5 Sessions

Priority Standards or Learning Outcomes

Supporting Standards/Outcomes

4.V.1 Use the language of visual arts to communicate effectively.

Clarifying Priority Standards or Learning Outcomes
Supporting Standards/Outcomes
4.V.1.1 Use appropriate art vocabulary to compare artists’ styles.
4.V.1.2 Apply personal choices while creating art.
4.V.1.4 Understand how the Elements of Art are used to develop a
composition.
4.V.1.3 Infer meaning from art
4.V.1.5 Understand how the Principles of Design work in relation to each
other.

Name of Unit: Still Life

Lesson Plans Brief Description Pacing

Introduction to abstract
and realistic styles.
Lesson Artists: Amelia
Pelaez, Gustave
Caillebotte, Claes
Oldenburg, Two Giant
Cheeseburgers with
Everything.

Still life painting

Read Explorations in Art, Still

Life: Differences in Styles. pp.

172-173,

Teacher demonstrates how to

begin sketching the still life in

a particular style. Students

decide what style they want to

use and begin to set up a still

life. Students sketch the still

life in their chosen style on

white paper.

Students will use watercolor

or tempera to paint their still

1-2 Sessions

1-2 Sessions