Elementary Visual School Arts

collage skills

Contour Lines

Color Schemes:
Understand warm, cool,
analogous, and
complimentary colors

Elements of Art:
Line
Shape
Color
Space

Principles of Design:
Unity
Balance
Repetition

create original art

Effectively balance

shapes symmetrically

Understand warm, cool,

analogous, and

complimentary colors

Essential Questions Corresponding Big Ideas

What are textiles and why do we need
them?

Identify and describe distinguishing
features and organization of molas
created by Kuna Indians of Panama.

How do the textile processes today
compare and contrast to the textile
processes of the Kuna Indians from
Panama?

How has textile production been
beneficial to the history and economy
of North Carolina?

Thinking and working as artists, we can

look to and borrow from the past.

Understand that cultures create fabric

traditions that have specific functions

within the culture and draw upon local

symbols and motifs.

Identify and describe distinguishing

features and organization of molas

created by Kuna Indians of Panama.

Create a cut-paper mola with

symmetrical balance and motifs of local

significance.

Students will understand the different

regions of North Carolina that have

benefited through textile production

and discuss how it has changed today.