Elementary Visual School Arts

Rigorous Curriculum Design

Unit Plan
Subject (s) Visual Arts

Grade/Course Kindergarten

Unit of Study Collage: Mask Making

Unit Type Topical Skills-based Thematic

Pacing 3-4 40 Minutes Sessions

Priority Standards or Learning Outcomes

Supporting Standards/Outcomes

K.CX.1 Understand the global, historical, societal, and cultural contexts of
the visual arts.
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Clarifying Objectives or Learning Outcomes

Supporting Standards/Outcomes

K.CX.1.1 Use visual arts to illustrate how people express themselves
differently.
K.CX.1.2 Recognize that art can depict something from the past (long ago)
or present (today).
K.CX.1.3 Recognize key components in works of art from different artists,
styles, or movements.
K.CX.1.4 Recognize key components of art from different cultures.
K.CX.1.5 Recognize that an artist’s tools and media come from natural and
human-made resources.

Name of Unit: Collage: Paper Masks

Lesson Plans Brief Description Pacing
Masks Shapes

Symmetry and Shape

Embellishments

Looking at different

masks through time and

different cultures.

Students will create a

balanced shape and

design for their mask.

Using found materials to

add design and detail the

Session 1

Session 2

Session 3