Elementary Visual School Arts

Concepts

(students need to know)

Skills

(students need to be

able to do)

Bloom’s Taxonomy

Levels

Types of lines:
zigzag, curved, straight,
wavy, thick, thin, horizontal,
vertical, diagonal, dotted or
broken, looping, spiral

Types of shapes:
circle, square, rectangle,
oval, diamond, triangle,
semi circle

Color names:
Red, yellow, blue, green,
orange, purple (violet)
black, brown, gray, pink

Similarities and differences
between lines and shapes

Effectively use scissors,

markers, and glue to

create a portrait of a clown

How to draw and cut

shapes, gluing techniques,

proper use of markers

Create patterns using

lines shapes and colors

Paper techniques: folding,

curling, accordion folding,

cutting multiple shapes

from folded paper

Compare/Contrast clowns

done by different artists

(Rouault, Picasso,

Lawrence)

Make thoughtful and

aesthetic decisions about

the placement of shapes,

lines and colors.

1 Remembering

5 Evaluating

6 Creating

Essential Questions Corresponding Big Ideas

1. What is a line? A dot that goes for
   a walk.


2. What is a shape? A line that goes
   for a walk and finds its way back
   home again.


3. Which elements of art can be
   used to create patterns?
   Repetition of lines, shapes and
   colors.
   
   
   1. There are many ways to use lines,
      shapes, and colors to create art
   
   
   2. Lines, shapes, colors and patterns
      are all around us.
   
   
   3. Lines, shapes, and colors are
      some of the elements (“ingredients’)
      of art.