Rigorous Curriculum Design
Unit Plan
Subject (s) Visual Art
Grade/Course First Grade
Unit of Study Collage - Cityscapes
Unit Type × Topical Skills-based Thematic
Pacing 4 Sessions
Priority Standards or Learning Outcomes
Supporting Standards/Outcomes
1.V.3 - Create art using a variety of tools, media, and processes, safely and
appropriately.
Clarifying Standards or Learning Outcomes
Supporting Standards/Outcomes
1.V.3.1- Use a variety of tools safely and appropriately to create art.
1.V.3.2- Execute control of a variety of media
1.V.3.3- Use the processes of drawing, painting, weaving, printing,
stitchery, collage, mixed media, sculpture, and ceramics to create
art.
Name of Unit: Cityscapes
Lesson Plans Brief Description Pacing
Introduce “city block”
and show artworks of
different cityscapes/city
blocks.)
Introduce collage and
famous artists, Matisse,
and Romare Bearden).
Begin work.
Studio time on city
Discuss the different
artworks and how they
pertain to the eventual
creation of a city block.
Students will make a
sketch to plan out their
basic city blockDiscuss “collage”, (to cut
and paste), and show
artworks by famous
artists. Students begin
their collage based on
their plan from the
previous week.Review of collage and1 Session1 Session1 Session