Rigorous Curriculum Design
Unit Planning Organizer Template
Subject (s) Visual Art
Grade/Course 2
Unit of Study Art Criticism (Follow Up Activity to Mask Making)
Unit Type Topical Skills-based Thematic
Pacing 1 Session after art production
Priority Standards or Learning Outcomes
Supporting Standards/Outcomes
2.CR.1 Use critical analysis to generate responses to a variety of prompts.
Clarifying Priority Standards or Learning Outcomes
Supporting Standards/Outcomes
2.CR. 1.1 Use art terminology to describe art in terms of subject and
physical characteristics.
2.CR.1.2 Evaluate personal work, while in progress and at completion.
Name of Unit: Art Criticism
Lesson Plans Brief Description Pacing
Formal Critique of Mask Steps in the Critique
process:
Describe: How do you
describe art? How do
you use art terms in
describing art?
Tell exactly what you see
Analyze: Use the
elements/principles to
reflect upon the art form
Art vocabulary
Color Use
Shapes
Feelings
Mask Use
1 Session