Elementary Visual School Arts

Glazing techniques
Glaze bisque fired clay
figure

Read: When Clay Sings

by Byrd Baylor (Aladdin,

1987)

1 Session

Concepts

(students need to

know)

Skills

(students need to be

able to do)

Bloom’s Taxonomy

Levels

Hand building techniques
Coil
Scoring
Joining

Clay Tools

Origin of clay

Uses of clay

Ceramics can be a
vocation or avocation

Appropriate clay
vocabulary

Elements of Art
Form
Texture

Principles of Design
Balance
Proportion

Chemical changes in the
clay drying, firing, and
glaze processes.

Clay safety

Air bubbles

Effectively use hand

building techniques to

model a human figure

Use clay tools to

effectively create an

expressive clay figure

Focus on specific

elements and principles

of art to create a

successful sculpture;

forms, balance, texture,

proportion

Successfully apply glaze

to a ceramic sculpture

Remembering

Understanding

Applying

Evaluating

Creating