Rigorous Curriculum Design
Unit Plan
Subject (s) Visual Arts
Grade/Course Third Grade
Unit of Study Mosaics
Unit Type Topical X Skills-based X Thematic
Pacing 4-5 Sessions
Priority Standards or Learning Outcomes
Supporting Standards/Outcomes- CX 1. Understand the global, historical, societal, and cultural contexts of
the visual arts.
Clarifying Priority Standards or Learning Outcomes
Supporting Standards/Outcomes3.CX.1.1 Exemplify how visual arts are used by various groups for artistic
expression within the local community.
3.CX.1.2 Understand how art documents the history of the local community.
3.CX.1.3 Classify artists, styles, and movements.
3.CX.1.4 Compare purposes of art in different cultures, times periods, and
societies.
3.CX.1.5 Use local, natural, or recycled resources to create art.
Name of Unit: Bean Mosaic Masks
Lesson Plans Brief Description Pacing
Introduction to Mosaics
Read Explorations in
Art, pp. 104-105,
Colorful Mosaics.
Explore the masks
made from mosaic
techniques and
discuss the mosaic
work of local artist
Jan Detter at the1 Session