Elementary Visual School Arts

Name of Unit: Collage: Musical Symbols

Lesson Plans Brief Description Pacing

Introduction to symbols
in art

Collage

Critique

Read Explorations in Art, pp.

64-64, and 68-69, Stories,

Symbols and Styles and

Collage, Musical Symbols.

Discuss Three Musicians by

Picasso.

Students will use collage

techniques to create a collage

with a musical theme

Students will evaluate the

expressive and compositional

qualities of their peers’ work

1 Session

2 Sessions

1 Session

Concepts

(students need to

know)

Skills

(students need to be able

to do)

Bloom’s Taxonomy

Levels

Artists use symbols and
patterns to tell stories
and to share ideas

People have been using
visual symbols to share
ideas fro a very long time

Elements of Art
Line
Space
Shape
Geometric and free form
shapes
Color
Texture

Principles of Design
Balance

Symbols/symbolize

Fine motor skills

Effectively manipulate

paper by tearing, cutting,

and folding, (controlled

tearing)

Effectively arrange shapes

into a pleasing composition

Successfully analyze their

art and the art of Picasso in

terms of the Elements of Art

and Principles of Design

Evaluate the compositional

and expressive qualities of

personal works of art

Remembering

Understanding

Applying:

Analyzing:

Creating