Honors Art 7-8
STANDARD SKILLS and CONCEPTS VOCABULARY
Standard 1:  Students understand the significance of visual art in relation to historical, social, political, spiritual, environmental, technological, and economic issues.
HA1.L1  Understand the role played by the visual arts in human achievement.
HA1.L2  Analyze, describe, and demonstrate how factors of time and place influence visual characteristics that give meaning and value to the work.  
HA1.L3  Analyze the connection of visual arts to universal human needs, values, and beliefs.
Standard 2:  Students recognize significant works of Western and non-Western art and understand the chronological development of art movements. HA2.L1  Compare and contrast themes, symbols, styles, and ideas in works of art and artifacts from past and present civilizations.   art movements
HA2.L2   Identify ways in which artists from culturally diverse backgrounds have used personal iconography and life experiences in their artwork
HA2.L3  Describe and place a variety of art objects in historical and cultural contexts.
Standard 3:  Students describe, analyze, and interpret works of art and artifacts.
HA3.L1  Identify iconography in an artist's work or a body of work and analyze the meaning. art criticism, technique
HA3.L2  Construct insightful, well-supported interpretations of works of art using problem solving and critical inquiry, reflecting on various interpretations, evidence presented in the work, and its cultural context. artistic styles
HA3.L3  Use appropriate art terminology when discussing their own works and the works of others.
Standard 4:  Students identify and apply criteria to make informed judgements about art.
HA4.L1  Examine established criteria and develop personal criteria when making artistic interpretations and evaluations. interpretation
HA4.L2  Demonstrate the ability to make informed judgements about the characteristics, functions, meaning, and purposes of art and artifacts, and defend these judgements.
Standard 5:  Students reflect on and discuss art theories and aesthetic issues concerning the meaning and significance of art.
HA5.L1  Understand that the art of a culture is influenced by aesthetic ideas as well as by social, political, economic, and other factors. aesthetics
HA5.L2  Engage in philosophical inquiry into the nature of art or aesthetic issues.
Standard 6:  Students theorize about art and make informed judgements.   HA6.L1  Understand that making art and responding to works of visual art are inextricably interwoven and that perception, analysis, and critical judgment are inherent to both. critique
HA6.L2  Describe and compare a variety of individual responses to their own artwork and to artwork from various eras and cultures.
HA6.L3  Develop an appreciation of multiple artistic solutions and interpretations. transformation, tessellation
Standard 7:  Students observe, select, and utilize a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas in their work.
HA7.L1  Demonstrate skill in observation from real life to present accurately rendered objects or subject matter and demontrate personal style. life drawing, scribble drawing, gesture drawing, continuous contour line drawing, chiaroscuro, foreshortening, trompe l'oleil
HA7.L2   Discriminate, synthesize, and appraise when selecting, transforming, and developing ideas for their own creative work. thumbnail sketches, viewfinder
HA7.L3  Identify the origin, function, and meaning of symbols used in their work. artistic themes
HA7.L4  Continue to apply and develop visual art skills, techniques, and ideas through sketchbook drawing assignments.  sketchbook, journaling, altered books
Standard 8:  Students understand and apply elements and principles of design effectively in their work. HA8.L1  Create multiple solutions in works that demonstrate competence in producing effective relationships between elements, media, and function. composition
HA8.L2  Create works that use specific elements, principles, and fuctions to solve problems and communicate ideas. art elements:  line, shape, color, texture, value, space, form;  principles of design:  balance, rhythm, movement, proportion, emphasis, pattern, unity, variety
Standard 9:  Students develop and apply skills using a variety of two dimensional and three dimensional media, tools, and processes to create works that communicate personal meaning. HA9.L1  Begin, define, and solve challenging visual problems, demonstrating skill and in-depth understanding of media and processes. self-expression, media
HA9.L2  Demonstrate appropriate use of different media, techniques, and processes to communicate themes and ideas in their work. drawing, painting, printmaking, ceramics, sculpture, fibers, mosaics, and computer graphics.
Standard 10:  Students reflect on, revise, and refine work using problem solving and critical thinking skills.
HA10.L1 Revise and refine work through reflection, analysis, synthesis, peer critique and self-evaluation. collaboration, mixed media, portfolio
HA10.L2  Finalize an artistic idea by demonstrating fluency, flexibility, elaboration, and originality.
HA10.L3  Demonstrate respect for one's own work and the work of others.
HA10.L4  Participate in and contribute to the development, completion, and critique of collaborative learning activities and works of art.
Standard 11:  Students recognize a variety of art-related professions and careers in our society.
HA11.L1  Identify connections between visual arts education and potential career opportunities.
HA11.L2  Identify skills needed in various art-related professions.
Standard 12:  Students understand how art experiences affect daily life and identify opportunities for involvement in the arts.
HA12.L1  Identify the knowledge and skills gained in art experiences that transfer to daily life. Northern Indiana Arts Association (NIAA)
HA12.L2  Analyze and critique art at local museums, galleries, performance centers, or exhibitions in the community.
HA12.L3  Identify ways one can become actively involved in supporting the arts in the community.
Standard 13:  Students identify and make connections between knowledge and skill in art and all other subject areas such as humanities, sciences, and technology.
HA13.L1  Demonstrate the ability to create works that communicate knowledge through the power of integrated study. synthesis
HA13.L2  Synthesize the creative and analytical principles and techniques of the visual arts and selected other disciplines.
Standard 14:  Students understand the connections between many art forms including dance, theater, music, visual arts, and media arts.
HA14.L1  Analyze how various art forms are used to communicate ideas. multi-media, digital photography, Adobe Photoshop
HA14.L2  Create a work of art that integrates the concepts of another art form.