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High [9th-12th] Lesson Plan

Ceramic Architecture

Created on October 31, 2013 by artcsara



Students were inspired to create a ceramic piece that was based on famous architecture.


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THE PLAN
SWBAT - research famous pieces of architecture

SWBAT - Use various clay building techniques to create a structure.

SWBAT - define form

Clay
Glaze
Items for texture
Provide Architecture information/history

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1. students research famous architecture works.
2. Students select one for source of inspiration.
3. Students sketch idea in sketchbook.
4. Student creates object in clay
5. Glazework
6. self-assessment

Formative assessment - during lesson

Summative assessment - self-reflection of piece and rubric.

THE STANDARDS

Visual Arts Standard 1:
Understanding and applying media, techniques, and processes


[9-12 Proficient] Students conceive and create works of visual art that demonstrate an understanding of how the communication of their ideas relates to the media, techniques, and processes they use
[9-12 Proficient] Students apply media, techniques, and processes with sufficient skill, confidence, and sensitivity that their intentions are carried out in their artworks
[9-12 Advanced] Students initiate, define, and solve challenging visual arts problems independently using intellectual skills such as analysis, synthesis, and evaluation
[9-12 Advanced] Students communicate ideas regularly at a high level of effectiveness in at least one visual arts medium

Visual Arts Standard 2:
Using knowledge of structures and functions


[9-12 Proficient] Students evaluate the effectiveness of artworks in terms of organizational structures and functions
[9-12 Proficient] Students demonstrate the ability to form and defend judgments about the characteristics and structures to accomplish commercial, personal, communal, or other purposes of art
[9-12 Proficient] Students create artworks that use organizational principles and functions to solve specific visual arts problems
[9-12 Advanced] Students demonstrate the ability to compare two or more perspectives about the use of organizational principles and functions in artwork and to defend personal evaluations of these perspectives

Visual Arts Standard 3:
Choosing and evaluating a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas


[9-12 Advanced] Students describe the origins of specific images and ideas and explain why they are of value in their artwork and in the work of others

Visual Arts Standard 4:
Understanding the visual arts in relation to history and cultures


[9-12 Proficient] Students differentiate among a variety of historical and cultural contexts in terms of characteristics and purposes of works of art
[9-12 Proficient] Students describe the function and explore the meaning of specific art objects within varied cultures, times, and places
[9-12 Proficient] Students analyze relationships of works of art to one another in terms of history, aesthetics, and culture, justifying conclusions made in the analysis and using such conclusions to inform their own art making
[9-12 Advanced] Students analyze common characteristics of visual arts evident across time and among cultural/ethnic groups to formulate analyses, evaluations, and interpretations of meaning
[9-12 Advanced] Students analyze and interpret artworks for relationships among form, context, purposes, and critical models, showing understanding of the work of critics, historians, aestheticians, and artists

Visual Arts Standard 5:
Reflecting upon and assessing the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others


[9-12 Proficient] Students reflect analytically on various interpretations as a means for understanding and evaluating works of visual art

Visual Arts Standard 6:
Making connections between visual arts and other disciplines


[9-12 Proficient] Students compare characteristics of visual arts within a particular historical period or style with ideas, issues, or themes in the humanities or sciences

THE FEATURES
Texture, Shape, Proportion/Size, Form, Balance

Architecture, Ceramics

Geography, History/Social Studies