5th Grade Art-Full Year
This course introduces students to the art of indigenous peoples of North America through to the art and architecture of Colonial America. Students will extend their knowledge of elements of art and principles of design, such as form, texture, pattern, contrast, and balance. Inspired by the artworks in the course, students create their own artworks using many different materials and techniques. Throughout the course, students draw, paint, and sculpt a variety of works, including self-portraits, landscapes, and still lifes.
This course requires the following household materials:
· card stock*
· construction paper, and/or white paper
· glue and/or tape
· oil-based modeling clay or self-hardening clay*
· paintbrush
· pencils, colored pencils, crayons, oil pastels, and/or markers
· poster/tempera paint, and/or watercolor paint
· scissors
· yarn and/or string
*Substitutions suggested in Lesson 1 of the course
Unit 1: The Building Blocks of Art
Unit 2: America: Art of Indigenous Peoples
Unit 3: America: Art of the New Nation
Unit 4: America: Art of the Growing Nation