As students progress through the middle years Arts Education
curriculum, their understanding and knowledge will develop. At
each grade they should be building on their previous knowledge and
moving from more general concepts in grades six to more specific
and complex concepts in grade eight.
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Foundational Objectives | Grade 6
| Grade 7 | Grade
8 |
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In the visual art strand
the students will:
Examine sources of
ideas for art-making,
make connections between
ideas and visual art
works, and generate
ideas for personal
expression
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Getting
Started:
Sources of
Inspiration
| discover a variety of
sources of inspiration
for visual art
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continue to discover a
variety of sources
of
inspiration and
consider the
sources
as starting-points
for
personal
expression
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continue to discover a
variety of sources of
inspiration and use
the sources as
starting-points for
personal expression
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| begin to
develop a
general understanding
of the various ways
artists acquire and
transform ideas
(feelings;
experiences; social;
cultural and political
positions; etc.) into
visual form
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continue to develop an
understanding of
the
various ways
artists
acquire and
transform
ideas (feelings;
experiences;
social;
cultural and
political
positions; etc.)
into
visual form
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demonstrate an
understanding of the
various ways artists
acquire and transform
ideas (feelings;
experiences; social;
cultural and political
positions; etc.) into
visual form
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| generate
ideas for art
works and manipulate
these ideas to achieve
meaning and personal
expression
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generate ideas for art
works and
manipulate
these ideas to
achieve
meaning and
personal
expression
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generate ideas for art
works and manipulate
these ideas to achieve
meaning and personal
expression
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| begin to
understand
the value of keeping
an ongoing record of
ideas for their own
visual art
compositions
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understand the value
of keeping an
ongoing
record of ideas
for
their own visual
art
compositions
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continue to value and
keep an ongoing record
of ideas for their own
visual art
compositions
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| Grade 6
| Grade 7 | Grade
8 |
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Developing
Visual Art
Ideas
| begin to understand
and use various
aspects of the
creative process when
developing works of
art (choosing an idea
or topic,
brainstorming,
identifying focus,
adapting, reflecting,
refining)
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understand and use
various aspects of
the
creative process
when
developing works
of
art (choosing an
idea
or topic,
brainstorming,
identifying focus,
adapting,
reflecting,
refining)
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understand and use
with confidence
various aspects of the
creative process when
developing works of
art (choosing an idea
or topic,
brainstorming,
identifying focus,
adapting, reflecting,
refining)
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| challenge
themselves
to solve visual art
problems in a variety
of new ways
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challenge themselves
to take risks and
develop an
awareness
of problem-solving
as
basic and
essential to
the creative
process
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continue to challenge
themselves to take
risks and develop an
awareness of problem-
solving as basic and
essential to the
creative process
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| continue to
determine
and explore
appropriate media,
technology, forms and
methods for visual
expression
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continue to determine
and explore
appropriate media,
technology, forms
and
methods for visual
expression
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continue to determine
and explore
appropriate media,
technology, forms and
methods for visual
expression
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| develop
co-ordination
and skills for using
appropriate tools,
technology, materials
and techniques
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develop co-ordination
and skills for
using
appropriate tools,
technology,
materials
and techniques
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develop co-ordination
and skills for using
appropriate tools,
technology, materials
and techniques
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| increase the
variety
of ways they use the
elements of art and
the principles of
design in their own
work
|
purposefully use the
elements of art
and
principles of
design
in their work
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critically examine and
purposefully use the
elements of art and
principles of design
in their work
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| continue to
hone
skills of observation
and image-making in
order to become more
aware of the detailed
information and
stimuli in the visual
environment
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continue to hone
skills of
observation
and image-making
in
order to become
more
aware of the
detailed
information and
stimuli in the
visual
environment
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continue to hone
skills of observation
and image-making in
order to become more
aware of the detailed
information and
stimuli in the visual
environment
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| become aware
of
various health and
safety hazards and
procedures in visual
art
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become aware of
various health and
safety hazards and
procedures in
visual
art
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become aware of
various health and
safety hazards and
procedures in visual
art
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| Grade 6
| Grade 7 | Grade
8 |
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Personal
Reflection
upon the Process
and
Product
| begin to reflect on
and discuss the
intentions,
development and
interpretations of
their own and their
peers' art works
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reflect on and examine
the intentions,
development and
interpretations of
their own and
their
peers' art
works
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reflect on and analyse
the intentions,
development and
interpretations of
their own and their
peers' art works in
relation to their
lives, society and
culture
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| begin to
develop an
understanding of how
visual artists use
symbols and other
means to convey
meaning
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investigate how visual
artists use
symbols
and other means to
convey meaning
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understand how visual
artists use symbols
and others means to
convey meaning
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| understand
that visual
art is a means of
communication and
continue to appreciate
the importance of non-
verbal
communication
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understand that visual
art is a means of
communication and
continue to
appreciate
the importance of
non-
verbal
communication
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understand that visual
art is a means of
communication and
continue to appreciate
the importance of non-
verbal communication
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Foundational Objectives | Grade 6
| Grade 7 | Grade
8 |
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Develop an
understanding of the
elements of art and the
principles of design and
learn to apply this
understanding to their
expressions and
responses to works of
art
| continue to extend
their understanding of
the elements of art
through exploration
and analysis
|
continue to extend
their
understanding of
the elements of
art
through
exploration
and analysis
|
continue to extend
their understanding of
the elements of art
through exploration
and analysis
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| begin to
become
familiar with the
principles of design
in the work of others
and begin to use their
knowledge of the
principles in all
their visual art
experiences
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begin to understand
the use of the
principles of
design
in the work of
others
and increase the
ways
they use the
principles in
their
visual art
experiences
|
continue to develop
understanding of the
principles of design
and purposefully use
their knowledge of the
principles in all
their visual art
experiences
|
| begin to
apply their
understanding of the
elements of art and
the principles of
design when
discussing, analysing,
developing and
reflecting on visual
art works
|
apply their
understanding of
the
elements of art
and
the principles of
design when
discussing,
analysing,
developing and
reflecting on
visual
art works
|
continue to apply
their understanding of
the elements of art
and the principles of
design when
discussing, analysing,
developing and
reflecting on visual
art works
|
| begin to
reflect on
how the elements of
art, principles of
design, images and
techniques used convey
meaning in works of
art
|
reflect on how the
elements of art,
principles of
design,
images and
techniques
used convey
meaning in
works of art
|
explore connections
between the elements
of art and principles
of design, the images,
techniques and meaning
conveyed in the work
of art
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| begin to
discover how
the elements of art
and principles of
design may be used
differently in various
cultures.
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discover how the
elements of art
and
principles of
design
may be used
differently in
various
cultures
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examine how the
elements of art and
principles of design
may be used
differently in various
cultures
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