Curriculum Building Basics:

Connecting Art & the Tested Areas

Getting Started

• My Thoughts On Curriculum • Curriculum Mapping • Horizontal Mapping• Checklist for tested areas• Sample Ideas for Integrating

– Communication Arts– Math– Science– Social Studies

Understanding Curriculum

Art Curriculum should not be stagnant. It needs to be fluid, ever-changing and improving. You shouldn’t write it once and forget it.

• The challenge for me was accepting that there are really two curriculums—The one my administration needs for MSIP, and my actual working curriculum.

The Challenge

• Art is difficult to assess

• Assessment FOR Learning vs. Assessment OF Learning

• Because Art is not a tested area, I strive to assess FOR learning.

» Link to report by Judy Arter (2002)

So, where do you start?

Curriculum Mapping helps you see what you already do and where you

need to go.

August September October November December

January February March AprilMay

Curriculum Map: This is on the conference cd

Link to blank horizontal map

This is my map for Exploring Art—a work in progress…

POST-IT Tabs!!! A must have!!

August September October November December

January February March AprilMay

Curriculum Map 08-09 Exploring Art

(1)8/12-15

(2)8/18-22

(3)8/25-29

(9)10/6-10

(5)9/8-12

(6)9/15-19

(7)9/22-26

(8)9/29-10/3

(4)9/2-5

(10)10/13-17

(11)10/20-23

(12)10/27-31

(13)11/3-7

(14)11/10-14

(15)11/17-21

(16)11/24-25

(17)12/1-5

(18)12/8-12

(19)12/15-19

Personal timeline

Personal timeline

Book signatures

Slipcase

Henna Hands

Slipcase cont.

ASL Hands

ASL Hands cont.

ASL Hands cont.

Ch. 1 Art n Your World

Escher Reflection

Escher cont.

Ch1 less 2-3, artlinks ws

Ch. 5

½ Faces

Grid portraits

Torn paper collage

Torn paper collage cont.

Tessellations

Tessellations

Horizontal Mapping

• Link to blank sample

• Link to defined sample

• Questions for a quality unit

• My sample

Checklistfor Tested Areas

(Rolla High School)

Math

Communication Arts

Science

Sample Ideas for Integrating

Communication Arts

• Bookmark project

• Student Self Evaluation Exploring Art

• Student Self Evaluation Advanced Classes

• Written directions

• Critiques

• Borders on all drawing/painting projects

• Tessellations

• Grided drawings/distortions

• Isometrics/Linear Perspective

• Woven Cubes

• Matting/mounting student work for display

MATH CONNECTIONS

SCIENCE

• How the eye sees color

• Camera obscura

• Ceramic glazes

• Plaster of Paris

SOCIAL STUDIES

• Historical Art Periods

• Cultural Diversity

• Political Satire

THANK YOU!

I appreciate your attending my workshop.

Please contact me at cshoemaker@rolla.k12.mo.us if you have any questions, comments or requests.

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