The Sts. Simon & Jude Student is a lifelong learner who appreciates the arts as a means of expression and uses creative and critical thinking skills to solve problems.

ART CURRICULUM OBJECTlVES, GRADES 1-4

1. Content Standard: Understanding and applying media, techniques, and processes

    Achievement Standard:
    Students
       a. know thc differences between materials, techniques, and processes
       b. describe how different materials, techniques, and processes cause different responses
       c. use different media, techniques, and processes to communicate ideas, experiences, and
           stories
       d. use art materials and tools in a safe and responsible manner

2. Content Standard: Using knowledge of structure and functions

    Achievement Standard:
    Students
       a. know the differences among visual characteristics and purposes of art in order to convey ideas
       b. describe how different *expressive features and *organizational principles cause different responses
       c. use visual structures and functions of art to communicate ideas

3. Content Standard: Choosing and evaluating a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas

    Achievement Standard:
    Students
       a. explore and understand prospective content for works of art
       b. select and use subject matter, symbols, and ideas to communicate meaning

4. Content Standard: Understanding the visual arts in relation to history and cultures

    Achievement Standard:
    Students
       a. know that the visual arts have both a history and specific relationships to various cultures      
       b. identify specific works of art as belonging to particular cultures, times, and places
       c. demonstrate how history, culture, and the visual arts can influence each other in making and studying works of art

5. Content Standard: Reflecting upon and *assessing the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others

    Achievement Standard:
    Students
       a. understand there are various purposes for creating works of visual art
       b. describe how people's experiences influence the development of specific artwork
       c. understand there are different responses to specific artworks

1. Content Standard: Understanding and applying media, techniques, and processes

    Achievement Standard:
    Students
       a. select media, techniques, and processes; analyze what makes them effective or not effective in communicating ideas; and reflect upon the effectiveness of            their choices
       b. intentionally take advantage of the qualities and characteristics of *art media, techniques, and processes to enhance communication of their experiences and            ideas

2. Content Standard: Using knowledge of structure and functions

    Achievement Standard:
    Students
       a. generalize about the effects of visual structures and functions and reflect upon these effects in their own work
       b. employ organizational structures and analyze what makes them effective or not effective in the communication of ideas
       c. select and use thc qualities of structures and functions of art to improve communication of their ideas

3. Content Standard: Choosing and evaluating a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas

    Achievement Standard:
    Students
       a. integrate visual, spatial, and temporal concepts with content to communicate intended meaning in their artworks
       b. use subjects, themes, and symbols that demonstrate knowledge of contexts, values, and aesthetics that communicate intended meaning in artworks

4. Content Standard: Understanding the visual arts in relation to history and cultures

    Achievement Standard:
    Students
       a. know and compare the characteristics of artworks in various eras and cultures      
       b. describe and place a variety of art objects in historical and cultural contexts
       c. analyze, describe, and demonstrate how factors of time and place (such as climate, resources, ideas, and technology) influence visual characteristics that
           give meaning and value to a work of art

5. Content Standard: Reflecting upon and *assessing the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others

    Achievement Standard:
    Students
       a. compare multiple purposes for creating works of art
       b. analyze contemporary and historic meanings in specific artworks through cultural and aesthetic inquiry
       c. describe and compare a variety of individual responses to their own artworks and to artworks from various eras and cultures

6. Content Standard: Making connections between visual arts and other disciplines

    Achievement Standard:
    Students
       a. compare the characteristics of works in two or more art forms that share similar subject matter, historical periods, or cultural context
       b. describe ways in which the principles and subject matter of other disciplines taught in the school are interrelated with the visual art