Evaluation
Assessments
To what extent did students:
- Produce artwork using a variety of different media and techniques to convey the world in which they live through the details around them?
- Interpret artwork relating to history and culture?
- Experience details in the natural world?
- Communicate their view of the world through details?
Assessment Evidence
1. Check For Understanding- Formative Assessment: Sketchbook & Teacher Questioning
2. Think-Pair-Share- Formative Assessment: Student Discussion
3. Student Presentations
4. Student Self Evaluations Summative Assessment: Reflection
5. Rubric- Formative Assessment: Understanding & Skill
- To check for understanding, the art educator will assess students by touring the classroom asking questions and observing the learning and skills displayed by students throughout the learning process. This is an ongoing process that continues throughout the whole unit where the teacher can assess each student.
2. Think-Pair-Share- Formative Assessment: Student Discussion
- Think-Pair-Share will be used to assess students ability to discuss and analyze artworks, how they relate to one another, as well as to share personal opinions about artwork.
3. Student Presentations
- Students will conduct research and create presentations based on their cultural history or a culture that they identify with and present how details were used in the artwork of the past or how they are still used in artwork today.
4. Student Self Evaluations Summative Assessment: Reflection
- Students will complete self assessment at the end of each project as well as the end of the unit to reflect on their artwork and the new knowledge they have acquired.
5. Rubric- Formative Assessment: Understanding & Skill
- The rubric is created by the educator to use as an assessment of understanding and skill according to the objectives covered in each project for the unit. The sample rubric was created on Rubistar.
Description
Analysis Interpretation Evaluation |
Makes a complete and detailed description of the subject matter and/or elements seen in a work.
Accurately describes several dominant elements or principles used by the artist and accurately relates how they are used by the artist to reinforce the theme, meaning, mood, or feeling of the artwork. Forms a somewhat reasonable hypothesis about the symbolic or metaphorical meaning and is able to support this with evidence from the work. Uses multiple criteria to judge the artwork, such as composition, expression, creativity, design, communication of ideas. |
Makes a detailed description of most of the subject matter and/or elements seen in a work.
Accurately describes a couple of dominant elements and principles used by the artist and accurately relates how these are used by the artist to reinforce the theme, meaning, mood, or feeling of the artwork. Student identifies the literal meaning of the work. Uses 1-2 criteria to judge the artwork. |
Makes a detailed description of some of the subject matter and/or elements seen in a work.
Describes some dominant elements and principles used by the artist, but has difficulty describing how these relate to the meaning or feeling of the artwork. Student can relate how the work makes him/her feel personally. Tries to use aesthetic criteria to judge artwork, but does not apply the criteria accurately. |
Descriptions are not detailed or complete.
Has trouble picking out the dominant elements. Student finds it difficult to interpret the meaning of the work. Evaluates work as good or bad based on personal taste. |
Knowledge and Skills
Students will need to know:
Students will need to be able to:
- There are many ways for artists to show their point of view of the world.
- Artists and cultures use details to communicate their point of view.
- Details help us understand the world around us.
Students will need to be able to:
- Analyze how details communicate an artist's point of view.
- Demonstrate an understanding of how details help us understand the world around us.
Learning Experiences
Students will demonstrate targeted understanding and skills by:
- Providing research based on details in culture and presenting it to the class.
- Analyzing artworks and how details are used to communicate.
- Producing artworks that display different ways the artist deals with details in his/her artwork.