Enduring Understanding 3: The processes of critiquing works of art lead to development of critical-thinking skills transferable to other contexts.

loading spinner
Export Print
General Information
Number: VA.68.C.3
Title: The processes of critiquing works of art lead to development of critical-thinking skills transferable to other contexts.
Type: Enduring Understanding
Subject: Visual Art
Grade: 68
Big Idea: Critical Thinking and Reflection

Related Benchmarks

This cluster includes the following benchmarks.

Related Access Points

This cluster includes the following access points.

Independent

VA.68.C.3.In.a
Use accurate vocabulary to describe the structural elements of art and organizational principles of design.
VA.68.C.3.In.b
Compare purposes for the structural elements of art and organizational principles of design in artworks and utilitarian objects.
VA.68.C.3.In.c
Use the art-making process, analysis, and discussion to identify the connections between art and other disciplines.

Supported

VA.68.C.3.Su.a
Use selected vocabulary and symbols unique to visual art to communicate and document ideas.
VA.68.C.3.Su.b
Compare artworks with utilitarian objects and describe how they are the same and different.
VA.68.C.3.Su.c
Identify similarities between the art-making process and other disciplines.

Participatory

VA.68.C.3.Pa.a
Recognize and respond to selected vocabulary and symbols unique to visual art to communicate and document ideas.
VA.68.C.3.Pa.b
Recognize similarities and differences between artworks and utilitarian objects.
VA.68.C.3.Pa.c
Recognize a similarity between the art-making process and another discipline.

Related Resources

Vetted resources educators can use to teach the concepts and skills in this topic.

Lesson Plans

Political Cartoons as Commentary on Supreme Court cases:

Students will research and review a landmark Supreme Court case, evaluate the effect the case had on society, and plan and create a political cartoon based on the case, in this integrated civics and visual arts lesson plan.

Type: Lesson Plan

Transforming Social Issues with Photo Transfer and Collage:

In this lesson, the students will create a mixed-media work of art that conveys a social issue by using carefully chosen photos, text, color and painted images. The students will use a photo transfer technique along with mixed media to create their art.

Type: Lesson Plan

How to Bracket Your Exposures:

In this lesson, students will learn about bracketing.  Bracketing is shooting a series of three or more shots of the same scene at different levels of exposure- light to dark.  Bracketing is used in order to determine exactly how to expose your camera sensor for the best results. 

Type: Lesson Plan

How to Use Camera Aperture:

In this lesson, students will learn about aperture using DSLR cameras.  Students will apply their knowledge of aperture to open and close the lens of the DSLR in order to allow more or less light into the camera, while learning about f-stop.  They will observe the differences between the aperture openings on the LCD screen of the DSLR camera.  They will apply knowledge of aperture to achieve a well-balanced, successful image, and use proper vocabulary to describe their experiments concerning working with aperture. 

Type: Lesson Plan

Breaking Out of the Confines of the Single Image to Represent Time, Motion, and Altered Perspective::

We are exploring representation of the world around us and analyzing how the camera can be used as a tool to create realistic, alternative, and abstract imagery.

Type: Lesson Plan

Student Resources

Vetted resources students can use to learn the concepts and skills in this topic.

Parent Resources

Vetted resources caregivers can use to help students learn the concepts and skills in this topic.