Number: VA.5.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: 5
Big Idea: Critical Thinking and Reflection
Related Benchmarks
This cluster includes the following benchmarks
| Code |
Description |
| VA.5.C.3.1: | Use the structural elements of art and organizational principles of design when engaged in art criticism. |
| VA.5.C.3.2: | Use art-criticism processes to form a hypothesis about an artist’s or designer’s intent when creating artworks and/or utilitarian objects. |
| VA.5.C.3.3: | Critique works of art to understand the content and make connections with other content areas. |
Related Access Points
This cluster includes the following access points.
Independent
| Access Point Number |
Access Point Title |
| VA.5.C.3.In.a: | Use defined criteria to compare the use of structural elements of art and organizational principles of design in works of art. |
Supported
| Access Point Number |
Access Point Title |
| VA.5.C.3.Su.a: | Use defined criteria to examine a variety of works of art. |
Participatory
| Access Point Number |
Access Point Title |
| VA.5.C.3.Pa.a: | Use a teacher-selected criterion to examine a variety of familiar visual art. |
Related Resources
Vetted resources educators can use to teach the concepts and skills in this topic.
Lesson Plans
| Name |
Description |
| Super Hero Self Portrait: | Students will create a superhero character based upon their own personality using color, value and texture to convey mood and intensity in their artwork. |
| Selfies Before Smartphones: | In this lesson students will learn about self-portraits and art criticism. Students will analyze Andy Warhol’s camouflage Self-Portrait. Students will then be guided through a lesson in which they create their own self-portrait ("selfie") using a digital photograph, acetate and a watercolor background. Students will write an artist statement about their finished self-portrait.
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