6th Grade

Visual Arts

Strand: CREATE (6.V.CR.)
Students will generate artistic work by conceptualizing, organizing, and completing their artistic ideas. They will refine original work through persistence, reflection, and evaluation (Standards 6.V.CR.1-6).

Standard 6.V.CR.1:
Combine concepts collaboratively to generate an innovative idea for art-making.

Standard 6.V.CR.2:
Standard 6.V.CR.2: Formulate an artistic investigation of personally relevant content for creating art.

Standard 6.V.CR.3:
Demonstrate openness in trying new ideas, materials, methods, and approaches in making works of art and design.

Standard 6.V.CR.4:
Explain environmental implications of conservation, care, and cleanup of art materials, tools and equipment.

Standard 6.V.CR.5:
Design or redesign objects, places, or systems that meet the identified needs of diverse users.

Standard 6.V.CR.6:
Reflect on whether personal artwork conveys the intended meaning, and revise accordingly.

Strand: PRESENT (6.V.P.)
Students will analyze, interpret, refine and select artistic work for presentation. They will convey meaning in the manner in which the art is presented (Standards 6.V.P.1-3).

Standard 6.V.P.1:
Analyze the similarities and differences associated with preserving and presenting two-dimensional, three-dimensional, and digital artwork.

Standard 6.V.P.2:
Individually or collaboratively develop a visual plan for displaying works of art, analyzing exhibit space, the needs of the viewer, and the layout of the exhibit.

Standard 6.V.P.3:
Assess, explain, and provide evidence of how museums or other venues reflect history and values of a community.

Strand: RESPOND (6.V.R.)
Students will understand, evaluate, and articulate how works of art convey meaning for the observer as well as the creator (Standards 6.V.R.1-5).

Standard 6.V.R.1:
Identify and interpret works of art or design that reveal how people live around the world and what they value.

Standard 6.V.R.2:
Compare one's own interpretation of a work of art with the interpretation of others.

Standard 6.V.R.3:
Analyze ways that visual components and cultural associations within images influence ideas, emotions, and actions.

Standard 6.V.R.4:
Interpret art by distinguishing relevant contextual information, and by analyzing subject matter, characteristics of form and structure, and use of media to identify ideas and mood conveyed.

Standard 6.V.R.5:
Develop and apply relevant criteria to evaluate a work of art.

Strand: CONNECT (6.V.CO.)
Students will relate artistic skills, ideas, and work with personal meaning and external context (Standards 6.V.CO.1-2).

Standard 6.V.CO.1:
Generate a collection of ideas reflecting current interest and concerns that could be investigated in art-making.

Standard 6.V.CO.2:
Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding by analyzing how art reflects changing times, traditions, resources, and cultural uses.

Source: uen.org