8th Grade
8th grade curriculum Units
8th grade visual Art Standards
Creating
Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.
VA:Cr1.1.8a—Document early stages of the creative process visually and/or verbally in traditional or new media.
VA:Cr1.2.8a—Collaboratively shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present-day life using a contemporary practice of art or design.
Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.
VA:Cr2.1.8a—Demonstrate willingness to experiment, innovate, and take risks to pursue ideas, forms, and meanings that emerge in the process of art-making or designing.
VA:Cr2.2.8a—Demonstrate awareness of practices, issues, and ethics of appropriation, fair use, copyright, open source, and creative commons as they apply to creating works of art and design.
VA:Cr2.3.8a—Select, organize, and design images and words to make visually clear and compelling presentations.
Anchor Standard 3: Refine and complete artistic work.
VA:Cr3.1.8a—Apply relevant criteria to examine, reflect on, and plan revisions for a work of art or design in progress.
Presenting
Anchor Standard 4: Select, analyze, and interpret work for presentation.
VA:Pr4.1.8a—Develop and apply criteria for evaluating a collection of artwork for presentation.
Anchor Standard 5: Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.
VA:Pr5.1.8a—Collaboratively prepare and present selected theme-based artwork for display, and formulate exhibition narratives for the viewer.
Anchor Standard 6: Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.
VA:Pr6.1.8a—Analyze why and how an exhibition or collection may influence ideas, beliefs, and experiences.
Responding
Anchor Standard 7: Perceive and analyze work.
VA:Re.7.1.8a—Explain how a person’s aesthetic choices are influenced by culture and environment and impact the visual image that one conveys to others.
VA:Re.7.2.8a—Compare and contrast contexts and media in which viewers encounter images that influence ideas, emotions, and actions.
Anchor Standard 8: Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.
VA:Re8.1.8a—Interpret art by analyzing how the interaction of subject matter, characteristics of form and structure, use of media, art-making approaches, and relevant contextual information contributes to understanding messages or ideas and mood conveyed.
Anchor Standard 9: Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.
VA:Re9.1.8a—Create a convincing and logical argument to support an evaluation of art.
Connecting
Anchor Standard 10: Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.
VA:Cn10.1.8a—Make art collaboratively to reflect on and reinforce positive aspects of group identity.
Anchor Standard 11: Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding
