Curriculum Resources & Materials

OASP Curriculum Resources for Remote Learning and Enhanced In-Person Instruction

Over the past 18 months, the Office of Arts and Special Projects developed learning sequences (of 4 to 6 lessons each) for all four grade bands. In these sequences, the overview and the introduction are teacher-facing. Each individual lesson is student-facing. Students may follow them independently and they were used by teachers to enhance instruction. See Weeks 1 to 13.

SPECIAL NOTE: Although these sequences were developed for remote instruction, they are excellent resources to help you develop onsite instruction.

Visual Arts Curriculum 2021-22

Reflecting and building upon the work they did during the 2020-2021 school year and their vast experiences prior to the pandemic, four exemplary visual arts educators created vibrant units to share with the field. For this first round of units, you will find Susan Bricker's unit on self-portrait collage for K-2, and a sculpture unit for grades 3-5. Lara Tyson created a unit for middle school students on digital Surrealism, and Maria Bonilla created a unit for high school students on collage.

Find the Visual Arts Curriculum units linked here and on the Visual Arts Curriculum 2021-22 page on this website

Additional Curriculum Resources for Remote Learning and Enhanced In-Person Instruction

Through a grant from New York Community Trust, Studio in a School NYC in collaboration with the Office of Arts and Special Projects NYCDOE, has created a series of remote learning resources. These resources contain student-facing videos and slides that serve two purposes; the videos and slides may be used by teachers to support in-person and remote instruction and may be used by students as they work independently outside of school. See Weeks 14 to 34.

Weeks 1-13 of Curriculum Resources and All 20 weeks (Weeks 14-34) of lessons provided through this partnership are organized by grade level can be found here

Access All 34 weeks here:

Please log in to TeachHub and select the Arts Folder, followed by Visual Arts to access this content.

Visual Arts Videos by Craig Kane

Art educator, Craig Kane created a series of videos that may be used for asynchronous and in person learning. They may be used to introduce lessons or to frame the discussion at the beginning of a longer unit. View the videos and then enjoy sharing them with your students in ways that fit into your instructional plans.

View Craig Kane's art education videos here

WeTeach, NYC DOE Library Search engine

On WeTeach you will find a wide variety of resources. Please note that the eight catalogs from PS Art, along with beautiful images of student work PreK to 12th grade, there are student and teacher statements. We felt it was important to post on WeTeach because each catalog has a wealth of ideas for art instruction from exemplary practitioners.
Click here to long on to WeTeach

Visual Arts: Arts and Students with Disabilities Compendium

The Visual Arts: Arts and Students with Disabilities Compendium is a collection of resources was prepared by a diverse group of educators, administrators and cultural partners, with and without disabilities, with the goal of helping colleagues to provide high-quality, rigorous arts education for all New York City students. It is especially relevant for general education arts teachers working in inclusive classrooms.

The Blueprint for Teaching and Learning

The Blueprint for Teaching and Learning in Visual Arts: PreK-12 provides teachers with a path to follow for developing curriculum in visual arts, and provides benchmarks for what children should know, understand, and be able to do in visual arts at critical junctures in their intellectual, physical, and emotional development.
Click here to access the direct link to the Visual Arts Blueprint

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GIVE: Your Guide to Teaching Artistry in Inclusive Settings

Visit teachwithgive.org to access free online resources created by Teaching Artists for Teaching Artists working in Integrated Co-Teaching (ICT) Classrooms in New York City and beyond

Interviews with Visual Artists

Interviews with artists, whether on video, or transcribed to a written document, have an important part in a dynamic visual arts curriculum. This resource, covering a culturally diverse group of artists, is specifically about the classroom use of written transcriptions of artist interviews. These interviews invite students into the artist’s process, challenges, influences, and goals, and invite young artists to reflect on their own process.

Specific Considerations for Teachers in Visual Arts

Specific Considerations for Teachers in Visual Arts School leaders and teachers requested support in using Danielson’s Framework for Teaching (FfT) in art classrooms where content and program models differ from other courses or subjects. This document’s reflective questions align to the Components of the FfT. These questions may be discussed when providing feedback, engaging in pre and post-observations, and planning next steps. They are not to be used for evaluating teacher practice. Art teachers also may use these questions as a guide when they plan and reflect on instructional practice, and how they are meeting the needs of their students.

Aligning the NYC DOE Blueprint Benchmarks & the NYS Standards of Visual Arts Performance Indicators

This resource demonstrates the alignment of the NYCDOE Blueprint for Teaching and Learning in Visual Arts to the New York State Standards of Visual Arts. It was developed by exemplary DOE visual arts educators and covers each of the five strands in Benchmark grades 2, 5, 8, and 12.

The documents are complementary instructional supports. The NYCDOE Blueprint is a curricular guide identifying key content and skills. The NYS Standards provide a conceptual framework of artistic processes and enduring understandings, the keystones of excellent arts instruction. Both documents offer unique lenses through which to reflect on planning, instruction, and assessment of student learning.

High School Arts Sample Syllabus

This sample syllabus for an introductory Visual Arts course offers sample units of study with suggested time frames. It is adaptable for ½ (one semester) or 1 unit (whole year) of arts credit.

Books and the Stories They Tell

Books and the Stories They Tell. Creating picture books can enhance a unit on 2D/Graphic Design. This resource is all about the artistic choices students consider as they write and design their own picture books, from page layout to decisions on font.

Additional Resources for School Leaders and Teachers

NAEA Remote Learning Tool Kit

https://www.arteducators.org/learn-tools/remote-learning-toolkit

Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Remote Education

https://crehub.org/remote-learning

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