Course Information

Course Overview

 In this course of study, students will examine the changing technological aspects of visual culture in a contemporary setting.  They will study and create a variety of urban or street art and find ways to express their own views on a social justice theme.  Designed to speak to a student's own interests, this course is designed to marry things that appear hip and exciting with activities that are hands-on and tactile.  Students will learn to expand their understandings of the purpose of art making by examinig art produced by young artists throughout history, and find their own ways to create art with social responsibility.  Aspects of this course overlap with media, science and technology, pop culture, global history, etc.  A copy of the course outline is available below.

Staying Connected

Teacher Email:  Theresa.Wyatt@ddsb.ca

Course Website:  I post almost daily our lessons, student work, examples of professional artists.  Have a look!  https://sites.google.com/site/urbanartforsocialchange/

Course Outline

Unit One:  The Monster Within.  Students will examine the importance of using a blackbook to take risks to develop and assist their creative process.   

Unit Two:  No Identity Crisis Here. We will be looking at ways to create art using robots, examining the elements and principles of art and design, as well as designing our own tattoos.   

Unit Three:  Artistic Insurrections.  Students will be introduced to the history, materials, techniques and artists of the Urban art movement.  We will be examining various types of Street Art and Guerilla Art such as graffiti, stencils, stickers and t-shirts.

Unit Four:  Aesthetic Surgery.  Summative Project (summative evaluation of student achievement representing 30% of the final mark).  Students will continue working in their blackbooks to develop their own images to design original logos, tags and paint their own original skateboard.

Class Requirements

There is a $30.00 course enhancement fee for this class which includes:

Sketchbook

Skateboard

Other specialized materials for projects.

Student Assessment

Student assessment and evaluation will encompass the four categories of the Achievement Chart.  Students will be provided with numerous and varied opportunities to demonstrate the full extent of their achievement of the curriculum expectations through a variety of assessment strategies.  These strategies include online blogs, quizzes, tests, written assignments, projects, research projects, presentations and a final summative evaluation.

Achievement Categories and Weightings