Examples: torn-paper collage, weaving, wire sculpture, clay relief

•  Applying steps artists use in the production of art, including conceptualizing ideas and forms, refining ideas and forms, and reflecting on and evaluating both the process of production and the product

•  Applying the elements of art and principles of design to the production of two- and three-dimensional artwork

Examples:

- two-dimensional--monochromatic paintings, found or natural object prints, texture-rubbing compositions;

- three-dimensional--papier-mâchè masks, clay whistles

•  Creating original multimedia works of art

Examples: television broadcasts, digital imaging, multimedia presentations

•  Creating original works of art using observational skills

Examples: drawing a shoe; painting a still life; creating a landscape in mixed-media; creating timed, gesture studies of a figure

Example: drawing a cityscape or still life of geometric shapes that uses a vanishing point and horizontal line

Examples: discussing the use of cool colors, organic shapes, and flat perspective in Marc Chagall's Green Violinist; explaining movement in Giacomo Balla's Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash

•  Defining the four-step process of critical analysis, including describing what is seen, analyzing how each artist arranged the elements of art and principles of design, interpreting expressive intent and purpose, and judging the effectiveness of communication

Example: analyzing Miriam Schapiro's The Poet #2 by asking "What do I see in the painting?," "How did the artist organize the elements of art and principles of design?," "What is the message that the artist is trying to convey?," and "How effective is the artwork?"

Example: explaining the terms greenware and bisque-fired when discussing the creation of a piece of pottery

Examples: connection of plants and animals in a rainforest to Henri Rousseau's The Peaceable Kingdom; relationship of music to Wassily Kandinsky's paintings; relationship of measurement, scales, and proportion to Chuck Close's portraits

Examples:

- historical--creating a computer presentation depicting works of art of the Civil War,

- cultural--comparing the impact of racism in Faith Ringgold's Flag Quilt and William Johnson's Moon Over Harlem

•  Identifying various art periods and movements

Examples:

- periods--comparing Mayan temples and Egyptian pyramids or Renaissance and twentieth-century paintings,

- movements--comparing Impressionism and Cubism or Surrealism and Realism