Minnesota Jr. High Visual Art Standards

  • 1. Foundation
  • 1a. Use foundational knowledge and skills while responding to, creating, and presenting artistic work.

  • 2. Create
  • 2a. Generate and develop original artistic ideas.
  • 2b. Create original artistic work.
  • 2c. Revise and complete original artistic work.

  • 3. Present
  • 3a. Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for performance.

  • 3b. Make artistic choices in order to convey meaning through performance.
  • 4. Respond
  • 4a. Analyze and construct interpretations of artistic work.

  • 4b. Evaluate artistic work by applying criteria.
  • 5. Connect
  • 5a. Integrate knowledge and personal experiences while responding to, creating, and presenting artistic work.

  • 5b. Understand that artistic works influence and are influenced by personal, societal, cultural, and historical contexts, including the contributions of Minnesota American Indian tribes and communities.
    • *All standards listed above are from the 2020 Minnesota Art Standards document.
  • My personal addition to the standards:
  • Understand and effectively use the Elements and Principles of Visual Art.

    • 7th Grade

    Background Middle Ground Foreground

    This lesson teaches students how to compose a picture using different shades of color to indicate objects in the Foreground (close to viewer), Midground (middle), and Background (far from viewer). This concept is also called Aerial, or Atmospheric Perspective and best illustrated, in real life, through landscape photos. (Another example)


    Students are given small rectangles of paper and asked to shade along with the teacher as he shows how to compose a few drawings that illustrate 3 or more levels of depth.

    Evaluation:

    4 points -- Duplication of teacher's examples
    3 points -- 2 new examples from student's imagination
    3 points -- Good shading/coloring to illustrate Atmospheric Perspective
    10 points total






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