7th grade visual arts essential standards
V.1: Use the language of visual arts to communicate effectively.
7.V.1.1: Use art vocabulary to analyze art.7.V.1.2: Understand how the Principles of Design aid in the planning and creating of personal art. 7.V.1.3: Identify themes in art. 7.V.1.4: Understand the relationship between the Elements of Art and the Principles of Design. |
V.2: Apply creative and critical thinking skills to artistic expression.
7.V.2.1: Evaluate solutions to artistic problems.7.V.2.2: Use observation skills of the environment and personal experiences to create original imagery. 7.V.2.3: Create original art emphasizing selected elements and principles to express ideas or feelings. |
V.3: Create art using a variety of tools, media, and processes, safely and appropriately.
7.V.3.1: Apply safety knowledge to maintain a safe and orderly personal work space. 7.V.3.2: Compare media in order to choose the best option to create art. 7.V.3.3: Compare techniques and processes to create art. |
CX.1: Understand the global, historical, societal, and cultural contexts of the visual arts.
7.CX.1.1: Understand the visual arts in relationship to the geography, history, and culture of modern societies from the emergence of the First Global Age (1450) to the present. 7.CX.1.2: Analyze art from various historical periods in terms of style, subject matter, and movements. 7.CX.1.3: Analyze the effect of geographic location and physical environment on the media and subject matter of African, Asian, and Australian art. |
CX.2: Understand the interdisciplinary connections and life applications of the visual arts.
7.CX.2.1: Analyze careers in art and a variety of other careers in terms of the art skills needed to be successful. 7.CX.2.2: Select skills and information needed from other disciplines to solve artistic problems. 7.CX.2.3: Implement collaborative planning and art skills to solve problems. 7.CX.2.4: Interpret visual images from media sources and the immediate environment through the context of art. |
CR.1: Use critical analysis to generate responses to a variety of prompts.
7.CR.1.1: Generate responses to art using both personal and formal criteria. 7.CR.1.2: Implement formative and summative evaluations of personal art. |