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Cobb County School District
Fine Arts
Visual Arts - Grade 2
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Goals and Descriptions


Artistic Skills and Knowledge: Creating,

« VA.2.1 Direct Observation
The learner will be able to create artworks based on close observation of familiar objects (representational artworks).
  

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VA.2.2 Three-dimensional Qualities
The learner will be able to use a variety of art materials and techniques to model, construct, and compose original artworks.
  
« VA.2.3 Color
The learner will be able to mix white with colors to create tints and black with colors to create shades (values).
  

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VA.2.4 Creative Expression Through Art
The learner will be able to creates artworks (drawings, paintings, pottery, sculptures, prints, fiber arts, and mixed media arts) emphasizing one or more of the arts elements, e.g., warm and cool colors, line, shape, form, texture, value, and the principles of movement, rhythm, repetition (pattern), and spatial techniques (overlapping, size placement of shapes).
  

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VA.2.5 Maintenance and Safety
The learner will be able to demonstrate proper care and safe use of materials and tools.
  
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Critical Analysis and Aesthetic Understanding

« VA.2.6 Color
The learner will be able to describe red, yellow, and orange as warm colors and green, blue, and violet as cool colors.
  
« VA.2.7 Value
The learner will be able to recognize tints and shades in artworks.
  
««« VA.2.8 Line
The learner will be able to differentiate horizontal, vertical, and diagonal lines.
  

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VA.2.9 Space
The learner will be able to explain how space surrounds two-dimensional shapes and three-dimensional forms.
  

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VA.2.10 Spatial Techniques
The learner will be able to demonstrate how artists use spatial techniques such as overlapping, size, and placement of shapes.
  

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VA.2.11 Balance
The learner will be able to identify symmetrical (formal) and radial balance in artworks and in nature.
  
« VA.2.12 Movement/Rhythm
The learner will be able to discuss how artists create movement and rhythm in selected artworks.
  

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VA.2.13 Visual Characteristics
The learner will be able to examine two artworks of the same subject identifying similarities and differences.
  

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VA.2.14 Expressive Qualities
The learner will be able to discuss expressive qualities of artworks and gives personal interpretation of each.
  

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VA.2.15 Aesthetic Perception
The learner will be able to discuss and compare own definition of art with that of others.
  

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VA.2.16 Aesthetic Perception
The learner will be able to discuss why people make art.
  
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Connections

« VA.2.17 Other Subject Relationships
The learner will be able to apply concepts and ideas from another discipline and its topics as sources of ideas for own artworks.
  

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VA.2.18 Culture & Environment
The learner will be able to discuss how culture and environment provide inspiration for creating artworks.
  
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Historical and Cultural Context

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VA.2.19 Culture
The learner will be able to make statements about the functions (purposes) of particular artworks and the culture that produced them.
  
« VA.2.20 Symbols
The learner will be able to explain the use of symbols and cultural icons in selected artworks, such as flags, jewelry, uniforms, products, and company logos.
  
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