K-8 Art Curriculum Full Year Including National Standards, Detailed Map

OVER 150 pages!

Big Ideas, Essential Questions, Competencies, Vocabulary, etc...

If your head is spinning and you've no clue where to begin, then start right here. This is an original contemporary art curriculum for K-8 grades. BONUS: Fine Arts elective curriculum for middle school, too!

This is an editable file, so you may adjust accordingly in Microsoft Word, with a PDF for your convenience as well. I have included big ideas with resources listed, ways to incorporate technology, suggested activities, and assessment options. If you follow this curriculum, your whole year will be planned for you. You may use your own creativity to guide the execution of your art activities! NOTE: these are not individual lesson plans; this curriculum includes all of the above sections formatted to guide you.

This curriculum incorporates literature, writing, science, history, and math connections.

Each grade level follows an overarching theme, as follows:

K - Literature Connections

1 - Markmaking

2 - Color

3 - Ancient Art History

4 - Abstract/Realism

5 - Shape and Design

6 - Modern and Conceptual Art Connections

7 - Ancient World and Conceptual Art Connections

8 - Reflection of Self and Conceptual Art Connections

Included with each grade's curriculum are the (June 2014) National Art Education Standards. This alone is a handy reference tool for lesson planning.

I've included the fourth grade curriculum as a free preview.

Middle school grades include embedded hyperlinks to technology integration/resources, such as online readings, videos, and links.

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**UPDATED! Now a ZIP file, including the K-8 curriculum in Word and PDF formats, PLUS a map featuring ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS at a glance for the year (also in PDF and Word formats).

**REVISED JULY 2017 TO INCLUDE K-5 EMBEDDED HYPERLINKS AND EASY ACCESS TO RESOURCES; ART FOCUS AND LITERACY CONNECTION FOR EACH UNIT!

Find the 6th-8th grade big idea AUDIENCE bundle here.