Course Description
Open to: Grades 11, 12 One Semester Course
Prerequisite: Ceramics 1, 2, 3 and 4 or Instructor Approval
Content: (Five and Six) These semester courses are courses in working with
clay. Various clay decorating, forming and firing techniques will be explored.
The course will include both hand building and wheel throwing techniques of
creation. Hand building techniques will include pinch, coil, and slab built
methods. Decoration techniques will include underglaze, carving, sculpting
and glazes. Firing could be either stoneware or earthenware temperatures. Material
cost for this course is $25. This course fulfills the humanities credit towards
graduation.
Major Concepts/Philosophy:
The purpose of this program is to create opportunities
for personal expression though working with clay. Different
clay bodies, decoration techniques and firing processes
will be explored as students work through ceramics
one thru six. The history of Ceramics, Art History,
Aesthetics and Art appreciation will be emphasized
as students make hands on art projects. Higher order
thinking skills will be encouraged as students plan,
design and create. Ceramics gives students who are
new to art classes, as well as experienced art students
a chance to further and develop their self esteem and
expression capabilities. Students will also learn how
to critique works of art. In Ceramics Five students
will compare and contrast works from different times,
societies and environments. In Ceramics Six they will
interpret art from another discipline and make a piece
based on a trend or art movement. They will also participate
and help in an art show.
The semester courses that comprise this program when
offered at the high school level: Ceramics 1, Ceramics
2, Ceramics 3, Ceramics 4, Ceramics 5, and Ceramics
6.
Studio Activities:
Studio activities are an integral part of this program
and provide instruction in the tools, materials, processes
and equipment found in general use in pottery studios
in both private and public institutions.
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Course Scope & Sequence
| Unit 1 |
Ceramics in Context |
Ongoing |
| Unit 2 |
Aesthetic and Critical Inquiry |
Ongoing |
| Unit 3 |
Ceramics Making |
Ongoing |
Assessment
Correlation acronyms key
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Unit
1 |
Ceramics
in Context |
Ongoing |
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Instructional Objective
145.01 Compare and contrast the historical,
social, and environmental contexts that influence
artistic expression. |
Standard Reference
9-12.VA. 1.1.3 |
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No.
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Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
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01 |
Show the expressive differences and similarities
between two ceramic objects that exemplify different
times, societies and environments. Example: Compare
and contrast a current ceramic bust with one
created in the Neo Classical style of the 18th century. |
Clay Works
Ceramics Monthly
Clay Times |
TMA, TMP, TO, JS, SP |
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Unit
2 |
Aesthetic
and Critical Inquiry |
Ongoing |
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Instructional Objective
145.02 Critique works of art employing appropriate
arts vocabulary. |
Standard Reference
9-12.VA.2.1.3 |
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No.
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Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
|
01 |
Critique own work and that of others with appropriate
vocabulary using the procedure of describing,
analyzing, interpreting and judging. |
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JS TO TMP
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Instructional Objective
145.03 Identify iconography in an artist’s work
or body of work and analyze the meaning. |
Standard Reference
9-12.VA.2.1.4 |
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No.
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Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
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01
|
Identify the icons in the work of a current
or historic ceramic artist or movement |
Clay WorkCeramics Monthly, Clay Times,
Pottery Making Illustrated |
JS, TO, TMP
|
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02 |
Create a ceramic piece using an icon identified
in objective 2.1 and determine whether the meaning
is similar to the original use or different. |
Clay Work Ceramics Monthly, Clay Times,
Pottery Making Illustrated |
JS, TO, TMP, SP |
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Instructional Objective
145.04 Discuss the Nature of art or aesthetics. |
Standard Reference
9-12.VA.2.2.2 |
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No.
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Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
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01 |
Build a class definition of art. |
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JS TO TMP |
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02 |
Define aesthetics. |
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JS TO TMP |
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Instructional Objective
145.05 Articulate criteria for determining excellence
in artwork.. |
Standard Reference
9-12.VA.2.2.3 |
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No.
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Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
|
01 |
Create a rubric for determining excellence in
ceramics |
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JS TO TMP |
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Instructional Objective
145.06 Show respect for personal work and work
of others. |
Standard Reference
9-12.VA.2.2.5 |
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No.
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Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
|
01 |
Take care of own work. |
|
TO |
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02 |
Cleanup personal and public work spaces. |
|
TO |
|
03 |
Avoid touching other peoples work. |
|
TO |
|
04 |
Make criticism positive and constructive. |
|
TO |
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Instructional Objective
145.07 Write an artist’s statement that describes
a series of works (background information on
the artist, artists and movements that were influential
on the work, significance of the body of work). |
Standard Reference
9-12.VA.2.2.6 |
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No.
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Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
|
01 |
Write an artist’s statement describing the process,
structure and meaning of your work. |
Ceramics Monthly, Clay times |
JS TO TMP
SP
|
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Instructional Objective
145.08 Select and apply media, techniques, and
processes effectively and with artistic intention |
Standard Reference
9-12.VA.3.1.1 |
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No.
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Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
|
01 |
Create ceramics pieces using the pinch, coil,
or slab hand building techniques. |
Clay Work |
TO |
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02 |
Create ceramics pieces using the potter’s wheel. |
Clay Work,
Ceramics Monthly, Clay Times, Pottery Making
Illustrated
|
TO |
|
03 |
Select and apply decorating techniques. Examples:
painting and spraying under glaze, carving, impressing,
incising, sprigging, piercing, stenciling. |
Clay Work, Ceramics Monthly, Clay Times,
Pottery Making Illustrated |
TO |
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04 |
Select and apply glaze using pour dip and spray
methods. |
Clay Work, Ceramics Monthly, Clay Times,
Pottery Making Illustrated |
TO |
|
05 |
Create ceramic pieces using the additive and
subtractive sculptural techniques. |
Clay Work, Ceramics Monthly, Clay Times,
Pottery Making Illustrated |
TO |
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Instructional Objective
145.09 Demonstrate safe and proper use, care,
and storage of media, materials, and equipment |
Standard Reference
9-12.VA.3.1.2 |
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No.
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Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
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01 |
Wear a mask whenever using materials in powder
form or when spraying under glaze or glaze. |
Clay Work |
TO |
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02 |
Wear gloves when using stains, under glaze,
or glaze. |
Clay Work |
TO |
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03 |
Follow equipment safety rules. |
|
TO |
|
04 |
Store clay to maintain the desired moisture
content. |
|
TO |
|
05 |
Wear eye protection when using the grinding
wheel. |
|
TO |
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06 |
Keep food out of the ceramics studio. |
|
TO |
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07 |
Describe the location and function of the hazmat
files in the classroom. |
|
TO |
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Instructional Objective
145.10 Demonstrate how elements and principles
can be used to solve specific visual arts problems. |
Standard Reference
9-12.VA.3.1.3 |
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No.
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Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
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01 |
Use thumbnail sketches in preparing ideas to
evaluate the relationship of the elements and
principles in the development of the concept. |
Art Talk |
TO, JS |
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02 |
Reflect on the final solutions in terms of the
elements of art and their relationships. |
Art Talk |
TO, JS |
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03 |
Reflect on the final solutions in terms of the
principles of art and their relationships. |
Art Talk |
TO, JS |
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Instructional Objective
145.11 Present convincing or accurately rendered
subjects that demonstrate refined observational
skills. |
Standard Reference
9-12.VA.3.1.4 |
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No.
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Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
|
01 |
Create clay forms from observation. |
Clay Work, Ceramics Monthly, Clay Times,
Pottery Making Illustrated |
TO |
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02 |
Create representational images in clay. |
Clay Work, Ceramics Monthly, Clay Times,
Pottery Making Illustrated |
TO |
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Instructional Objective
145.12 Plan, record, and analyze a body of work
through keeping an artist’s journal or sketchbook. |
Standard Reference
9-12.VA.3.1.5 |
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No.
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Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
|
01 |
Create thumbnail sketches to plan ceramic projects. |
|
TO, JS |
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02 |
Record forms and finishes of completed projects
in a journal or sketchbook. |
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TO, JS |
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03 |
Reflect on the final product of each project
in a sketchbook or journal. |
|
TO, JS |
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Instructional Objective
145.13. Critique ones own work with the intent
of revision and refinement. |
Standard Reference
9-12.VA.3.1.6 |
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No.
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Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
|
01 |
Critique hand-building in order to improve skills. |
Clay Work |
TO, TMA, JS |
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02 |
Critique wheel-throwing in order to improve
skills. |
Clay Work |
TO, TMA, JS |
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03 |
Critique glazing in order to improve skills. |
|
TO, TMA, JS |
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04 |
Critique decorating in order to improve skills. |
|
TO, TMA, JS |
|
05 |
Critique creativity in order to visualize more
possibilities. |
|
TO, TMA, JS |
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Instructional Objective
145.14 Choose purposefully between visual characteristics
of a variety of media and use these to communicate
one’s own idea |
Standard Reference
9-12.VA.3.2.1 |
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No.
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Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
|
01 |
Choose the clay body that will communicate best
one’s own idea. |
Clay Work, Ceramics Monthly, Clay Times,
Pottery Making Illustrated |
TO, JS |
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02 |
Choose the finish that will communicate best
one’s own idea. |
Clay Work, Ceramics Monthly, Clay Times,
Pottery Making Illustrated |
TO, JS |
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Instructional Objective
145.15 Discriminate and select from a variety
of symbols, subject matter, and ideas to communicate
clearly personal statements. |
Standard Reference
9-12.VA.3.2.2 |
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No.
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Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
|
01 |
Create ceramic pieces selecting the form to
communicate a personal statement. |
Clay Work, Ceramics Monthly, Clay Times,
Pottery Making Illustrated |
TO, JS |
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02 |
Create ceramic pieces selecting the images and
symbols to communicate a personal statement |
Clay Work, Ceramics Monthly, Clay Times,
Pottery Making Illustrated |
TO, JS |
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Instructional Objective
145.16 Select and utilize visual, spatial, and
temporal concepts to enhance meaning in artwork. |
Standard Reference
9-12.VA.3.2.4 |
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No.
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Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
|
01 |
Select visual concepts to enhance meaning in
ceramic pieces |
Clay Work, Ceramics Monthly, Clay Times,
Pottery Making Illustrated |
TO, JS |
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02 |
Select spatial concepts to enhance meaning in
ceramic pieces. |
Clay Work, Ceramics Monthly, Clay Times,
Pottery Making Illustrated |
TO, JS |
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03 |
Select temporal concepts to enhance meaning
in ceramic pieces. |
|
TO, JS |
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Instructional Objective
145.17 Create a body of work that develops a
specific theme, idea or style of art. |
Standard Reference
9-12.VA.3.2.5 |
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No.
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Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
|
01 |
Select a theme or style or develop an idea for
a body of work. |
Clay Work, Ceramics Monthly, Clay Times,
Pottery Making Illustrated |
TO, JS |
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02 |
Create ceramic pieces that develop the selected
theme, style or idea. |
|
TO, JS, SP |
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Instructional Objective
145.18 Plan and produce a work of art applying
media, techniques, and processes with skill,
confidence and sensitivity. |
Standard Reference
9-12.VA.3.3.1 |
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No.
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Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
|
01 |
Plan and create ceramic pieces applying techniques
and processes with skill, confidence and sensitivity. |
Clay Work, Ceramics Monthly, Clay Times,
Pottery Making Illustrated |
TO, JS |
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Instructional Objective
145.19 Apply various symbols, subjects and ideas
in one’s artwork. |
Standard Reference
9-12.VA.3.3.2 |
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No.
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Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
|
01 |
Use a variety of symbols, images and ideas in
the creation of ceramic pieces. |
Clay Work, Ceramics Monthly, Clay Times,
Pottery Making Illustrated |
TO, JS |
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