Making, Composing & Designing
Objectives
- D07.S1.06.01 Use the elements and principles of art such as line, shape, color, balance, and contrast deliberately to express an idea or feeling.
- D07.S1.06.02 Compare how the same subject is shown differently across two cultures or time periods and offer a reason.
- D07.S2.06.01 Create a melody or rhythmic composition and notate it so others can follow it.
- D07.S2.06.02 Compare how two musical traditions express a shared theme such as celebration or grief differently.
- D07.S3.06.01 Create a short performance that combines movement, voice, and one other element such as music or a prop to tell a story.
- D07.S3.06.02 Compare how two traditions use movement or drama to express a shared theme, and offer a reason for the difference.
- D07.S4.06.01 Use a full design cycle, including research, prototypes, and testing, to make something and document the process.
- D07.S4.06.02 Evaluate a product or building on how well it works, who it leaves out, and its effect on the environment.
Essential questions
- How do I use the elements of an art form deliberately to express an idea?
- How do I compose, notate, perform, and design — and compare how cultures express shared themes?
Big ideas
- Art elements, notation, movement, and design are tools used deliberately to express meaning and tell a story.
- Comparing how cultures and traditions express the same theme reveals reason and difference, met with respectful questions rather than judgment.
Lessons
- 1 Use the Elements on Purpose: Line, Shape, Color, Balance, Contrast 50 minutes
- 2 The Same Sun, Shown Differently: Compare Two Cultures and Times 50 minutes
- 3 Compose and Notate a Melody or Rhythm 50 minutes
- 4 Two Musical Traditions, One Theme: Celebration 50 minutes
- 5 Tell a Story with Movement, Voice, and One More Element 55 minutes
- 6 Good Against Evil, Told Two Ways: Compare Two Dance-Dramas 50 minutes
- 7 The Full Design Cycle: Research, Prototype, Test, Document 55 minutes
- 8 Evaluate a Product or Building: Works, Who's Left Out, Environment 55 minutes
Assessment plan
Observation of deliberate art-making, composing, and design-cycle work; a deliberate-elements artwork, a notated melody, a short performed piece, and a documented design cycle with a product critique as portfolio artifacts.
Unit 7 — Making, Composing & Designing
Overview
This unit gives craft to the imagination at the moment formal reasoning emerges, building on Grade 5’s planned artworks and composed pieces. Learners use the elements and principles of art — line, shape, color, balance, and contrast — deliberately to express an idea or feeling, and compare how the same subject is shown differently across two cultures or time periods, offering a reason. They create a melody or rhythmic composition and notate it so others can follow it, and compare how two musical traditions express a shared theme such as celebration or grief differently. They create a short performance that combines movement, voice, and one other element such as music or a prop to tell a story, and compare how two traditions use movement or drama to express a shared theme. They use a full design cycle — research, prototypes, and testing — to make something and document the process, and evaluate a product or building on how well it works, who it leaves out, and its effect on the environment. The arts of other cultures are met as living traditions to honor, never as specimens.
Essential questions
- How do I use the elements of an art form deliberately to express an idea?
- How do I compose, notate, perform, and design — and compare how cultures express shared themes?
Lessons
| Lesson | Title | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| L.06.007.01 | Use the Elements on Purpose: Line, Shape, Color, Balance, Contrast | D07.S1.06.01 |
| L.06.007.02 | The Same Sun, Shown Differently: Compare Two Cultures and Times | D07.S1.06.02 |
| L.06.007.03 | Compose and Notate a Melody or Rhythm | D07.S2.06.01 |
| L.06.007.04 | Two Musical Traditions, One Theme: Celebration | D07.S2.06.02 |
| L.06.007.05 | Tell a Story with Movement, Voice, and One More Element | D07.S3.06.01 |
| L.06.007.06 | Good Against Evil, Told Two Ways: Compare Two Dance-Dramas | D07.S3.06.02 |
| L.06.007.07 | The Full Design Cycle: Research, Prototype, Test, Document | D07.S4.06.01 |
| L.06.007.08 | Evaluate a Product or Building: Works, Who’s Left Out, Environment | D07.S4.06.02 |