Students will look to answer essential questions of: Can all people be artists? What conditions, attitudes and behaviors support creativity and innovative thinking? Does collaboration expand the creative process?

At the end of fourth grade students will be able to:

Creating

Brainstorm, explore, and invent multiple approaches, techniques, and solutions to a creative art or design problem.  •

Collaboratively set goals and create artwork that is meaningful and has purpose to the makers.  •

Revise artwork in progress on the basis of insights gained through peer discussion. •

When making works of art, utilize and care for materials, tools, and equipment in a manner that prevents danger to oneself and others. •

Presenting

Identify exhibit space and prepare works of art including artists’ statements, for presentation. •

Compare and contrast purposes of art museums, art galleries, and other venues, as well as the types of personal experiences they provide.

Responding

Compare responses to a work of art before and after working in similar media. •

Analyze and interpret components in visual imagery that convey messages. •

Connecting

Create works of art that reflect community cultural traditions.  •

Through observation, infer information about time, place, and culture in which a work of art was created.