Art 1 · Week 7 · Elements of Art and Observation
Line and Mood
Students draw lines that express calm, anger, and joy and connect how the body feels each emotion to the marks they make.
- Students will
- Students interpret and create lines that express calm, anger, and joy, using evidence from the marks and from how their bodies feel each emotion.
- SEL skill
- Match an emotion word to a body sensation
- What it looks like
- Students practice recognizing emotions in their bodies and naming them with accurate words.
- Content focus
- Line and Mood
- Format
- Partner exchange
Self-awareness
Self-awareness is recognizing your own emotions, thoughts, values, and strengths and how they influence what you do. More self-awareness activities
What you get
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Standards
- VA:Re8.1.HSI: Visual Arts, Responding, Anchor Standard 8 (Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work), High School Proficient
- VA:Cr2.1.HSI: Visual Arts, Creating, Anchor Standard 2 (Organize and develop artistic ideas and work), High School Proficient
- Artistic process: Responding
- Level: High School Proficient
More self-awareness activities for Art 1
- I Am an Artist Self-awarenessStudents sketch a visual map of the places, people, and images that shape them and name the artist identity they bring into Art 1.
- Color and Feeling Self-awarenessStudents test how color palettes shift mood and question whether color meanings are universal or cultural.
- Symbols of Who We Are Self-awarenessStudents design a personal symbol drawn from family, language, or place and explain the feelings it holds.
- Semester Reflection Self-awarenessStudents lay out their semester work, write about how their skills and feelings toward art have changed, and name what they are proud of.
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