Enduring Understanding 3: The processes of critiquing works of art lead to development of critical-thinking skills transferable to other contexts.

General Information
Number: VA.1.C.3
Title: The processes of critiquing works of art lead to development of critical-thinking skills transferable to other contexts.
Type: Enduring Understanding
Subject: Visual Art
Grade: 1
Big Idea: Critical Thinking and Reflection

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Related Access Points

This cluster includes the following access points.

Independent

VA.1.C.3.In.a
Recognize selected vocabulary common to art and other contexts.
VA.1.C.3.In.b
Identify the purposes of selected artworks and utilitarian objects.

Supported

VA.1.C.3.Su.a
Respond to selected vocabulary common to art and other contexts.
VA.1.C.3.Su.b
Recognize the function of selected artworks or utilitarian objects.

Participatory

VA.1.C.3.Pa.a
Attend to selected vocabulary common to art and other contexts.
VA.1.C.3.Pa.b
Explore selected artworks and utilitarian objects.

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Lesson Plan

Flower Power Flower Company MEA & STEAM* Activity:

This STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) lesson has been designed around a Model-Eliciting Activity.

The Flower Power MEA provides students with an real world problem in which they must work as a team to design a plan to select the best flower arrangement for a special event. The resource was primarily designed as an MEA so the time and teacher instructions are based on the MEA format. The additional activities will take several hours of instruction but include watching and discussing a video about the parts of plants, reading a book, and discussing the art in the book as well as additional art by the book author/illustrator.

Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, are open-ended, interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking about the concepts embedded in realistic situations. Click here to learn more about MEAs and how they can transform your classroom.

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