color

shape

size

texture

line

design

symbol

light

shadow

cartoons

exaggeration

satire

caricature

point of view

stereotypes

figurative terms

Identify different types of art work.

Relate symbols to their meanings. (Line, color, shape, size, texture, specific designs, etc.)

Note detail related to the subject of the visual.

Use visual material as a source of correct information for solving problems.

Examine visual material for use of techniques related to a person, time period, or place.

Compare various visuals to note likenesses and differences.

Ask questions about visuals and find answers by using related sources.

Arrange related pictures in chronological order.

Relate visual material to the context in which it was created. (Geographic setting, economic conditions, various religions or philosophies of the time period, availability of information, people of the day, literature available, health concerns, travel, commerce, and trade, languages spoken, ways of communicating, wars or conflicts, attitudes toward men, women, and children, occupations available, hopes and dreams of people, and scientific inventions available.)

Relate items in a picture or cartoon to ideas held by the artist.

Find examples of items that illustrate facts or concepts.

Identify different types of art work.

• Examine various types of pictures - (Informational, storytelling pictures, open-ended pictures, expressive pictures, political cartoons, historical, environmental, feeling/emotional, advertisements.)

Relate symbols to their meanings. (Line, color, shape, size, texture, specific designs, etc.)

• Examine flags and analyze what each portion means.

• Examine crests, shields, stamps, seals, and mascots to relate the symbols to their meanings.

Note detail related to the subject of the visual.

• Examine paintings to note the use of light and shadow.

• Examine paintings to discern what major idea the artist is trying to present.

• Answer questions such as the following about visual material.

What is shown?

How accurate is the picture?

Are stereotypes portrayed?

Are symbols used rather than accurate portrayals? Why?

Why were certain items chosen to be in the picture?

Is there a theme or main idea for the picture?

What is shown in the background? (Easily detected, hazy objects, portions of objects, color of objects)

What clues do you see that help you find answers to questions you have about the illustration?

What sources might be used to help clarify questions related to the picture?

What were the roles of individuals in the picture?

Has age changed the picture? If so, how?

What relationships among people, animals, plants or environment do you see?

What cause and effect relationships are seen in the pictured?

What interactions or conversations might have taken place or be taking place?

Use visual material as a source of correct information for solving problems.

• Find pictures related to questions asked by the class. Examine the pictures to find answers to the questions.

Examine visual material for use of tools/techniques related to a person, time period, or place.

• Examine the work of famous artists such as Picasso, Monet, and others and learn about why each used a certain style.

• Answer question about photographs such as the following:

Angle from which the picture was taken

What illusion was the artist trying to create?

What type of lens or filter was used?

• Answer questions about paintings such as the following:

What details are included or highlighted?

What details are left out?

How are light and shadow used?

Has retouching been done? How has this affected the picture?

How are line and color used?

• Answer questions about tools/media used.

What tools were used to produce a picture? (Examples: Red sable brush, camel hair brush, bristle brush, pallet knife, air brush)

What medium was used and why?

How was the pigment made? Where was it obtained?

On what was the picture created? (Canvas, masonite, wood, glass, metal, paper, etc.)

What type of framing or matting was used and why?

What electronic means were used?

What type of movie or video camera was used? How has this affected the quality of the image?

Was the picture altered through electronic means or repainting?

Is the picture a copy? What means was used to make the copy?

Compare various visuals to note likenesses and differences.

• Look at pictures of the same place taken at different times of the day.

• Look at pictures of the same place taken during different seasons.

Ask questions about visuals and find answers by using related sources.

• Look at pictures on a bulletin board and ask questions related to the unit topic.

Arrange related pictures in chronological order.

• Arrange pictures showing changes in plants, animals, construction of objects, etc.

Relate visual material to the context in which it was created. (Geographic setting, economic conditions, various religions or philosophies of the time period, availability of information, people of the day, literature available, health concerns, travel, commerce, and trade, languages spoken, ways of communicating, wars or conflicts, attitudes toward men, women, and children, occupations available, hopes and dreams of people, and scientific inventions available.)

• Learn about a region or a country. Examine visuals created by the people of that place.

• Answer questions about visual material such as the following:

What time of year is portrayed?

When was a picture taken or made?

What is the geography of the area like?

What can you tell about the economics of the time period? Why?

How educated might the people be?

What photography methods were available or chosen for use and why?

What cultural group/groups are illustrated? What are their characteristics?

What do the people value?

Relate items in a picture or cartoon to ideas/purposes of an artist.

Learn about an artist. Answer questions such as the following:

What was the purpose of the artist

What was the background of the painter, carver, or photographer?

What were the artistic skills of the painter? Was he/she affected by any physical limitations?

• Examine political cartoons, learn about the symbols in them, and relate them to the ideas the artist tried to portray.

• Help learners answer some of the following questions:

What does each of the words, symbols, or people represent?

What issue or theme is portrayed?

What was the cartoonist's point of view?

What does the caption mean?

Point of View/Purpose of the artist

What bias might the creator of the image have had?

Why was the picture created? (To make money, for an exhibit, as an advertisement, as part of a celebration, as part of a series, to convince people of a point of view concerning an issue, to help people remember an important event, to share a religious or philosophical belief, to beautify, to illustrate printed material, to illustrate electronic media.)

• Examine emotions related to visual material. Answer questions such as the following:

What feelings or emotions are portrayed?

Imagine that you were there. What might interaction be like?

How does the event relate to your/our lives? How has what is portrayed in the picture affected us?

Find examples of items that illustrate facts or concepts.

• Find pictures in magazines that relate to geographic, political, economic, social, historic, or social facts or concepts.

• Pictures from magazines

• Reprints of famous paintings

• Pictures taken with regular or digital cameras.

• Video tapes

• Cartoons from newspapers and magazines

• Travel brochures and posters

• Illustrations from old textbooks

• Illustrations in books

• Pictures prepared for picture study by publishing companies

• Pictures from information bureaus.

• Pictures from old calendars