New Hampshire State Standards

 Grade: Primary
Curriculum Standards:
differentiate between materials, techniques, and processes of making art; recognize the visual elements including color, shape, form, space, line, value, and texture; describe the principles of design including balance, unity and rhythm; describe how different expressive features, and ways of organizing them, cause different responses; create works of art that use the elements of art and principles of design to communicate and express ideas explore and understand prospective content for works of art; create art, selecting and using appropriate subject matter, symbols, and ideas to communicate meaning know that the visual arts have both a history and a specific relationship to various cultures; identify specific works of art in particular cultures, times, and places; describe how history, culture, and visual arts influence each other; identify a variety of art objects, artists, and resources specific to New Hampshire create a work of art that reflects an understanding of how history or culture can influence visual art identify various purposes for creating works of art; describe how people¿¿s experiences influence the development of specific art works; understand that people may respond in different and equally valid ways to specific art works; describe their personal responses to specific works of art using visual art terminology; identify possible improvements in the process of creating their own work identify connections among the visual arts and other arts disciplines; understand that similarities exist between the visual arts and other disciplines; describe how the visual arts are used in the world around us and how they are part of our everyday life; describe how the visual art design principles are expressed in multi-media presentations and daily life identify a variety of professions in the visual arts; describe various kinds of artists and fields of art particular to New Hampshire