Roosevelt High School

Roosevelt High School

Introduction to Art Syllabus

2024-2025

INSTRUCTOR:         Ms. Sara Haag             PLANNING PERIOD:   TBA

EMAIL: sara.haag@slps.org

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Introduction to Art is an exploration into visual art techniques, processes, and media.  Students will study the application of the elements and principles of art as they have been used in professional and historical examples and use these elements and principals to enhance the expressive quality of their own work.  Students will also learn to enhance their observational skills, increase their artistic vocabulary to better verbalize their thoughts and feelings of the visual world in which they live, and recognize and understand the interconnections with other academic areas.

COURSE OBJECTIVES/COMPETENCIES: As a result of this course you should be able to…

• Utilize various techniques and mediums in the creation of works of art.  (FA 1)
• Know and understand the basic elements of art and visual design and be able to understand how these Elements interact. (FA 2)
• Communicate both verbally and in written format in order to express their ideas about the Visual world.  (FA 3)
• Realize how art interconnects with other academic areas. (FA 4)
• Know and understand the historical and cultural significance that art has had in human civilization.(FA 5)

COURSE OUTLINE:

Fall Semester:

Unit 1   WHAT IS ART?

Chapter 1   Art in Your World

Unit 2:   ART CRITICISM AND AESTHETICS

Chapter 2   Art Criticism and Aesthetic Judgment

Unit 3:   MEDIA

Chapter 3   Media and Processes of Art

Unit 4:   LINE

Chapter 4   Line

Spring Semester:

Unit 5:   DEPTH, PATTERN, AND PERSPECTIVE

Chapter 5   Shape, Form, and Space

Chapter 8     Rhythm, Pattern, and Movement

Unit 6:  COLOR, BALANCE, ANDILLUJSTRATION

Chapter 6   Color

Chapter 9     Balance

Unit 7:  TEXTURE, PROPORTION, AND THE ART OF JEWELRY

Chapter 7   Texture

Chapter 10   Proportion

Unit 8:  NON-WESTERN CULTURES AND MASKS

Chapter 11   Variety, Emphasis, Harmony, and Unity

Chapter 12   Art Traditions from Around the World

Unit 9: WESTERN ART

Chapter 13   Western Traditions in Art

Chapter 14   Careers in Art

COURSE SCOPE AND SEQUENCE:

ASSESSMENTS: Your assessments in this class will consist of written tests and studio performance tasks. Tests will focus on vocabulary and analytic use of concepts. Performance tasks will ask you to synthesize the unit concepts inside the framework of a visual problem solving environment.

REQUIRED TEXTS/RESOURCE MATERIALS:

ARTTALK, Rosalind Ragans, Glencoe/McGraw-Hill Publishing, 2005

Art in Focus, Gene A. Mittler, Glencoe/McGraw-Hill Publishing, 2006

REQUIRED SUPPLIES: You will be expected to bring all required supplies with you to class EVERY day. Part of your evaluation for this course is craftsmanship.

CLASSROOM NORMS/ POLICIES: You will be expected to adhere to all school conduct policies. You will also be expected to be respectful and non-disruptive while in this class. Failure to do so will result in the following actions:

                Verbal redirection/ Student conference/ Reflective assignment

                Parent Notification

                Administrative referral

                Removal from classroom

GRADING POLICY/SCALE:

Projects                          70%

Assessments                           20%

(Classwork, Homework, Daily Participation)

Tests                                       10%

100-90%                                 A

89-80%                                   B

79-70%                                   C

69-60%                                   D

59-50%                                   F

Attendance: You will be expected to attend class on all days allotted. You will also be expected to be prompt in your attendance. Failure to do so will have evaluative and possible administrative consequences.

Make-up Work: Late work and make-up work or exams will be given on a case by case basis. District acceptable reasons will be expected to accompany the assignment of any make-up work. Post-Factum reasons (Reasons given after the fact) will be looked at with greater skepticism. 

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY/PLAGIARISM: All the work that you turn in is expected to be of your own design and creation. Plagiarized work, copied work, or work completed by others will not be tolerated and will result in loss of credit for the assignment. Theft or damaging of other student’s work will similarly not tolerated.

During test assessments, use of testing aides of any kind, including any use of electronic devices, without the expressed permission of the instructor shall lose any completion credit for that particular test. Disruption of testing environment shall also lose credit for the test. Any of the above activity may also be reported to administration for further action.

My signature indicates that I have read and understand all of the expectations and policies set forth by this document. I further agree to abide by those expectations and policies to the best of my abilities.

My signature indicates that I have read and understand all of the expectations and policies set forth by this document. I understand and agree that my child will be expected to adhere to those expectations and policies.