Kurunjang Secondary College - Year 7 Art Learning Task 1: Elements of Art Webquest

Introduction



 

Art Detective Agency Recruitment Centre 

You have been selected to complete a top secret mission impossible task. You are now a member of the Art detective agency investigating why great artwork uses the elements of art. These elements of art are present in every great piece of artwork. You must search for these elements with the resources given and analyse how they are used. Each "detective agency" will be made up of 4 people and will be given an element of art and artworks to investigate. You must work cooperatively with others in your detective agency to investigate and present your discoveries! 

Task

There are 4 jobs in each detective agency, one for each person. You will decide together which person is best suited for which job.

Manager

  

  • Manager and Illustrator - Your job is to help the people who are working in your agency to stay on task so that you can get the job done successfully. You also prepare the poster with a heading of your element, subheadings of the artists and artworks and a border design.
Head Investigator

 

  • Head Investigator- Your job is to copy and paste the analysis questions from the Evaluation page into Word. Make sure each member of the group has a printed copy to answer about their chosen artwork. Collect all 4 responses from the analysis questions from the group to add to the poster. Assist members of your agency who have not completed this task.
Secretary

 

  • Secretary- Your job is to gather the information about your groups element of art - about a paragraph in your own words. Print and stick onto poster. Share it with the group to work together in analysing your chosen artworks. Using this information, all members identify and explain the clues found in the artworks that show your element of art. Type your responses in Word, print and stick onto poster.
Storyteller/Presenter
  • Photographer and Presenter- Your job is to monitor the progress of the investigation, take photos of evidence of your group working collaboratively, complete an evaluation then present the poster that your group will make to show the results of your investigation. 

After meeting with your regional manager (your teacher), everyone will work together in groups of four (a detective agency) investigating one element of art. Each detective agent will choose one piece of artwork of a famous artist from the link provided in the next section to see how the artist used that element of art. (You may have to dig deep to find the hidden clues!) After your investigation is complete, you will analyze your discoveries and present this information to the class on a poster. A picture of the works of art must be included.

Extension Activity - If you finish your tasks you are also required to include background information about the artists such as where and when they were born, art forms, style, materials and techniques.



Now let's move on to the task at hand to see exactly what you should do!

Process

group of four students1. Get into groups of four assigned by the teacher. Once in your group, decide what you would like to name your detective agency and decide which role each person will play in the agency. 

child searching web 2. You and your group members will search the following web site, click on the element of art your group is investigating and read the section independently. 

http://www.artyfactory.com/art_appreciation/visual-elements/visual-elements.html
Making a list3. The secretary will take notes about the element of art that your agency has been assigned, to type and print for the poster. In your own words write about 2 to 3 sentences about the element of art.
4. Each member of your detective agency will be given or decide on a different artwork each to print from the section on their element of art.
5. Talk together about your element of art. Each member needs to assist in collecting examples of your element of art from magazines to stick onto the poster and as well as drawings.
writing down things to remember6. The secretary will write down any suggestions, ideas or questions made by each member of your agency.
artist7. Everyone will and answer the analysis questions found on the next Evaluation tab at the top of the page about the artwork they printed for the poster. Refer back to the website to show how your element of art was used to make the artwork great.Type your answers and stick onto your poster.
printer8. The head investigator will print out or make sure that everyone has printed their artwork. Include the caption information found underneath each artwork of the artist name, title, materials and date.
collected materials9. Work together to gather the materials and information needed to create your poster and decide how you will put your poster together to make it “WOW". (How about using some of those elements of art you have learned to decorate and arrange the information on your poster?)
materials for poster10. Everyone will help assemble the poster. Remember to include the creative name of your detective agency and your names and grade.
The element of art our group investigated was..11. The presenter will include photographic evidence of collaboration on the poster, introduce the detective agency group and members to the class and display the groups work in presenting their investigation results to the class.

Evaluation

Analysis questions about the artwork: 

1. Describe what you can see in the artwork?

2. How and when was the artwork made?

3. What parts of the artwork show your element of art?

4. What is your judgement or opinion of the artwork: Do you think it is a successful piece of art, why or why not?

Evaluation Questions about your collaborative group:

1. What things did your group do to work well together?

2. Did each member of the group contribute an even amount of work load?

3. Could your group improve in any areas of the investigation?

4. Give your group a score out of 10 for how well you completed the final task of the poster. 

____ / 10

Conclusion

detectiveBy investigating the elements of art, you can now understand better how artists create their work. 

You will look at artwork in a different way.

Now that you know about the elements or art, you will be able to use them in your artwork to make it even better!

Get ready for those big "WOW's"!artist pallet

Credits

Content: http://www.rochesterschools.com/Allen/webquest/introduction2.html

Webquest Designer: Ms Schwabe

Weblink Resources: Ms Hughes

Teacher Page

girl artist

 This lesson is designed to teach Year 7 students about the elements of art. It is important to let them know what can help them be more successful when creating art. It is important that students try to understand the way artists think when creating great artwork. It will also help students become more familiar with famous works of art and the artists that created them with a cooperative learning environment.


Prior to beginning this WebQuest, we suggest that you show the students a few famous prints and get their reaction to them. After the WebQuest is completed, have the students review the same works and see if their reactions are different.

boy artist

 

Helpful Websites for teacher reference and projects about The Elements of Art.
http://www.artsense.net/level1_content.htm

http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/SubPlans/subelem.htm

http://www.artlex.com/

http://faculty.indy.cc.ks.us/jnull/webeled.htm

http://www.kinderart.com/bulletin/elements.shtml

http://www.quia.com/jg/278786.html

http://www.hsv.k12.al.us/schools/art/dixon/elements.htm

Student Self Assessment Rubric:

grade on paper
 

Not good

Try Harder

Good

Very Good

Outstanding
Followed

Directions

I did not pay attention to the directions, so I did not know what to do.

I did not follow the directions. 

I was frequently off task.

I followed the directions but I had to be reminded to stay on task.

I followed the directions and stayed on task while I was working on my project.

I followed all the directions and I helped other students who didn't know what to do.
Took responsibility

of my role

I played around instead of doing my job.

I didn't like my job, so I wasted time.

I did not take

quite enough responsibility for my job and others helped me too much .

I took most of the responsibility for my job.

I took responsibility for my job and worked to the best of my ability.
Cooperated with others

I did not cooperate with others and made it hard for them to work.

I did not cooperate with others but did not disrupt the group.

I cooperated most of the time.

I cooperated, but did not help out.

I cooperated well with others and work with them to complete the task.
Used what I learned from the WebQuest recourses about the elements of art. 

I did not even try to use any information I learned about the elements of art.

I thought about using the elements of art but thought it would be too hard.

I used one of the elements of art.

I used two elements of art.

I used the elements of art whenever possible to make the best poster possible.
Worked together and helped others in my group to chose an artist and an artwork that explained the element of art I found something I didn't like about every artist and didn't like the artwork the group liked. I wanted to make the choice alone. I did not work with the others to pick and artist and artwork. I let the rest of the group figure it out without my help. I cooperated with others in the group to decide what artist and artwork to chose. I cooperated with the others in the group and suggested an artist and artwork that I thought would help to explain the element of art. I cooperated and helped others make a choice as to what artist and artwork would work best to explain how our element of art helped to make the artwork great. I showed leadership, yet listened to every ones' ideas.
Participated in the process of completing the final project to accomplish the task and meet the goals of the WebQuest.

I did not participate.

I participated but let others do all of the work.

I participated in the presentation and did some of the work.

I participated in the presentation and did my share of the work.

I participated in the presentation, put in extra effort and did my best work.