DYERSBURG HIGH SCHOOL
CURRICULUM
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TOPIC |
ESSENTIAL QUESTION |
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AUGUST |
Perspective measurement Lines (The last week is used the cover
all topics.) |
What is perspective? How do lines contribute to
emotional life? How is perspective technique
used? What do different lines express? How are lines used in
mathematical terms? What are specific line types? |
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SEPTEMBER |
Gesture drawing Contour drawing Contour Practice |
What is inner and outer form? What is contour? What is gesture movement? What is a figure? What gives feeling or movement? |
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OCTOBER |
Gesture Contour Skills Shapes and Forms Color |
What is not seen? What is space and its
relationship to shape and form? How do you perceive shape, form,
and space? |
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NOVEMBER |
Color |
How to you create shapes and
forms? How do we see color? What is a color scheme? What is pigment? |
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Color |
How do we and artists use color?
What effect does color have in
your life? |
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JANUARY |
Mosaic Project. Value |
What is a mosaic? In history, how can you develop
your life? |
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FEBRUARY |
Pop art. |
What new art movements were made
by “pop art”? What is “pop art”? |
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MARCH |
4 step process. Value. Exam composition. Color. Pencil. |
How is value a step to learning? How to write a critique of the
painting. What is description? What is analysis? What is interpretation? What is judgment? |
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Value Exam composition. |
What are the differences in
periods of art? |
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MAY |
Exam. Composition. |
What is aesthetic experience? How can you judge expressive
qualities? |