ART TWO CERAMICS SYLLABUS

CERAMICS

Instructor Adam Guild E-mail Aguild@lcsd2.org

Address
Phone Adam 886-9522 Planning
Number

Course Description
A basic hand building and wheel thrown pottery class.
Basic firing and glazing techniques, including the history of ceramics.

Standards

1. Creative Expression through Production

2. Aesthetic Perception.
3. Historical and Cultural Context
4. Applications to Life

Performance Standards

1. Creative Expression through Production

9-11 th grade students at the proficient performance level demonstrate acceptable performance. Students
frequently
create, perform, exhibit, and respond through a minimum of one art form. Students use a variety of skills and
techniques. They apply concepts and processes to solve problems in the Arts. Students willingly collaborate in
the creative process.

A. 2. Aesthetic Perception
11th grade students at the proficient performance level independently investigate, analyze, and state personal
preferences and the emotional impact of their own or other artistic works. They use correct terminology most of
the time to make references to how aesthetic, organizational, and technical elements and principles contribute to
the ideas communicated by the art form. Students appropriately use new and traditional materials, tools,
techniques, and technologies.

B. 3. Historical and Cultural Context

9-11 th grade students at the proficient performance level correctly classify and discuss specific artistic works
belonging to particular cultures, times, and places. Students effectively analyze and interpret the relationships
between the Arts and history and culture.

4. Applications to Life
9-11 th grade students at the proficient performance level consistently demonstrate appropriate behavior for the
context and style of art presented. Students correctly identify and explain interrelated concepts among the Arts,
other disciplines, and society. Students correctly identify skills used in vocational, cultural, and recreational
opportunities in the Arts.

Units of Study

Units Standards Benchmarks Assessments

UNIT ONE
Throwing on the potters
wheel.
A: Cylinder 1 1&2 Green ware
2 1&2 Bisque
Glazed
. Class work #1

B: Mug with handle 1 1&2 Green ware

2 1&2 Bisque
Glazed
Assessment #1

C. Bowl 1 1&2 Green ware

2 1&2 Bisque
Glazed
Assessment #2

D : Con-cave Con-vex 1 1&2 Green ware

2 1&2 Bisque
Glazed
Assessment #3

E: Matching set 1 1&2 Green ware

2 1&2 Bisque
Glazed Semester final
 Units Standards Benchmarks Assessments
UNIT TWO
Hand building Green ware
Bisque
C. Coil 1 1 Glazed
2 1 Class work #2
3 2

Green ware
B. Slab 1 1 Bisque
2 1 Glazed
3 2 Class work #3

Green Ware
E: Mask 2 2 Bisque
3 2 Assessment #4
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CERAMICS

Instructor Adam Guild E-mail Aguild@lcsd2.org

Address
Phone Adam 886-9522 Planning G-3, R-1
Number

Course Description
A basic hand building and wheel thrown pottery class.
Basic firing and glazing techniques, including the history of ceramics.

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