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High [9th-12th] Lesson Plan

Perspective through Google SketchUp

Created on March 31, 2014 by MisterPP



Use Google SketchUp to teach one and two point pesrspective


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THE PLAN
3 sessions; 45 minutes per session

SWBAT understand the history of perspective
SWBAT understand the difference between one and two point perspective
SWBAT draw their initials in perspective

Computer/laptop for every student
Google SketchUp downloaded to computers

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Teacher introduces history of perspective
Teacher shows video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YU5khzhizNI parts 1 and 2
Teacher demonstrates how to draw boxes in one point perspective and the importance of the vanishing point
Teacher demonstrates how to draw boxes and letters in Google SketchUp
Students draw boxes and their initials in Google SketchUp

Did students create their initials in Google SketchUp
Can students identify the importance of the vanishing point and parallel lines?

https://vimeo.com/52300268

more videos on how to use Google SketchUp can be found here: https://vimeo.com/user10505561/videos/page:7/sort:date

THE STANDARDS

Visual Arts Standard 1:
Understanding and applying media, techniques, and processes


[9-12 Proficient] Students conceive and create works of visual art that demonstrate an understanding of how the communication of their ideas relates to the media, techniques, and processes they use
[9-12 Proficient] Students apply media, techniques, and processes with sufficient skill, confidence, and sensitivity that their intentions are carried out in their artworks
[9-12 Advanced] Students initiate, define, and solve challenging visual arts problems independently using intellectual skills such as analysis, synthesis, and evaluation
[9-12 Advanced] Students communicate ideas regularly at a high level of effectiveness in at least one visual arts medium

Visual Arts Standard 2:
Using knowledge of structures and functions


[9-12 Proficient] Students evaluate the effectiveness of artworks in terms of organizational structures and functions
[9-12 Proficient] Students demonstrate the ability to form and defend judgments about the characteristics and structures to accomplish commercial, personal, communal, or other purposes of art
[9-12 Proficient] Students create artworks that use organizational principles and functions to solve specific visual arts problems
[9-12 Advanced] Students demonstrate the ability to compare two or more perspectives about the use of organizational principles and functions in artwork and to defend personal evaluations of these perspectives
[9-12 Advanced] Students create multiple solutions to specific visual arts problems that demonstrate competence in producing effective relationships between structural choices and artistic functions

Visual Arts Standard 3:
Choosing and evaluating a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas


[9-12 Proficient] Students reflect on how artworks differ visually, spatially, temporally, and functionally, and describe how these are related to history and culture
[9-12 Advanced] Students describe the origins of specific images and ideas and explain why they are of value in their artwork and in the work of others

Visual Arts Standard 4:
Understanding the visual arts in relation to history and cultures


[9-12 Proficient] Students differentiate among a variety of historical and cultural contexts in terms of characteristics and purposes of works of art
[9-12 Advanced] Students analyze common characteristics of visual arts evident across time and among cultural/ethnic groups to formulate analyses, evaluations, and interpretations of meaning

Visual Arts Standard 5:
Reflecting upon and assessing the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others


[9-12 Proficient] Students reflect analytically on various interpretations as a means for understanding and evaluating works of visual art

Visual Arts Standard 6:
Making connections between visual arts and other disciplines


[9-12 Proficient] Students compare the materials, technologies, media, and processes of the visual arts with those of other arts disciplines as they are used in creation and types of analysis
[9-12 Advanced] Students synthesize the creative and analytical principles and techniques of the visual arts and selected other arts disciplines, the humanities, or the sciences

THE FEATURES
Raphael Sanzio

Renaissance

Line, Space

Digital

Math, Technology