Overview
Discipline-Based Art Education incorporating art history, aesthetics, criticism and production experiences. The 6th grade curriculum focuses on the elements and principles of design with an emphasis on Ancient Civilizations including Prehistoric, Egyptian, Greco-Roman and Asian.

Areas of Study
Prehistoric (Cave Art)
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome
Mayan / Aztec
Ancient China / Japan / India

Subjects
Animals
Faces
Figures
Geometric Forms
Organic Forms
Architecture

Media
Drawing (pencil, marker, ink, chalk, pastel, oil crayon, charcoal)
Painting (watercolor, tempera, acrylic)
Printmaking
Collage
Ceramics

Elements of Design
Line
Shape
Form
Color
Value
Texture
Space

Principles of Design
Contrast
Emphasis
Movement
Balance (symmetry, asymmetry)
Rhythm
Unity
Pattern