9th Grade

Adaptability of Buddhism

Students will learn that Buddhism adapted to the indigenous religions of the countries, into which it was introduced.

Equality of Rank

Small groups of students will first speculate on a chronology for these three selected paintings. Then each group will explore one of these three paintings, looking closely at the artwork, discussing it and finding out about the artist and its context. Students next speculate about what the painting tells about the past and how people lived at this time. After small groups present what they discovered and speculated, class as a whole returns to the original speculated chronology and corrects it if needed. To conclude lesson, each student selects two of the three artworks about which to write. Each student will compare and contrast and reveal what each tells the viewer about the past and how people lived at that time.

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Fantasy/Art Map: Map #3

Students will learn about Jeremy Anderson's fantasy / art map, will create a fantasy / art map, based on Sacramento, explore other visual maps, and students will develop a definition for a map, which is broad enough to include fantasy / art and visual maps.

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Fisherman’s Family

Artists can show strong feelings in their art by the way they use colors and exaggerate and distort shapes. Students will discuss how Hartley’s life experiences, and the world around him, influenced his art process, to further understand “expressive” art.

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Portrait of Margaret Crocker

Small groups of students will look closely and explore two 19th century portraits, painted only 12 years apart. They will then compare and contrast the two portraits. The small groups will define criteria that they believe create a good portrait. They will then use these criteria to select the better of the two 19th century portraits and create a persuasive paragraph / presentation in support of their conclusions.

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Still Life with Femme au Coq #2

Students will learn about what makes an artwork abstract. Students will also learn how to objectively evaluate their own artwork. In addition, students will learn how to research and deliver an oral report based on abstract art.

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Still Life with Flowers

Pairs of students will learn about a female artist, write a 500 to 750 word essay from a list of specified questions, find a representative work by the artist and if possible, a photograph of the artist. Students will also learn how to research the artist. Students will finally participate in creating a timeline of all the female artists, researched by the class. Each pair of students will introduce their artist to the class in a five-minute report.

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Forces

Students will improve their understanding of unbalanced forces and that Newton's laws predict the motion of most objects. This lesson is intended to supplement and reinforce existing science and physics curriculum for the corresponding reporting clusters for California CST testing. Students will gain an understanding of Bay Area Figuration, Abstract Expressionism, found objects, assemblage, asymmetry, and balance in art.

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Earth Energy

Students will improve their understanding of energy in the Earth system. This lesson is intended to supplement and reinforce existing Earth science curriculum for the corresponding reporting clusters for California CST testing. Students will gain an understanding of mixed media in art.

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Genetics

Students will improve their understanding of genetics. This lesson is intended to supplement and reinforce existing biology curriculum for the corresponding reporting clusters for California CST testing. Students will gain an understanding of Abstract Expressionism, Photo Realism, portraiture/self-portrait, texture, pattern, and value in art.

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