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🎨 8th Grade · ArtVA:Re8.1Unit 1: Elements & principles of design

Principles of design

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🎯 Objective: Students identify balance, contrast, emphasis, movement, pattern and unity.

Lesson outline

  1. Analyze artworks.
  2. Thumbnails.
  3. Discuss.
  4. Exit: one principle.

Lesson 2 of 3 in this unit. In the Lesson Planner this lesson takes 1–3 class periods depending on your timetable: day 1 introduce & model, then practice, small-group reteach and a quick check.

📐 Standard

VA:Re8.1

National Core Arts Standards — Visual Arts (grade band 6–8)

🏁 Unit goals

  • Apply elements and principles of design intentionally

✅ Check for understanding

End with the exit ticket in the outline. Sort answers into got it / almost / not yet and start the next lesson with a 5-minute reteach for the “not yets”.

Practice & resources on Thinkabara

🖍️ Coloring pages🎨 Drawing ideas⚡ Capy Live class quiz

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More lessons in “Elements & principles of design”

  1. Elements of art review
  2. Principles of design
  3. Design challenge

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