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Use the visual arts glossary definition of shape to guide your lesson plan and assessment.
Ask yourself these questions:
• How will I teach the element of shape in this lesson?
• How will I help my students understand what shape means and how they apply shape to this
work of art?
• I will I use my example of “great art” and the work of this artist to demonstrate shape?
• How will I help students make connections between the model of art using line and the famous
artwork demonstrating shape?
• How will I assess whether the students learned the definition of shape?
• How will I be able to see that they understand the concept of shape in their artwork
REMINDER: Do NOT copy/paste your lesson or image from the Internet! Use the lesson plan template
and write your lesson objective and activity steps in your own words. If you find an idea or model online,
please cite your source with the name and URL web address to avoid a copyright violation. Your own art
must be original. Your text must be in your own words. Lesson plans that are not created using the
required sections on the lesson plan template will not be accepted for this assignment.
Your lesson plan should include a famous work of art that demonstrates the element you are
teaching. Insert an example of the work of art for ” shape” as a picture in your lesson plan
document. You can right click on a web image and select “save image as” to your computer – or
copy/paste the image in the lesson plan.
California Arts Standards for Visual Arts – 2019
The art activity template already includes the anchor standards and artistic processes from the 2019
California Visual Arts Anchor Standards. Leave the table in your template and consult as needed.
Optional: If you want to include more specific standards for a specific grade level, use the visual arts
standards document from the California Department of Education website –
https://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/vapacontentstds.asp






