Distance Learning

Teacher Mediated Option

Arts Education

Grade 9 Art (10G) 1 credit (2008)
In this course, students learn about visual communication - using forms and images to express ideas. Learning about and through the visual arts gives students the opportunity to see their world in a new way. Students look at the work of different artists and examine the way they communicate. They learn the language of art, explore a variety of art media and create their own works of art. This course also provides an opportunity for them to find their own unique and personal voice as they explore a wide variety of topics.

It is structured as follows:

Module 1: Art is...
Module 2: Self
Module 3: Environment
Module 4: Community
Module 5: Culture
Module 6: Society

Resources

Art supplies as listed in course
A camera (digital or 35 mm)
A sheet of plate glass or Plexiglas (acrylic)
Newspapers and magazines
Photocopier

Textbook

Hobbs, Jack, Richard Salome, and Ken Vieth. The Visual Experience. (2832) MTBB

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Grade 10 Art (20G) 1 credit (2008)
In this course, like Grade 9 Art students learn about visual communication. It is about ideas and expressions, about the tools artists use and the processes they go through in order to create their art.