Grade 8 Overall Expectations:
Creating and Presenting: apply the creative process to produce art works in a variety of traditional two- and three-dimensional forms, as well as multimedia art works, that communicate feelings, ideas, and understandings, using elements, principles, and techniques of visual arts as well as current media technologies
- Block Print (Book)
- Art Before Breakfast (CloudLibrary eBook)
- Animation Lab for Kids (CloudLibrary eBook)
- Drawing and Painting on the iPad (CloudLibrary eBook)
- Brick Flicks (CloudLibrary eBook)
- One Drawing a Day (CloudLibrary eBook)
- The Acrylic Painter (CloudLibrary eBook)
- iMovie: The Missing Manual (CloudLibrary eBook)
- The Art of Drawing People (Hoopla eBook)
- iPad Animation (Hoopla eBook)
- The Art of Pastel (Hoopla eBook)
- Martin Firrell (Website)
- Jenny Holzer (Website)
- Barbara Kruger (Website)
- Giuseppe Arcimboldo (Website)
- Artist Trading Cards (YouTube)
Reflecting, Responding, and Analysing: apply the critical analysis process to communicate feelings, ideas, and understandings in response to a variety of art works and art experiences
- The Art of DreamWorks Animation (Book)
- Understanding Art (DVD)
- The Great Epochs of European Art (DVD)
- Devoted to Realism (Hoopla eBook)
- Abstract Expressionism (Hoopla eBook)
- History of Art (Database eBook)
- Käthe Kollwitz (Website)
- Francisco Goya (Website)
- Balinese Masks (Website)
- Daphne Odjig (Website)
- Norval Morrisseau (Website)
- Molly Bang’s Picture This (YouTube)
- Meret Oppenheim (Website)
- Horse and Train (Website)
- Contemporary Art (YouTube)
- Who Decides What Art Means? (YouTube)
- Allegory – Art Vocab (YouTube)
- An example of Culture Jamming (YouTube)
Exploring Forms and Cultural Contexts: demonstrate an understanding of a variety of art forms, styles, and techniques from the past and present, and their sociocultural and historical contexts
- The History of Art (Book)
- The Art of Storyboard (Book)
- Fashion (Book)
- Art Documentaries (Kanopy eVideo)
- The History of Western Art (Hoopla eBook)
- Pantone on Fashion (CloudLibrary eBook)