TEACHER:
LYNNE FAULKNER
Room 108
CURRICULUM:
Mission Statement
The role of the Lincoln, Nebraska Public Schools' Visual Art Department is to provide instruction in the art disciplines of aesthetics production, criticism, and history. This program provicdes students with the visual literacy component of a comprehensive education.
Through art education, students learn to develop visual perception, problem solving skills and an appreciation and understanding of our diverse aesthetic heritage. It is part of our purpose to communicate to students and to the community, the significance of the Visual Arts as a most important form of communication on the human condition.
LPS VISUAL ART CORE ABILITIES
(LPS MAJOR ART OBJECTIVES)
1. EXPLORING AND DEVELOPING THE
CREATIVE PROCESS THROUGH ARTISTIC
EXPRESSION.
2. UNDERSTANDING THE VISUAL ARTS IN
RELATION TO HISTORY AND CULTURES. (NS 4)*
3. CHOOSING, EVALUATING AND/OR USING A
RANGE OF SUBJECT MATTER, SYMBOLS
AND IDEAS THAT COMMUNICATE. (NS 3)*
4. USING KNOWLEDGE OF ART ELEMENTS
AND DESIGN PRINCIPLES. (NS 2)*
5. UNDERSTANDING AND APPLYING
PROCESSES, MEDIA (ART MATERIALS), AND
TECHNIQUE. (NS 1)*
6. MAKING CONNECTIONS AMONG VISUAL
ARTS, OTHER DISCIPLINES AND CAREERS. (NS 6)*
7. REFLECTING UPON AND ASSESSING THE
CHARACTERISTICS AND MERITS OF
THEIR WORK AND THE WORK OF OTHERS. (NS 5)*
*National Standard to which the LPS Core Ability/Objective correlates
APPROVED BY LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD
FEBRUARY 8, 2000