Students will compare portraits, two of which are self-portraits, focusing on artists' choices, such as medium, or the materials an artist uses to create a work of art, and composition, meaning the arrangement of different elements upon the surface of a painting, drawing, etc. Students will explore the characteristics that these portraits convey about the sitter.

Students will learn to broaden their descriptive and analytical vocabulary through comparisons and close analysis of works of art; discuss changes taking place in the modern world and the psychological effects on the artists discussed in this guide.

Students will learn that the bronze used to make this sculpture is an alloy of copper and tin with small amounts of antimony, lead, iron, silver, nickel, and cobalt. They use the periodic table to research the chemical formulas of compounds used to make bronze. After learning about oxidation-reduction reactions that occurred in the statue, students speculate about the conservation techniques needed to conserve the bronze sculpture.

Students study an ancient bronze statue, analyze its pose, and discover how conservators remove and prevent corrosion.

Students will study "Flamingo Capsule", a painting by James Rosenquist drawing on the Apollo 1 training disaster. Students will try to connect the painting to the event by deconstructing the painting. Students will consider Rosenquist's composition and discuss the level of success the artist reached in portraying two opposite concepts within a single work. Students will research newspaper accounts of the Apollo 1 tragedy and create their own work responding to the event. Students will also experiment with scaling-up, the technique Rosenquist used to produce very large works.

Students will create a timeline outlining various groups' struggles for equal opportunity and create a 30-second radio or video public service announcement (PSA).

Students will compare and contrast works of art; learn observational techniques; become familiar with buildings in their community; learn the terms foreground, middle ground, and background, as well as terms for describing objects such as line, color, shape, form, and pattern.

Students will watch and discuss an exerpt from Garmendia's "Untitled Orbea" 2007. Students will explore, video, and discuss a relevant object from the school. Students will consider local traditions, events, habits, or an unusual behavior in their community and create an imaginary monument that represents their community. Students will also design furniture playing with the function of the object.

Students will view and discuss works by Garmendia, Zabala, and Salaberria. Students will organize and construct an action sculpture, observing how objects react (how they move, sound, how the physical matter changes) if elements such as sun, water, or wind get involved. Students will use smartphones, cameras, and/or video to copy old photos and video comparing qualities of past and present. Students will also view the series "Unconscious/Conscious" and use photography and video to explore an emblematic building in their city.

Students will view Gillian Wearing's "Self-Portrait as My Uncle, Bryan Gregory"; learn about her process of documentary portraiture; and debate whether her work is "self-portraiture" or not. Students will also use collage to merge an image of themselves with that of another. Students will also write a character sketch of one of Wearing's photographs and a short biography of the person they have researched.

Students will be able to examine a work of art and write a descriptive analysis about it; explore the differences between objective and subjective writing about an art object; consider the context in which a work of art was created, and develop opinions about a work of art; and discuss and reflect upon the process through which their first impressions of a work of art changed, after acquiring contextual knowledge about it.

Students will be able to observe a watercolor that depicts a historical narrative of a landmark in a dramatic setting; practice and use various watercolor techniques; and create a watercolor of a landmark in a dramatic setting.

Students will be able to view and discuss five different artworks (drawings and paintings created in late-1800s France) in terms of what art can tell them about vocations, social conventions, history, style, science, politics, economics, and creativity; create imaginary narratives about how the subjects came to be painted by the artist; create imaginary narratives about what the artists' private lives might have been like in Europe in the 1880s and 1890s by using historical references; learn how to organize information quickly in a visual manner by using various Bubble Maps©; conduct research to make study sketches (examples of text or graphic backgrounds); create an original work of art; and write a short essay in which they address the question: What can art tell us about ourselves?

Students will be able to discuss the growth of suburban development in the United States after World War II; write a persuasive essay about suburban development in California; and design a plan for a utopian and environmentally-friendly housing development.

Students will become familiar with the term "landscape" and will revisit the terms "foreground," "middle ground," and "background." Students will consider how an artist's painting technique impacts a viewer's interpretation of a painting.

Students will learn new vocabulary and practice using it by looking at and describing various works of art, including paintings, drawings, art objects, and photographs.

Students will practice using vocabulary related to people and workStudents are challenged to infer what job individuals are doing, based on such clues as their pose.

Students will practice using vocabulary associated with a room and objects in the room.

Students will practice using vocabulary associated with the weather and how people react to the sea.