Wonder

Unit Plan
Emily Brewer
&
Shirley Boudreaux

Grade or Class
Emily Middle School 6 8

Shirley High School 9 12

Art I, II and AP

Goals and Rationale

Wonder leads to
Problem solving skills

Critical Thinking
Comprehension of new ways to think about
art
Comprehension of the way we make art

Challenging students to investigate

Exploring new ideas; the unknown

Missouri GLEs

STRAND I:

1. Select and apply two-dimensional media, techniques, and processes to communicate

ideas and solve challenging visual art problems

2. Select and apply three-dimensional media, techniques, and processes to

communicate ideas and solve challenging visual art problems

3. Communicate ideas about subject matter and themes in artworks created for various
purposes

STRAND II:

STRAND III:

2. Analyze and evaluate art using art vocabulary

STRAND IV:

1. Select and use elements of art for their effect in communicating ideas through
artwork

1. Explain connections between visual art and performing arts

STRAND V:

1. Compare and contrast artworks from different historical time periods and/or cultures

Artist, Artworks &

People of Wonder
Charles Lutwidge Dodgeson

Jeff Koons
Florian Maier-Aichen
Cao Fei.
David Finch

El Anatausirles
Zach Helm

Tim Burton
Galileo
Leonardo Da Vinci
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
Bill Gates
Steve Jobs
Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen
Wright brothers

Enduring Ideas
Throughout time and across cultures people have
wondered about science, nature, history, language,
mathematics, arts, and other cultures!
Wonder begets knowledge
Those who wonder explore and therefore get a better
understanding of their world.
Wonder is the beginning of wisdom. Socrates
Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of
man's desire to understand. Neil Armstrong

Enduring Ideas
(Middle School)
Wonder begets to new thinking
which leads to invention
You can capture wonder in art
Wonder Imagination Art
The important thing is not to
stop questioning. Curiosity has
its own reason for existing.
-Albert Einstein

Enduring Ideas
(High School)
To Wonder is to open the mind.
Art is Wonder in its self.
Wonder is the feeling of the philosopher,
and philosophy begins in wonder. - Plato

Investigative Essential Questions

What are the benefits of wondering?
How does wonder effected you?
How does wonder change your
understanding?
How do art materials talk about
wonder?

How does wonder effected your view of

the world?

Investigative Essential Questions

(Middle)
How can art capture wonder?
How can you produce wonder through
art?
Why is it important to wonder?
How does wonder beget knowledge?

Investigative Essential Questions

(High School)
-What kind of meaning does wonder create?

-How can art capture wonder?

-How can you produce wonder through art?
-Why is it important to wonder?
-How can you appropriate wonder?
-What does handmade said about wonder?
-What other materials talk about wonder?
-What other materials can you use that show wonder?

-How did adding text help the meaning of Wonder?

Key Instructional Concepts

From the beginning of time there has
always been and will always be wonder.
Wonder in artwork may convey
ambiguous meanings.
Wonder can produce new creations,
techniques and even new materials

Key Instructional Concepts

(Middle)
Writers and film producers are artists too
Take inspiration in what you wonder about
People have different interpretations of the
same story
Wonder and imagination can build new
worlds
Team work and responsibility

Key Instructional Concepts

(High School)
Creating wonder from different culture
and environment that are over 2000
years old.
Understanding what culture have been
creating things from wonder.
Understand what we use today in art
and where it can from?
Aware of the environment and what
nature has to offer us.

Constraints
(Middle)
Storage space
Clean up time
Projection setup
Materials

Spray paint ventilation

Drying time/weather

Constraints
(High School)
Drying Time
Clean up time
Tool safety
Mask and gloves

Wet floors

Cross-Curricular Opportunities
(Middle)
Psychology

History

Math

Science

Biology

Language Arts

Philosophy

Cross Curricular Opportunities

(High School)
Mass Media - Communications
Social Studies
History
Chemistry
Language Arts
Mathematics
Philosophy

Developmental Needs & Differentiation

(Middle and High School)
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Assessment
(Middle)
Formative
Individual Team working critique
Class discussion
Proposals
Progression photos
Artists statements
Presentations

Final Exhibition

Summative
Rubric and written reflection

Assessment
(High School)
Formative
Sketch book proposal
One on One discussion
Class discussion
In class critique

Artist Statement
Portfolio Photos
Class presentations
Galley Exhibition

Summative
Rubric
Written reflection

Unit Evaluation

What does success look like?

Students will be able to discuss the relationship
between wonder and knowledge and why it is
important.
Students will be able to relate the idea of wonder to
creating art.