Ms.

Eischens

IPG: Grade 5, Fine Arts Class

1. TEKS
Students will use appropriate vocabulary
when discussing the elements of art
Objective
Using visuals, students will learn, discuss,
and apply the elements of line and space to
create an image using one-point perspective

Topic: One-Point Perspective

2. Learning Goals
-Develop and expand visual literacy skills through
critical thinking and observation
-Develop cognitive functioning and active learning.
-Learn, understand, and apply new vocabulary
(vanishing point, horizon line, foreground) and
elements of art (line and space)

3. Assessment Evidence
-If asked to locate the horizon line, vanishing point, or other terms pertaining to one-point perspective,
students will be able to tell and show where it is located on a chosen image
-After seeing examples and practicing one-point perspective on scratch paper using simple shapes, students
will use their own ideas to create a more detailed image using this technique
4. Opening Hook
-Show a popular image of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and have students consider how the characters
relate to the lesson or to art in general. (TMNT are named after four renowned Italian Renaissance artists)
-Show paintings by Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael that uses one-point perspective
5. Instructional Strategies/Student Activities
-Use a PowerPoint presentation with plenty of visuals, cues, and questions
-Demonstrate technique on whiteboard and then use guided practice with the class to get a feel for it
-Have students brainstorm if they want to make an interior or exterior image or an image at the birds eye
view. Give plenty of examples. (Bedroom, city, street, railroad, hallway, classroom, living room, etc.)
-Students will be provided a checklist so they can self-assess their work as they complete it. (Is the vanishing
point on the horizon line? Are the lines converging at the vanishing point? Etc.)
6. Materials/Resources
-Overhead projector, computer, Microsoft PowerPoint, Internet for images
-Pencils, erasers, rulers, scratch paper, drawing paper, colored pencils, markers
7. Grouping Patterns
-Work as a whole class together and then individually for personal art projects
8. Ending/Summary/Reflection
Students get a choice of whether they would like to discuss with their neighbors how drawing becomes
simplified using one-point perspective and reflect on other ways objects can be simplified into simple shapes,
Or, have a quick review competition by splitting the class into two groups and seeing who wins by answering
the most questions correctly.