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Intermediate Level: Grades 4-5 Intermediate Standard: Literal Comprehension
Gain knowledge about the unit's 12 ceramic objects by listening to presentations about each object's historical and cultural context, physical properties, design elements, construction technique(s), and function.
Understand how and why people of various world cultures created or still create ceramics.
Learn about the roles of ceramic artists in the contexts of past and present cultures.
Identify the characteristics of ceramics as art and ceramics as artifacts.
To complement study of the terms artifact and archaeologist, discuss what the unit's artifacts teach about the lives of the people who made them.
Use arts terminology descriptive of the visual elements of ceramics (e.g., color, shape, line, texture).
Use arts terminology descriptive of the building techniques (e.g., coil, mold, wheel thrown) and the processes used in creating ceramic works (e.g., firing, glazing).
Describe the visual choices that an artist made in creating a ceramic object by responding to questions that can be answered by looking at the object. (See the "Look" discussion questions about each object.)
Identify ceramic objects based on clues relating to their visual qualities via the online activity "Can You Find. . . ?"
Compare the sizes of the unit's ceramics to each other or to a basketball via the online activity "How Big Is It?"
Listen to the online audio stories based on myths or folktales relating to specific ceramic objects, and retell the main ideas.
To complement study of the Hydria, read or listen to readings of Greek myths about Herakles's twelve labors, Athena, Hermes, Ares, and Zeus.
To complement study of the Hydria, investigate the meaning of the Greek word hydria and relate it to Herakles's second labor, his battle with the hydra, a many-headed water-snake. Think of English words that begin with the prefix hydra or hydro, and look up the meanings of these words.
To complement study of ceramics within the unit, read or listen to readings of Mayan, Chinese, Greek, Yoruba, and Pueblo Indian creation stories.
Intermediate Standard: Interpretation and Evaluation
Understand the importance of ceramics in the study of the historical and cultural development of various peoples.
Evaluate how ceramic artifacts reflect the beliefs and concerns of ancient cultures and provide knowledge about everyday life.
Identify how both ancient and contemporary ceramics reflect interactions among various cultures.
Recognize that visual qualities identify certain ceramics as belonging to a specific culture or as representing a specific style.
Consider how environment influences the ceramics produced by a culture.
Evaluate how level of technology influences the ceramics produced by a culture.
Discover and discuss similarities and differences among ceramics having the same function; for example, the Whistle in the Form of a Dignitary, Tortoise-shaped Inkstone, Standing Figure, and Earth Spirits were buried in tombs.
Interpret each of the ceramic objects by responding to questions that help explore an artist's creative intent and the reasons behind the artist's visual choices. (See the "Think" discussion questions about each object.)
To complement study of the Hydria, discuss the meaning of attribute and think of attributes that could identify the school and the community.
To complement study of the Tortoise-Shaped Inkstone, examine why the tortoise would be a symbol of long life, strength, and endurance, and discuss what other animals might symbolize.
Listen to the unit's online audio stories based on myths or folktales relating to specific ceramics within the unit, and draw conclusions about the cultural and historical contexts in which the objects were created.
To complement study of the Hydria, listen to readings of Greek myths about Herakles, Athena, Hermes, Ares, and Zeus; distinguish among qualities that are human, superhuman, and godlike.
To complement study of ceramics within the unit, listen to readings of Mayan, Chinese, Greek, Yoruba, and Pueblo Indian creation stories, and find similarities and differences among the stories.
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