• Middleton S. Elliott Elementary School
  • Home of the Egrets
  • South Carolina/Fort Stewart/DoDDS Cuba School District
 An Egret facing left.
  • Mailing Address
  • Elliott Elementary School
  • 1635 Albacore Street
  • Beaufort, SC 29906
  • Principal: Barbara Hazzard
  • Phone: (843) 846-6982
  • Fax: (843) 846-6720

Art

A general goal for my students is to introduce them to the discipline of the visual arts.

I believe that young children need to develop an understanding of art and its principles.

The ability to create and appreciate art is at the core of our humanity.

According to Jensen, “…the arts are not only fundamental to success in our demanding, highly technical, fast-moving world, but they are what makes us most human, most complete as people,” (2001). By introducing children to the arts, I will help foster their creativity, cultural awareness, critical thinking skills, and self esteem. Through age appropriate lessons and exercises, students will be introduced to and will develop their own knowledge of the visual arts. Students will also become art-makers and develop their own since of style and creativity. Students will achieve these goals by meeting the following DODEA Visual Arts Curricul April 21, 2008 1:19 PM our central themes:

1st Nine Weeks

We will be focusing on American Folk Art. Students will create several pieces of work that engage them and educate them on the value of American Folk Art, including a quilting project. These activities will coincide with the teaching of Folk Music in music class.

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2nd Nine Weeks

We will study American Still Lifes and Landscapes as a central theme. Students will visit seven exercises which allow them to create American Images in different formats and styles

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3rd Nine Weeks

We will study Impressionist art as a central theme. This will also include lessons in color theory. Students will create six Impressionist/ Post Impressionist projects based on using colors in intentional and creative ways. Students will study Van Gogh’s Starry Night

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4th Nine Weeks

We will explore Modern Art. Students will complete a variety of exercises focusing on Modern Art of the 20 th centuryincluding Abstract Expressionism and Modern Architecture.

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