Inquiry-Based Unit

VA:Cr3.1.HSI Apply relevant criteria from traditional and contemporary cultural contexts to examine, reflect on, and plan revisions for works of art and design in progress.

VA:Cn10.1.HSI Document the process of developing ideas from early stages to fully elaborated ideas.

VA:Cr1.1.Ia HSI Use multiple approaches to begin creative endeavors

Copy of 8:1 Art Through Inquiry
Copy of ap22-art-and-design-drawing-sustained-investigation-row-b-score-3.pdf
Copy of 8:1 Artmaking Through Inquiry Handout

Art through inquiry

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Copy of 8:2 Brainstorming for Inquiry

brainstorming for inquiry

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Copy of 8:3 Brainstorming for Art

brainstorming for art

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Copy of 4:5 Exploring Inquiry 1

Exploring Inquiry

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Copy of 4:6 Exploring Inquiry 2

Exploring Inquiry Again

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You can use as many of these as the students need. Once students grasp the concept of exploring a question and have gotten good at documenting their exploration, these lessons have served their purpose. If they need to explore further, it can be done on studio days. 

Copy of 8:6 Studio Day 1

studio day

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