QCCs
Georgia's Quality Core Curriculum
The following list contains selected QCCs that are covered within the various lessons presented in this packet.
6th Grade Objectives:
Art
| FAVA.6.1 |
Plans and creates artworks using the principles of design to organize the elements of art for creating a composition. |
| FAVA.6.3 |
Uses art materials and techniques. |
| FAVA.6.5 |
Creates a series of artworks that is concerned with design and composition (structuralism/formalism). |
| FAVA.6.6 |
Demonstrates proper care and safe use of art materials and tools. |
| FAVA.6.7 |
Applies concepts and ideas from another discipline and its topics as sources of ideas for own artwork. |
| FAVA.6.9 |
Judges an artwork based on how successfully it expresses aspects of the society in which it was produced. |
| FAVA.6.14 |
Recognizes how artists use selected subject matter, including symbols or ideas to communicate a message. |
| FAVA.6.15 |
Describes the expressive quality (feeling/mood) of artworks. |
| FAVA.6.17 |
Locates, reads and summarizes major points from historical accounts of artists and/or artworks indigenous to a specific culture. |
Social Studies
| QCC.56 |
Traces the important historical and political developments of Europe. |
| QCC.57 |
Examines the historical and political developments in Europe that lead to the Holocaust, recognizing the dangers of bias, discrimination, and prejudicial attitudes. |
7th Grade Objectives:
Art
| FAVA.7.1 |
Plans and creates artworks using the principles of design to organize the elements of art for creating a composition. |
| FAVA.7.3 |
Uses art materials and tools. |
| FAVA.7.5 |
Creates a series of artworks that expresses a feeling or emotion (Expressionism/Emotionalism). |
| FAVA.7.6 |
Demonstrates proper care and safe use of art materials and tools. |
| FAVA.7.7 |
Applies concepts and ideas from another discipline and its topics as sources of ideas for own artwork. |
| FAVA.7.13 |
Compares and contrasts how artists use selected subject matter, including symbols and ideas, to communicate a message. |
| FAVA.7.15 |
Judges an artwork based on how successfully it expresses aspects of the society in which it was produced. |
| FAVA.7.16 |
Judges an artwork based on whether its organization creates a vivid and intense impression. |
Social Studies
| QCC.56 |
Uses newspapers, radio, television and current magazines to keep up with current events. |
| QCC.57 |
Describes what makes up a culture (language, religion, music, art, etc). |
8th Grade Objectives:
Art
| FAVA.8.1 |
Selects subject matter, including symbols and ideas, to communicate a message in an original artwork. |
| FAVA.8.3 |
Uses various art materials and techniques. |
| FAVA.8.7 |
Demonstrates proper care and safe use of art materials and tools. |
| FAVA.8.8 |
Applies concepts and ideas from another discipline and its topics as sources of ideas for own artwork. |
| FAVA.8.12 |
Differentiates between various media and techniques used to produce two and three-dimensional artworks. |
Social Studies
| QCC.58 |
Examines Georgia's contributions to American participation in World War II. |
| QCC.59 |
Identifies well known and influential Americans and Georgians during the Great Depression and World War II. |
High School Objectives:
Art
Art History and Criticism
| QCC.2 |
Uses descriptors, similes and metaphor to discuss unique and emotional content in art and compares with similar examples from literature. |
| QCC.3 |
Examines and discusses the role or art and artifacts as a visual record of human kind's cultural, political, scientific and religious history. |
| QCC.6 |
Describes how subject matter and content interact with the elements of art and principles of design to produce a particular expressive quality. |
| QCC.9 |
Discusses emotional responses to and possible interpretations of an artwork, citing specific qualities in the work that elicit the response. |
| QCC.11 |
Identifies the medium(s) and technique(s) used in selected artworks and discusses their influence on expressive qualities. |
| QCC.15 |
Evaluates the influences of historical, political, economic, social, cultural, religious and technological factors on the development of selected art from prehistoric to contemporary times and in a variety of societies. |
Comprehensive
| QCC.1 |
Applies higher order thinking skills in the creation of multiple solutions to visual problems. |
| QCC.2 |
Develops skills in using elements and principles to produce aesthetically pleasing compositions and to communicate expressive content. |
| QCC.3 |
Develops ideas, plans, and produces artworks that serve specific functions. |
| QCC.10 |
Applies concepts and ideas from another discipline and its topics as sources of ideas for own artworks. |
| QCC.11 |
Analyzes artists' use of the art elements and principles of design to communicate expressive content or ideas. |
| QCC.14 |
Identifies and analyzes the effect media and techniques have on the expressive and formal content of an artwork. |
| QCC.15 |
Critiques artwork using the processes of description, analysis, interpretation, and judgment based on evidence observed in artwork. |
| QCC.21 |
Evaluates through expository or creative writing the role of arts and artifacts as:
a) a visual record of humankind's cultural, political, scientific, and religious history.
b) A vehicle for gaining knowledge and understanding another culture. |
Drawing
| QCC.1 |
Develops ideas, plans, and produces artworks that server specific
functions (e.g., expressive, social, and utilitarian). |
| QCC.5 |
Uses a wide variety of media, tools and processes, and techniques to create drawings that imitate the real world (Realism), are concerned with design and composition (Formalism), express a feeling or emotion (Expressionism/Emotionalism). |
| QCC.11 |
Applies concepts and ideas from other disciplines and their topics as sources of ideas for own artwork. |
| QCC.12 |
Analyzes the effect of subject matter, technique, and medium on the expressive quality of drawings. |
| QCC.14 |
Analyzes drawings by significant artists and synthesizes information gained into the production of drawings that express mood, motion and energy. |
| QCC.18 |
Begins to develop and describe artistic voice (own style, approach to art, and personal messages to communicate). |
| QCC.20 |
Researches, analyzes, and writes about diverse drawings and artists through Internet museums, exhibits, reviews and critiques, periodicals, texts, local museums and galleries. |
| QCC.22 |
Explains the influences of historical and social factors on the development of selected drawings. |
Painting
| QCC.1 |
Develops ideas, plans, and produces original paintings from these content areas: observation experiences, imagination, and emotions. |
| QCC.4 |
Experiments with tools, media, and methods of paint application to create a variety of painting effects. |
| QCC.9 |
Applies concepts and ideas from other disciplines as sources of ideas for own artworks. |
| QCC.10 |
Evaluates through expository or creative writing the role of paintings as a visual record of humankind's cultural, political, scientific and religious history. |
| QCC.12 |
Describes how the elements of art and the principles of design function to create selected expressive and/or visual qualities. |
| QCC.14 |
Critically analyzes paintings using the processes of description, analysis, interpretation, and judgement based on evidence observed in the work. |
| QCC.17 |
Makes informed aesthetic responses by relating his/her own paintings to work by major artists. |
| QCC.19 |
Determines the influences of historical, social, and religious factors on the development of paintings. |
| QCC.21 |
Researches and analyzes diverse paintings through Internet museums, exhibits, reviews and critiques, periodicals, texts, local museums and galleries. |
Social Studies
Comparative Religion
| QCC.2 |
Analyzes the role of individual and collective ritual in the development of cultural consciousness. |
| QCC.3 |
Investigates commitment and participation in religious activity. |
| QCC.4 |
Assesses the influence of religion on culture. |
| QCC.23 |
Assesses the impact of Judaism on other areas of world culture. |
| QCC.35 |
Assesses the impact of modernization.on Religious Development. |
Ethnic Studies
| QCC.2 |
Describes factors that promoted immigration to the United States. |
| QCC.8 |
Examines historical factors affecting the immigration of various western European national groups, with particular emphasis on the English, Spanish, Irish and Germans. |
| QCC.10 |
Examines historical factors affecting the immigration of various eastern and southern European national groups, with particular emphasis on the Italian, Polish and Jewish immigration. |
| QCC.12 |
Identifies the origin and nature of problems European Americans have experienced in the United States. |
Sociology
| QCC.8 |
Defines culture and its elements: values, norms, beliefs, symbols, physical artifacts, sanctions, and institutions. |
| QCC.9 |
Compares and contrasts cultures of the world. |
| QCC.10 |
Analyzes subcultures within a society. |
| QCC.14 |
Explains systems of inequality and analyzes how they have developed around social constructs such as class, gender, race, ethnicity and age. |
| QCC.19 |
Describes the processes of collective behavior, including rumors, fads, crazes, panics and protest movements, and their impact on society. |
| QCC.23 |
Analyzes race and ethnic relations, civil rights and protest movements. |
U.S. and World Affairs
| QCC.5 |
Describes the role of patriotism; ethnic, racial and cultural identity; religious fanaticism; prejudice and intolerance. |
U.S. History
| QCC.33 |
Analyzes the causes and results of America's participation in World War II (Totalitarian aggressions and extermination policies of Hitler, U.S. military contributions to allied victory, and the Nuremberg war trials). |
| QCC.44 |
Formulates historical questions and defends findings based on inquiry and interpretation. Analyzes documents, records, and data (such as artifacts, diaries, letters, photographs, journals, newspapers, historical accounts, etc). |
| QCC.46 |
Develops skills in discussion, debate, and persuasive writing with respect to enduring issues and determines how divergent viewpoints have been addressed and reconciled (Problems of intolerance towards racial, ethnic, and religious groups in American society) |
World History
| QCC.22 |
Traces and analyzes the causes and effects of World War II. |
| QCC.23 |
Analyzes the phenomenon of genocide in the 20th century
Armenia
Nazi holocaust, and
Ethnic cleansing (Balkan, African and Asian) |
| QCC.30 |
Recognizes and explains how different points of view have been influenced by nationalism, race, religion, ethnicity and the climate of the time. |
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