Unit Outline New
Unit Outline New
Lesson
Engage
1/2
Focus
Explore
Public art
Materials,
techniques and
processes
Why we are
studying public
art links it has
to art
principles/elem
ents/techniques
Public art in
Melbourne
Types of public
art: murals/
sculpture/install
ation/projection
/street art
Melbourne
public artistsexplore
particular works
Introduce the
use of Art
Project (Google
Institute
Website) to
collect and
store artists
research and
brainstorming
ideas
Public art in
different
cultures
examples of
artists artwork
and
exhibitions/eve
nts of public art
CCP link
especially
Aboriginal and
Torres Strait
Islander
histories and
cultures
Create a brainstorm
with the class about
what they think public
art is
List any public art
work they have seen
and where it was
Responding TaskWhat artwork in public
spaces have students
seen in Melbourne? In
their local area? What
kind of art were they
Street/sculpture/symb
olic/figural/installation
? Create an art gallery
on their Art Project
account and label it
Melbourne Public Art
Create a map of all
the public artwork they
can find in Melbourne.
Diverse knowledge of
public art from
different places,
histories and cultures
through discussion
Making/Responding
Task- Artist study
about ABSTI or Asian
artists who focus on
public art. Students
create their own small
art work that explores
a similar idea that the
chosen artist focuses
on
Assessment Task
Formative: observe
students participating
in discussions and
creation of the class
brainstorm
Assess if students
listen to the task and
create a gallery in art
project and create a
gallery and research
and save images of
Melbourne public art
Assess is students
have completed the
activity and see if
they can pin point
where and what
public artwork is
found around
Melbourne
Formatively assess if
students can include
ABSTI or Asian
artists as inspiration
into exploring
different ideas and
meanings
Explain
Influences,
issues and
contexts behind
public art and
how conveys
themes, ideas
or concepts
Cultural/Politica
l/Social
Introduce
Projection Art
Explore and
explain
5/6
Assess students
knowledge and
understanding of art
elements and
principles, materials,
techniques,
processes,
technologies
explored by public
artists by assessing if
students have
addressed these
issues in their
annotations of the
image of the political
artwork.
Formative: observes
and listens to see if
students can work
collaboratively
together and value
each others ideas
Summative
Assessment: the
teacher checks that
the students have
documented their
group projection art
piece in a physical
public space by
producing a video or
images. The teacher
revises their planning
and brainstorming
both individually and
collaboratively to see
if they explored
different themes,
experimented with
different materials
and techniques
Explore and
Explain
7/8
Explore and
Explain
Elaborate
10
How do they
convey
meaning?
How does this
relate to ideas
about the
environment?
Introduction to
street and
urban art
How urban and
street artists
use different
materials,
techniques,
processes and
technologies to
produce
artwork outside
of a gallery.
Development of
Street art ideas
and themes
Look at graffiti
and the
difference
between graffiti
and street art
Making task a
collage of images
relating to your own
sense of identity, think
about how this can be
incorporated into a
tag
Summative
Assessment: Check
students Art Project
websites and see if
students have
created a gallery that
explores different
artists from another
culture, history or
time. Asses their
comments on the
images to see
whether they have
addressed if the
artworks have
explored the main
idea, and the
artworks similarities
or differences
Formatively assess
by observation and
discussion if students
are explored different
materials, processes
and ideas to create
their collage
planning and
designing art piece
11/12
Brainstorm
ideas
choose one
sketch or idea
and develop
further (ICT can
be used)
feedback
activity
13
Explore new
options for
development or
keep developing
work
14
Working on art
piece
Thinking about
how they will
display their final
art piece
Formative: observing
if students participate
in the feedback
activity, and also
checking the
progression of the
activity by walking
around the class and
reading some
answers to make
sure the feedback is
constructive
Formative: observes
if students can use
feedback to progress
their ideas and
develop a more
critically thought
about art piece
Formatively
assessing if students
are documenting their
thinking processes
along with their
Evaluate
15/16
Students
present their
final work to the
class
Evaluate and
reflect on their
own artwork
but also their
development
and
progression of
ideas
developmental
drawings
Formatively assess
through discussions
with students if
students can
evaluate their own
work
Summative
Assessment: Assess
if students can
present a discussion
about how they
conveyed the idea of
sustainability through
the choice of
materials, processes,
techniques and
technologies and why
they have chosen the
location to display
their art piece in that
way. Need evidence
of choices this
includes links to
artists, public art
themes etc.