Intended for elementary education majors, this book provides introductory experiences both in knowing how to create art and how to respond to it. It covers four areas of study in discipline-based art education - aesthetics, art production, art criticism and art history, and includes the state and national standards.

"Artworks for Elementary Teachers" serves elementary education majors with little or no prior background in art. It provides introductory experiences both in knowing how to create art and how to respond to it. The four areas of study in discipline-based art education - aesthetics, art production, art criticism and art history - are covered thoroughly and include the latest in state and national standards.

PART I--ARTISTS MAKE ARTChapter 1: Artists and the Images They Make: Artworks in Diverse Cultures and TimesPART II--UNDERSTANDING AND PRODUCING ARTChapter 2: Understanding and Using the Elements of ArtChapter 3: Understanding and Using the Principles of ArtChapter 4: Art Criticism, Art History, and AestheticsPART III--CHILDREN IN THE ART CLASSROOMChapter 5: When Children Make and Respond to ArtChapter 6: New Directions for the 21st Century: Technology and Curriculum ResourcesPART IV--THE WORLD OF ARTChapter 7: A Narrative Time Line of World Art: Looking at Western and non-Western Artworks RESOURCESGlossaryPronunciation GuideArt Forms: Two-and Three-DimensionalResources for Art EducationNotes and BibliographyIndex