Grades 9, 10, 11, 12

AP Course Skills

Course Content

Inquiry and Investigation

Making Through Practice, Experimentation, and Revision

Communication and Reflection

Investigate Materials, Processes, and Ideas

Make Art and Design

Present Art and Design

Investigate materials, processes, and ideas.

Make works of art and design by practicing, experimenting, and revising.

Communicate ideas about art and design.

Document experiences to generate possibilities for making art and design.

Document examples of how inquiry guides sustained investigation through art and design.

Document investigation of viewers' interpretations of art and design.

Document how works of art and design relate to art and design traditions.

Document evaluation of art and design.

Document selection of materials, processes, and ideas to investigate.

Formulate questions or areas of inquiry that guide a sustained investigation through art and design.

Conduct a sustained investigation through art and design that demonstrates practice, experimentation, and revision guided by questions or inquiry.

Conduct a sustained investigation through art and design that demonstrates practice, experimentation, and revision guided by questions or inquiry.

Make works of art and design that demonstrate synthesis of materials, processes, and ideas.

Make works of art and design that demonstrate 2-D, 3-D, or drawing skills.

Identify in writing, materials, processes, and ideas used to make works of art and design.

Describe how works of art and design demonstrate synthesis of materials, processes, and ideas.

Describe how works of art and design demonstrate 2-D, 3-D, or drawing skills.

Identify, in writing, questions or inquiry that guided a sustained investigation through art and design.

Describe, in writing, how a sustained investigation through art and design shows evidence of practice, experimentation, and revision guided by questions or inquiry.

Document presentation of works of art and design for viewer interpretation.

Generate possibilities for investigation (not assessed).

Describe how inquiry guides investigation through art and design (not assessed).

Describe how materials, processes, and ideas in art and design relate to context (not assessed).

Interpret works of art and design based on materials, processes, and ideas used (not assessed).

Investigate materials, processes, and ideas (not assessed).

Formulate questions or areas of inquiry that guide a sustained investigation through art and design.

Conduct a sustained investigation through art and design that demonstrates practice, experimentation, and revision guided by questions or inquiry.

Make works of art and design that demonstrate synthesis of materials, processes, and ideas.

Make works of art and design that demonstrate 2-D, 3-D, or drawing skills.

Identify, in writing, questions or inquiry that guided a sustained investigation through art and design.

Describe, in writing, how a sustained investigation through art and design shows evidence of practice, experimentation, and revision guided by questions or inquiry.

Identify, in writing, materials, processes, and ideas used to make works of art and design.

Describe how works of art and design demonstrate synthesis of materials, processes, and ideas (not assessed).

Describe how works of art and design demonstrate 2-D, 3-D, or drawing skills (not assessed).

Present works of art and design for viewer interpretation (not assessed).