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Projects allow students to demonstrate competence and understanding of concepts and skills by completing a career-related task. For example, the assignment might be to create a mural, a package design, a speech, a film review, or a movie set – you name it! These creative projects are about applying your learning acquired through in-depth research to real-world career tasks.
Each competency will be addressed through a project that is based on a real-life career task. Here are the careers you will explore in Drawing 1 Projects: Toy Designer, Shoe Designer, Architect, Fine Artist, and Animator.
Please also review the competency statements to learn more about the major topics and concepts covered in this offering.
Projects
Toy Designer
You will take on the role of a toy designer, tasked with creating a new toy design geared towards toddlers. Since toddlers will be your main audience you have been asked to incorporate basic, three-dimensional shapes into your toy design.
Shoe Designer
You will take on the role of a shoe designer, tasked with creating three shoe designs.
Architect
You will take on the role of an architect, tasked with creating designs for your town’s new library. You will need to present two separate drawings of your town library to your town. One will be drawn in one-point perspective, and one will be drawn in two-point perspective.
Fine Artist
You will take on the role of an artist for a local coffee shop, tasked with creating two still life drawings that the coffee shop can use to decorate their shop with. The drawings will incorporate pastries and drinks that are served at the coffee shop.
Animator
You will take on the role of an animator, tasked with creating a set design for the new movie. Your set design will need to have a surrealistic theme, and be age appropriate to a young child’s dreams. Your final design will be completed with shading and color.
Competencies
Shading and 3D Shapes
Students will demonstrate an understanding of drawing and shading three-dimensional shapes by creating and explaining a composition of a three-dimensional shape that includes a light source and a variety of values.
Line Drawings
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the different types of line drawings by explaining the purpose of each type and drawing an item using each type.
Perspective Drawings
Students will demonstrate an understanding of perspective drawings by explaining the difference between a one-point and two-point perspective drawing and creating shaded, one-point and two-point perspective drawings.
Still Life Drawings
Students will demonstrate an understanding of still life drawings by explaining the use of space and the role of proportion and creating a properly shaded illustration of a still life.
Surrealism
Students will demonstrate an understanding of surrealism by explaining the characteristics of surrealism, analyzing different surrealist artists’ artwork, and creating their own surreal drawing.
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Experiences allow you to explore a career field you’re curious about while mastering competencies for school credit. Through experiential learning, you will learn skills and apply them to tasks you would complete as part of a career rather than completing traditional assessments like essays or tests. During your Experience, you’ll work with a professional in the field to support your learning whom we call a “mentor.” You’ll earn a badge for your accomplishments to share on social media and higher education platforms, or with colleges, potential employers, peers, and colleagues to display your qualifications.
Here’s how Experiences work:
- Each competency you work on is addressed through a separate deliverable predetermined by you and your instructor.
- Guided learning for each module consists of research and/or work with a professional in the field. Your instructor will coach you through this process.
- Each module culminates in a final demonstration of understanding, which includes a deliverable and a discussion-based assessment with your instructor.
- Here’s an example:
Let’s say you’re curious about a career in healthcare. You decide you’d like to learn about this career area, make a professional connection, earn a badge, and meet competencies for your 9th-grade English requirement. While enrolled in English 1 Experiences, you conduct research to better understand language and structure in writing. Then you may work with an Occupational Therapist to help apply your writing skills to the creation of an informational video about adaptive equipment for patients. The video aims to advise family members of patients regarding the use of accommodations and equipment to help patients perform daily tasks. Now you’ve earned the Language and Structure in Writing competency! This is just one example of the many ways Experiences can bridge competencies to careers.
Obtaining a Mentor: Prior to enrollment, please have an idea for a mentor in mind. We have partnered with hundreds of mentors you can work with during your Experience, who you can find in our Career Mentor Catalog here. Or, you may consult with our counseling department by emailing [email protected] for help in identifying one.
*A parent/guardian permission form and background check of the mentor are both required to work with mentors without parental supervision.
Competencies
Shading and 3D Shapes
Students will demonstrate an understanding of drawing and shading three-dimensional shapes by creating and explaining a composition of a three-dimensional shape that includes a light source and a variety of values.
Line Drawings
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the different types of line drawings by explaining the purpose of each type and drawing an item using each type.
Perspective Drawings
Students will demonstrate an understanding of perspective drawings by explaining the difference between a one-point and two-point perspective drawing and creating shaded, one-point and two-point perspective drawings.
Still Life Drawings
Students will demonstrate an understanding of still life drawings by explaining the use of space and the role of proportion and creating a properly shaded illustration of a still life.
Surrealism
Students will demonstrate an understanding of surrealism by explaining the characteristics of surrealism, analyzing different surrealist artists’ artwork, and creating their own surreal drawing.
