Chapter three is about unit foundations and choosing the appropriate enduring idea. In this chapter it stressed that students need to learn about themselves and make real-world connections through artmaking. This can be done through guiding classroom discussions so students can consider ideas and issues and relate them back to their own lives. The steps to develop a unit foundation taken from Rethinking Curriculum in Art are:
1. Selecting an enduring idea.
2. Choose an enduring idea that answers the questions:
4. Come up with key concepts and brainstorm to explain the enduring idea.
5. Make an essential question.
6. Formulate the unit objectives.
7. Align the Unit.
Information from Rethinking Curriculum in Art.
1. Selecting an enduring idea.
2. Choose an enduring idea that answers the questions:
- What is the importance of the idea? Is it worth studying?
- What is the appropriateness of the idea for students? How does it relate to their present and future interests and needs?
- How does it relate to contemporary culture?
- How is the enduring idea represented in the arts?
4. Come up with key concepts and brainstorm to explain the enduring idea.
5. Make an essential question.
6. Formulate the unit objectives.
7. Align the Unit.
Information from Rethinking Curriculum in Art.