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Turkey Primary School Grade 1 Visual Arts Curriculum

This curriculum overview is based on the 2013 Visual Arts Curriculum for Grades 1-8 published by the Turkish Ministry of National Education.

The curriculum is divided into three main learning areas:

Visual Communication and Design: This area focuses on using art components (color, line, shape/form) and design principles in visual artworks. First graders are introduced to basic colors, lines (zigzag, dotted, undulating, spiral), and shapes (geometric, organic).
Cultural Heritage: This area aims to develop an understanding of the relationship between art and culture. First graders learn to recognize that art is a part of culture.
Art Criticism and Aesthetics: This area introduces students to basic art analysis and appreciation. First graders learn to differentiate between artificial and natural objects, describe the formal characteristics of artworks, and identify differences between artworks.

The following are the attainment goals for Grade 1, along with the explanations provided in the curriculum:

Visual Communication and Design:

Awareness of requirements for visual arts studies: The curriculum uses different materials and involves expressing feelings, thoughts, and observations.
Use of different materials, tools, and techniques: Students experiment with various art supplies.
Reflection of feelings and thoughts through visual art: Students express themselves creatively.
Production of visual art based on themes, subjects, thoughts, poems, and stories: Students create art inspired by various sources.
Arrangement of forms on a two-dimensional level: Example: Arranging squares, circles, and triangles on colored cardboard.
Awareness of figure-location relationship: Example: Positioning themselves in a space and identifying distance and size relations.
Use of big-small relations in visual arts studies: Students explore size relationships in their artwork.
Observation and drawing of objects and figures: Students practice observational drawing.
Formation of three-dimensional pieces: Example: Creating origami using cutting, gluing, and folding.
Use of art and design principles in visual artworks: Focus on main colors, zigzag, dotted, undulating, and spiral lines, and geometric and organic shapes.

Cultural Heritage:

Understanding that art is a part of culture.
Noticing that art is a part of culture.
Expressing impressions of museums, art galleries, artist workshops, historical ruins, etc.: This can include verbal or visual representations of their impressions.

Art Criticism and Aesthetics:

Distinguishing between artificial and natural objects: Example: Identifying human-made and natural objects, including artworks, and their art components (color, line, shape/form).
Describing the formal characteristics of artworks: Example: Examining artworks based on color, line, and shape/form.
Indicating differences between artworks: Example: Comparing a statue and an oil painting and discussing the differences.