You have used Visual Arts Standards in your BVU UbD lesson template and throughout this course.  Many art teachers align their lessons with these national art standards.  In Iowa we also have what is called Iowa Visual Arts Core.  They follow the same idea as the National Art Standards. Some students chose to use either the National Art Standards or the Visual Arts Core to align their instruction.  Let's look at Iowa Visual Arts StandardsLinks to an external site. and see how they compare to the standards nationally.  Here is an example of the four Iowa Visual Arts Standards in this link Global Online AcademyLinks to an external site..

1. How do the Iowa Visual Arts Standards differ from the National Arts Standards?
2. What would be an example of responding to your art?
3. How could teachers "connect" their lesson to the outside world?