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Dance
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1. The student explores movement as one kind of artistic expression.
2. The student develops basic motor skills and movement expression.
3. The student uses basic dance terminology to describe simple
movements.
4. The student explores the elements of dance (time, space, and
energy).
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1. The student uses imagination, perceptions, feelings, and thoughts
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create and perform improvised movements and movement sequences.
2. The student uses imagination, perceptions, feelings, and thoughts
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create and perform memorized movement sequences.
3. The student begins to learn the craft of making a dance phrase
and
builds the skills necessary for clear performance expression.
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1. The student identifies and performs dances from various cultures.
2. The student explores the differences between and commonalities
among dance steps and gestures from various cultures.
3. The student studies the role of dance in festivals, rites, rituals,
and other community events.
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1. The student begins to use basic dance terminology to identify
and
discuss what she or he has watched or performed.
2. The student describes the experience of dancing.
3. The student describes how ideas or moods are communicated in a
dance.
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1. The student explores how dance relates to other subject areas.
2. The student talks about what dancers do.
3. The student makes choices in solving artistic problems in dance.
4. The student explores the relationship between everyday movement
and
dance movement.
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1. The student demonstrates a basic musical vocabulary with which
she or
he expresses an understanding of simple forms and elements of music.
2. The student demonstrates perceptual skills by moving to music,
answer-ing
questions about music, and describing aural examples of music.
3. The student applies a system of musical notation to read and write
simple patterns of pitch and rhythm.
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1. The student sings or performs on instruments a varied repertoire
of
music.
2. The student improvises simple rhythmic and melodic ostinato accompa-niments.
3. The student creates movements that depict changes in musical elements
(melody, rhythm, tempo, form, dynamics, and timbre).
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1. The student applies appropriate criteria when talking about specific
pieces of music.
2. The student talks about meaning, images, mood, and feelings conveyed
by a variety of musical experiences.
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Standard
5.
Connections, Relations,
Applications:
Connecting
and applying what is learned in each art form to learning in
other art forms,
subject areas, and careers.
Music descriptor:
Students apply
what they learn in music to learning in
other subject
areas. They develop competencies in problem solving, communication skills,
working with others, and management of time and
resources,
all of which contribute to lifelong learning and career skills.
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1. Students explore how musicians work alone, together, and with
other people in the community.
2. Students learn how practice improves musical skills.
3. Students identify ways in which the subject matter of other disciplines
taught in the school are interrelated with those of music.
4. Students explore the relationship of music to the other arts.
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Visual Arts
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Standard
1.
Artistic Perception:
Processing,
analyzing, and responding to sensory information through the language and
skills unique to the arts.
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1. The student identifies artistic qualities in the environment
and in works of art and is able to make distinctions in the qualities.
2. The student identifies art elements as he or she explores, analyzes,
and talks about what he or she sees and creates (line, color, shape/form,
texture, space).
3. The student identifies design principles as he or she explores,
analyzes, and talks about what he or she sees and creates (balance, contrast,
emphasis, movement, rhythm, unity).
4. The student understands and uses basic art vocabulary.
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Standard
2.
Creative Expression:
Creating,
performing, and participating in the arts.
Visual Arts
Descriptor:
Students develop
vocal and instrumental music skills in
order to perform
a varied repertoire of music. They compose and arrange music and improvise
melodies, variations, and accompaniments.
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1. The student creates original works of art.
2. The student explores a variety of visual arts media, techniques,
and processes.
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Standard
3.
Historical and
Cultural Context:
Understanding
historical contributions and cultural dimensions of the arts.
Visual Arts
Descriptor:
Students develop
knowledge and skills necessary to
understand
and perform music from all parts of the world. They investigate the relationship
of music to history and culture.
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1. The student examines artworks from a variety of cultures.
2. The student describes major themes and styles in visual art from
the past and present.
3. The student explores the role of visual arts in human history.
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Standard
4.
Aesthetic Valuing:
Responding
to, analyzing, and making judgments about works in the arts
Visual Arts
descriptor:
Students describe,
analyze, interpret, and derive
meaning from
musical works. They develop criteria, then make critical judgments about
and determine the quality of musical experiences and performances based
on elements and principles of music.
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1. The student talks about his or her artwork and the works of others.
2. The student talks about the reasons that people make art.
3. The student uses art vocabulary to express his or her ideas and
to give reasons for his or her preferences in works of art.
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Standard
5.
Connections,
Relations, Applications:
Connecting
and applying what is learned in each art form to learning in other art
forms, subject areas, and careers
Visual Arts
descriptor:
Students apply
what they learn in dance to learning
across disciplines.
They develop competencies in problem solving, commu-nication skills, and
management of time and resources, all of which contribute to lifelong learning
and career skills.
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1. The student explores how visual arts relate to other subject
areas.
2. The student talks about what artists do.
3. The student makes choices in solving artistic problems.
4. The student learns to complete tasks.
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Theatre
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Standard
1.
Artistic Perception:
Processing,
analyzing, and responding to sensory information through the language and
skills unique to the arts.
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1. The student refines the use of his or her senses to perceive
the world in an artistic way.
2. The student observes objects, animals, and people and re-creates
their characteristics using movement and voice.
3. The student demonstrates understanding of works in theatre by
explor-ing, analyzing, making choices, and talking about what is presented
through voice, movement, and visual effects.
4. The student uses basic theatre vocabulary to talk about his or
her response to a play or other theatrical experience.
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Standard
2.
Creative Expression:
Creating,
performing, and participating in the arts.
Theatre Descriptor:
Students
develop vocal and instrumental music skills in
order to
perform a varied repertoire of music. They compose and arrange music and
improvise melodies, variations, and accompaniments.
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1. The student demonstrates understanding of various creative activities
of people in theatre.
2. The student creates original works of theatre and performs works
created by others.
3. The student creates theatre by participating in the planning and
perfor-mance of stories, improvisations, and classroom dramatizations.
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Standard
3.
Historical and
Cultural Context:
Understanding
historical contributions and cultural dimensions of the arts.
Theatre descriptor:
Students
develop knowledge and skills necessary to
understand
and perform music from all parts of the world. They investigate the relationship
of music to history and culture.
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1. The student identifies some major traditions and themes in stories
and theatre.
2. The student begins to understand the relationship between theatre,
history, and culture.
3. The student identifies some styles of theatre in different cultures
and time periods.
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Standard
4.
Aesthetic Valuing:
Responding
to, analyzing, and making judgments about works in the arts
Theatre descriptor:
Students
describe, analyze, interpret, and derive meaning from musical works. They
develop criteria, then make critical judgments about and determine the
quality of musical experiences and performances based on elements and principles
of music.
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1. The student demonstrates an understanding that specific criteria
can be developed and used to assess the qualities and merits of works in
theatre.
2. The student will apply appropriate criteria when evaluating theatrical
experiences and electronic media productions.
3. The student demonstrates an understanding of the form (how a work
in theatre looks) and content (what a work communicates) in works of
theatre.
4. The student will talk about meaning, images, and mood conveyed
by performances.
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Standard
5.
Connections,
Relations, Applications:
Connecting
and applying what is learned in each art form to learning in other art
forms, subject areas, and careers
Theatre descriptor:
Students
apply what they learn in dance to learning across disciplines. They develop
competencies in problem solving, communication skills, and management of
time and resources, all of which contribute to lifelong learning and career
skills.
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1. The student demonstrates an understanding of similarities and
differences among art forms.
2. The student begins to recognize how artistic experiences relate
to other subject areas and lifelong learning.
3. The student demonstrates an ability to work cooperatively.
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