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Dance
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1. The student builds movement skills and demonstrates increasing
physical control in using movement for artistic expression.
2. The student identifies and uses a wide variety of movements as
a means of artistic expression.
3. The student demonstrates the purposeful use of time, space, and
energy (force).
4. The student uses dance terminology to describe and analyze how
movements look and feel.
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1. The student uses focus, imagination, perceptions, feelings, and
thoughts
to create and perform dance studies.
2. The student manipulates the elements of dance to create short
dance
studies that have a definite beginning, middle, and ending.
3. The student rehearses and revises dance studies for the purpose
of
performing for others.
4. The student begins to examine how professional choreographers
create
dances.
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1. The student identifies and performs dances from an
increasingly diverse sample of cultures and time.
2. The student identifies the differences between and commonalities
among dances from various cultures and time periods.
3. The student studies and discusses the role of dance in community
events and identifies characteristics of authenticity in the performance
of traditional dance forms.
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1. The student builds dance terminology to identify and discuss
dances heor she has watched or performed.
2. The student uses specific criteria to assess the quality of dance
performances.
3. The student recognizes more detailed features of the experience
of
dancing and notices how the communication of ideas and moods adds
to the quality of the performance.
4. The student discusses the impact of the audience on the performers
and the impact of the performers on the audience.
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1. The student identifies ways in which dance relates to other subject
areas.
2. The student recognizes the ways in which the professions in
the visual and performing arts are similar to and different from
each other.
3. The student recognizes that there are multiple solutions to
problems in dance.
4. The student learns to manage his or her time and resources as
she or he studies and creates dance.
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1. The student demonstrates knowledge of and is able to analyze
the uses of the elements of music.
2. The student demonstrates perceptual skills by moving to music,
answering
questions about music, and describing aural examples of music.
3. The student identifies and uses standard notation symbols.
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1. The student sings or plays musical instruments on pitch,
in rhythm, andwith dynamics and maintains a steady tempo.
2. The student improvises melodies, variations, and accompaniments.
3. The student identifies and uses standard notational symbols.
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1. The student performs music from a variety of cultures.
2. The student demonstrates an understanding that music as well as
composers and musicians reflect and influence culture.
3. The student demonstrates an understanding of major music traditions
and styles from a variety of times and places.
4. The student identifies a variety of instruments from various cultures
and
describes how they sound.
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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 identify similarities and differences in the meanings
of common terms used in the various arts.
2. Students experience the creative process of music while working
in small groups.
3. Students identify ways in which the subject matter of other disciplines
taught in the school are interrelated with those of music.
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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.
Visual arts descriptor:
Students learn
how to perceive the world in an artistic way by refining their sensory
perceptions of works of art, objects
in nature,
events, and the environment. They identify visual elements and principles
of design using the language of the visual arts.
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1. The student recognizes and describes the visual characteristics
of works of art, objects in nature, events, and the environment.
2. The student identifies and describes 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 and describes 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 continues to expand and use art vocabulary.
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Standard
2.
Creative Expression:
Creating,
performing, and participating in the arts.
Visual arts descriptor:
Students develop
knowledge of and artistic skills in a variety of visual arts media and
technical processes. They apply the knowledge and skills and demonstrate
the processes in creating original artworks based on personal experiences.
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1. The student creates original works of art reflecting skill in
applying the art elements and principles of design.
2. The student explores a variety of visual art media, techniques,
and processes and chooses what to apply in his or her work.
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Standard
3.
Historical and
Cultural Context:
Understanding
historical contributions and cultural dimensions of the arts.
Visual arts descriptor:
Students explore
the role of the visual arts in
human history
and culture. They investigate universal themes and concepts in historical
and contemporary periods and styles in cultures throughout the world.
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1. The student will compare and contrast styles of art from a variety
of times, places, and cultures.
2. The student explores the role of the visual arts in human history.
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Standard
4.
Aesthetic Valuing:
Responding
to, analyzing, and making judgments about artworks.
Visual arts descriptor:
Students analyze,
interpret, and derive meaning from works of visual art. They make critical
judgments about and determine the quality of visual artworks and art experiences
in accord with learned elements and principles of art.
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1. The student develops specific criteria to assess works of art.
2. The student applies appropriate criteria when analyzing works
of art.
3. The student discusses and describes various purposes for creating
visual art.
4. The student analyzes the form (the way a work of art looks) and
content (what a work of art communicates) of works of art.
5. The student expresses his or her ideas about art and gives 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 visual arts to learning across disciplines. They develop
competencies in problem solving, communications skills, and management
of time and resources, all of which contribute to lifelong learning and
career skills.
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1. The student identifies ways in which the visual arts relate to
other subject areas.
2. The student recognizes the ways in which the professions in the
visual and performing arts are similar and different.
3. The student recognizes that there are multiple solutions to problems.
4. The student learns to manage his or her time and resources.
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Theatre
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Standard
1.
Artistic Perception:
Processing,
analyzing, and responding to sensory information through the language skills
unique to the arts.
Theatre descriptor:
Students
observe the environment and respond,
using movement
and voice. They observe informal productions, theatrical productions, films,
and electronic media and respond to them, using the vocabulary and language
of the theatre.
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1. The student demonstrates an understanding of works in theatre
by identifying, analyzing, and making choices about what is presented through
voice, movement, and visual effects in informal productions, theatrical
productio ns, films, and electronic media.
2. The student uses basic theatre vocabulary to talk about his or
her responses to plays or theatrical experiences.
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Standard
2.
Creative Expression:
Creating,
performing, and participating in the arts.
Theatre descriptor:
Students
develop knowledge and skills in acting, directing, and script writing through
their own experience and imagination as well as through their research
of literature and history. They create and perform theatrical productions
and explore the elements and technology of theatrical production through
varied media.
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1. The student participates in activities of the actor, director,
scriptwriter, and technical artists and the collaborative process that
occurs among them.
2. The student creates original works of theatre and performs works
created by others.
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Standard
3.
Historical and
Cultural Context:
Understanding
historical contributions and cultural dimensions of the arts
Theatre descriptor:
Students
research relationships between theatre and dramatic literature, history,
and culture. They investigate major themes, historical periods, and styles
of theatre in various cultures throughout the world.
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1. The student describes the historical context of theatre from
various cultures.
2. The student understands how theatre and those who work in all
aspects of theatre reflect and influence culture.
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Standard
4.
Aesthetic Valuing:
Responding
to, analyzing, and making judgments about works in theatre.
Theatre descriptor:
Students
describe, analyze, interpret, and derive meaning from works in theatre.
They develop criteria and then make
critical
judgments about and determine the quality of theatre experiences and performances
based on elements and principles of theatre.
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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, including informal and theatrical productions and electronic
media productions.
2. The student demonstrates an understanding of the elements of form
and content to judge the merits of theatrical productions and productions
on electronic media.
3. The student describes the form, content, and mood observed in
theatre and media production.
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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 theatre to learn-ing
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. 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, to lifelong learning, and to careers.
3. The student demonstrates an ability to work collaboratively to
solve problems.
4. The student demonstrates an understanding of the relationship
between efficiency and proficiency in accomplishing tasks.
5. The student develops communication skills to make formal and informal
presentations.
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