Indiana State Standards for Arts Education: Grade 1

IN.1.1. Dance: Learning Dance Skills and the Creative Process: Students demonstrate knowledge and skills of dance elements.

1.1.1. Identify elements of theatre in everyday life, such as relationships (characters), clothes (costumes), locations (setting).

1.1.2. Recognize and discuss theatre as an expression and record of the human experience told through stories, songs, and dances.

1.1.3. List qualities of various types of live presentations (film, television, and electronic technology).

1.1.4. Explore the element of time through movement using tempo and rhythm.

IN.1.2. Dance: Learning Dance Skills and the Creative Process: Students understand and demonstrate choreographic principles, processes, and structures.

1.2.1. Recognize and discuss cultural traditions in stories, songs, fairy tales, fables, and nursery rhymes.

1.2.2. Explore the difference between improvised and learned movement using different styles of music.

1.2.3. Identify and demonstrate that dance has a beginning, middle, and end.

IN.1.3. Dance: Learning Dance Skills and the Creative Process: Students understand and demonstrate dance as a way to create and communicate.

1.3.1. Identify and describe the character, plot, and setting in stories.

1.3.2. Identify and describe the character, plot, and setting in classroom dramatizations and/or formal productions.

1.3.3. Explore the different ways that humans move.

IN.1.4. Dance: Analysis, Culture, and History: Students reflect upon, evaluate, and analyze dance experiences.

1.4.1. Make use of age-appropriate theatre vocabulary to critique what they see, hear, and understand.

1.4.2. Speculate on the meaning of a performance.

1.4.3. Describe observed dance movement activities using one dance element.

IN.1.5. Dance: Analysis, Culture, and History: Students understand and demonstrate dance from diverse cultures and historical periods.

1.5.1. Respond to plays, stories, songs, fairy tales, fables, and nursery rhymes.

1.5.2. Identify and explore dance from various cultures.

IN.1.6. Dance: Healthy Practices: Students demonstrate connections between dance and healthy living.

1.6.1. Dramatize stories using improvisation and theatre games.

1.6.2. Collaborate to create and present original stories.

IN.1.7. Dance: Integration: Students integrate dance with the other arts and disciplines outside the arts.

1.7.1. Use classroom materials to create visual environments for creative play.

1.7.2. Use family, school, and community resources to gather information about the appearance of a specific environment.

IN.1.8. Dance: Community and Careers: Students value the role of dance in the life of the community and identify its associated careers.

1.8.1. Observe and discuss the appearance and characteristics of people, creatures, and things.

1.8.2. Imitate or create people, creatures, or things based on observation.

IN.1.1. Music: Singing alone and with others: Students sing with a group on pitch and with the rhythm and tempo requested. They use good posture. Students in first grade sing expressively using dynamic contrasts. They sing from memory songs of different cultures.

1.1.1. Match a given pitch or a simple pitch pattern.

1.1.2. Sing on pitch while maintaining a steady beat.

1.1.3. Sing high and low pitches.

1.1.4. Sing loudly and softly with correct posture as taught by the instructor.

1.1.5. Sing a short memorized song in a foreign language.

IN.1.2. Music: Playing an instrument alone and with others: Students perform basic rhythmic and melodic patterns on rhythmic and melodic instruments. They maintain a steady tempo and play with a group.

1.2.1. Echo a given pitch or rhythmic pattern.

1.2.2. Play a simple ostinato.

1.2.3. Keep a steady beat on a percussion instrument.

1.2.4. Play an instrument with a group.

IN.1.3. Music: Reading, notating and interpreting music: Students read and notate basic notation in simple meters or groupings using a system of numbers or syllables. They identify and notate musical symbols and terms.

1.3.1. Read, notate, and perform quarter and eighth notes in groupings of two or four

1.3.2. Read and use movement to demonstrate the effect of a quarter rest.

1.3.3. Identify a musical staff and bar lines.

1.3.4. Read given pitch patterns using solfege syllables or numbers.

IN.1.4. Music: Improvising melodies and accompaniments: Students improvise rhythmic and melodic phrases that sound similar to those played by a teacher. They improvise using many sound sources, including sounds from the classroom, body sounds, and sounds from electronic sources.

1.4.1. Respond, either on an instrument or by singing, to teacher given 'questions.'

1.4.2. Invent and perform a short ostinato either on an instrument or vocally.

IN.1.5. Music: Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines: Students create music that will go with readings. They create short melodic or rhythmic patterns, using a variety of sound sources.

1.5.1. Compose a melodic or rhythmic pattern using traditional or non-traditional sounds.

IN.1.6. Music: Listening to, analyzing, and describing music: Students depict changes in music being heard, either through movement or verbal response. They also begin to identify musical pitches as being in a high or low range. They describe qualities of musical examples after listening to them. Students use correct terminology as terms are introduced in class.

1.6.1. Depict changes such as from fast to slow or soft to loud through using movement, verbal description, or symbols.

1.6.2. Identify the sound of high versus low pitches by using hand motions.

1.6.3. Explore the use of sound effects and the voice to express character, feelings, and mood.

1.6.4. Identify the sound of an orchestra as opposed to that of a choir or brass ensemble.

1.6.5. Use movements to show the meaning of the terms crescendo (gradually louder) and decrescendo (gradually softer).

IN.1.7. Music: Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts: Students identify similarities and differences in the meanings of terms used in more than one art form. They also identify similarities among different subject areas and the arts.

1.7.1. Name terms or ideas that are used the same way in music, art, dance, or theatre.

1.7.2. Name ideas that are used differently in music, art, dance, or theatre.

IN.1.8. Music: Understanding music in relation to history and culture: Students identify musical works from other cultures. They also name various uses of music in everyday life.

1.8.1. Identify a folk song or instrument from America and one from another country.

1.8.2. Compare and contrast folk dances from two countries of the world.

1.8.3. Discuss stories to understand and describe character relationships.

IN.1.9. Music: Evaluating music and music performances: Students talk about what they hear in music.

1.9.1. Identify the various jobs people do in the theatre, such as actor, usher, box office attendant, stagehand, and carpenter.

IN.1.1. Visual Arts: Responding to Arts: History: Students understand the significance of visual art in relation to historical, social, political, spiritual, environmental, technological, and economic issues.

1.1.1. Understand that art reflects the culture of its origin.

1.1.2. Identify works of art and artifacts used in the customs, festivals, and celebrations of various cultures.

1.1.3. Identify similar themes and subject matter in works of art and artifacts from various cultures.

IN.1.2. Visual Arts: Responding to Arts: History: Students recognize significant works of Western and non-Western art and understand the chronological development of art movements.

1.2.1. Recognize and be familiar with selected works of art by identifying the artist.

1.2.2. Identify and distinguish between realistic and non-objective works of art.

1.2.3. Identify similar themes and subject matter in works of art and artifacts from various cultures.

IN.1.3. Visual Arts: Responding to Arts: Criticism: Students describe, research, and interpret works of art and artifacts.

1.3.1. Compare two works of art of similar subject matter and describe sensory, formal, technical, and expressive properties.

1.3.2. Speculate on meaning in works of art and support answers with personal response, properties found in the work, and background information.

1.3.3. Use appropriate art vocabulary.

IN.1.4. Visual Arts: Responding to Arts: Criticism: Students identify and apply criteria to make informed judgments about art.

1.4.1. Listen to a critic, artist, or historian talk about art.

IN.1.5. Visual Arts: Responding to Art: Aesthetics: Students reflect on and discuss the nature of art and aesthetic issues concerning the meaning and significance of art.

1.5.1. Observe and reflect on a work of art and share personal responses with peers; demonstrate curiosity.

1.5.2. Define art as things made by humans for the purpose of visual pleasure or communication.

IN.1.6. Visual Arts: Responding to Art: Aesthetics: Students theorize about art and make informed judgments.

1.6.1. Identify artwork made from the philosophy that art is at its best when it shows us the real world (imitationalism).

1.6.2. Identify and share personal preferences in art and recognize that people have different preferences.

IN.1.7. Visual Arts: Creating Art: Production: Students observe, select, and utilize a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas in their work.

1.7.1. Demonstrate observational skills in artworks.

1.7.2. Create artwork about self, family, and personal experiences.

1.7.3. Identify and use symbols to express ideas.

IN.1.8. Visual Arts: Creating Art: Production: Students understand and apply elements and principles of design effectively in their work.

1.8.1. Identify and apply elements (line, shape, form, texture, and color) and principles (repetition and variety) in their work.

1.8.2. Discriminate between types of shape (geometric and organic), colors (primary and secondary), lines (characteristics and qualities), textures (tactile and visual), and space (placement/overlapping/composition), in their work and the works of others.

IN.1.9. Visual Arts: Creating Art: Production: Students develop and apply skills using a variety of two dimensional and three dimensional media, tools, and processes to create works that communicate personal meaning.

1.9.1. Distinguish between two dimensional and three dimensional works of art.

1.9.2. Identify visual characteristics of a medium.

1.9.3. Identify and use media and processes to express ideas, experiences, and stories including: Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Ceramics, Sculpture/Architecture/Jewelry, Fibers, Mixed Media, and New Media.

1.9.4. Demonstrate safe and proper use, care, and storage of media, materials, and equipment.

IN.1.10. Visual Arts: Creating Art: Production: Students reflect on, revise, and refine work using problem solving and critical thinking skills.

1.10.1. Experience live theatre.

1.10.2. Discuss what makes theatre a unique activity.

1.10.3. Respect their work and the work of others.

IN.1.11. Visual Arts: Careers and Community: Students recognize a variety of art-related professions and careers in our society.

1.11.1. Use a theatre technique to understand a concept from another discipline.

IN.1.12. Visual Arts: Careers and Community: Students understand how art experiences affect daily life and identify opportunities for involvement in the arts.

1.12.1. Describe the ways other art forms enhance a theatre piece.

1.12.2. Visit local museums, exhibits, and experience visiting artists in the school.

IN.1.13. Visual Arts: Integrated Studies: Students identify and make connections between knowledge and skill in art and all other subject areas such as humanities, sciences, and technology.

1.13.1. Identify and distinguish between products and subject matter of visual art and other disciplines (language arts, math, science, social studies).

1.13.2. Demonstrate the ability to create a work of art utilizing concepts, subject matter, or the sign systems (words, numbers) of another discipline.

IN.1.14. Visual Arts: Integrated Studies: Students understand the integrative nature of art forms including dance, theater, music, visual art, and media art.

1.14.1. Identify and distinguish between products and processes of visual art and other art forms (dance, theater, music).

1.14.2. Demonstrate the ability to create an integrated work utilizing concepts, subject matter, and sign systems (image, movement, sound, words) of art and another art form.

IN.1.1. Theatre: History and Culture: Students understand the significance of theatre and its relationship to history and cultures.

1.1.1. Identify elements of theatre in everyday life, such as relationships (characters), clothes (costumes), locations (setting).

1.1.2. Recognize and discuss theatre as an expression and record of the human experience told through stories, songs, and dances.

1.1.3. List qualities of various types of live presentations (film, television, and electronic technology).

IN.1.2. Theatre: History and Culture: Students recognize significant works of the theatre and comprehend various performance styles.

1.2.1. Recognize and discuss cultural traditions in stories, songs, fairy tales, fables, and nursery rhymes.

IN.1.3. Theatre: Analysis and Response: Students understand and analyze the dramatic structure of plays and performances.

1.3.1. Identify and describe the character, plot, and setting in stories.

1.3.2. Identify and describe the character, plot, and setting in classroom dramatizations and/or formal productions.

IN.1.4. Theatre: Analysis and Response: Students identify, develop, and apply criteria to make informed judgments about theatre.

1.4.1. Make use of age-appropriate theatre vocabulary to critique what they see, hear, and understand.

1.4.2. Speculate on the meaning of a performance.

IN.1.5. Theatre: Analysis and Response: Students reflect on and interpret the nature of the theatre experience and its personal and artistic significance.

1.5.1. Respond to plays, stories, songs, fairy tales, fables, and nursery rhymes.

IN.1.6. Theatre: Creative Process: Students create scripts and theatre pieces through collaboration, inquiry, and improvisation.

1.6.1. Dramatize stories using improvisation and theatre games.

1.6.2. Collaborate to create and present original stories.

1.6.3. Explore the use of sound effects and the voice to express character, feelings, and mood.

IN.1.7. Theatre: Creative Process: Students utilize imagination and research to design and implement the elements of a visual environment.

1.7.1. Use classroom materials to create visual environments for creative play.

1.7.2. Use family, school, and community resources to gather information about the appearance of a specific environment.

IN.1.8. Theatre: Creative Process: Students develop acting skills through observation, improvisation, and script analysis.

1.8.1. Observe and discuss the appearance and characteristics of people, creatures, and things.

1.8.2. Imitate or create people, creatures, or things based on observation.

1.8.3. Discuss stories to understand and describe character relationships.

IN.1.9. Theatre: Careers and Community: Students recognize a variety of theatrical careers.

1.9.1. Identify the various jobs people do in the theatre, such as actor, usher, box office attendant, stagehand, and carpenter.

IN.1.10. Theatre: Careers and Community: Students develop a lifelong commitment to theatre arts and value their importance in the life of the community.

1.10.1. Experience live theatre.

1.10.2. Discuss what makes theatre a unique activity.

IN.1.11. Theatre: Integrated Studies: Students identify and make connections between theatre and other disciplines such as language arts, social studies, humanities, science, and technology.

1.11.1. Use a theatre technique to understand a concept from another discipline.

IN.1.12. Theatre: Integrated Studies: Students understand the integrative nature of theatre that includes dance, music, visual art, and media arts.

1.12.1. Describe the ways other art forms enhance a theatre piece.

1.1. Learning Dance Skills and the Creative Process: Students demonstrate knowledge and skills of dance elements.

1.2. Learning Dance Skills and the Creative Process: Students understand and demonstrate choreographic principles, processes, and structures.

1.3. Learning Dance Skills and the Creative Process: Students understand and demonstrate dance as a way to create and communicate.

1.4. Analysis, Culture, and History: Students reflect upon, evaluate, and analyze dance experiences.

1.5. Analysis, Culture, and History: Students understand and demonstrate dance from diverse cultures and historical periods.

1.6. Healthy Practices: Students demonstrate connections between dance and healthy living.

1.7. Integration: Students integrate dance with the other arts and disciplines outside the arts.

1.8. Community and Careers: Students value the role of dance in the life of the community and identify its associated careers.

1.9. Careers and Community: Students recognize a variety of theatrical careers.

1.10. Careers and Community: Students develop a lifelong commitment to theatre arts and value their importance in the life of the community.

1.11. Integrated Studies: Students identify and make connections between theatre and other disciplines such as language arts, social studies, humanities, science, and technology.

1.12. Integrated Studies: Students understand the integrative nature of theatre that includes dance, music, visual art, and media arts.