Mississippi State Standards for Arts Education: Grade 10

MS.1. Visual Arts (Advanced): Creating/Performing (CP): Students will communicate ideas and feelings by creating and performing works of art through the visual arts.

1.1. Students will write scripts based on personal experience, heritage, imagination, literature, and history through improvisation and research

1.2. Students will understand how to effectively use the elements and principles of design and media, techniques, and processes to communicate intended meaning

1.3. Students will conceptualize and realize a unified artistic interpretation for formal and informal productions

1.4. Students will evaluate the consequences of decisions made and actions taken in the directing process

MS.2. Visual Arts (Advanced): Critical Analysis (CA): Students will respond to, describe, analyze, interpret, and evaluate the complex characteristics of the visual arts.

2.1. Students will evaluate production concept and dramatic interpretation in classroom dramatizations, and from theatre, film, television, and electronic media productions

2.2. Students will understand a range of ways to critique works of art and design through reading, writing, and speaking

2.3. Students will understand personal experiences as it influences the interpretation and the making of dance

MS.3. Visual Arts (Advanced): History/Culture (HC): Students will understand the roles and functions of artists and visual arts in cultures, times, and places.

3.1. Students will critically evaluate the role of theatre, film, television, and electronic media in other cultures, times, and places

3.2. Students will understand how universal themes, concepts, forms, and functions may be interpreted differently in works of art and design across cultures, times, and places

MS.4. Theatre (Proficient): Aesthetics (A): Students will perceive, understand, and appreciate the diverse meanings and value of theatre.

4.1. Students will express meaning as a response to works of theatre and theatre artists on the basis of their aesthetic qualities

4.2. Students will understand the sensorial discovery of human movement

4.3. Students will know and respond from an individual perspective to great dance works, innovators and performers

4.4. Students will practice and advocate the patronage of dance and the arts

MS.5. Theatre (Advanced): Connections (C): Students will make valid connections among the arts, others subject areas, and everyday life.

5.1. Students will synthesize elements of all the arts, as well as internal and external experiences, into the creation of a theatrical production

5.2. Students will analyze contributions of musicians and the music industry to individuals, their communities, and their cultures

5.3. Students will practice skills leading to dance careers

MS.1. Music (Proficient): Creating/Performing (CP): Students will communicate ideas and feelings by improvising, composing, arranging, and performing works of music.

1.1. Students will perform in choral or instrumental ensembles of varying sizes and descriptions

1.2. Students will create and perform arrangements using a variety of music elements with simple melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic patterns and accompaniments

MS.2. Music (Proficient): Critical Analysis (CA): Students will respond to, describe, analyze, interpret, and evaluate the complex characteristics of music.

2.1. Students will listen to, analyze, and evaluate music in a variety of forms and styles

2.2. Students will analyze music performances by using critical thinking and listening skills supported by musical terminology

2.3. Students will demonstrate an understanding of music notation and symbols by reading and performing music

MS.3. Music (Proficient): History/Culture (HC): Students should understand the roles and functions of music and musicians in cultures, times, traditions, and places.

3.1. Students will analyze forms and subject matter in music that recur across cultures, times, and places

MS.4. Music (Proficient): Aesthetics (A): Students will perceive, understand, and appreciate the diverse meanings and value of music.

4.1. Students will interpret the value of a musical work in terms of aesthetic qualities

MS.5. Music (Proficient): Connections (C): Students should make valid connections among the arts, others subject areas, and everyday life.

5.1. Students will analyze the relationship of content in music to other arts and other subjects

5.2. Students will analyze contributions of musicians and the music industry to individuals, their communities, and their cultures

MS.1. Theatre (Proficient): Creating/Performing (CP): Students will communicate ideas and feelings by creating and performing works of art through theatre.

1.1. Students will write scripts based on personal experience, heritage, imagination, literature, and history through improvisation and research

1.2. Students will develop and communicate characters in improvisations and informal productions

1.3. Students will design and produce environments through exploration of artistic interpretations

1.4. Students will direct by organizing and conducting rehearsals for formal and informal productions

MS.2. Theatre (Proficient): Critical Analysis (CA): Students will respond to, describe, analyze, interpret, and evaluate the complex characteristics of theatre.

2.1. Students will understand personal preferences and construct meanings from classroom dramatizations, theatre, film, television, and electronic media productions

2.2. Students will utilize research to support and defend artistic choices made in theatre production

MS.3. Theatre (Proficient): History/Culture (HC): Students will understand the roles and functions of artists and theatre in cultures, times, and places.

3.1. Students will study context by analyzing the role of theatre, film, television, and electronic media in other cultures, times, and places social values and accomplishments of other cultures, times, and places

MS.4. Theatre (Proficient): Aesthetics (A): Students will perceive, understand, and appreciate the diverse meanings and value of theatre.

4.1. Students will express meaning as a response to works of theatre and theatre artists on the basis of their aesthetic qualities

MS.5. Theatre (Proficient): Connections (C): Students will make valid connections among the arts, others subject areas, and everyday life.

5.1. Students will understand connections between content in theatrical experiences and other art disciplines, subject areas, and everyday life

MS.1. Visual Arts (Proficient): Creating/Performing (CP): Students will communicate ideas and feelings by creating and performing works of art through the visual arts.

1.1. Students will apply proficient skills in the selection and use of various media, techniques, and processes to create and study works of art

1.2. Students will understand how the use of the elements and principles of design applied through media, techniques, and processes relate to communication of meaning

1.3. Students will understand how media, techniques, and processes create effects that evoke a range of responses

MS.2. Visual Arts (Proficient): Critical Analysis (CA): Students will respond to, describe, analyze, interpret, and evaluate the complex characteristics of the visual arts.

2.1. Students will use perceptual skills and apply expanded visual arts vocabulary to inform judgements while creating and studying works of art

2.2. Students will know various theories of critical analysis for studying the characteristics of works of art and design through reading, writing and speaking

MS.3. Visual Arts (Proficient): History/Culture (HC): Students will understand the roles and functions of artists and visual arts in cultures, times, and places.

3.1. Students will know that context is a factor in determining roles, functions and purposes of the visual arts across cultures, times, and places , works of art and visual arts careers vary across cultures, times, and places

3.2. Students will know universal themes, concepts, forms, and functions that recur in works of art and design across cultures, times, and places

3.3. Students will understand the impact of culture, time, and place on the characteristics of works of art and design

MS.4. Visual Arts (Proficient): Aesthetics (A): Students will perceive, understand, and appreciate the diverse meanings and value of the visual arts.

4.1. Students will know different theories of aesthetics

4.2. Students will understand how contextual factors affect how people respect, value, and derive meaning from art

MS.5. Visual Arts (Proficient): Connections (C): Students will make valid connections among the arts, others subject areas, and everyday life.

5.1. Students will understand that the meaningful integration of visual arts concepts and skills with knowledge in other subject areas provides essential tools for everyday life

5.2. Students will understand how common concepts, technologies, media, and processes of the visual arts relate to those in other subject areas - within and outside the arts

MS.1. Dance (Advanced): Creating/Performing (CP): Students will communicate ideas and feelings by creating and performing dance.

1.1. Students will know and perceive performance of dance

1.2. Students will know and apply improvisation to performance and dance-making

1.3. Students will understand and apply choreographic forms in dance-making

1.4. Students will apply innovative dimensions to dance productions

MS.2. Dance (Advanced): Critical Analysis (CA): Students will respond to, describe, analyze, interpret, and evaluate the complex characteristics of dance.

2.1. Students will compose and evaluate dance studies utilizing abstract movement and the elements of dance

2.2. Students will analyze and critique the context of dance from a variety of perspectives

2.3. Students will understand how personal perspectives influence dance critique

MS.3. Dance (Advanced): History/Culture (HC): Students will understand the role and functions of dancers and dance in cultures, times, and places.

3.1. Students will critique historical and cultural dances

3.2. Students will competently perform various styles from a broad spectrum of cultures with advanced technical proficiency dances from various cultures and traditions

MS.4. Dance (Advanced): Aesthetics (A): Students will perceive, understand, and appreciate the diverse meanings and value of dance.

4.1. Students will know and understand meaning of dance movement through written, visual and verbal responses

4.2. Students will know and value the sensorial discovery of human movement

4.3. Students will understand that values and meanings assigned to great dance works in individual innovators and performers is diverse and based upon individual perspectives

4.4. Students will exemplify the patronage of dance and the arts

MS.5. Dance (Advanced): Connections (C): Students will make valid connections among the arts, other subject areas, and everyday life.

5.1. Students will promote the connections between living and learning through dance

5.2. Students will network and produce a community dance project

5.3. Students will develop skills leading to dance careers

MS.1. Music (Advanced): Creating/Performing (CP): Students will communicate ideas and feelings by improvising, composing, arranging, and performing works of music.

1.1. Students will perform works of music that include combinations of instruments and voices as well as solo performances

1.2. Students will create and perform original music and arrangements in a variety of forms, styles, and genres

MS.2. Music (Advanced): Critical Analysis (CA): Students will respond to, describe, analyze, interpret, and evaluate the complex characteristics of music.

2.1. Students will analyze and interpret music of various historic periods, forms, and styles

2.2. Students will evaluate the quality of music performances and compositions using multiple criteria and various evaluation tools

2.3. Students will demonstrate the ability to read a full score by describing how the elements of music are used

MS.3. Music (Advanced): History/Culture (HC): Students should understand the roles and functions of music and musicians in cultures, times, traditions, and places.

3.1. Students will assess the impact of music and musicians of various cultures, times, and places on society today

MS.4. Music (Advanced): Aesthetics (A): Students will perceive, understand, and appreciate the diverse meanings and value of music.

4.1. Students will evaluate selected musical works in terms of aesthetic qualities

MS.5. Music (Advanced): Connections (C): Students should make valid connections among the arts, others subject areas, and everyday life.

5.1. Students will integrate knowledge of music with knowledge in the other arts and other subjects

5.2. Students will evaluate the role of music as a lifelong career or avocation

MS.1. Theatre (Advanced): Creating/Performing (CP): Students will communicate ideas and feelings by creating and performing works of art through theatre.

1.1. Students will write and objectively evaluate scripts through improvising, writing, and refining scripts based on personal experience, heritage, imagination, literature, and history

1.2. Students will develop objectivity in appraising personal abilities and creative endeavors while acting in improvisations and formal and informal productions

1.3. Students will conceptualize and realize a unified artistic interpretation for formal and informal productions

1.4. Students will evaluate the consequences of decisions made and actions taken in the directing process

MS.2. Theatre (Advanced): Critical Analysis (CA): Students will respond to, describe, analyze, interpret, and evaluate the complex characteristics of theatre.

2.1. Students will evaluate production concept and dramatic interpretation in classroom dramatizations, and from theatre, film, television, and electronic media productions

2.2. Students will synthesize knowledge of researched material into the creation of a theatre production

MS.3. Theatre (Advanced): History/Culture (HC): Students will understand the roles and functions of artists and theatre in cultures, times, and places.

3.1. Students will critically evaluate the role of theatre, film, television, and electronic media in other cultures, times, and places

MS.4. Theatre (Advanced): Aesthetics (A): Students will perceive, understand, and appreciate the diverse meanings and value of theatre.

4.1. Students will critique and derive meaning from works of theatre and theatre artists on the basis of their aesthetic qualities

MS.5. Theatre (Advanced): Connections (C): Students will make valid connections among the arts, others subject areas, and everyday life.

5.1. Students will synthesize elements of all the arts, as well as internal and external experiences, into the creation of a theatrical production

MS.1. Visual Arts (Advanced): Creating/Performing (CP): Students will communicate ideas and feelings by creating and performing works of art through the visual arts.

1.1. Students will demonstrate accomplished skills in the selection and use of various media, techniques and processes to create and study works of art

1.2. Students will understand how to effectively use the elements and principles of design and media, techniques, and processes to communicate intended meaning

1.3. Students will understand how to select specific media, techniques, and processes to create particular effects that evoke intended response

MS.2. Visual Arts (Advanced): Critical Analysis (CA): Students will respond to, describe, analyze, interpret, and evaluate the complex characteristics of the visual arts.

2.1. Students will synthesize perceptual abilities with fully developed visual arts vocabulary to informed judgements while creating and studying works of art

2.2. Students will understand a range of ways to critique works of art and design through reading, writing, and speaking

MS.3. Visual Arts (Advanced): History/Culture (HC): Students will understand the roles and functions of artists and visual arts in cultures, times, and places.

3.1. Students will understand the impact of context on roles, functions, and purposes of the visual arts across cultures, times, and places

3.2. Students will understand how universal themes, concepts, forms, and functions may be interpreted differently in works of art and design across cultures, times, and places

3.3. Students will understand the impact of culture, time, and place on the characteristics of works of art and design

MS.4. Visual Arts (Advanced): Aesthetics (A): Students will perceive, understand, and appreciate the diverse meanings and value of the visual arts.

4.1. Students will understand different theories and philosophies of aesthetics as applied to art forms

4.2. Students will understand the complexities of contextual factors and their dynamic interrelationships with perceived or communicated meaning in works of art

MS.5. Visual Arts (Advanced): Connections (C): Students will make valid connections among the arts, others subject areas, and everyday life.

5.1. Students will recognize how the meaningful integration of visual arts concepts and skills with knowledge in other subject areas builds a strong foundation for the pursuit of professional careers

5.2. Students will understand how common concepts, technologies, media, and processes of the visual arts, and those in other subject areas - within and outside the arts, are prerequisite tools for pursuing professional arts-related careers