Tennessee State Standards for Arts Education: Grade 1

TN.1.0. Dance: Elements and Skills - Students will identify and demonstrate movement elements and skills in performing dance.

1.1. Demonstrate non-locomotor movements such as bend, twist, stretch, and swing.

1.2. Demonstrate eight basic locomotor movements (walk, run, hop, jump, leap, gallop, slide and skip) traveling forward, backward, sideward, diagonally, and turning.

1.3. Explore movement in personal and general space.

1.4. Explore personal space (far-reach, mid-reach and near-reach).

1.5. Create a variety of body shapes (straight, angular, curved, twisted) at low, middle and high levels.

1.6. Demonstrate movements in straight and curved pathways.

1.7. Identify and move individual body parts.

1.8. Demonstrate kinesthetic awareness in stillness and movement.

1.9. Explore the qualities of energy through movement (smooth, sharp, free, bound, strong, light, vibratory and swinging).

1.10. Demonstrate moving to a steady beat and explore responding to changes in tempo.

1.11. Demonstrate a basic understanding of spatial relationships (body part to body part and individual to individual); i.e., beside, between, over, under, together and apart.

TN.2.0. Dance: Choreography - Students will understand choreographic principles, processes, and structures.

2.1. Use improvisation to explore and invent a sequence showing a beginning, middle, and end.

2.2. Demonstrate the following partner skills: copying, leading and following, and mirroring.

2.3. Show the ability to respond in movement to stories, poems, artworks and music.

TN.3.0. Dance: Creativity and Communication - Students will understand dance as a way to create and communicate meaning.

3.1. Explain how dance is different from other forms of human movement (such as sports or everyday gestures).

3.2. Present one's dance to peers and explain its meaning.

3.3. Demonstrate appropriate audience behavior for dance performances.

TN.4.0. Dance: Criticism - Students will apply and demonstrate critical and creative thinking skills in dance.

4.1. Explore multiple solutions to a given movement problem.

4.2. Observe dances and identify similarities and differences.

TN.5.0. Dance: Cultural/Historical - Students will demonstrate and understand dance in various cultures and historical periods.

5.1. Demonstrate a folk dance from a culture.

5.2. Identify one way in which people have used dance throughout history as a part of a ceremony.

TN.6.0. Dance: Health - Students will make connections between dance and healthful living.

6.1. Identify the basic parts of the skeleton.

6.2. Identify healthy practices (such as nutrition and safety) that enhance the ability to dance.

TN.7.0. Dance: Interdisciplinary Connections - Students will make connections between dance and other disciplines.

7.1. Demonstrate how the same idea can be expressed in dance and in one other art form.

7.2. Explore the connections between dance and a minimum of two other academic disciplines.

TN.1.0. Music: Singing - Students will sing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.

1.1. Develop skill in singing a variety of children's songs.

1.2. Reproduce upward and downward direction vocally.

TN.2.0. Music: Playing Instruments - Students will perform on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.

2.1. Reproduce and maintain steady beat.

2.2. Develop skill in playing simple accompaniment patterns with melodies and poems.

2.3. Reproduce upward and downward direction of melodies.

TN.3.0. Music: Improvising - Students will improvise melodies, variations and accompaniments.

3.1. Create musical sounds to accompany stories.

TN.4.0. Music: Composing - Students will compose and arrange music within specified guidelines.

4.1. Compose short melodies using limited pitches.

TN.5.0. Music: Reading and Notating - Students will read and notate music.

5.1. Demonstrate an understanding of symbols which represent beat and rhythmic patterns.

TN.6.0. Music: Listening and Analyzing - Students will listen to, analyze, and describe music.

6.1. Recognize recurring rhythmic patterns in music.

6.2. Recognize same and different sections in familiar pieces of music.

6.3. Recognize the differences in mood of various contrasting familiar pieces of music.

6.4. Recognize, aurally, the difference between one voice or instrument and many voices or instruments (e.g., thick and thin texture).

TN.7.0. Music: Evaluating - Students will evaluate music and music performances.

7.1. Interpret emotions that are associated with selected musical examples.

TN.8.0. Music: Interdisciplinary Connections - Students will understand relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.

8.1. Understand similarities between music and language arts.

TN.9.0. Music: Historical and Cultural Relationships - Students will understand music in relation to history and culture.

9.1. Recognize familiar songs of different cultures.

TN.1.0. Theatre Art (Level II)

1.1. Sensory perception - Focus on details of sense awareness and sensory recall

1.2. Emotional expression - Focus on details of emotional and empathetic experiences

1.3. Imagination - Use imagination to react to imaginary objects, environments, and perception in dramatic activities

1.4. Movement - Use movement to explore thought, feeling, and roles from life, literature, and history

1.5. Language - Develop descriptive language through dramatic activities

1.6. Voice - Use voice to communicate thought, feeling, and role in dramatic activities

1.7. Artistic discipline - Develop responsibility through dramatic activities

1.8. Concentration - Develop techniques to focus and sustain attention in dramatic activities

1.9. Self-concept - Discover personal uniqueness and develop respect for individual differences

1.10. Ensemble and interpersonal skills - Cooperate and interact during dramatic activities

1.11. Problem solving - Explore problem solving and risk taking in dramatic context

1.12. Improvisation - Participate in improvised dramatic activities

1.13. Acting - Explore a variety of roles in life and fantasy situations through dramatic activities

1.14. Directing - Develop leadership skills through dramatic activities

1.15. Playmaking and playwriting - Apply observations of people, life and story elements in dramatic activities

1.16. Technical elements - Recognize technical theatre elements used in dramatic activities

1.17. Theatre Management - Examine elements of theatre management through theatre attendance

1.18. Dramatic literature - Use literature to create dramatic activities

1.19. Theatre history and heritage - Develop awareness of theatre heritage

1.20. Drama/Theatre in a multicultural society - Explore real and fantasy situations from many cultures through dramatic activities

1.21. Roles and careers - Develop awareness of a variety of roles and occupations through dramatic activities

1.22. Elements of drama - Explore the elements of drama in dramatic activities

1.23. Audience - Respond to live theatre and understand the audience's role

1.24. Theatre and other arts - Explore various art forms and relate to drama/theatre

1.25. Aesthetic response - Recognize and respond to unique qualities of drama/theatre

TN.1.0. Visual Arts: Media, Techniques, and Processes - Students will understand and apply media, techniques, and processes.

1.1. Use tools and materials in a safe and responsible manner.

1.2. Demonstrate an understanding of how to use selected tools and materials to create a work of art.

1.3. Explore a variety of techniques and processes to produce original works of art that reflect personal experiences, imagination, and observations.

TN.2.0. Visual Arts: Structures and Functions - Students will use knowledge of structures and functions.

2.1. Identify and use elements of art (e.g., line, shape, color, texture).

2.2. Identity and use principles of art (e.g., pattern, repetition).

2.3. Demonstrate an understanding that anyone can express ideas and feelings in original works of art.

2.4. Recognize and create art that is an important part of daily life.

TN.3.0. Visual Arts: Evaluation - Students will choose and evaluate a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas.

3.1. Know that subject matter can be real or imaginary.

3.2. Know that symbols are used to convey meaning.

3.3. Know that pictures tell a story.

TN.4.0. Visual Arts: Historical and Cultural Relationships - Students will understand the visual arts in relation to history and cultures.

4.1. Identify specific artwork from different cultures.

4.2. Identify specific artwork from different periods in history.

TN.5.0. Visual Arts: Reflection and Assessment - Students will reflect upon and assess the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others.

5.1. Identify various purposes for creating works of art.

5.2. Express personal preferences after viewing specific works of art.

TN.6.0. Visual Arts: Interdisciplinary Connections - Students will make connections between visual arts and other disciplines.

6.1. Gain an awareness of connections between visual arts and other disciplines.