Wisconsin State Standards for Arts Education: Grade 12

WI.A. Art and Design: Knowing: Visual Memory and Knowledge: Students in Wisconsin will know and remember information and ideas about the art and design around them and throughout the world.

A.12.1. Students will possess a mental storehouse of images

A.12.2. Students will know advanced vocabulary related to their study of art

A.12.3. Students will know and recognize styles of art from their own and other parts of the world

A.12.4. Students will know and recognize many styles of art from various times

A.12.5. Students will explain that art is one of the greatest achievements of human beings

A.12.6. Students will use art as a basic way of thinking and communicating about the world

WI.B. Art and Design: Knowing: History, Citizenship, and Environment: Students in Wisconsin will understand the value and significance of the visual arts, media and design in relation to history, citizenship, the environment, and social development.

B.12.1. Students will demonstrate how artists and cultures throughout history have used art to communicate ideas and to develop functions, structures, and designs

B.12.2. Students will show ways that form, function, meaning, and expressive qualities of art and design change from culture to culture and artist to artist

B.12.3. Students will relate works of art and designed objects to specific cultures, times, and places

B.12.4. Students will know how artists, designers, and cultures influence art

B.12.5. Students will understand how their choices in art are shaped by their own culture and society

B.12.6. Students will describe, analyze, interpret, and judge art images and objects from various cultures, artists, and designers

B.12.7. Students will understand and apply environmental and aesthetic issues to concepts related to the design of packaging, industrial products, and cities

B.12.8. Students will know the contributions of art historians, cultural anthropologists, and philosophers of art to our understanding of art and design

WI.C. Art and Design: Doing: Visual Design and Production: Students in Wisconsin will design and produce quality original images and objects, such as paintings, sculptures, designed objects, photographs, graphic designs, videos, and computer images.

C.12.1. Students will use the elements and principles of design in sophisticated ways

C.12.2. Students will understand the procedures of developing quality design

C.12.3. Students will use design to create artworks that have different meanings

C.12.4. Students will use advanced design techniques to improve and/or change artwork

C.12.5. Students will analyze the complexities of nature and use challenging artistic images and ideas as visual resources

C.12.6. Students will experiment visually with sketches for complex solutions involving concepts and symbols

C.12.7. Students will apply advanced craft and skills to consistently produce quality art

C.12.8. Students will use the natural characteristics of materials and their possibilities and limitations to create works of art

C.12.9. Students will use ongoing reflective strategies to assess and better understand one's work and that of others during the creative process

C.12.10. Students will assume personal responsibility for their learning and the creative process

WI.D. Art and Design: Doing: Practical Applications: Students in Wisconsin will apply their knowledge of people, places, ideas, and language of art and design to their daily lives.

D.12.1. Students will know about the history, public art, and unique architecture of their cultural community

D.12.2. Students will know about artists and designers, such as architects, furniture designers, critics, preservationists, museum curators, and gallery owners, in their community

D.12.3. Students will explain how the environment influences the look and use of art, architecture, and design

D.12.4. Students will use basic concepts in art, such as 'form follows function,' 'destruction of the box,' 'less is more,' balance, symmetry, integrity, authenticity, and originality

D.12.5. Students will know common language in art, such as abstraction, representation, impressionism, reproduction, serigraphy, sculpture, graphic design, construction, and aesthetics

D.12.6. Students will apply problem-solving strategies that promote fluency, flexibility, elaboration, and originality

WI.E. Art and Design: Communicating: Visual Communication and Expression: Students in Wisconsin will produce quality images and objects that effectively communicate and express ideas using varied media, techniques, and processes.

E.12.1. Students will communicate ideas by producing sophisticated studio art forms, such as drawings, paintings, prints, sculpture, jewelry, fibers, and ceramics

E.12.2. Students will communicate ideas by producing advanced design art forms, such as graphic design, product design, architecture, landscape, and media arts, such as film, photography, and multimedia

E.12.3. Students will communicate ideas by producing popular images and objects, such as folk art, traditional arts and crafts, popular arts, mass media, and consumer products

E.12.4. Students will communicate ideas by producing advanced visual communication forms useful in everyday life, such as sketches, diagrams, graphs, plans, and models

E.12.5. Students will continue to use the visual arts to express ideas that can't be expressed by words alone

WI.F. Art and Design: Communicating: Visual Media and Technology: Students in Wisconsin will understand the role of, and be able to use, computers, video, and other technological tools and equipment.

F.12.1. Students will make informed judgments about mass media, such as magazines, television, computers, and films

F.12.2. Students will understand visual techniques used in mass media

F.12.3. Students will interpret visual messages in advertisements, news, and entertainment programs

F.12.4. Students will recognize stereotyping in visual media

F.12.5. Students will understand the effects of production techniques on viewers' perceptions

F.12.6. Students will use a range of media techniques to create art

F.12.7. Students will apply a working knowledge of media production systems

F.12.8. Students will revise media productions based on personal reflection and audience response

WI.G. Art and Design: Thinking: Art and Design Criticism: Students in Wisconsin will interpret visual experiences, such as artwork, designed objects, architecture, movies, television, and multimedia images, using a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas.

G.12.1. Students will use visual images as tools for thinking and communicating

G.12.2. Students will know how to find the meanings in artwork

G.12.3. Students will interpret more complex meanings in challenging works of art, including media arts

G.12.4. Students will create works of art that have complex meanings

WI.H. Art and Design: Thinking: Visual Thinking: Students in Wisconsin will develop perception, visual discrimination, and media literacy skills to become visually educated people.

H.12.1. Students will interpret complex patterns and forms by drawing them

H.12.2. Students will know how human eyes work to see subtle changes in light, color, textures, and surfaces

H.12.3. Students will use careful observation to draw, paint, and sculpt from life

H.12.4. Students will create two-dimensional plans to make three-dimensional models

H.12.5. Students will make and interpret maps, charts, and plans

H.12.6. Students will be critical viewers and producers of mass-media images

WI.I. Art and Design: Understanding: Personal and Social Development: Students in Wisconsin will use their senses and emotions through art and design to develop their minds and to improve social relationships.

I.12.1. Students will use art to understand their own and others' emotions

I.12.2. Students will make art that explores a variety of emotions

I.12.3. Students will compare and contrast feelings in a work of art

I.12.4. Students will look at art and compare their feelings with those of the artist and others

I.12.5. Students will understand and recognize that art reflects the history and culture in which it was created

I.12.6. Students will create art that expresses deep feelings

I.12.7. Students will work independently, collaboratively, and with deep concentration when creating works of art

WI.J. Art and Design: Understanding: Cultural and Aesthetic Understanding: Students in Wisconsin will reflect upon the nature of art and design and meaning in art and culture.

J.12.1. Students will understand the purposes and functions of art

J.12.2. Students will choose materials and techniques to influence the expressive quality of art

J.12.3. Students will identify ways different cultures think about art

J.12.4. Students will identify ways philosophers think about art

J.12.5. Students will understand their own ideas about the purposes and meanings of art

J.12.6. Students will know the value of art as a basic part of being human

J.12.7. Students will understand and apply art criticism and aesthetic knowledge in art and design

J.12.8. Students will know concepts of beauty in different cultures

J.12.9. Students will identify the differences between original artworks, reproductions, and copies

J.12.10. Students will reflect and talk about works of art

WI.K. Art and Design: Creating: Making Connections: Students in Wisconsin will make connections among the arts, other disciplines, other cultures, and the world of work.

K.12.1. Students will connect their knowledge and skills in art to other areas, such as the humanities, sciences, social studies, and technology

K.12.2. Students will invent new artistic forms to communicate ideas and solutions to problems

K.12.3. Students will apply what they know about the nature of life, nature, the physical world, and the human condition to their understanding and creation of art

K.12.4. Students will continue to use a variety of tools, such as more sophisticated application of words, numbers, sounds, movements, images, objects, emotions, technology, and spaces, to help understand and communicate about the visual world

K.12.5. Students will know about a range of art activities, such as museum curation, historic preservation, collecting, and writing about art and design

K.12.6. Students will know the similarities and differences of world cultures by studying their fine arts: music, dance, theatre, literature, and architecture

WI.L. Art and Design: Creating: Visual Imagination and Creativity: Students in Wisconsin will use their imaginations and creativity to develop multiple solutions to problems, expand their minds, and create ideas for original works of art and design.

L.12.1. Students will use their knowledge, intuition, and experiences to develop ideas for artwork

L.12.2. Students will continue to develop a base of knowledge and skills from which to create new ideas

L.12.3. Students will use personal traits, such as independent thinking, courage, integrity, insight, and dedication, in creating quality art and design

L.12.4. Students will use the knowledge of nature and works of art as sources for new ideas

L.12.5. Students will develop a personal style in art and design that reflects who they are

L.12.6. Students will understand that art is created by people with different world views, expresses diverse ideas, and changes over time

L.12.7. Students will imagine complex situations from a variety of challenging points of view

WI.A. Dance: Motor Learning: Students in Wisconsin will recognize, understand, and demonstrate movement elements and skills in dance.

A.12.1. Students will continue to explore and integrate the three elements of dance (space, time, and force) while demonstrating consistency and reliability in performing technical skills

A.12.2. Students will apply the following movement skills and underlying principles: alignment, balance, initiation of movement, isolation of body parts, weight shift, elevation and landing, and fall and recovery

A.12.3. Students will use increasingly complex combinations of locomotor and nonlocomotor movements, emphasizing the elements of space, time, and force

A.12.4. Students will create rhythmic patterns and develop rhythmic accuracy

A.12.5. Students will create and perform combinations and variations in a broad dynamic range

A.12.6. Students will demonstrate kinesthetic awareness, concentration, and focus consistently while moving

A.12.7. Students will demonstrate the ability to remember extended movement sequences

A.12.8. Students will observe and describe movement elements in creative dance studies, using appropriate movement/dance vocabulary and with increased understanding

WI.B. Dance: Kinesthetic Awareness: Students in Wisconsin will use the body as the instrument of expression and use movement as the medium to develop kinesthetic awareness.

B.12.1. Students will recognize and apply the laws of motion in sophisticated movement problems

B.12.2. Students will exhibit control and efficiency while moving

B.12.3. Students will practice correct body alignment while performing increasingly complex movement sequences

B.12.4. Students will improve strength, flexibility, balance, and neuromuscular coordination

B.12.5. Students will refine technique through self-evaluation and correction

B.12.6. Students will maintain a positive body image

WI.C. Dance: Improvisation: Students in Wisconsin will improvise using movement elements, themes, personal experience, and imagination.

C.12.1. Students will use improvisation to explore, discover, and create movement phrases (short movement studies)

C.12.2. Students will use music, props, costumes, and scenic elements to enhance improvisation

C.12.3. Students will realize the potential of improvisation for individual and group expression

C.12.4. Students will use improvisation to generate movement for choreography

WI.D. Dance: Choreography: Students in Wisconsin will create movement compositions based on choreographic principles, processes, and forms.

D.12.1. Students will create short dances exploring advanced compositional elements including unison, contrast, abstraction, and repetition

D.12.2. Students will demonstrate further development and refinement in creating small group dances

D.12.3. Students will choreograph using a variety of compositional forms (such as ABA, canon, rondo, and narrative)

D.12.4. Students will demonstrate increased ability to work effectively alone, cooperatively with a partner, and in small groups during the choreographic process

D.12.5. Students will describe how a choreographer manipulated and developed the basic movement content in a dance

WI.E. Dance: Critical Thinking: Students in Wisconsin will develop critical and creative thinking through their dance experience.

E.12.1. Students will create a dance and revise it over time, articulating reasons for artistic decisions

E.12.2. Students will demonstrate appropriate audience behavior while watching dance performances, and discuss their opinions about the dances with their peers in a supportive and constructive way

E.12.3. Students will analyze a dance in terms of the choreographer's intent and the possible context of this dance in relation to societal issues such as ethnicity, gender, social or economic class, age, and/or physical condition

E.12.4. Students will discuss and develop criteria for evaluating their work and that of others.

E.12.5. Students will analyze a work of visual art (painting or sculpture) and create a dance based on the analysis

WI.F. Dance: Communication and Expression: Students in Wisconsin will understand the expressive power of dance as a means of communication and understand that it is subject to multiple interpretations.

F.12.1. Students will formulate and answer questions about how movement choices communicate abstract ideas in dance

F.12.2. Students will create a dance study based on a gesture and then abstract it in several different ways (such as varying the elements of space, time, and force)

F.12.3. Students will reflect and relate how personal experiences can influence one's interpretation of a dance (such as body knowledge or body prejudices)

F.12.4. Students will create a dance that effectively communicates a contemporary social theme

F.12.5. Students will compare and contrast how meaning is communicated in two choreographic works

WI.G. Dance: Appreciation: Students in Wisconsin will reflect upon and appreciate dance as an art form past and present.

G.12.1. Students will examine the role of dance in particular social, historical, cultural, and political contexts

G.12.2. Students will research and discuss the traditions and techniques of a nonwestern classical dance form

G.12.3. Students will analyze how dance and dancers are portrayed in contemporary media

G.12.4. Students will keep a journal of personal responses to dance experiences

WI.H. Dance: Making Connections: Students in Wisconsin will dance to build bridges to other disciplines and cultures.

H.12.1. Students will create a site-specific dance work within the community

H.12.2. Students will create a dance project that integrates two or more disciplines

H.12.3. Students will respond to a dance using another discipline (such as using the principals of physics in a dance)

H.12.4. Students will research another culture and create a dance based on the research

WI.I. Dance: Healthful Living: Students in Wisconsin will make connections between dance and healthful living.

I.12.1. Students will reflect and describe how dancing influences their living choices

I.12.2. Students will develop a personal warm-up and cool-down incorporating injury-prevention practices

I.12.3. Students will analyze historical and cultural images of the body in dance and compare these to images of the body in contemporary media

I.12.4. Students will discuss challenges facing professional performers in maintaining healthy lifestyles

WI.J. Dance: Dance and Technology: Students in Wisconsin will expand dance horizons through the use of technology.

J.12.1. Students will continue to create an extensive video portfolio of dance studies and performances

J.12.2. Students will create and record audio tapes to accompany dance studies

J.12.3. Students will view and discuss with greater understanding videos of dances from other cultures and/or professional dance performances

J.12.4. Students will use computer technology to facilitate dance-related research

J.12.5. Students will continue to use a computer to note or describe dance sequences or compositions

J.12.6. Students will create an interdisciplinary project using media technologies (such as video or a computer) that present dance in a new or enhanced form (such as video dance, video- or computer-aided live performance, or animation)

WI.A. Music: Music Performance: Singing: Students in Wisconsin will sing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.

A.12.1. Students in general music classes will sing expressively, with technical and stylistic accuracy, a varied repertoire of music

A.12.2. Students in general music classes will demonstrate effective use of ensemble skills such as balance, intonation, rhythmic unity, and part singing when performing as part of a group

A.12.3. Students in choral classes who have completed one year of study will sing with expression and technical accuracy a large and varied repertoire of vocal literature with a level of difficulty of four on a scale of one to six, including some songs performed from memory

A.12.4. Students in choral classes who have completed one year of study will sing music written for four parts, with and without accompaniment

A.12.5. Students in choral classes who have completed one year of study will demonstrate well-developed ensemble skills

A.12.6. Students in choral classes who have completed more than one year of study will sing with expression and technical accuracy a large and varied repertoire of vocal literature with a level of difficulty of five on a scale of one to six

A.12.7. Students in choral classes who have completed more than one year of study will sing music written in more than four parts

A.12.8. Students in choral classes who have completed more than one year of study will sing in small ensembles with one student on a part

A.12.9. Students in instrumental classes will demonstrate well-developed ensemble skills

WI.B. Music: Music Performance: Instrumental: Students in Wisconsin will play, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music on instruments.

B.12.1. Students in general music classes will play a varied repertoire of music expressively and with technical and stylistic accuracy on a classroom instrument

B.12.2. Students in general music classes will play on a classroom instrument, using ensemble skills such as balance, intonation, rhythmic unity, and independence when performing in a group

B.12.3. Students in general music classes will play by ear accompaniments on a harmonic instrument while singing or playing the melody

B.12.4. Students in choral classes will play their voice part on a melodic instrument

B.12.5. Students in choral classes will play accompaniments on melodic, rhythmic, or harmonic instruments

B.12.6. Students in instrumental classes who have completed one year of study will perform, with expression and technical accuracy, a large and varied repertoire of instrumental literature with a level of difficulty of four on a scale of one to six

B.12.7. Students in instrumental classes who have completed one year of study will perform an appropriate part in an ensemble, demonstrating well-developed ensemble skills

B.12.8. Students in instrumental classes who have completed one year of study will perform in small ensembles

B.12.9. Students in instrumental classes who have completed more than one year of study will perform with expression and technical accuracy a large and varied repertoire of instrumental literature with a level of difficulty of five, on a scale of one to six

WI.C. Music: Music Creativity: Improvisation: Students in Wisconsin will improvise music.

C.12.1. Students in general music classes will improvise stylistically appropriate harmonizing parts

C.12.2. Students in general music classes will improvise rhythmic and melodic variations on given pentatonic melodies and melodies in major and minor keys

C.12.3. Students in general music classes will improvise original melodies over given chord progressions, each in a variety of styles (such as classical, blues, standard pop songs, folk, gospel), meter (such as duple or triple), and tonality

C.12.4. Students in choral classes who have completed one year of study will improvise stylistically appropriate harmonizing parts

C.12.5. Students in choral classes who have completed one year of study will improvise rhythmic and melodic variations on given pentatonic melodies and melodies in major and minor keys

C.12.6. Students in choral classes who have completed one year of study will improvise original melodies over given chord progressions, each in a consistent style, meter, and tonality

C.12.7. Students in choral classes who have completed more than one year of study will improvise stylistically appropriate harmonizing parts in a variety of styles

C.12.8. Students in choral classes who have completed more than one year of study will improvise original melodies in a variety of styles, over given chord progressions, each in a consistent style, meter, and tonality

C.12.9. Students in instrumental classes who have completed one year of study will improvise rhythmic and melodic variations on given pentatonic melodies and melodies in major and minor keys

C.12.10. Students in instrumental classes who have completed one year of study will improvise original melodies over given chord progressions, each in a consistent style, meter, and tonality

C.12.11. Students in instrumental classes who have completed more than one year of study will improvise original melodies in a variety of styles, over given chord progressions, each in a consistent style, meter, and tonality

WI.D. Music: Music Creativity: Composition: Students in Wisconsin will compose and arrange music.

D.12.1. Students in general music classes will compose music in several distinct styles, demonstrating creativity in using the elements of music for expressive effect

D.12.2. Students in general music classes will arrange simple pieces for acoustic or electronic instruments

D.12.3. Students in general music classes will use computer and electronic technology in composing and arranging music

D.12.4. Students in choral classes who have completed one year of study will compose music in several distinct styles, demonstrating creativity in using the elements of music for expressive effect

D.12.5. Students in choral classes who have completed one year of study will arrange pieces for voices in ways that preserve or enhance the expressive effect of the music

D.12.6. Students in choral classes who have completed one year of study will compose and arrange music for voices and various accompaniment instruments, demonstrating knowledge of the ranges and traditional usage of the sound sources

D.12.7. Students in choral classes who have completed more than one year of study will compose music, demonstrating imagination and technical skill in applying the principles of composition

D.12.8. Students in choral classes who have completed more than one year of study will demonstrate proficiency in the use of computer technology - notation and sequencing programs - to compose and arrange music for various vocal and instrumental ensembles and solos

D.12.9. Students in instrumental classes who have completed one year of study will compose music in several distinct styles, demonstrating creativity in using the elements of music for expressive effect

D.12.10. Students in instrumental classes who have completed one year of study will arrange pieces for instruments other than those for which the pieces were written in ways that preserve or enhance the expressive effect of the music

D.12.11. Students in instrumental classes who have completed one year of study will compose and arrange music for instruments other than their own, demonstrating knowledge of the ranges and traditional uses of the sound sources

D.12.12. Students in instrumental classes who have completed more than one year of study will compose music, demonstrating imagination and technical skill in applying the principles of composition

D.12.13. Students in instrumental classes who have completed more than one year of study will demonstrate proficiency in the use of computer technology - notation and sequencing programs - to compose and arrange music for instruments

WI.E. Music: Music Literacy: Reading and Notating: Students in Wisconsin will read and notate music.

E.12.1. Students in general music classes will continue to use standard and nontraditional notation to record their musical ideas and the musical ideas of others

E.12.2. Students in general music classes will read and notate chord symbols on harmonic classroom instruments

E.12.3. Students in general music classes will read an instrumental or vocal score of up to four staves

E.12.4. Students in choral classes who have completed one year of study will demonstrate the ability to read a vocal score of up to four staves by describing how the elements of music are used

E.12.5. Students in choral classes who have completed one year of study will sight-read, accurately and expressively, music with a level of difficulty of three on a scale of one to six

E.12.6. Students in choral classes who have completed one year of study will interpret nonstandard notation symbols used by some 20th century composers

E.12.7. Students in choral classes who have completed more than one year of study will demonstrate the ability to read a full vocal score by describing how the elements of music are used and explaining all transpositions and clefs

E.12.8. Students in choral classes who have completed more than one year of study will sight-read, accurately and expressively, music with a level of difficulty of four on a scale of one to six

E.12.9. Students in instrumental classes who have completed one year of study will demonstrate the ability to read an instrumental score of up to four staves by describing how the elements of music are used

E.12.10. Students in instrumental classes who have completed one year of study will sight-read, accurately and expressively, music with a level of difficulty of three on a scale of one to six

E.12.11. Students in instrumental classes who have completed one year of study will interpret nonstandard notation symbols used by some 20th century composers

E.12.12. Students in instrumental classes who have completed more than one year of study will demonstrate the ability to read a full instrumental score by describing how the elements of music are used and explaining all transpositions and clefs

E.12.13. Students in instrumental classes who have completed more than one year of study will sight-read, accurately and expressively, music with a level of difficulty of four on a scale of one to six

WI.F. Music: Music Response: Analysis: Students in Wisconsin will analyze and describe music.

F.12.1. Students in general music classes will analyze the elements of music and expressive devices used in music from diverse genres and cultures upon listening to a given musical example

F.12.2. Students in general music classes will understand the technical vocabulary of music (such as Italian terms, form, harmony, and tempo markings)

F.12.3. Students in general music classes will identify and explain compositional devices and techniques that are used to provide unity and variety and tension and release in a musical work

F.12.4. Students in general music classes will analyze and describe uses of the elements of music in a given work that make it unique, interesting, and expressive

F.12.5. Students in choral classes who have completed one year of study will listen to and analyze examples of a varied repertoire of music, representing diverse genres and cultures, by describing the uses of the elements of music and expressive devices

F.12.6. Students in choral classes who have completed one year of study will demonstrate extensive knowledge of the technical vocabulary of music

F.12.7. Students in choral classes who have completed one year of study will identify and explain compositional devices and techniques used to provide unity and variety and tension and release in a musical work and give examples of other works that make similar uses of these devices and techniques

F.12.8. Students in choral classes who have completed more than one year of study will demonstrate the ability to perceive and remember music events by listening to and describing in detail significant events in a given example

F.12.9. Students in choral classes who have completed more than one year of study will compare how musical materials are used in a given example relative to how they are used in other works of the same genre or style

F.12.10. Students in choral classes who have completed more than one year of study will analyze and describe uses of the elements of music in a given work that make it unique, interesting, and expressive

F.12.11. Students in instrumental classes who have completed one year of study will listen to and analyze examples of a varied repertoire of music, representing diverse genres and cultures, by describing the uses of the elements of music and expressive devices

F.12.12. Students in instrumental classes who have completed one year of study will demonstrate extensive knowledge of the technical vocabulary of music

F.12.13. Students in instrumental classes who have completed one year of study will identify and explain compositional devices and techniques used to provide unity and variety and tension and release in a musical work and give examples of other works that make similar uses of these devices and techniques

F.12.14. Students in instrumental classes who have completed more than one year of study will demonstrate the ability to perceive and remember music events by describing in detail significant events occurring in a given example

F.12.15. Students in instrumental classes who have completed more than one year of study will compare how musical materials are used in a given example relative to how they are used in other works of the same genre or style

F.12.16. Students in instrumental classes who have completed more than one year of study will analyze and describe uses of the elements of music in a given work that make it unique, interesting, and expressive

WI.G. Music: Music Response: Evaluation: Students in Wisconsin will evaluate music and music performances.

G.12.1. Students in general music classes will apply and refine specific criteria for making informed, critical evaluations of the quality and effectiveness of performances, compositions, arrangements, and improvisations and apply the criteria in their personal participation in music

G.12.2. Students in general music classes will evaluate a performance, composition, arrangement, or improvisation by comparing it to similar or exemplary models

G.12.3. Students in general music classes will evaluate a given musical work in terms of its aesthetic qualities and explain the musical means used to evoke feelings and emotions

G.12.4. Students in choral classes who have completed one year of study will apply and refine specific criteria for making informed critical evaluations of the quality and effectiveness of performances, compositions, arrangements, and improvisations and apply the criteria in their participation in music

G.12.5. Students in choral classes who have completed one year of study will evaluate a performance, composition, arrangement, or improvisation by comparing it to similar or exemplary model

G.12.6. Students in choral classes who have completed more than one year of study will evaluate a given musical work in terms of its aesthetic qualities and explain the musical means it uses to evoke feelings and emotions

G.12.7. Students in instrumental classes who have completed one year of study will apply and refine specific criteria for making informed, critical evaluations of the quality and effectiveness of performances, compositions, arrangements, and improvisations and apply the criteria in their participation in music

G.12.8. Students in instrumental classes who have completed one year of study will evaluate a performance, composition, arrangement, or improvisation by comparing it to similar or exemplary models

G.12.9. Students in instrumental classes who have completed more than one year of study will evaluate a given musical work in terms of its aesthetic qualities and explain the musical means it uses to evoke feelings and emotions

WI.H. Music: Music Connections: The Arts: Students in Wisconsin will relate music to the other arts and disciplines outside the arts.

H.12.1. Students in general music classes will compare characteristics of two or more arts within a particular historical period or style and cite examples from various cultures

H.12.2. Students in general music classes will explain how the principles and subject matter of various disciplines outside the arts interrelate with those of music

H.12.3. Students in general music classes will explain how the roles of creators, performers, and others involved in the production and presentation of the arts are similar to and different from one another

H.12.4. Students in general music classes will compare the uses of characteristic elements and organizational principles among the various arts

H.12.5. Students in choral classes who have completed one year of study will explain how elements, artistic processes (such as imagination or craftsmanship), and organizational principles (such as unity and variety or repetition and contrast) are used in similar and distinctive ways in the various arts and cite examples

H.12.6. Students in choral classes who have completed one year of study will compare characteristics of two or more arts within a particular historical period or style and cite examples from various cultures

H.12.7. Students in choral classes who have completed one year of study will explain how the principles and subject matter of various disciplines outside the arts interrelate with those of music

H.12.8. Students in choral classes who have completed more than one year of study will compare the characteristic elements, artistic processes, and organizational principles among the arts in different historical periods and cultures

H.12.9. Students in choral classes who have completed more than one year of study will explain how the roles of creators, performers, and others involved in the production and presentation of the arts are similar to and different from one another

H.12.10. Students in instrumental classes who have completed one year of study will explain how elements, artistic processes, and organizational principles are used in similar and distinctive ways in the various arts

H.12.11. Students in instrumental classes who have completed one year of study will compare characteristics of two or more arts within a particular historical period or style and cite examples from various cultures

H.12.12. Students in instrumental classes who have completed one year of study will explain ways in which the principles and subject matter of various disciplines outside the arts interrelate with those of music

H.12.13. Students in instrumental classes who have completed more than one year of study will compare the characteristic elements, artistic processes, and organizational principles among the arts in different historical periods and cultures

H.12.14. Students in instrumental classes who have completed more than one year of study will explain how the roles of creators, performers, and others involved in the production and presentation of the arts are similar to and different from one another

WI.I. Music: Music Connections: History and Culture: Students in Wisconsin will relate music to history and culture.

I.12.1. Students in general music classes will classify music by culture or historical period based on characteristic styles or genres and justify their classification

I.12.2. Students in general music classes will identify sources of American music genres, trace the evolution of those genres, and name well-known musicians associated with them

I.12.3. Students in general music classes will identify various roles that musicians perform, name representative individuals who have functioned in each role, and describe their activities and achievements

I.12.4. Students in choral classes who have completed one year of study will classify music by culture or historical period based on characteristic styles or genres and justify their classification

I.12.5. Students in choral classes who have completed one year of study will identify sources of American music genres, trace the evolution of those genres, and name well-known musicians associated with them

I.12.6. Students in choral classes who have completed one year of study will identify various roles that musicians perform, name representative individuals who have functioned in each role, and describe their activities and achievements

I.12.7. Students in choral classes who have completed more than one year of study will identify and explain the stylistic features of a given musical work that define its aesthetic tradition and its historical or cultural context

I.12.8. Students in choral classes who have completed more than one year of study will identify and describe music genres or styles that show the influence of two or more cultural traditions, identify the cultural source of each influence, and trace the historical conditions that produced the synthesis of influences

I.12.9. Students in instrumental classes who have completed one year of study will classify music by culture and historical period based on characteristic styles or genres and justify their classification

I.12.10. Students in instrumental classes who have completed one year of study will identify sources of American music genres, trace the evolution of those genres, and name well-known musicians associated with them

I.12.11. Students in instrumental classes who have completed one year of study will identify various roles that musicians perform, name representative individuals who have functioned in each role, and describe their activities and achievements

I.12.12. Students in instrumental classes who have completed more than one year of study will identify and explain the stylistic features of a given musical work that define its aesthetic tradition and its historical or cultural context

I.12.13. Students in instrumental classes who have completed more than one year of study will identify and describe music genres or styles that show the influence of two or more cultural traditions, identify the cultural source of each influence, and trace the historical connections that produced the synthesis of influences

WI.A. Theatre: Play Reading and Analysis: Students in Wisconsin will attend live theatre and read plays, be able to analyze and evaluate the play, and articulate (create meaning from) the play's message for individuals and society.

A.12.1. Students will attend a live theatrical performance and be able to explain the personal meaning derived from the experience, and also be able to analyze, evaluate, and create meaning in a broader social and cultural context in either written or oral form

A.12.2. Students will read a play and be able to analyze, evaluate, and create meaning in broader social and cultural context in either written or oral form

WI.B. Theatre: Performance: Students in Wisconsin will work and think as actors and develop basic acting skills to portray characters who interact in improvised and scripted scenes.

B.12.1. Students will create a believable, sustained character exhibiting basic acting skills including physical and vocal technique in a presentation that shows their understanding of the emotional and psychological makeup of the character

B.12.2. Students will continue to create characters through physical movement, adapting movement and making physical choices to fit the requirements of the scene

B.12.3. Students will continue to create characters verbally, adapting language choices and dialogue to fit requirement of the scene

B.12.4. Students will continue to create characters that are appropriate to the context of the scene, using facial expressions

B.12.5. Students will continue to create characters (physically, verbally, and facially) from scripted scenes

B.12.6. Students will create a character (physically, verbally, and facially) based upon an original idea, playing the character for a sustained period of time

B.12.7. Students will articulate in written and oral form the character's wants, needs, and basic personality characteristics

WI.C. Theatre: Research and Analysis: Students in Wisconsin will research and analyze methods of presentation and audience response for theatre, the interconnections of theatre, community, other cultures, and historical periods for use as general knowledge.

C.12.1. Students will write a critical review of a live theatrical event, its effect on the audience, and its potential impact in a broader social and cultural context

C.12.2. Students will select a play or theatre-related event or individual and research the topic, gathering information from more than one source

C.12.3. Students will explain in writing the potential impact of a play on society and culture

WI.D. Theatre: Analysis of Process: Students in Wisconsin will work and think as theatre artists and reflect upon and assess the characteristics and merits of their own work and the work of others.

D.12.1. Students will reflect on and assess their own work and the work of others

D.12.2. Students will continue to share their comments constructively and supportively within the group

D.12.3. Students will demonstrate increased understanding of strengths (what worked) and weaknesses (what didn't work) in character work and scenes presented in class

D.12.4. Students will demonstrate increased understanding of what they need to do to make their characters or scenes more believable and/or understandable

WI.E. Theatre: Theatre Production: Students will think and work as playwrights, designers, managers, and/or directors to create and interpret improvised and scripted scenes.

E.12.1. Students will create an original scene that includes the appropriate exposition, rising action, problem, conflict, crisis, and solution

E.12.2. Students will script their scene using proper script format

E.12.3. Students will analyze a play and determine appropriate setting, lighting, sound, costume, and make-up requirements

E.12.4. Students will research and design at least one element of a play (sets, costumes, make-up, lights, and/or sound)

E.12.5. Students will demonstrate in written or oral form, an increased understanding of the importance of one aspect of theatre management in the successful promotion of theatre production

E.12.6. Students will direct a scene for presentation

E.12.7. Students will make decisions regarding the scene's visual elements (such as where doors are located or where the audience will sit)

E.12.8. Students will plan the blocking patterns of the dramatic presentation (placement and movement of actors within a scene) and guide the actors through their blocking

E.12.9. Students will create a rehearsal schedule, planning and organizing all rehearsals and deadlines until the performance

E.12.10. Students will rehearse and perform the scene for an audience