Arkansas State Standards for Arts Education:
Currently Perma-Bound only has suggested titles for grades K-8 in the Science and Social Studies areas. We are working on expanding this.
AR.A.1. Art: Inquire/Explore/Discover: Students will inquire/explore/discover historical, cultural, social, environmental, and personal references from which to develop concepts/ideas.
A.1.1. Examine art and communicate ideas and feelings using the language of art which shall include art elements and principles.
1.1.1. Begin to be oriented to others as well as self.
A.1.2. Explore skills associated with media and processes including, but not limited to, color mixing, tearing, folding, and gluing.
1.2.1. Recognize and demonstrate locomotor movements.
1.2.2. Combine locomotor and non-locomotor movements into short dance patterns.
A.1.3. Distinguish parallels (i.e., elements, principles, themes, culture, material, processes and methods) between art created by students and artists from different times and places.
1.3.1. Recognize and move to the pulse.
A.1.4. Discover examples of how people use art in their daily lives, in the work place, and within the community.
1.4.1. Control body movement in general and personal space.
A.1.5. Explore careers in art.
1.5.1. Identify and demonstrate movements with varying degrees of energy (bound/free, direct/indirect, quick/slow, firm/fine, heavy/light).
A.1.6. Discover and record through technology (computer, video, photocopier, camera, and/or overhead, etc.) a variety of art examples and related resources.
1.6.1. Students will use appropriate technology in the art classroom.
A.1.7. Identify, practice, and follow health and safety standards in the use of tools, materials, and processes.
1.7.1. Students will follow safety standards in the art classroom.
A.1.8. Recognize and apply responsible practices (reduce/reuse/recycle) to protect the natural/man-made environment.
1.8.1. Students will learn not to waste art materials and to recycle when possible.
A.1.9. Investigate the relationship among the arts and other disciplines.
1.9.1. Students will demonstrate that art is linked to other subjects.
AR.A.2. Art: Create: Students will use their creativity in a wide variety of media, techniques, processes, and tools to develop original works of art and design.
A.2.1. Use creative problem solving, critical thinking skills, and various resources to select subject matter, symbols, and ideas to communicate meaning.
2.1.1. Use intrapersonal and interpersonal skills to develop self confidence.
A.2.2. Transfer ideas and feelings to others through original works of self-expression using art elements and principles.
2.2.1. Students will make lines that show emotions.
A.2.3. Demonstrate that change for improvement is a part of problem solving in art and that there can be more than one solution.
2.3.1. Students will make improvements by repetition of an activity.
A.2.4. Create a project (e.g., performance, product, discussion) that shows how art is used in daily life, the workplace, or the community.
2.4.1. Students will make art used in daily life.
A.2.5. Exercise responsible use of tools/technology and materials to produce art works that may include, but are not limited to, painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, clay/ ceramics, architecture, graphic design, fiber arts, and digital imagery.
2.5.1. Students will use drawing tools and materials in a responsible manner.
A.2.6. Produce art works to demonstrate an understanding of the various purposes for creating (aesthetic, functional, historical/ cultural, therapeutic and/or social).
2.6.1. Students will create a seasonal work of art.
A.2.7. Create art work in response to past, present, and future situations.
2.7.1. Students will create a self-portrait.
A.2.8. Create art works based upon previous explorations/discoveries that demonstrate the relationships between art and culture.
2.8.1. Students will produce a work of art from cultural resources.
A.2.9. Collaborate to create through a variety of methods (small and whole groups, interdisciplinary, etc.).
2.9.1. Students will collaborate with family members to create a work of art.
AR.A.3. Art: Reflect/Respond/Rediscover: Students will reflect upon, respond to, and rediscover the art work and concept of self, of others (past and present), of environments, and of diverse cultures.
A.3.1. Understand and relate how art is used to communicate ideas and feelings to others.
3.1.1. Identify personal preferences in dramatic performances.
A.3.2. Evaluate and assess, individually/ collaboratively, through revisions, journals, and/or critiques, the characteristics and merits of an individual's art work and of the work of others.
3.2.1. Students will respond to the meaning of assessment.
A.3.3. Develop aesthetic awareness by discussing (e.g., rationalization, critique, evaluation) the integrity of an individual's art work.
3.3.1. Understand and use a basic vocabulary of dance.
A.3.4. Exhibit art work and participate in the exhibition process (e.g., selection, planning, display, judging, promotion).
3.4.1. Students will explore the meaning of art exhibit.
A.3.5. Build and assess a collection of student work in a portfolio (e.g., individual, classroom, grade level, technological).
3.5.1. Students will discuss the word portfolio.
A.3.6. Recognize and acknowledge that artists/students develop individual styles.
3.6.1. Students will work in personal expression.
A.3.7. Examine and respond to the use of art in daily life and community.
3.7.1. Students will discuss art in daily life and the community.
A.3.8. Analyze and discuss the relationship among the arts and other disciplines.
3.8.1. Students will discuss how art works with other subject areas, such as science, math, or music.
A.3.9. Recognize the importance of art history and heritage.
3.9.1. Students will discuss how a piece of artwork shows time past or family groups.
AR.M.1. Music: The student will sing and/or play an instrument utilizing a varied repertoire of music.
M.1.1. Differentiate between the speaking and singing voice.
M.1.2. Echo vocally and/or instrumentally rhythm, tempo, pitch, dynamics, and phrasing.
M.1.3. Perform with accuracy pitch, tempo, rhythm, phrasing, and dynamics.
M.1.4. Sing or play music from diverse cultures, genres, and styles.
M.1.5. Sing or play rounds, ostinati, and partner songs.
M.1.6. Sing or play in groups, blending timbres, matching dynamic levels, and responding to the cues of a conductor in formal and/or informal performances.
AR.M.2. Music: The student will create, compose, arrange, and improvise music as developmentally appropriate.
M.2.1. Create short rhythmic and melodic patterns.
M.2.2. Improvise simple rhythmic and melodic ostinato patterns.
M.2.3. Improvise simple rhythmic and melodic variations on familiar melodies or a given pentatonic scale.
M.2.4. Improvise melodies and rhythms using a variety of sounds, including voices, body percussion, classroom instruments and non-traditional sources, such as computer, electronic, or recorded sounds.
M.2.5. Create and arrange music to accompany selections from children's literature.
AR.M.3. Music: The student will read and notate music.
M.3.1. Recognize, correctly name, and count note and rest values of whole, half, quarter, eighth, sixteenth, and dotted notes.
M.3.2. Read simple meter signatures correctly.
M.3.3. Use a system (syllables, numbers, or letters) to read pitch notation in the treble clef in major keys.
M.3.4. Identify and correctly interpret signs (e.g., treble and bass clef, etc.), symbols, (fermata, coda, etc.), and terms relating to pitch, rhythm, dynamics, tempo, and articulation.
AR.M.4. Music: The student will listen to, analyze, describe, and evaluate music and musical performances.
M.4.1. Identify phrases and sections of music that are the same, similar, or different.
M.4.2. Identify music forms AB, ABA, and Rondo.
M.4.3. Describe aural examples of music and music performances.
M.4.4. Identify instrument families and individual instruments within the families and recognize adult male, adult female, and children's voices.
AR.M.5. Music: The student will relate music to diverse cultures, society, history, and other arts and disciplines.
M.5.1. Examine the Arkansas state songs and folk music of Arkansas and the United States.
M.5.2. Explore patriotic songs of the United States and music of American composers, such as Ellington and Gershwin.
M.5.3. Identify music from various periods, composers, and cultures.
M.5.4. Sing/play songs and play musical games from diverse cultures.
M.5.5. Participate in music activities that correlate with other disciplines when appropriate.
M.5.6. Identify connections between music and the other arts, including similar terms, historical periods, and styles.
AR.1.1. Theatre: Creating: Students will participate in activities that develop the creative process in theatre involving script writing, sensory-awareness, analyzing, designing, and planning.
1.1.1. Identify necessary precautions and limitations to avoid injury.
1.1.2. Explore self-expression through theatrical performance.
1.1.3. Explore appropriate terminology to develop theatre vocabulary.
1.1.4. Improvise dialogue to tell stories and formalize improvisations by writing or recording the dialogue.
1.1.5. Utilize the five senses and expand levels of awareness of sensory choices in creating dramatizations.
1.1.6. Demonstrate the vocalization process using vocal characteristics: quality, pitch, rate, projection, and phrasing.
1.1.7. Collaborate to select interrelated characters, environments, and situations for script-writing.
1.1.8. Select movement, music, and visual elements to enhance the mood of a dramatization.
1.1.9. Introduce a dramatic story line that includes a beginning, middle, and end.
AR.1.2. Dance: Basic Elements of Movement: Students will understand, explore, and demonstrate dance as an art form through its basic element of locomotor movement.
1.2.1. Recognize and demonstrate locomotor movements.
1.2.2. Combine locomotor and non-locomotor movements into short dance patterns.
1.2.3. Lead movements to be performed by group or partner (mirroring and following).
AR.1.3. Dance: Basic Elements of Movement: Students will understand, explore and demonstrate dance as an art form through its basic element of time.
1.3.1. Recognize and move to the pulse.
1.3.2. Identify and move to rhythmic patterns (children's names, simple poems, games).
1.3.3. Learn and move to accents and meters (2/4, 3/4, 4/4).
1.3.4. Move to the musical/dance concepts of slow/fast, gradual/sudden, short/long.
1.3.5. Experiment with simple percussion instruments.
1.3.6. Participate in movement activities utilizing simple props (ribbons, balls, lummi sticks, tinikling poles, hoops, clubs) while moving to the pulse.
1.3.7. Create rhythmic movement patterns.
AR.1.4. Dance: Basic Elements of Movement: Students will understand, explore, and demonstrate dance as an art form through its basic element of space.
1.4.1. Control body movement in general and personal space.
1.4.2. Move the whole body in various directions (forward, backward, sideways, diagonally, right and left, on three levels--low, middle, and high).
1.4.3. Move isolated body parts in various directions and levels.
1.4.4. Perform locomotor movements in simple floor patterns (straight lines, curved lines, circles, squares, figure eights).
1.4.5. Practice a range of body movements in personal space.
1.4.6. Demonstrate body shapes in lines, angles, and curves--symmetrically and asymmetrically.
1.4.7. Demonstrate body shapes in pantomimic representation.
1.4.8. Create patterns in the air and on the floor individually and with partners.
1.4.9. Demonstrate directional facings with partners (front, side, back).
1.4.10. Demonstrate directional facings with partners (front to front, side to side, front to back).
AR.1.5. Dance: Basic Elements of Movement: Students will understand, explore, and demonstrate dance as an art form through its basic element of energy/force/dynamics.
1.5.1. Identify and demonstrate movements with varying degrees of energy (bound/free, direct/indirect, quick/slow, firm/fine, heavy/light).
1.5.2. Recognize and demonstrate simple movement phrases using basic energy contrast (still/active, soft/hard, strong/light, weak/strong, sharp/fluid).
1.5.3. Explore various ways to feel and move using imagery (sticky, slithery, sparkly, buzzy).
AR.2.1. Theatre: Reading: Students will participate in activities that develop the performance process in theatre involving researching, acting, directing, designing, constructing, and responding.
2.1.1. Understand that dance has a role and purpose in the life of various cultures.
2.1.2. Demonstrate listening, observing, focusing, and concentration skills.
2.1.3. Apply skills learned through the dramatic process to other subject areas.
2.1.4. Introduce the historical development of theatre.
2.1.5. Identify comedy, tragedy, melodrama, and musicals.
AR.3.1. Theatre: Evaluating: Students will participate in activities that develop the evaluation process in theatre involving their own work and the work of others.
3.1.1. Plan and organize movement through exploration of imagination, feelings, and stories.
3.1.2. Recognize feelings and temperaments in dramatic play.
AR.3.2. Dance: Artistic Communications: Students will participate in performance.
3.2.2. Regardless of ability share short movement phrases in solo, duet, and small ensembles.
3.2.3. Complete assigned production duties in conjunction with performance.
AR.3.3. Dance: Artistic Communications: Students will be able to discuss and analyze movement and dance.
3.3.1. Understand and use a basic vocabulary of dance.
3.3.2. Solve movement problems and discuss movement choices.
3.3.3. Communicate reflections of dance experiences by speaking, writing, moving, or other means.
AR.1.1. Theatre: Creating: Students will participate in activities that develop the creative process in theatre involving script writing, sensory-awareness, analyzing, designing, and planning.
1.1.1. Begin to be oriented to others as well as self.
1.1.2. Explore self-expression through theatrical performance.
1.1.3. Explore appropriate terminology to develop theatre vocabulary.
1.1.4. Improvise dialogue to tell stories and formalize improvisations by writing or recording the dialogue.
1.1.5. Utilize the five senses and expand levels of awareness of sensory choices in creating dramatizations.
1.1.6. Demonstrate the vocalization process using vocal characteristics: quality, pitch, rate, projection, and phrasing.
1.1.7. Collaborate to select interrelated characters, environments, and situations for script-writing.
1.1.8. Select movement, music, and visual elements to enhance the mood of a dramatization.
1.1.9. Introduce a dramatic story line that includes a beginning, middle, and end.
1.1.10. Explore relationships between visual arts and performing arts.
1.1.11. Select and safely organize available materials that suggest scenery, properties, costumes and make-up.
1.1.12. Explore technology to create, revise and produce dramatizations.
AR.2.1. Theatre: Reading: Students will participate in activities that develop the performance process in theatre involving researching, acting, directing, designing, constructing, and responding.
2.1.1. Use intrapersonal and interpersonal skills to develop self confidence.
2.1.2. Demonstrate listening, observing, focusing, and concentration skills.
2.1.3. Apply skills learned through the dramatic process to other subject areas.
2.1.4. Introduce the historical development of theatre.
2.1.5. Identify comedy, tragedy, melodrama, and musicals.
2.1.6. Distinguish between real life and fantasy.
2.1.7. Explain how characters are similar to and different from the students' own culture.
2.1.8. Communicate information to peers about characters, people, events, time and place related to classroom dramatizations.
2.1.9. Use thinking and problem-solving strategies to plan and rehearse scenes collaboratively for performance.
2.1.10. Explore the world of work in drama related careers.
2.1.11. Use gesture, movement, and facial expression to communicate a story.
2.1.12. Imitate experiences through pantomime, storytelling, and role playing.
2.1.13. Use voice effectively to communicate ideas and feelings.
2.1.14. Perform proper stage techniques (i.e., crosses, turns, gestures, entrances, and exits).
2.1.15. Exhibit an understanding of the audition and rehearsal process.
2.1.16. Understand the role of the director.
2.1.17. Demonstrate appropriate listening, observing, and behavior skills for a theatre audience.
AR.3.1. Theatre: Evaluating: Students will participate in activities that develop the evaluation process in theatre involving their own work and the work of others.
3.1.1. Identify personal preferences in dramatic performances.
3.1.2. Recognize feelings and temperaments in dramatic play.
3.1.3. Understand the interactive process between the actor and audience.
3.1.4. Discover theatre experiences to demonstrate how drama reflects culture.
3.1.5. Express and compare personal reactions to theatrical art forms.
3.1.6. Discover the role of technology in the creation and performance of drama.
AR.A.1. Art: Inquire/Explore/Discover: Students will inquire/explore/discover historical, cultural, social, environmental, and personal references from which to develop concepts/ideas.
A.1.1. Examine art and communicate ideas and feelings using the language of art which shall include art elements and principles.
1.1.1. Students will view a piece of art work and name three basic shapes used.
A.1.2. Explore skills associated with media and processes including, but not limited to, color mixing, tearing, folding, and gluing.
1.2.1. Students will explore controlled tearing of paper exercises in art.
A.1.3. Distinguish parallels (i.e., elements, principles, themes, culture, material, processes and methods) between art created by students and artists from different times and places.
1.3.1. Students will examine paintings of the same subject by different artists.
A.1.4. Discover examples of how people use art in their daily lives, in the work place, and within the community.
1.4.1. Students will observe the use of art in daily life.
A.1.5. Explore careers in art.
1.5.1. Students will explore the career of illustrator of children's books.
A.1.6. Discover and record through technology (computer, video, photocopier, camera, and/or overhead, etc.) a variety of art examples and related resources.
1.6.1. Students will locate examples of art found in their environment through the use of the computer and Internet.
A.1.7. Identify, practice, and follow health and safety standards in the use of tools, materials, and processes.
1.7.1. Students will follow safe practices with art materials and tools.
A.1.8. Recognize and apply responsible practices (reduce/reuse/recycle) to protect the natural/man-made environment.
1.8.1. Students will practice the best use of paper resources.
A.1.9. Investigate the relationship among the arts and other disciplines.
1.9.1. Students will name three geometric shapes.
AR.A.2. Art: Create: Students will use their creativity in a wide variety of media, techniques, processes, and tools to develop original works of art and design.
A.2.1. Use creative problem solving, critical thinking skills, and various resources to select subject matter, symbols, and ideas to communicate meaning.
2.1.1. Students will create symbols from resources.
A.2.2. Transfer ideas and feelings to others through original works of self-expression using art elements and principles.
2.2.1. Students will create movement in a piece of sculpture.
A.2.3. Demonstrate that change for improvement is a part of problem solving in art and that there can be more than one solution.
2.3.1. Students will make improvements by making changes in their art work.
A.2.4. Create a project (e.g., performance, product, discussion) that shows how art is used in daily life, the workplace, or the community.
2.4.1. Students will show how art is used in daily life.
A.2.5. Exercise responsible use of tools/technology and materials to produce art works that may include, but are not limited to, painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, clay/ ceramics, architecture, graphic design, fiber arts, and digital imagery.
2.5.1. Students will use painting tools and materials in a responsible manner.
A.2.6. Produce art works to demonstrate an understanding of the various purposes for creating (aesthetic, functional, historical/ cultural, therapeutic and/or social).
2.6.1. Students will produce a work of art.
A.2.7. Create art work in response to past, present, and future situations.
2.7.1. Students will create a work of art based on a memory of their last birthday.
A.2.8. Create art works based upon previous explorations/discoveries that demonstrate the relationships between art and culture.
2.8.1. Students will create a piece of jewelry.
A.2.9. Collaborate to create through a variety of methods (small and whole groups, interdisciplinary, etc.).
2.9.1. Students will create a work of art with a classmate.
AR.A.3. Art: Reflect/Respond/Rediscover: Students will reflect upon, respond to, and rediscover the art work and concept of self, of others (past and present), of environments, and of diverse cultures.
A.3.1. Understand and relate how art is used to communicate ideas and feelings to others.
3.1.1. Students will respond to a picture of their favorite animal.
A.3.2. Evaluate and assess, individually/ collaboratively, through revisions, journals, and/or critiques, the characteristics and merits of an individual's art work and of the work of others.
3.2.1. Students will compare two pieces of art and discuss likes and dislikes.
A.3.3. Develop aesthetic awareness by discussing (e.g., rationalization, critique, evaluation) the integrity of an individual's art work.
3.3.1. Students will discuss the importance of art criticism.
A.3.4. Exhibit art work and participate in the exhibition process (e.g., selection, planning, display, judging, promotion).
3.4.1. Students will discuss art work in the school.
A.3.5. Build and assess a collection of student work in a portfolio (e.g., individual, classroom, grade level, technological).
3.5.1. Students will discuss a portfolio from of classroom art work.
A.3.6. Recognize and acknowledge that artists/students develop individual styles.
3.6.1. Students will discuss the styles of two different artists.
A.3.7. Examine and respond to the use of art in daily life and community.
3.7.1. Students will discuss art work in their environment.
A.3.8. Analyze and discuss the relationship among the arts and other disciplines.
3.8.1. Students will recognize a connection between art and math.
A.3.9. Recognize the importance of art history and heritage.
3.9.1. Students will explore family heritage.
AR.A.1. Art: Inquire/Explore/Discover: Students will inquire/explore/discover historical, cultural, social, environmental, and personal references from which to develop concepts/ideas.
A.1.1. Examine art and communicate ideas and feelings using the language of art which shall include art elements and principles.
1.1.1. Students will view a piece of art work and classify subject matter.
A.1.2. Explore skills associated with media and processes including, but not limited to, color mixing, tearing, folding, and gluing.
1.2.1. Students will explore basic folding techniques in art.
A.1.3. Distinguish parallels (i.e., elements, principles, themes, culture, material, processes and methods) between art created by students and artists from different times and places.
1.3.1. Students will compare and contrast media of two works of art.
A.1.4. Discover examples of how people use art in their daily lives, in the work place, and within the community.
1.4.1. Students will explain a community public sculpture or mural.
A.1.5. Explore careers in art.
1.5.1. Students will explore advertising design.
A.1.6. Discover and record through technology (computer, video, photocopier, camera, and/or overhead, etc.) a variety of art examples and related resources.
1.6.1. Students will use appropriate technology in the art classroom.
A.1.7. Identify, practice, and follow health and safety standards in the use of tools, materials, and processes.
1.7.1. Students will follow safe practices with art materials and tools.
A.1.8. Recognize and apply responsible practices (reduce/reuse/recycle) to protect the natural/man-made environment.
1.8.1. Students will explore using recyclable materials.
A.1.9. Investigate the relationship among the arts and other disciplines.
1.9.1. Students will demonstrate that art is linked to other subjects.
1.9.2. Students will name three geometric shapes.
1.9.3. Students will write and illustrate a short story.
1.9.4. Students will recognize and explore ways that art is used in other subjects.
1.9.5. Students will research and explore how art is used in other subjects.
AR.A.2. Art: Create: Students will use their creativity in a wide variety of media, techniques, processes, and tools to develop original works of art and design.
A.2.1. Use creative problem solving, critical thinking skills, and various resources to select subject matter, symbols, and ideas to communicate meaning.
2.1.1. Students will define and identify subject matter and create art work that tells a story.
A.2.2. Transfer ideas and feelings to others through original works of self-expression using art elements and principles.
2.2.1. Students will create a picture contrasting light and dark in a drawing.
2.2.2. Students will use line, shape, color, and repetition to transfer ideas and feelings in artwork.
A.2.3. Demonstrate that change for improvement is a part of problem solving in art and that there can be more than one solution.
2.3.1. Students will show that improvements can be made to their work.
A.2.4. Create a project (e.g., performance, product, discussion) that shows how art is used in daily life, the workplace, or the community.
2.4.1. Students will demonstrate with their art work how art is used in the workplace.
A.2.5. Exercise responsible use of tools/technology and materials to produce art works that may include, but are not limited to, painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, clay/ ceramics, architecture, graphic design, fiber arts, and digital imagery.
2.5.1. Students will responsibly use art tools and materials.
A.2.6. Produce art works to demonstrate an understanding of the various purposes for creating (aesthetic, functional, historical/ cultural, therapeutic and/or social).
2.6.1. Students will produce a work of art depicting history.
A.2.7. Create art work in response to past, present, and future situations.
2.7.1. Students will imagine the past, the present, or future to create an artwork.
A.2.8. Create art works based upon previous explorations/discoveries that demonstrate the relationships between art and culture.
2.8.1. Students will produce a work of art like that of another culture.
A.2.9. Collaborate to create through a variety of methods (small and whole groups, interdisciplinary, etc.).
2.9.1. Students will create a work of art in a small group.
AR.A.3. Art: Reflect/Respond/Rediscover: Students will reflect upon, respond to, and rediscover the art work and concept of self, of others (past and present), of environments, and of diverse cultures.
A.3.1. Understand and relate how art is used to communicate ideas and feelings to others.
3.1.1. Students will examine and discuss a landscape painting.
A.3.2. Evaluate and assess, individually/ collaboratively, through revisions, journals, and/or critiques, the characteristics and merits of an individual's art work and of the work of others.
3.2.1. Students will reflect upon and assess a group project.
A.3.3. Develop aesthetic awareness by discussing (e.g., rationalization, critique, evaluation) the integrity of an individual's art work.
3.3.1. Students will explain the process of reflection, what they like/dislike about their work.
A.3.4. Exhibit art work and participate in the exhibition process (e.g., selection, planning, display, judging, promotion).
3.4.1. Students will hang their art work in the classroom.
A.3.5. Build and assess a collection of student work in a portfolio (e.g., individual, classroom, grade level, technological).
3.5.1. Students will collect their art work over a period of time.
A.3.6. Recognize and acknowledge that artists/students develop individual styles.
3.6.1. Students will discuss what artistic style is and give examples.
A.3.7. Examine and respond to the use of art in daily life and community.
3.7.1. Students will talk about artwork in their home or town.
A.3.8. Analyze and discuss the relationship among the arts and other disciplines.
3.8.1. Students will talk about art in other subjects.
A.3.9. Recognize the importance of art history and heritage.
3.9.1. Students will discuss why it is important to look at and preserve old pictures, paintings, etc.
AR.A.1. Art: Inquire/Explore/Discover: Students will inquire/explore/discover historical, cultural, social, environmental, and personal references from which to develop concepts/ideas.
A.1.1. Examine art and communicate ideas and feelings using the language of art which shall include art elements and principles.
1.1.1. Students will view a piece of art work and talk about art that reflects ideas and feelings using words like shape, color, pattern, texture and balance.
A.1.2. Explore skills associated with media and processes including, but not limited to, color mixing, tearing, folding, and gluing.
1.2.1. Students will identify and explain the skills and materials needed to make a mono print.
A.1.3. Distinguish parallels (i.e., elements, principles, themes, culture, material, processes and methods) between art created by students and artists from different times and places.
1.3.1. Students will examine art work in the school building.
A.1.4. Discover examples of how people use art in their daily lives, in the work place, and within the community.
1.4.1. Students will explain a community public sculpture or mural.
A.1.5. Explore careers in art.
1.5.1. Students will explore careers in art.
A.1.6. Discover and record through technology (computer, video, photocopier, camera, and/or overhead, etc.) a variety of art examples and related resources.
1.6.1. Students will use technology to study or record art.
A.1.7. Identify, practice, and follow health and safety standards in the use of tools, materials, and processes.
1.7.1. Students will follow safe practices with art materials and tools.
A.1.8. Recognize and apply responsible practices (reduce/reuse/recycle) to protect the natural/man-made environment.
1.8.1. Students will demonstrate proper environmental concerns.
A.1.9. Investigate the relationship among the arts and other disciplines.
1.9.1. Students will recognize and explore ways that art is used in other subjects.
AR.A.2. Art: Create: Students will use their creativity in a wide variety of media, techniques, processes, and tools to develop original works of art and design.
A.2.1. Use creative problem solving, critical thinking skills, and various resources to select subject matter, symbols, and ideas to communicate meaning.
2.1.1. Students will create a meaningful sequence to an artwork.
A.2.2. Transfer ideas and feelings to others through original works of self-expression using art elements and principles.
2.2.1. Students will use line, shape, color, space, and repetition of shape and color in a collage.
A.2.3. Demonstrate that change for improvement is a part of problem solving in art and that there can be more than one solution.
2.3.1. Students will choose the best method for changing an artwork.
A.2.4. Create a project (e.g., performance, product, discussion) that shows how art is used in daily life, the workplace, or the community.
2.4.1. Students will make art that is used inside the work place.
A.2.5. Exercise responsible use of tools/technology and materials to produce art works that may include, but are not limited to, painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, clay/ ceramics, architecture, graphic design, fiber arts, and digital imagery.
2.5.1. Students will use tools and materials responsibly.
A.2.6. Produce art works to demonstrate an understanding of the various purposes for creating (aesthetic, functional, historical/ cultural, therapeutic and/or social).
2.6.1. Students will produce art work influenced by an historical/cultural period.
A.2.7. Create art work in response to past, present, and future situations.
2.7.1. Students will create a project based on their perception of the future.
A.2.8. Create art works based upon previous explorations/discoveries that demonstrate the relationships between art and culture.
2.8.1. Students will create a three-D work of art in response to different cultural experiences.
A.2.9. Collaborate to create through a variety of methods (small and whole groups, interdisciplinary, etc.).
2.9.1. Students will create a display o f art in the classroom through collaboration.
AR.A.3. Art: Reflect/Respond/Rediscover: Students will reflect upon, respond to, and rediscover the art work and concept of self, of others (past and present), of environments, and of diverse cultures.
A.3.1. Understand and relate how art is used to communicate ideas and feelings to others.
3.1.1. Students will use art to convey ideas and feelings to others.
A.3.2. Evaluate and assess, individually/ collaboratively, through revisions, journals, and/or critiques, the characteristics and merits of an individual's art work and of the work of others.
3.2.1. Students will use peer and individual critique to discuss a piece of their artwork.
A.3.3. Develop aesthetic awareness by discussing (e.g., rationalization, critique, evaluation) the integrity of an individual's art work.
3.3.1. Students will self assess their artwork.
A.3.4. Exhibit art work and participate in the exhibition process (e.g., selection, planning, display, judging, promotion).
3.4.1. Students will select artwork to be included in a specific exhibition.
A.3.5. Build and assess a collection of student work in a portfolio (e.g., individual, classroom, grade level, technological).
3.5.1. Students will select artwork to be included in their portfolio.
A.3.6. Recognize and acknowledge that artists/students develop individual styles.
3.6.1. Students will review artists' styles and their own art style.
A.3.7. Examine and respond to the use of art in daily life and community.
3.7.1. Students will identify how art is used in public spaces in their community.
A.3.8. Analyze and discuss the relationship among the arts and other disciplines.
3.8.1. Students will examine how artists work with other disciplines.
A.3.9. Recognize the importance of art history and heritage.
3.9.1. Students will discuss how art history provides a glimpse into our heritage.
AR.A.1. Art: Inquire/Explore/Discover: Students will inquire/explore/discover historical, cultural, social, environmental, and personal references from which to develop concepts/ideas.
A.1.1. Examine art and communicate ideas and feelings using the language of art which shall include art elements and principles.
1.1.1. Students will view a piece of art work and discuss the medium and technique(s) used to create it.
A.1.2. Explore skills associated with media and processes including, but not limited to, color mixing, tearing, folding, and gluing.
1.2.1. Students will explore geometric tearing of paper and shapes in art.
A.1.3. Distinguish parallels (i.e., elements, principles, themes, culture, material, processes and methods) between art created by students and artists from different times and places.
1.3.1. Students will select an artist with similarities to the students' artistic styles.
A.1.4. Discover examples of how people use art in their daily lives, in the work place, and within the community.
1.4.1. Students will list examples of art used in their lives and in the lives of others.
A.1.5. Explore careers in art.
1.5.1. Students will be aware that there are opportunities for artists as a career.
A.1.6. Discover and record through technology (computer, video, photocopier, camera, and/or overhead, etc.) a variety of art examples and related resources.
1.6.1. Students will use technology to discover and record art ideas.
A.1.7. Identify, practice, and follow health and safety standards in the use of tools, materials, and processes.
1.7.1. Students will follow safety standards in the art classroom.
A.1.8. Recognize and apply responsible practices (reduce/reuse/recycle) to protect the natural/man-made environment.
1.8.1. Students will recycle and reuse materials in art.
A.1.9. Investigate the relationship among the arts and other disciplines.
1.9.1. Students will research and explore how art is used in other subjects.
AR.A.2. Art: Create: Students will use their creativity in a wide variety of media, techniques, processes, and tools to develop original works of art and design.
A.2.1. Use creative problem solving, critical thinking skills, and various resources to select subject matter, symbols, and ideas to communicate meaning.
2.1.1. Students will use thinking and problem-solving skills to create artwork with meaning.
A.2.2. Transfer ideas and feelings to others through original works of self-expression using art elements and principles.
2.2.1. Students will create movement in a piece of artwork.
A.2.3. Demonstrate that change for improvement is a part of problem solving in art and that there can be more than one solution.
2.3.1. Students will use more than one solution to an art problem.
A.2.4. Create a project (e.g., performance, product, discussion) that shows how art is used in daily life, the workplace, or the community.
2.4.1. Students will show how art is used in the community.
A.2.5. Exercise responsible use of tools/technology and materials to produce art works that may include, but are not limited to, painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, clay/ ceramics, architecture, graphic design, fiber arts, and digital imagery.
2.5.1. Students will use mixed media tools and materials responsibly.
A.2.6. Produce art works to demonstrate an understanding of the various purposes for creating (aesthetic, functional, historical/ cultural, therapeutic and/or social).
2.6.1. Students will produce an aesthetic work of art.
A.2.7. Create art work in response to past, present, and future situations.
2.7.1. Students will create artwork as an answer to a situation.
A.2.8. Create art works based upon previous explorations/discoveries that demonstrate the relationships between art and culture.
2.8.1. Students will create artworks from another culture.
A.2.9. Collaborate to create through a variety of methods (small and whole groups, interdisciplinary, etc.).
2.9.1. Students will create a work of art in a large group.
AR.A.3. Art: Reflect/Respond/Rediscover: Students will reflect upon, respond to, and rediscover the art work and concept of self, of others (past and present), of environments, and of diverse cultures.
A.3.1. Understand and relate how art is used to communicate ideas and feelings to others.
3.1.1. Students will produce a self-portrait.
A.3.2. Evaluate and assess, individually/ collaboratively, through revisions, journals, and/or critiques, the characteristics and merits of an individual's art work and of the work of others.
3.2.1. Students will know the meaning of being an art critic.
A.3.3. Develop aesthetic awareness by discussing (e.g., rationalization, critique, evaluation) the integrity of an individual's art work.
3.3.1. Students will evaluate the works of others.
A.3.4. Exhibit art work and participate in the exhibition process (e.g., selection, planning, display, judging, promotion).
3.4.1. Students will design an art exhibit.
A.3.5. Build and assess a collection of student work in a portfolio (e.g., individual, classroom, grade level, technological).
3.5.1. Students will build and assess a portfolio.
A.3.6. Recognize and acknowledge that artists/students develop individual styles.
3.6.1. Students will understand styles in regard to art work.
A.3.7. Examine and respond to the use of art in daily life and community.
3.7.1. Students will recognize and verbalize about art in their lives.
A.3.8. Analyze and discuss the relationship among the arts and other disciplines.
3.8.1. Students will discuss the presence of art in their other subjects.
A.3.9. Recognize the importance of art history and heritage.
3.9.1. Students will tell about art from another time.
AR.A.1. Art: Inquire/Explore/Discover: Students will inquire/explore/discover historical, cultural, social, environmental, and personal references from which to develop concepts/ideas.
A.1.1. Further investigate the language of art including, but not limited to, the elements and principles of design.
1.1.1. Students will review the language of art.
A.1.2. Examine and identify how art tools, materials, and processes communicate ideas and meanings.
1.2.1. Students will discover the relationship between art tools, materials, and processes.
A.1.3. Research and discuss diverse cultures, styles, and periods of art.
1.3.1. Students will discover and identify culture.
A.1.4. Gain creative insight through personal observations and reactions to life experiences.
1.4.1. Students will discover the use of personal observations as a source for ideas.
A.1.5. Research how artists express life experiences through their art work.
1.5.1. Students will view art and discuss how it reflects life, values and insight of artists.
A.1.6. Discover career opportunities that directly or indirectly relate to visual art.
1.6.1. Students will discover career opportunities for artists.
A.1.7. Recognize the rationale for responsible safety precautions within the visual arts environment.
1.7.1. Students will recognize the rationale for safety precautions.
A.1.8. Examine how physical environments affect choices made by artists.
1.8.1. Students will identify artists who are influenced by their physical environments.
A.1.9. Discover relationships among the arts, technology, environments, and other disciplines.
1.9.1. Students will discover relationships among the different areas of crafts.
A.1.10. Discover relevant community issues as creative resources through interviewing, personal observation, and/or research.
1.10.1. Students will identify relevant community issues as creative resources.
A.1.11. Engage in group problem-solving activities (e.g., brainstorming, generating ideas, discussion, and research).
1.11.1. Students will engage in group problem-solving activities through brainstorming.
AR.A.2. Art: Create: Students will use their creativity in a wide variety of media, techniques, processes, and tools to develop original works of art and design.
A.2.1. Utilize a variety of art media, tools/technology, and processes, both two-and-three dimensional, to communicate ideas and feelings to achieve artistic solutions.
2.1.1. Students will communicate ideas and feelings in a painting through choice of media.
A.2.2. Create art work using the elements and principles of design to express thoughts and experiences.
2.2.1. Students will study elements and principles of design.
A.2.3. Produce artwork that involves problem solving as evidenced through practice, drafts, sketches and/or models.
2.3.1. Students will explore ideas through thumbnail sketches and examining photos, pictures and real objects.
A.2.4. Use community issues to stimulate the production of art work which promotes dialogue.
2.4.1. Students will create works of art informed by community issues.
A.2.5. Demonstrate consistent and responsible use of tools/technology and materials to produce art works that may include, but are not limited to, painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, clay/ceramics, architecture, graphic design, fiber arts, and digital imagery.
2.5.1. Students will explore responsible use of tools and materials.
A.2.6. Create artwork based on personal observations and reactions to life experiences.
2.6.1. Students will discuss how art reflects what we see, know, feel and imagine.
A.2.7. Produce art work which displays knowledge of diverse cultures, styles, and periods of art.
2.7.1. Students will display knowledge of diverse cultures.
A.2.8. Use group interaction in the process of art production.
2.8.1. Students will use group interaction to create a work of art.
AR.A.3. Art: Reflect/Respond/Rediscover: Students will reflect upon, respond to, and rediscover the art work and concept of self, of others (past and present), of environments, and of diverse cultures.
A.3.1. Examine and reflect on a range of subject matter, symbols, and/or ideas used in creating art works.
3.1.1. Students will view various fine art pieces and discuss how each artist presented a theme, symbol or idea.
A.3.2. Develop student generated rubrics, checklists, questionnaires, tests, or other forms of assessment.
3.2.1. Students will discuss the importance of evaluating their own work.
A.3.3. Engage in aesthetic discussion and apply knowledge when observing works of art.
3.3.1. Students will discuss the meaning of aesthetics.
A.3.4. Participate in the process of exhibiting student art work (plan, select, promote, install, and attend).
3.4.1. Students will discuss various places art work is exhibited.
A.3.5. Develop a portfolio which includes periodic assessment (e.g., self - assessment, peer critique, teacher interview, checklist, essay, etc.).
3.5.1. Students will discuss the value of collecting and keeping their art work
3.5.2. Students will keep works of art in a portfolio.
A.3.6. Determine and justify why artists make certain design choices.
3.6.1. Students will discuss different artists' styles and choices the artists make in their work.
A.3.7. Determine/project ways art may envision the future.
3.7.1. Students will examine what might influence art and design in the future.
A.3.8. Discuss and evaluate connections between the visual arts and other disciplines (e.g., in math: 3-D forms, symmetry, patterns).
3.8.1. Students will discuss the connections between the visual arts and math.
3.8.2. Students will discuss the connections between the visual arts and history.
A.3.9. Evaluate the importance of art history and heritage.
3.9.1. Students will explore their personal heritage through interviews with family members.
AR.M.1. Music: The student will sing and/or play an instrument utilizing a varied repertoire of music.
M.1.1. Sing and/or play a musical instrument accurately with correct fundamentals and techniques as developmentally appropriate.
M.1.2. Sing and/or play music of varied genres and styles with appropriate expression, interpretation, and phrasing.
M.1.3. Perform music at appropriate levels of difficulty (such as prescribed by the Arkansas Choral Directors Association [ACDA], Arkansas School Band and Orchestra Association [ASBOA], and Music Educators National Conference [MENC]) in formal and/or informal concerts.
AR.M.2. Music: The student will create, compose, arrange, and improvise music as developmentally appropriate.
M.2.1. Improvise simple melodies and/or accompaniments and compose short pieces within specified guidelines.
M.2.2. Create and arrange rhythmic and melodic phrases.
M.2.3. Explore the role of technology in the creation/composition of music.
AR.M.3. Music: The student will read and notate music.
M.3.1. Read and notate simple and compound meters, rhythm, pitch, and dynamics using standard symbols and terminology.
M.3.2. Use technology, when applicable, to develop reading and notating skills.
M.3.3. Sight-read music in treble and/or other clefs in various keys and meters within specified guidelines.
AR.M.4. Music: The student will listen to, analyze, describe, and evaluate music and musical performances.
M.4.1. Evaluate performance through critical listening for the purpose of self-correction.
M.4.2. Evaluate the elements and components of a musical composition using appropriate terminology (e.g., instrumental and vocal timbres, forms, textures, etc.).
M.4.3. Compare and contrast two or more styles of music.
M.4.4. Respond to a musical performance as an informed, actively involved listener in a variety of settings.
M.4.5. Utilize technology to listen to, analyze, describe, and evaluate music and musical performances.
AR.M.5. Music: The student will relate music to diverse cultures, society, history, and other arts and disciplines.
M.5.1. Identify commonalities between music and the other fine arts (e.g., rhythm/movement, timbre/color, etc.).
M.5.2. Recognize that musical development is a continuum influenced by historical and technological events.
M.5.3. Recognize that events in society and music are interrelated.
M.5.4. Demonstrate ways music and other disciplines are integrated.
M.5.5. Incorporate technology to distinguish ways in which music relates to diverse cultures, societies, historical events, and the other arts and disciplines.
AR.1.1. Theatre: Creating: Students will participate in activities that develop the creative process in theatre involving script writing, sensory-awareness, analyzing, designing, and planning.
1.1.10. Practice necessary precautions and limitations to avoid injury.
1.1.11. Move parts of the body in more complex sequences (such as oppositional).
1.1.12. Enhance body control and expand movement in self space and shared space.
1.1.13. Acknowledge the points of view of others.
1.1.14. Explore empathy for the characters in the literature.
1.1.15. Develop self-expression through theatre performances.
1.1.16. Use appropriate terminology to develop theatre vocabulary.
1.1.17. Refine and record dialogue and action.
AR.1.2. Dance: Basic Elements of Movement: Students will understand, explore, and demonstrate dance as an art form through its basic element of locomotor movement.
1.2.4. Create and perform complex sequences using locomotor and non-locomotor movements.
1.2.5. Perform and demonstrate learned sequences of locomotor patterns.
AR.1.3. Dance: Basic Elements of Movement: Students will understand, explore and demonstrate dance as an art form through its basic element of time.
1.3.8. Explore and move to various rhythmic patterns.
1.3.9. Identify and move with acceleration and deceleration.
1.3.10. Accompany their own movement sequence or that of others using an instrument of their choice.
1.3.11. Accompany their own movement sequence or that of others using vocal sounds.
1.3.12. Combine the use of instruments and voice to accompany a movement sequence.
1.3.13. Compose a simple music phrase and create a corresponding dance phrase.
1.3.14. Utilize props while moving to the pulse.
1.3.15. Identify and move to music having more complex meters such as 6/8, 7/4, 5/4, 9/8, 12/8.
AR.1.4. Dance: Basic Elements of Movement: Students will understand, explore, and demonstrate dance as an art form through its basic element of space.
1.4.11. Perform combinations of locomotor and axial movements in simple floor patterns.
1.4.12. Experiment with spatial and body design while moving through near, middle, and far reach space.
1.4.13. Invent body shapes in line, angle, and curves while moving through simple floor patterns.
1.4.14. Demonstrate body shapes using energy concepts.
1.4.15. Express a pantomimic sequence of movements (a flower blooming).
1.4.16. Demonstrate directional changes working in groups.
1.4.17. Learn stage directions (upstage, downstage, stage right, stage left).
1.4.18. Perform combinations of locomotor and axial movements in complex floor patterns.
1.4.19. Refine spatial and body designs using near, middle, and far reach space.
1.4.20. Demonstrate body shapes while moving through complex floor patterns.
1.4.21. Create movement sequences based on vertical and horizontal, saggital planes.
1.4.22. Create short dance studies using spatial concepts.
1.4.23. Identify positive and negative space.
1.4.24. Use traditional, non-traditional, and environmental performance spaces in various compositions.
AR.1.5. Dance: Basic Elements of Movement: Students will understand, explore, and demonstrate dance as an art form through its basic element of energy/force/dynamics.
1.5.4. Develop simple movement phrases utilizing various energy concepts.
1.5.5. Identify and demonstrate movement qualities such as percussive/sustained, vibratory/swinging.
1.5.6. Demonstrate movement qualities with increased variety of energy dynamics (tension/relaxation, suspension/release).
1.5.7. Explore use of various dynamics to create contrasting moods.
1.5.8. Apply energy concepts to connect dance phrases.
1.5.9. Continue the use of energy concepts as choreographic tools and create more complex movement studies.
1.5.10. Continue to develop and refine skills necessary to project movement through the manipulation of energy concepts.
AR.2.1. Theatre: Reading: Students will participate in activities that develop the performance process in theatre involving researching, acting, directing, designing, constructing, and responding.
2.1.6. Demonstrate knowledge of the sequential development of dance through history.
2.1.7. Examine cultural dance heritages.
2.1.8. Experience the dance of another culture.
2.1.9. Experience concert forms of dance.
2.1.10. Know and practice proper audience/concert etiquette.
AR.3.1. Theatre: Evaluating: Students will participate in activities that develop the evaluation process in theatre involving their own work and the work of others.
3.1.3. Demonstrate the ability to move spontaneously to various stimuli.
3.1.4. Relate movement to feelings, ideas, and needs.
3.1.5. Successfully solve a group movement assignment using non-verbal stimuli.
AR.3.2. Dance: Artistic Communications: Students will participate in performance.
3.2.4. Develop proficiency in ensemble performance and understand importance of individual contribution.
3.2.5. Complete assigned production duties in conjunction with performance.
AR.3.3. Dance: Artistic Communications: Students will be able to discuss and analyze movement and dance.
3.3.4. Demonstrate proficiency in the use and application of the vocabulary of dance.
3.3.5. Compare and contrast dance forms.
3.3.6. Compare and contrast dance performances.
AR.1.1. Theatre: Creating: Students will participate in activities that develop the creative process in theatre involving script writing, sensory-awareness, analyzing, designing, and planning.
1.1.13. Acknowledge the points of view of others.
1.1.14. Explore empathy for the characters in the literature.
1.1.15. Develop self-expression through theatre performances.
1.1.16. Use appropriate terminology to develop theatre vocabulary.
1.1.17. Refine and record dialogue and action.
1.1.18. Use improvisation and play writing to communicate ideas and feelings.
1.1.19. Demonstrate sensory recall in pantomime activities and in reacting experiences.
1.1.20. Exhibit a practical knowledge of effective vocalization.
1.1.21. Lead small groups in planning visual and aural elements.
1.1.22. Rehearse improvised and scripted scenes to demonstrate social skills.
1.1.23. Use movement, music, and visual elements to enhance the mood of the dramatization.
1.1.24. Explore the structure of dramatic literature (i.e., exposition, points of attack, rising action, climax, falling action, denouement.)
1.1.25. Incorporate elements of dance, music video, and visual arts to express ideas and emotions in improvised and scripted scenes.
1.1.26. Create properties, scenery, costumes, lighting, sound and make-up through individual and group effort.
1.1.27. Use technology to create, revise, and produce dramatizations.
AR.2.1. Theatre: Reading: Students will participate in activities that develop the performance process in theatre involving researching, acting, directing, designing, constructing, and responding.
2.1.18. Use intrapersonal and interpersonal skills to develop self confidence.
2.1.19. Demonstrate listening, observing, focusing, and concentration skills.
2.1.20. Apply skills learned through the dramatic process to other subject areas.
2.1.21. Identify significant time periods in theatre history including major people and events.
2.1.22. Distinguish types of acting roles.
2.1.23. Interact with others in acting real life or fantasy problems or resolutions.
2.1.24. Explore how and where drama is used in the community and observe social relationships.
2.1.25. Explain why similar subjects and ideas are reexamined in different cultures and time periods.
2.1.26. Use thinking and problem solving strategies to resolve problems in stories and situations through improvisation.
2.1.27. Demonstrates appreciation of human achievements in the arts as a specific field of endeavor.
2.1.28. Respond in movement to a variety of images provided by sounds, music, poetry, story, and pictures.
2.1.29. Dramatize roles and events beyond personal experience.
2.1.30. Use the vocal mechanism to project voice audibly and clearly in various performance settings.
2.1.31. Refine proper state techniques (i.e., crosses, turns, gestures, entrances, and exits).
2.1.32. Develop audition material and skills and understand the rehearsal process.
2.1.33. Demonstrate an understanding of the responsibilities of a director.
2.1.34. Demonstrate good citizenship and function as positive members of a theatre audience.
AR.3.1. Theatre: Evaluating: Students will participate in activities that develop the evaluation process in theatre involving their own work and the work of others.
3.1.7. Identify the parts of a theatrical performance using appropriate terminology.
3.1.8. Display an awareness and empathy for the human condition.
3.1.9. Evaluate performances through critical observation for the purpose of self-improvement.
3.1.10. Explore theatre experiences to demonstrate how drama reflects culture.
3.1.11. Develop criteria for making informed critical judgments and participate in constructive criticism after observing a live production.
3.1.12. Explore the role of technology in the creation and performance of drama.
AR.A.1. Art: Inquire/Explore/Discover: Students will inquire/explore/discover historical, cultural, social, environmental, and personal references from which to develop concepts/ideas.
A.1.1. Further investigate the language of art including, but not limited to, the elements and principles of design.
1.1.1. Students will define the language or art.
A.1.2. Examine and identify how art tools, materials, and processes communicate ideas and meanings.
1.2.1. Students will examine and identify the tools necessary for each process that they use.
A.1.3. Research and discuss diverse cultures, styles, and periods of art.
1.3.1. Students will discover and identify style.
A.1.4. Gain creative insight through personal observations and reactions to life experiences.
1.4.1. Students will acknowledge how their art can reflect their own lives.
A.1.5. Research how artists express life experiences through their art work.
1.5.1. Students will discover how artists use social commentary in their art work.
A.1.6. Discover career opportunities that directly or indirectly relate to visual art.
1.6.1. Students will discuss career choices that relate to art.
A.1.7. Recognize the rationale for responsible safety precautions within the visual arts environment.
1.7.1. Students will recognize the rationale for responsible safety precautions.
A.1.8. Examine how physical environments affect choices made by artists.
1.8.1. Students will study the environment in which a specific artist lived and worked.
A.1.9. Discover relationships among the arts, technology, environments, and other disciplines.
1.9.1. Students will discover relationships among the arts and sciences.
A.1.10. Discover relevant community issues as creative resources through interviewing, personal observation, and/or research.
1.10.1. Students will discover relevant community issues as creative resources through interviewing.
A.1.11. Engage in group problem-solving activities (e.g., brainstorming, generating ideas, discussion, and research).
1.11.1. Students will engage in group problem-solving activities through discussion.
AR.A.2. Art: Create: Students will use their creativity in a wide variety of media, techniques, processes, and tools to develop original works of art and design.
A.2.1. Utilize a variety of art media, tools/technology, and processes, both two-and-three dimensional, to communicate ideas and feelings to achieve artistic solutions.
2.1.1. Students will use a variety of art materials to achieve different effects in their artwork.
A.2.2. Create art work using the elements and principles of design to express thoughts and experiences.
2.2.1. Students will study elements and principles of design.
A.2.3. Produce artwork that involves problem solving as evidenced through practice, drafts, sketches and/or models.
2.3.1. Students will create a certain number of sketches as a basis for their art and as evidence of problem solving.
A.2.4. Use community issues to stimulate the production of art work which promotes dialogue.
2.4.1. Students will create a work of art stimulated by community issues.
A.2.5. Demonstrate consistent and responsible use of tools/technology and materials to produce art works that may include, but are not limited to, painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, clay/ceramics, architecture, graphic design, fiber arts, and digital imagery.
2.5.1. Students will demonstrate the proper care and use of classroom art materials.
A.2.6. Create artwork based on personal observations and reactions to life experiences.
2.6.1. Students will create artwork that reflects personal life experience or observation.
A.2.7. Produce art work which displays knowledge of diverse cultures, styles, and periods of art.
2.7.1. Students will display knowledge of artistic style.
A.2.8. Use group interaction in the process of art production.
2.8.1. Students will use information and ideas generated in group discussion as a basis for art production.
AR.A.3. Art: Reflect/Respond/Rediscover: Students will reflect upon, respond to, and rediscover the art work and concept of self, of others (past and present), of environments, and of diverse cultures.
A.3.1. Examine and reflect on a range of subject matter, symbols, and/or ideas used in creating art works.
3.1.1. Students will identify the attributes of a portrait.
A.3.2. Develop student generated rubrics, checklists, questionnaires, tests, or other forms of assessment.
3.2.1. Students will discuss questions that would help identify a style of art.
A.3.3. Engage in aesthetic discussion and apply knowledge when observing works of art.
3.3.1. Students will use the appropriate art vocabulary when discussing the aesthetic value of art.
A.3.4. Participate in the process of exhibiting student art work (plan, select, promote, install, and attend).
3.4.1. Students will discuss the difference between an art exhibition and an art competition.
A.3.5. Develop a portfolio which includes periodic assessment (e.g., self - assessment, peer critique, teacher interview, checklist, essay, etc.).
3.5.1. Students will review ways to make critical judgments about their art work.
A.3.6. Determine and justify why artists make certain design choices.
3.6.1. Students will discuss design choices that are appropriate for a weaving.
A.3.7. Determine/project ways art may envision the future.
3.7.1. Students will examine what might influence fashion in the future.
A.3.8. Discuss and evaluate connections between the visual arts and other disciplines (e.g., in math: 3-D forms, symmetry, patterns).
3.8.1. Students will discuss the connections between the visual arts and science.
A.3.9. Evaluate the importance of art history and heritage.
3.9.1. Students will select and research art work produced by an artist of a specific era.
AR.A.1. Art: Inquire/Explore/Discover: Students will inquire/explore/discover historical, cultural, social, environmental, and personal references from which to develop concepts/ideas.
A.1.1. Further investigate the language of art including, but not limited to, the elements and principles of design.
1.1.1. Students will understand the language of art in reproductions of art work.
A.1.2. Examine and identify how art tools, materials, and processes communicate ideas and meanings.
1.2.1. Students will examine and identify materials appropriate for each process that can best communicate an idea.
A.1.3. Research and discuss diverse cultures, styles, and periods of art.
1.3.1. Students will recognize ancient/old masters/modern periods in art.
A.1.4. Gain creative insight through personal observations and reactions to life experiences.
1.4.1. Students will explore using personal reactions to an event as a source of/for ideas.
A.1.5. Research how artists express life experiences through their art work.
1.5.1. Students will research the life and work an artist.
A.1.6. Discover career opportunities that directly or indirectly relate to visual art.
1.6.1. Students will list and identify career opportunities relating to art.
A.1.7. Recognize the rationale for responsible safety precautions within the visual arts environment.
1.7.1. Students will recognize the rationale for responsible safety precautions.
A.1.8. Examine how physical environments affect choices made by artists.
1.8.1. Students will examine how physical environments affect the choices they make as an artist.
A.1.9. Discover relationships among the arts, technology, environments, and other disciplines.
1.9.1. Students will discover relationships among the arts and computers.
A.1.10. Discover relevant community issues as creative resources through interviewing, personal observation, and/or research.
1.10.1. Students will discover relevant community issues as creative resources through research.
A.1.11. Engage in group problem-solving activities (e.g., brainstorming, generating ideas, discussion, and research).
1.11.1. Students will engage in group problem-solving activities through research.
AR.A.2. Art: Create: Students will use their creativity in a wide variety of media, techniques, processes, and tools to develop original works of art and design.
A.2.1. Utilize a variety of art media, tools/technology, and processes, both two-and-three dimensional, to communicate ideas and feelings to achieve artistic solutions.
2.1.1. Students will communicate ideas and feelings through use of media.
A.2.2. Create art work using the elements and principles of design to express thoughts and experiences.
2.2.1. Students will study elements and principles of design.
A.2.3. Produce artwork that involves problem solving as evidenced through practice, drafts, sketches and/or models.
2.3.1. Student will produce art involving problem solving.
A.2.4. Use community issues to stimulate the production of art work which promotes dialogue.
2.4.1. Students will create a work of art stimulated by community issues.
A.2.5. Demonstrate consistent and responsible use of tools/technology and materials to produce art works that may include, but are not limited to, painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, clay/ceramics, architecture, graphic design, fiber arts, and digital imagery.
2.5.1. Students will explore responsible use of painting tools and materials.
A.2.6. Create artwork based on personal observations and reactions to life experiences.
2.6.1. Students will use personal experiences for inspiration of artwork.
A.2.7. Produce art work which displays knowledge of diverse cultures, styles, and periods of art.
2.7.1. Students will display knowledge of periods of art.
A.2.8. Use group interaction in the process of art production.
2.8.1. Students will experience working in groups.
AR.A.3. Art: Reflect/Respond/Rediscover: Students will reflect upon, respond to, and rediscover the art work and concept of self, of others (past and present), of environments, and of diverse cultures.
A.3.1. Examine and reflect on a range of subject matter, symbols, and/or ideas used in creating art works.
3.1.1. Students will discuss symbols used by different cultures.
A.3.2. Develop student generated rubrics, checklists, questionnaires, tests, or other forms of assessment.
3.2.1. Students will assess forms of assessment.
A.3.3. Engage in aesthetic discussion and apply knowledge when observing works of art.
3.3.1. Students will apply aesthetic reasoning to a piece of art work.
A.3.4. Participate in the process of exhibiting student art work (plan, select, promote, install, and attend).
3.4.1. Students will review the art exhibition process.
A.3.5. Develop a portfolio which includes periodic assessment (e.g., self - assessment, peer critique, teacher interview, checklist, essay, etc.).
3.5.1. Students will organize a portfolio of work.
A.3.6. Determine and justify why artists make certain design choices.
3.6.1. Students will discuss why artists make different design choices.
A.3.7. Determine/project ways art may envision the future.
3.7.1. Students will create artwork that shows how art reflects the future.
A.3.8. Discuss and evaluate connections between the visual arts and other disciplines (e.g., in math: 3-D forms, symmetry, patterns).
3.8.1. Students will discuss the connections between the visual arts, literature and writing.
A.3.9. Evaluate the importance of art history and heritage.
3.9.1. Students will select and research an artist from a specific time period.
AR.A.1. Art: Inquire/Explore/Discover: Students will inquire/explore/discover historical, cultural, social, environmental, and personal references from which to develop concepts/ideas.
A.1.1. Further investigate the language of art including, but not limited to, the elements and principles of design.
1.1.1. Students will explore the language of art through personal art work.
A.1.2. Examine and identify how art tools, materials, and processes communicate ideas and meanings.
1.2.1. Students will use art tools, materials, and processes in various ways to communicate ideas and feelings.
A.1.3. Research and discuss diverse cultures, styles, and periods of art.
1.3.1. Students will review time periods in art.
A.1.4. Gain creative insight through personal observations and reactions to life experiences.
1.4.1. Students will use personal reactions to an event as a source of ideas.
A.1.5. Research how artists express life experiences through their art work.
1.5.1. Students will discover how artists use personal references in their art work.
A.1.6. Discover career opportunities that directly or indirectly relate to visual art.
1.6.1. Students will break down the different areas of design that require an artist.
A.1.7. Recognize the rationale for responsible safety precautions within the visual arts environment.
1.7.1. Students will recognize the rationale for responsible safety precautions.
A.1.8. Examine how physical environments affect choices made by artists.
1.8.1. Students will examine how physical environments affect the choices they make as an artist.
A.1.9. Discover relationships among the arts, technology, environments, and other disciplines.
1.9.1. Students will discover relationships between art and technology.
A.1.10. Discover relevant community issues as creative resources through interviewing, personal observation, and/or research.
1.10.1. Students will identify a community issues and create a drawing in response to that issue.
A.1.11. Engage in group problem-solving activities (e.g., brainstorming, generating ideas, discussion, and research).
1.11.1. Students will engage in group problem-solving activities through a group project.
AR.A.2. Art: Create: Students will use their creativity in a wide variety of media, techniques, processes, and tools to develop original works of art and design.
A.2.1. Utilize a variety of art media, tools/technology, and processes, both two-and-three dimensional, to communicate ideas and feelings to achieve artistic solutions.
2.1.1. Students will communicate ideas and feelings through a print.
A.2.2. Create art work using the elements and principles of design to express thoughts and experiences.
2.2.1. Students will study elements and principles of design.
A.2.3. Produce artwork that involves problem solving as evidenced through practice, drafts, sketches and/or models.
2.3.1. Students will produce art involving problem-solving techniques.
A.2.4. Use community issues to stimulate the production of art work which promotes dialogue.
2.4.1. Students will create an artwork that communicates a message regarding a community issue.
A.2.5. Demonstrate consistent and responsible use of tools/technology and materials to produce art works that may include, but are not limited to, painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, clay/ceramics, architecture, graphic design, fiber arts, and digital imagery.
2.5.1. Student will learn to take care of art tools and media.
A.2.6. Create artwork based on personal observations and reactions to life experiences.
2.6.1. Students will create a work of art from a personal event.
A.2.7. Produce art work which displays knowledge of diverse cultures, styles, and periods of art.
2.7.1. Students will display knowledge of styles and periods of art.
A.2.8. Use group interaction in the process of art production.
2.8.1. Students will work in a group to complete artwork.
AR.A.3. Art: Reflect/Respond/Rediscover: Students will reflect upon, respond to, and rediscover the art work and concept of self, of others (past and present), of environments, and of diverse cultures.
A.3.1. Examine and reflect on a range of subject matter, symbols, and/or ideas used in creating art works.
3.1.1. Students will discuss and select an idea for subject matter.
A.3.2. Develop student generated rubrics, checklists, questionnaires, tests, or other forms of assessment.
3.2.1. Students will create a rubric to be used in classroom assessment.
A.3.3. Engage in aesthetic discussion and apply knowledge when observing works of art.
3.3.1. Students will apply aesthetic reasoning to a piece of art work.
A.3.4. Participate in the process of exhibiting student art work (plan, select, promote, install, and attend).
3.4.1. Students will discuss and prepare a piece of art work for exhibition.
A.3.5. Develop a portfolio which includes periodic assessment (e.g., self - assessment, peer critique, teacher interview, checklist, essay, etc.).
3.5.1. Students will keep works of art in a portfolio.
A.3.6. Determine and justify why artists make certain design choices.
3.6.1. Students will discuss design choices that are appropriate for a piece of art work.
A.3.7. Determine/project ways art may envision the future.
3.7.1. Students will examine how art will influence technology in the future.
A.3.8. Discuss and evaluate connections between the visual arts and other disciplines (e.g., in math: 3-D forms, symmetry, patterns).
3.8.1. Students will discuss the connections between the visual arts and history.
A.3.9. Evaluate the importance of art history and heritage.
3.9.1. Students will select and research art work produced by a different culture.
AR.A.1. Art: Inquire/Explore/Discover: Students will inquire/explore/discover historical, cultural, social, environmental, and personal references from which to develop concepts/ideas.
A.1.1. Identify how art translates ideas, knowledge, emotions, and experiences to others.
A.1.2. Assimilate/diversify prior knowledge to include new media skills to explore concepts and ideas.
A.1.3. Compare and/or identify the materials, technologies, media, processes, and purposes of the visual arts with those of other disciplines and other cultures.
A.1.4. Explore the nature of creativity.
A.1.5. Employ various methods of research such as technology, interviews, and field observations.
A.1.6. Investigate and communicate an understanding of visual arts career opportunities.
A.1.7. Identify and understand responsible safety precautions within the visual arts.
A.1.8. Connect visual arts issues, ideas, and themes with concurring humanities and science characteristics.
A.1.9. Identify a variety of sources for subject matter, symbols, and ideas.
AR.A.2. Art: Create: Students will use their creativity in a wide variety of media, techniques, processes, and tools to develop original works of art and design.
A.2.1. Apply inquiry, research, and exploration to create art work using a wide variety of media, processes, techniques, and tools.
A.2.2. Create art works that evidence thinking, awareness of design elements and principles, and aesthetic concerns.
A.2.3. Generate and communicate ideas that create multiple solutions to specific visual art problems as evidenced through sketches, models, and/or other visual formats.
A.2.4. Communicate cognitive and affective perceptions through a wide variety of media, processes, techniques and tools.
A.2.5. Create a body of art works that share an underlying visual idea, content, or theme.
A.2.6. Collaborate with others to create products relevant to visual art experiences.
AR.A.3. Art: Reflect/Respond/Rediscover: Students will reflect upon, respond to, and rediscover the art work and concept of self, of others (past and resent), of environments, and of diverse cultures.
A.3.1. Analyze, evaluates, and defends the content and manner in which subject matter, symbols, and images are used in the students' own art works and the works of others.
A.3.2. Assess the students' own work and the work of others using current assessment practices and tools.
A.3.3. Critique art works in terms of history, culture, and aesthetics.
A.3.4. Prepare and present their own work in exhibit/display format, actual or virtual.
A.3.5. Assemble a portfolio of their own work which reflects visual art experiences and shows growth and potential over a period of time.
A.3.6. Relate their own style, intent, and/or content to influences by known artists, diverse cultures, or natural references.
A.3.7. Reflect upon ways in which art concepts can be projected into life-long learning experiences in various disciplines.
AR.M.1. Music: The student will sing and/or play an instrument utilizing a varied repertoire of music.
M.1.1. Perform a variety of music literature according to the stylistic period, using technology when appropriate.
M.1.2. Demonstrate independence by performing alone or in ensembles, e.g., trio, octet, etc.
M.1.3. Demonstrate appropriate small and large ensemble performance techniques during formal and/or informal performances.
AR.M.2. Music: The student will create, compose, arrange, and improvise music as developmentally appropriate.
M.2.1. Compose rhythmic and melodic phrases.
M.2.2. Explore the role of technology in the creation of vocal and/or instrumental pieces.
M.2.3. Compose music that encompasses the use of meter, tonality, and style periods (manuscript or computer generated).
M.2.4. Arrange segments of vocal or instrumental pieces (manuscript or computer generated).
M.2.5. Arrange or transpose pieces for voices or instruments other than those for which they were intended (e.g., SAB to SSA or transposition from brass to woodwind.)
M.2.6. Given a melody, improvise harmonic phrases within a specific framework of a given style.
M.2.7. Given a chord progression, improvise a melody within a given style.
M.2.8. Improvise a melody consistent with meter, tonality, and style as dictated by the selection.
AR.M.3. Music: The student will read and notate music.
M.3.1. Demonstrate an understanding of the language of music (e.g., notation, texture, and timbre).
M.3.2. Notate rhythms, tonalities, articulations, and expressive markings using traditional manuscript or current music software.
M.3.3. Sing or play intervals that are of a major or minor tonality.
M.3.4. Given a specific sight-reading method, sing or play simple melodies chosen by the conductor.
M.3.5. Given a specific sight-reading method, sing or play the assigned part within the group.
AR.M.4. Music: The student will listen to, analyze, describe, and evaluate music and musical performances.
M.4.1. Analyze aural examples of literature by describing the uses of musical elements inherent within the pieces.
M.4.2. Compare and contrast specific characteristics of selected literature for performances or listening purposes.
M.4.3. Apply criteria for making informed judgments concerning the artistic merit of a composition.
M.4.4. Analyze individual or group performances for the purpose of improving intrinsic motivation.
M.4.5. Recognize and share the emotional responses evoked by the composition performed.
M.4.6. Describe and analyze the vocal/instrumental techniques experienced in performance.
M.4.7. Appraise and modify musical performances through a comparison of exemplary models.
AR.M.5. Music: The student will relate music to diverse cultures, society, history, and other arts and disciplines.
M.5.1. Exhibit self-discipline and teamwork in daily rehearsals and musical performances.
M.5.2. Model appropriate etiquette as both a performer and an observer.
M.5.3. Identify and perform music representative of diverse cultures.
M.5.4. Explain the role of music and its effect on society and culture.
M.5.5. Identify ways to transfer musical knowledge and skills to lifelong career, community, and leisure activities.
M.5.6. Compare and contrast the elements, processes, and organizational principles of other fine arts to those of music.
M.5.7. Aurally identify representative examples of literature by historical period.
M.5.8. Given a musical composition, define its aesthetic qualities within the context of history and culture.
M.5.9. Determine factors that influence musicians within historical time frames.
AR.1.1. Theatre: Creating: Students will participate in activities that develop the creative process in theatre involving script writing, sensory-awareness, analyzing, designing, and planning.
1.1.18. Identify and practice necessary precautions and limitations to avoid injury.
1.1.19. Refine develops muscular control.
1.1.20. Improve coordination.
1.1.21. Increase flexibility.
1.1.22. Develop endurance.
AR.1.2. Dance: Basic Elements of Movement: Students will understand, explore, and demonstrate dance as an art form through its basic element of locomotor movement.
1.2.6. Demonstrate advanced sequences of locomotor and non-locomotor movement.
1.2.7. Compose and perform a sequence of locomotor and non-locomotor movements experimenting with weight, direction, level, and tempo changes.
AR.1.3. Dance: Basic Elements of Movement: Students will understand, explore and demonstrate dance as an art form through its basic element of time.
1.3.16. Identify and move to more advanced or changing meters in music.
1.3.17. Choreograph a dance phrase. Compose a musical phrase to complement it.
1.3.18. Reverse the previous process.
1.3.19. Combine meters.
1.3.20. Demonstrate proficiency at moving to the pulse using props.
1.3.21. Display a clear sense of rhythm and timing when moving in complex combinations.
1.3.22. Demonstrate precision of timing on entrances and exits.
AR.1.4. Dance: Basic Elements of Movement: Students will understand, explore, and demonstrate dance as an art form through its basic element of space.
1.4.25. Compose and perform more complex dance studies using spatial concepts.
1.4.26. Compose and perform advanced combinations with complex floor patterns.
1.4.27. Use positive and negative space in group compositions.
AR.1.5. Dance: Basic Elements of Movement: Students will understand, explore, and demonstrate dance as an art form through its basic element of energy/force/dynamics.
1.5.11. Enhance skills necessary to perform a variety of energy concepts.
1.5.12. Demonstrate the ability to utilize energy concepts in more advanced compositions.
1.5.13. Explore ways in which energy concepts are combined and arranged to define style (ballet, ethnic, modern).
1.5.14. Continue to develop and refine skills necessary to project movement through the use of energy concepts and qualities of movement.
AR.2.1. Theatre: Reading: Students will participate in activities that develop the performance process in theatre involving researching, acting, directing, designing, constructing, and responding.
2.1.11. Recognize dance as an index to the artistic and social values of civilization (i.e., celebration, ceremony, entertainment, prosperity, socialization, health/fitness, education, communication).
2.1.12. Expand knowledge of the sequential development of dance through history.
2.1.13. Examine in greater detail cultural dance heritages.
2.1.14. Experience the dances of other cultures.
2.1.15. Experience a variety of concert forms of dance.
2.1.16. Demonstrate appropriate audience/concert etiquette.
AR.3.1. Theatre: Evaluating: Students will participate in activities that develop the evaluation process in theatre involving their own work and the work of others.
3.1.6. Solve movement problems in aba form in weak and strong areas of the stage.
3.1.7. Create movement studies utilizing knowledge of compositional forms (canon, rondo).
AR.3.2. Dance: Artistic Communications: Students will participate in performance.
3.2.6. Perform a complete dance work with strong concentration, focus, appropriate energy levels, and etiquette.
3.2.7. Demonstrate commitment to ensemble in rehearsal and performance.
3.2.8. Achieve a high level of accuracy and interpretation.
3.2.9. Complete assigned production duties in conjunction with performance.
AR.3.3. Dance: Artistic Communications: Students will be able to discuss and analyze movement and dance.
3.3.7. Demonstrate and use advanced dance terminology.
3.3.8. Acquire knowledge of positive and constructive feedback.
3.3.9. Critique a dance performance.
3.3.10. Exhibit a proficiency in critiquing skills.
AR.1.1. Theatre: Creating: Students will participate in activities that develop the creative process in theatre involving script writing, sensory-awareness, analyzing, designing, and planning.
1.1.28. Exhibit comprehension of and sensitivity to cultural diversity through peer response.
1.1.29. Extrapolate empathy for the characters in the literature.
1.1.30. Expand appropriate terminology to develop theatre vocabulary.
1.1.31. Create playwriting, technical, and performance projects.
1.1.32. Explain the consequences of a character's behavior and suggest motives and feelings.
1.1.33. Become aware of the senses through imaginary environments in dramatic activities.
1.1.34. Recognize and cultivate a strong and flexible stage voice.
1.1.35. Recognize the varied qualities of regional dialects.
1.1.36. Effectively communicate directorial choices to a small ensemble for improvised or scripted scenes.
1.1.37. Develop movement, music, and visual elements to enhance the mood of the dramatization.
1.1.38. Develop characters, environments, and actions individually and in groups to create tension and suspense.
1.1.39. Develop designs that use visual and aural elements to convey environments that clearly support the text.
1.1.40. Explain the functions and interrelated nature of scenery, properties, lighting, sound, costumes, and make-up in creating an environment appropriate for the drama.
1.1.41. Design coherent stage management, promotional, and business plans.
1.1.42. Expand the use of technology to create, revise, and produce dramatizations.
1.1.43. Experiment with creative choices by taking risks and appreciating risk-taking in others.
AR.2.1. Theatre: Reading: Students will participate in activities that develop the performance process in theatre involving researching, acting, directing, designing, constructing, and responding.
2.1.35. Use intrapersonal and interpersonal skills to develop self confidence.
2.1.36. Demonstrate listening, observing, focusing, and concentration skills.
2.1.37. Apply skills learned through the dramatic process to other subject areas.
2.1.38. Research and present projects representing the span of theatre history and dramatic literature.
2.1.39. Distinguish types of acting roles and theories of acting based on research.
2.1.40. Build relationships between and among characters that lead to a seeming inevitable resolution.
2.1.41. Research the role of dramatic arts in cultures and world civilizations.
2.1.42. Use role playing to develop awareness of a variety of social roles and in resolving dramatic problems.
2.1.43. Use thinking and problem solving strategies to plan and structure elements of drama in order to analyze and create scripts.
2.1.44. Identify ways to transfer knowledge and skills to life long community career and leisure activities.
2.1.45. Use a blend of vocal and physical expression to project character interpretation.
2.1.46. Apply research from print and non-print sources to script-writing, acting, designing, and directing choices.
2.1.47. Integrate vocal skills with other Actors as a means of achieving ensemble performance.
2.1.48. Expand proper stage techniques to include special movement (stage combat, dance, etc.).
2.1.49. Develop a resume, audition for a performance and follow a rehearsal schedule.
2.1.50. Observe or perform the duties of a director.
2.1.51. Respond appropriately as an audience member.
AR.3.1. Theatre: Evaluating: Students will participate in activities that develop the evaluation process in theatre involving their own work and the work of others.
3.1.13. Understand, interpret, and evaluate theatrical performances using basic theatre terminology.
3.1.14. Compare and contrast emotional responses evoked by a variety of drama styles (i.e., love, sorrow, joy, pride).
3.1.15. Refine performance choices through observation and self evaluation. Utilize ways drama affects and/or enhances the lives of people of various ages, cultures, and heritages.
3.1.16. Identify and evaluate artistic merit of theatre, film, television, and electronic media productions.
3.1.17. Begin to develop critical language in the comparison of creative processes used in various art forms.
3.1.18. Utilize the role of technology in the creation and performance of drama.
3.1.19. Reflect on the consequences of a character's decisions and actions and relate dramatic problems to one's own life.
3.1.20. Determine and demonstrate appropriate aesthetic responses to dramatic performances.
3.1.21. Use thinking and problem solving strategies to explain and analyze how technical elements contribute to the effectiveness of a production.
AR.A.1. Art: Inquire/Explore/Discover: Students will inquire/explore/discover historical, cultural, social, environmental, and personal references from which to develop concepts/ideas.
A.1.1. Identify how art translates ideas, knowledge, emotions, and experiences to others.
A.1.2. Assimilate/diversify prior knowledge to include new media skills to explore concepts and ideas.
A.1.3. Compare and/or identify the materials, technologies, media, processes, and purposes of the visual arts with those of other disciplines and other cultures.
A.1.4. Explore the nature of creativity.
A.1.5. Employ various methods of research such as technology, interviews, and field observations.
A.1.6. Investigate and communicate an understanding of visual arts career opportunities.
A.1.7. Identify and understand responsible safety precautions within the visual arts.
A.1.8. Connect visual arts issues, ideas, and themes with concurring humanities and science characteristics.
A.1.9. Identify a variety of sources for subject matter, symbols, and ideas.
AR.A.2. Art: Create: Students will use their creativity in a wide variety of media, techniques, processes, and tools to develop original works of art and design.
A.2.1. Apply inquiry, research, and exploration to create art work using a wide variety of media, processes, techniques, and tools.
A.2.2. Create art works that evidence thinking, awareness of design elements and principles, and aesthetic concerns.
A.2.3. Generate and communicate ideas that create multiple solutions to specific visual art problems as evidenced through sketches, models, and/or other visual formats.
A.2.4. Communicate cognitive and affective perceptions through a wide variety of media, processes, techniques and tools.
A.2.5. Create a body of art works that share an underlying visual idea, content, or theme.
A.2.6. Collaborate with others to create products relevant to visual art experiences.
AR.A.3. Art: Reflect/Respond/Rediscover: Students will reflect upon, respond to, and rediscover the art work and concept of self, of others (past and resent), of environments, and of diverse cultures.
A.3.1. Analyze, evaluates, and defends the content and manner in which subject matter, symbols, and images are used in the students' own art works and the works of others.
A.3.2. Assess the students' own work and the work of others using current assessment practices and tools.
A.3.3. Critique art works in terms of history, culture, and aesthetics.
A.3.4. Prepare and present their own work in exhibit/display format, actual or virtual.
A.3.5. Assemble a portfolio of their own work which reflects visual art experiences and shows growth and potential over a period of time.
A.3.6. Relate their own style, intent, and/or content to influences by known artists, diverse cultures, or natural references.
A.3.7. Reflect upon ways in which art concepts can be projected into life-long learning experiences in various disciplines.
AR.M.1. Music: The student will sing and/or play an instrument utilizing a varied repertoire of music.
M.1.1. Perform a variety of music literature according to the stylistic period, using technology when appropriate.
M.1.2. Demonstrate independence by performing alone or in ensembles, e.g., trio, octet, etc.
M.1.3. Demonstrate appropriate small and large ensemble performance techniques during formal and/or informal performances.
AR.M.2. Music: The student will create, compose, arrange, and improvise music as developmentally appropriate.
M.2.1. Compose rhythmic and melodic phrases.
M.2.2. Explore the role of technology in the creation of vocal and/or instrumental pieces.
M.2.3. Compose music that encompasses the use of meter, tonality, and style periods (manuscript or computer generated).
M.2.4. Arrange segments of vocal or instrumental pieces (manuscript or computer generated).
M.2.5. Arrange or transpose pieces for voices or instruments other than those for which they were intended (e.g., SAB to SSA or transposition from brass to woodwind.)
M.2.6. Given a melody, improvise harmonic phrases within a specific framework of a given style.
M.2.7. Given a chord progression, improvise a melody within a given style.
M.2.8. Improvise a melody consistent with meter, tonality, and style as dictated by the selection.
AR.M.3. Music: The student will read and notate music.
M.3.1. Demonstrate an understanding of the language of music (e.g., notation, texture, and timbre).
M.3.2. Notate rhythms, tonalities, articulations, and expressive markings using traditional manuscript or current music software.
M.3.3. Sing or play intervals that are of a major or minor tonality.
M.3.4. Given a specific sight-reading method, sing or play simple melodies chosen by the conductor.
M.3.5. Given a specific sight-reading method, sing or play the assigned part within the group.
AR.M.4. Music: The student will listen to, analyze, describe, and evaluate music and musical performances.
M.4.1. Analyze aural examples of literature by describing the uses of musical elements inherent within the pieces.
M.4.2. Compare and contrast specific characteristics of selected literature for performances or listening purposes.
M.4.3. Apply criteria for making informed judgments concerning the artistic merit of a composition.
M.4.4. Analyze individual or group performances for the purpose of improving intrinsic motivation.
M.4.5. Recognize and share the emotional responses evoked by the composition performed.
M.4.6. Describe and analyze the vocal/instrumental techniques experienced in performance.
M.4.7. Appraise and modify musical performances through a comparison of exemplary models.
AR.M.5. Music: The student will relate music to diverse cultures, society, history, and other arts and disciplines.
M.5.1. Exhibit self-discipline and teamwork in daily rehearsals and musical performances.
M.5.2. Model appropriate etiquette as both a performer and an observer.
M.5.3. Identify and perform music representative of diverse cultures.
M.5.4. Explain the role of music and its effect on society and culture.
M.5.5. Identify ways to transfer musical knowledge and skills to lifelong career, community, and leisure activities.
M.5.6. Compare and contrast the elements, processes, and organizational principles of other fine arts to those of music.
M.5.7. Aurally identify representative examples of literature by historical period.
M.5.8. Given a musical composition, define its aesthetic qualities within the context of history and culture.
M.5.9. Determine factors that influence musicians within historical time frames.
AR.1.1. Theatre: Creating: Students will participate in activities that develop the creative process in theatre involving script writing, sensory-awareness, analyzing, designing, and planning.
1.1.18. Identify and practice necessary precautions and limitations to avoid injury.
1.1.19. Refine develops muscular control.
1.1.20. Improve coordination.
1.1.21. Increase flexibility.
1.1.22. Develop endurance.
AR.1.2. Dance: Basic Elements of Movement: Students will understand, explore, and demonstrate dance as an art form through its basic element of locomotor movement.
1.2.6. Demonstrate advanced sequences of locomotor and non-locomotor movement.
1.2.7. Compose and perform a sequence of locomotor and non-locomotor movements experimenting with weight, direction, level, and tempo changes.
AR.1.3. Dance: Basic Elements of Movement: Students will understand, explore and demonstrate dance as an art form through its basic element of time.
1.3.16. Identify and move to more advanced or changing meters in music.
1.3.17. Choreograph a dance phrase. Compose a musical phrase to complement it.
1.3.18. Reverse the previous process.
1.3.19. Combine meters.
1.3.20. Demonstrate proficiency at moving to the pulse using props.
1.3.21. Display a clear sense of rhythm and timing when moving in complex combinations.
1.3.22. Demonstrate precision of timing on entrances and exits.
AR.1.4. Dance: Basic Elements of Movement: Students will understand, explore, and demonstrate dance as an art form through its basic element of space.
1.4.25. Compose and perform more complex dance studies using spatial concepts.
1.4.26. Compose and perform advanced combinations with complex floor patterns.
1.4.27. Use positive and negative space in group compositions.
AR.1.5. Dance: Basic Elements of Movement: Students will understand, explore, and demonstrate dance as an art form through its basic element of energy/force/dynamics.
1.5.11. Enhance skills necessary to perform a variety of energy concepts.
1.5.12. Demonstrate the ability to utilize energy concepts in more advanced compositions.
1.5.13. Explore ways in which energy concepts are combined and arranged to define style (ballet, ethnic, modern).
1.5.14. Continue to develop and refine skills necessary to project movement through the use of energy concepts and qualities of movement.
AR.2.1. Theatre: Reading: Students will participate in activities that develop the performance process in theatre involving researching, acting, directing, designing, constructing, and responding.
2.1.11. Recognize dance as an index to the artistic and social values of civilization (i.e., celebration, ceremony, entertainment, prosperity, socialization, health/fitness, education, communication).
2.1.12. Expand knowledge of the sequential development of dance through history.
2.1.13. Examine in greater detail cultural dance heritages.
2.1.14. Experience the dances of other cultures.
2.1.15. Experience a variety of concert forms of dance.
2.1.16. Demonstrate appropriate audience/concert etiquette.
AR.3.1. Theatre: Evaluating: Students will participate in activities that develop the evaluation process in theatre involving their own work and the work of others.
3.1.6. Solve movement problems in aba form in weak and strong areas of the stage.
3.1.7. Create movement studies utilizing knowledge of compositional forms (canon, rondo).
AR.3.2. Dance: Artistic Communications: Students will participate in performance.
3.2.6. Perform a complete dance work with strong concentration, focus, appropriate energy levels, and etiquette.
3.2.7. Demonstrate commitment to ensemble in rehearsal and performance.
3.2.8. Achieve a high level of accuracy and interpretation.
3.2.9. Complete assigned production duties in conjunction with performance.
AR.3.3. Dance: Artistic Communications: Students will be able to discuss and analyze movement and dance.
3.3.7. Demonstrate and use advanced dance terminology.
3.3.8. Acquire knowledge of positive and constructive feedback.
3.3.9. Critique a dance performance.
3.3.10. Exhibit a proficiency in critiquing skills.
AR.1.1. Theatre: Creating: Students will participate in activities that develop the creative process in theatre involving script writing, sensory-awareness, analyzing, designing, and planning.
1.1.28. Exhibit comprehension of and sensitivity to cultural diversity through peer response.
1.1.29. Extrapolate empathy for the characters in the literature.
1.1.30. Expand appropriate terminology to develop theatre vocabulary.
1.1.31. Create playwriting, technical, and performance projects.
1.1.32. Explain the consequences of a character's behavior and suggest motives and feelings.
1.1.33. Become aware of the senses through imaginary environments in dramatic activities.
1.1.34. Recognize and cultivate a strong and flexible stage voice.
1.1.35. Recognize the varied qualities of regional dialects.
1.1.36. Effectively communicate directorial choices to a small ensemble for improvised or scripted scenes.
1.1.37. Develop movement, music, and visual elements to enhance the mood of the dramatization.
1.1.38. Develop characters, environments, and actions individually and in groups to create tension and suspense.
1.1.39. Develop designs that use visual and aural elements to convey environments that clearly support the text.
1.1.40. Explain the functions and interrelated nature of scenery, properties, lighting, sound, costumes, and make-up in creating an environment appropriate for the drama.
1.1.41. Design coherent stage management, promotional, and business plans.
1.1.42. Expand the use of technology to create, revise, and produce dramatizations.
1.1.43. Experiment with creative choices by taking risks and appreciating risk-taking in others.
AR.2.1. Theatre: Reading: Students will participate in activities that develop the performance process in theatre involving researching, acting, directing, designing, constructing, and responding.
2.1.35. Use intrapersonal and interpersonal skills to develop self confidence.
2.1.36. Demonstrate listening, observing, focusing, and concentration skills.
2.1.37. Apply skills learned through the dramatic process to other subject areas.
2.1.38. Research and present projects representing the span of theatre history and dramatic literature.
2.1.39. Distinguish types of acting roles and theories of acting based on research.
2.1.40. Build relationships between and among characters that lead to a seeming inevitable resolution.
2.1.41. Research the role of dramatic arts in cultures and world civilizations.
2.1.42. Use role playing to develop awareness of a variety of social roles and in resolving dramatic problems.
2.1.43. Use thinking and problem solving strategies to plan and structure elements of drama in order to analyze and create scripts.
2.1.44. Identify ways to transfer knowledge and skills to life long community career and leisure activities.
2.1.45. Use a blend of vocal and physical expression to project character interpretation.
2.1.46. Apply research from print and non-print sources to script-writing, acting, designing, and directing choices.
2.1.47. Integrate vocal skills with other Actors as a means of achieving ensemble performance.
2.1.48. Expand proper stage techniques to include special movement (stage combat, dance, etc.).
2.1.49. Develop a resume, audition for a performance and follow a rehearsal schedule.
2.1.50. Observe or perform the duties of a director.
2.1.51. Respond appropriately as an audience member.
AR.3.1. Theatre: Evaluating: Students will participate in activities that develop the evaluation process in theatre involving their own work and the work of others.
3.1.13. Understand, interpret, and evaluate theatrical performances using basic theatre terminology.
3.1.14. Compare and contrast emotional responses evoked by a variety of drama styles (i.e., love, sorrow, joy, pride).
3.1.15. Refine performance choices through observation and self evaluation. Utilize ways drama affects and/or enhances the lives of people of various ages, cultures, and heritages.
3.1.16. Identify and evaluate artistic merit of theatre, film, television, and electronic media productions.
3.1.17. Begin to develop critical language in the comparison of creative processes used in various art forms.
3.1.18. Utilize the role of technology in the creation and performance of drama.
3.1.19. Reflect on the consequences of a character's decisions and actions and relate dramatic problems to one's own life.
3.1.20. Determine and demonstrate appropriate aesthetic responses to dramatic performances.
3.1.21. Use thinking and problem solving strategies to explain and analyze how technical elements contribute to the effectiveness of a production.
AR.A.1. Art: Inquire/Explore/Discover: Students will inquire/explore/discover historical, cultural, social, environmental, and personal references from which to develop concepts/ideas.
A.1.1. Identify how art translates ideas, knowledge, emotions, and experiences to others.
A.1.2. Assimilate/diversify prior knowledge to include new media skills to explore concepts and ideas.
A.1.3. Compare and/or identify the materials, technologies, media, processes, and purposes of the visual arts with those of other disciplines and other cultures.
A.1.4. Explore the nature of creativity.
A.1.5. Employ various methods of research such as technology, interviews, and field observations.
A.1.6. Investigate and communicate an understanding of visual arts career opportunities.
A.1.7. Identify and understand responsible safety precautions within the visual arts.
A.1.8. Connect visual arts issues, ideas, and themes with concurring humanities and science characteristics.
A.1.9. Identify a variety of sources for subject matter, symbols, and ideas.
AR.A.2. Art: Create: Students will use their creativity in a wide variety of media, techniques, processes, and tools to develop original works of art and design.
A.2.1. Apply inquiry, research, and exploration to create art work using a wide variety of media, processes, techniques, and tools.
A.2.2. Create art works that evidence thinking, awareness of design elements and principles, and aesthetic concerns.
A.2.3. Generate and communicate ideas that create multiple solutions to specific visual art problems as evidenced through sketches, models, and/or other visual formats.
A.2.4. Communicate cognitive and affective perceptions through a wide variety of media, processes, techniques and tools.
A.2.5. Create a body of art works that share an underlying visual idea, content, or theme.
A.2.6. Collaborate with others to create products relevant to visual art experiences.
AR.A.3. Art: Reflect/Respond/Rediscover: Students will reflect upon, respond to, and rediscover the art work and concept of self, of others (past and resent), of environments, and of diverse cultures.
A.3.1. Analyze, evaluates, and defends the content and manner in which subject matter, symbols, and images are used in the students' own art works and the works of others.
A.3.2. Assess the students' own work and the work of others using current assessment practices and tools.
A.3.3. Critique art works in terms of history, culture, and aesthetics.
A.3.4. Prepare and present their own work in exhibit/display format, actual or virtual.
A.3.5. Assemble a portfolio of their own work which reflects visual art experiences and shows growth and potential over a period of time.
A.3.6. Relate their own style, intent, and/or content to influences by known artists, diverse cultures, or natural references.
A.3.7. Reflect upon ways in which art concepts can be projected into life-long learning experiences in various disciplines.
AR.M.1. Music: The student will sing and/or play an instrument utilizing a varied repertoire of music.
M.1.1. Perform a variety of music literature according to the stylistic period, using technology when appropriate.
M.1.2. Demonstrate independence by performing alone or in ensembles, e.g., trio, octet, etc.
M.1.3. Demonstrate appropriate small and large ensemble performance techniques during formal and/or informal performances.
AR.M.2. Music: The student will create, compose, arrange, and improvise music as developmentally appropriate.
M.2.1. Compose rhythmic and melodic phrases.
M.2.2. Explore the role of technology in the creation of vocal and/or instrumental pieces.
M.2.3. Compose music that encompasses the use of meter, tonality, and style periods (manuscript or computer generated).
M.2.4. Arrange segments of vocal or instrumental pieces (manuscript or computer generated).
M.2.5. Arrange or transpose pieces for voices or instruments other than those for which they were intended (e.g., SAB to SSA or transposition from brass to woodwind.)
M.2.6. Given a melody, improvise harmonic phrases within a specific framework of a given style.
M.2.7. Given a chord progression, improvise a melody within a given style.
M.2.8. Improvise a melody consistent with meter, tonality, and style as dictated by the selection.
AR.M.3. Music: The student will read and notate music.
M.3.1. Demonstrate an understanding of the language of music (e.g., notation, texture, and timbre).
M.3.2. Notate rhythms, tonalities, articulations, and expressive markings using traditional manuscript or current music software.
M.3.3. Sing or play intervals that are of a major or minor tonality.
M.3.4. Given a specific sight-reading method, sing or play simple melodies chosen by the conductor.
M.3.5. Given a specific sight-reading method, sing or play the assigned part within the group.
AR.M.4. Music: The student will listen to, analyze, describe, and evaluate music and musical performances.
M.4.1. Analyze aural examples of literature by describing the uses of musical elements inherent within the pieces.
M.4.2. Compare and contrast specific characteristics of selected literature for performances or listening purposes.
M.4.3. Apply criteria for making informed judgments concerning the artistic merit of a composition.
M.4.4. Analyze individual or group performances for the purpose of improving intrinsic motivation.
M.4.5. Recognize and share the emotional responses evoked by the composition performed.
M.4.6. Describe and analyze the vocal/instrumental techniques experienced in performance.
M.4.7. Appraise and modify musical performances through a comparison of exemplary models.
AR.M.5. Music: The student will relate music to diverse cultures, society, history, and other arts and disciplines.
M.5.1. Exhibit self-discipline and teamwork in daily rehearsals and musical performances.
M.5.2. Model appropriate etiquette as both a performer and an observer.
M.5.3. Identify and perform music representative of diverse cultures.
M.5.4. Explain the role of music and its effect on society and culture.
M.5.5. Identify ways to transfer musical knowledge and skills to lifelong career, community, and leisure activities.
M.5.6. Compare and contrast the elements, processes, and organizational principles of other fine arts to those of music.
M.5.7. Aurally identify representative examples of literature by historical period.
M.5.8. Given a musical composition, define its aesthetic qualities within the context of history and culture.
M.5.9. Determine factors that influence musicians within historical time frames.
AR.1.1. Theatre: Creating: Students will participate in activities that develop the creative process in theatre involving script writing, sensory-awareness, analyzing, designing, and planning.
1.1.18. Identify and practice necessary precautions and limitations to avoid injury.
1.1.19. Refine develops muscular control.
1.1.20. Improve coordination.
1.1.21. Increase flexibility.
1.1.22. Develop endurance.
AR.1.2. Dance: Basic Elements of Movement: Students will understand, explore, and demonstrate dance as an art form through its basic element of locomotor movement.
1.2.6. Demonstrate advanced sequences of locomotor and non-locomotor movement.
1.2.7. Compose and perform a sequence of locomotor and non-locomotor movements experimenting with weight, direction, level, and tempo changes.
AR.1.3. Dance: Basic Elements of Movement: Students will understand, explore and demonstrate dance as an art form through its basic element of time.
1.3.16. Identify and move to more advanced or changing meters in music.
1.3.17. Choreograph a dance phrase. Compose a musical phrase to complement it.
1.3.18. Reverse the previous process.
1.3.19. Combine meters.
1.3.20. Demonstrate proficiency at moving to the pulse using props.
1.3.21. Display a clear sense of rhythm and timing when moving in complex combinations.
1.3.22. Demonstrate precision of timing on entrances and exits.
AR.1.4. Dance: Basic Elements of Movement: Students will understand, explore, and demonstrate dance as an art form through its basic element of space.
1.4.25. Compose and perform more complex dance studies using spatial concepts.
1.4.26. Compose and perform advanced combinations with complex floor patterns.
1.4.27. Use positive and negative space in group compositions.
AR.1.5. Dance: Basic Elements of Movement: Students will understand, explore, and demonstrate dance as an art form through its basic element of energy/force/dynamics.
1.5.11. Enhance skills necessary to perform a variety of energy concepts.
1.5.12. Demonstrate the ability to utilize energy concepts in more advanced compositions.
1.5.13. Explore ways in which energy concepts are combined and arranged to define style (ballet, ethnic, modern).
1.5.14. Continue to develop and refine skills necessary to project movement through the use of energy concepts and qualities of movement.
AR.2.1. Theatre: Reading: Students will participate in activities that develop the performance process in theatre involving researching, acting, directing, designing, constructing, and responding.
2.1.11. Recognize dance as an index to the artistic and social values of civilization (i.e., celebration, ceremony, entertainment, prosperity, socialization, health/fitness, education, communication).
2.1.12. Expand knowledge of the sequential development of dance through history.
2.1.13. Examine in greater detail cultural dance heritages.
2.1.14. Experience the dances of other cultures.
2.1.15. Experience a variety of concert forms of dance.
2.1.16. Demonstrate appropriate audience/concert etiquette.
AR.3.1. Theatre: Evaluating: Students will participate in activities that develop the evaluation process in theatre involving their own work and the work of others.
3.1.6. Solve movement problems in aba form in weak and strong areas of the stage.
3.1.7. Create movement studies utilizing knowledge of compositional forms (canon, rondo).
AR.3.2. Dance: Artistic Communications: Students will participate in performance.
3.2.6. Perform a complete dance work with strong concentration, focus, appropriate energy levels, and etiquette.
3.2.7. Demonstrate commitment to ensemble in rehearsal and performance.
3.2.8. Achieve a high level of accuracy and interpretation.
3.2.9. Complete assigned production duties in conjunction with performance.
AR.3.3. Dance: Artistic Communications: Students will be able to discuss and analyze movement and dance.
3.3.7. Demonstrate and use advanced dance terminology.
3.3.8. Acquire knowledge of positive and constructive feedback.
3.3.9. Critique a dance performance.
3.3.10. Exhibit a proficiency in critiquing skills.
AR.1.1. Theatre: Creating: Students will participate in activities that develop the creative process in theatre involving script writing, sensory-awareness, analyzing, designing, and planning.
1.1.28. Exhibit comprehension of and sensitivity to cultural diversity through peer response.
1.1.29. Extrapolate empathy for the characters in the literature.
1.1.30. Expand appropriate terminology to develop theatre vocabulary.
1.1.31. Create playwriting, technical, and performance projects.
1.1.32. Explain the consequences of a character's behavior and suggest motives and feelings.
1.1.33. Become aware of the senses through imaginary environments in dramatic activities.
1.1.34. Recognize and cultivate a strong and flexible stage voice.
1.1.35. Recognize the varied qualities of regional dialects.
1.1.36. Effectively communicate directorial choices to a small ensemble for improvised or scripted scenes.
1.1.37. Develop movement, music, and visual elements to enhance the mood of the dramatization.
1.1.38. Develop characters, environments, and actions individually and in groups to create tension and suspense.
1.1.39. Develop designs that use visual and aural elements to convey environments that clearly support the text.
1.1.40. Explain the functions and interrelated nature of scenery, properties, lighting, sound, costumes, and make-up in creating an environment appropriate for the drama.
1.1.41. Design coherent stage management, promotional, and business plans.
1.1.42. Expand the use of technology to create, revise, and produce dramatizations.
1.1.43. Experiment with creative choices by taking risks and appreciating risk-taking in others.
AR.2.1. Theatre: Reading: Students will participate in activities that develop the performance process in theatre involving researching, acting, directing, designing, constructing, and responding.
2.1.35. Use intrapersonal and interpersonal skills to develop self confidence.
2.1.36. Demonstrate listening, observing, focusing, and concentration skills.
2.1.37. Apply skills learned through the dramatic process to other subject areas.
2.1.38. Research and present projects representing the span of theatre history and dramatic literature.
2.1.39. Distinguish types of acting roles and theories of acting based on research.
2.1.40. Build relationships between and among characters that lead to a seeming inevitable resolution.
2.1.41. Research the role of dramatic arts in cultures and world civilizations.
2.1.42. Use role playing to develop awareness of a variety of social roles and in resolving dramatic problems.
2.1.43. Use thinking and problem solving strategies to plan and structure elements of drama in order to analyze and create scripts.
2.1.44. Identify ways to transfer knowledge and skills to life long community career and leisure activities.
2.1.45. Use a blend of vocal and physical expression to project character interpretation.
2.1.46. Apply research from print and non-print sources to script-writing, acting, designing, and directing choices.
2.1.47. Integrate vocal skills with other Actors as a means of achieving ensemble performance.
2.1.48. Expand proper stage techniques to include special movement (stage combat, dance, etc.).
2.1.49. Develop a resume, audition for a performance and follow a rehearsal schedule.
2.1.50. Observe or perform the duties of a director.
2.1.51. Respond appropriately as an audience member.
AR.3.1. Theatre: Evaluating: Students will participate in activities that develop the evaluation process in theatre involving their own work and the work of others.
3.1.13. Understand, interpret, and evaluate theatrical performances using basic theatre terminology.
3.1.14. Compare and contrast emotional responses evoked by a variety of drama styles (i.e., love, sorrow, joy, pride).
3.1.15. Refine performance choices through observation and self evaluation. Utilize ways drama affects and/or enhances the lives of people of various ages, cultures, and heritages.
3.1.16. Identify and evaluate artistic merit of theatre, film, television, and electronic media productions.
3.1.17. Begin to develop critical language in the comparison of creative processes used in various art forms.
3.1.18. Utilize the role of technology in the creation and performance of drama.
3.1.19. Reflect on the consequences of a character's decisions and actions and relate dramatic problems to one's own life.
3.1.20. Determine and demonstrate appropriate aesthetic responses to dramatic performances.
3.1.21. Use thinking and problem solving strategies to explain and analyze how technical elements contribute to the effectiveness of a production.
AR.A.1. Art: Inquire/Explore/Discover: Students will inquire/explore/discover historical, cultural, social, environmental, and personal references from which to develop concepts/ideas.
A.1.1. Identify how art translates ideas, knowledge, emotions, and experiences to others.
A.1.2. Assimilate/diversify prior knowledge to include new media skills to explore concepts and ideas.
A.1.3. Compare and/or identify the materials, technologies, media, processes, and purposes of the visual arts with those of other disciplines and other cultures.
A.1.4. Explore the nature of creativity.
A.1.5. Employ various methods of research such as technology, interviews, and field observations.
A.1.6. Investigate and communicate an understanding of visual arts career opportunities.
A.1.7. Identify and understand responsible safety precautions within the visual arts.
A.1.8. Connect visual arts issues, ideas, and themes with concurring humanities and science characteristics.
A.1.9. Identify a variety of sources for subject matter, symbols, and ideas.
AR.A.2. Art: Create: Students will use their creativity in a wide variety of media, techniques, processes, and tools to develop original works of art and design.
A.2.1. Apply inquiry, research, and exploration to create art work using a wide variety of media, processes, techniques, and tools.
A.2.2. Create art works that evidence thinking, awareness of design elements and principles, and aesthetic concerns.
A.2.3. Generate and communicate ideas that create multiple solutions to specific visual art problems as evidenced through sketches, models, and/or other visual formats.
A.2.4. Communicate cognitive and affective perceptions through a wide variety of media, processes, techniques and tools.
A.2.5. Create a body of art works that share an underlying visual idea, content, or theme.
A.2.6. Collaborate with others to create products relevant to visual art experiences.
AR.A.3. Art: Reflect/Respond/Rediscover: Students will reflect upon, respond to, and rediscover the art work and concept of self, of others (past and resent), of environments, and of diverse cultures.
A.3.1. Analyze, evaluates, and defends the content and manner in which subject matter, symbols, and images are used in the students' own art works and the works of others.
A.3.2. Assess the students' own work and the work of others using current assessment practices and tools.
A.3.3. Critique art works in terms of history, culture, and aesthetics.
A.3.4. Prepare and present their own work in exhibit/display format, actual or virtual.
A.3.5. Assemble a portfolio of their own work which reflects visual art experiences and shows growth and potential over a period of time.
A.3.6. Relate their own style, intent, and/or content to influences by known artists, diverse cultures, or natural references.
A.3.7. Reflect upon ways in which art concepts can be projected into life-long learning experiences in various disciplines.
AR.M.1. Music: The student will sing and/or play an instrument utilizing a varied repertoire of music.
M.1.1. Perform a variety of music literature according to the stylistic period, using technology when appropriate.
M.1.2. Demonstrate independence by performing alone or in ensembles, e.g., trio, octet, etc.
M.1.3. Demonstrate appropriate small and large ensemble performance techniques during formal and/or informal performances.
AR.M.2. Music: The student will create, compose, arrange, and improvise music as developmentally appropriate.
M.2.1. Compose rhythmic and melodic phrases.
M.2.2. Explore the role of technology in the creation of vocal and/or instrumental pieces.
M.2.3. Compose music that encompasses the use of meter, tonality, and style periods (manuscript or computer generated).
M.2.4. Arrange segments of vocal or instrumental pieces (manuscript or computer generated).
M.2.5. Arrange or transpose pieces for voices or instruments other than those for which they were intended (e.g., SAB to SSA or transposition from brass to woodwind.)
M.2.6. Given a melody, improvise harmonic phrases within a specific framework of a given style.
M.2.7. Given a chord progression, improvise a melody within a given style.
M.2.8. Improvise a melody consistent with meter, tonality, and style as dictated by the selection.
AR.M.3. Music: The student will read and notate music.
M.3.1. Demonstrate an understanding of the language of music (e.g., notation, texture, and timbre).
M.3.2. Notate rhythms, tonalities, articulations, and expressive markings using traditional manuscript or current music software.
M.3.3. Sing or play intervals that are of a major or minor tonality.
M.3.4. Given a specific sight-reading method, sing or play simple melodies chosen by the conductor.
M.3.5. Given a specific sight-reading method, sing or play the assigned part within the group.
AR.M.4. Music: The student will listen to, analyze, describe, and evaluate music and musical performances.
M.4.1. Analyze aural examples of literature by describing the uses of musical elements inherent within the pieces.
M.4.2. Compare and contrast specific characteristics of selected literature for performances or listening purposes.
M.4.3. Apply criteria for making informed judgments concerning the artistic merit of a composition.
M.4.4. Analyze individual or group performances for the purpose of improving intrinsic motivation.
M.4.5. Recognize and share the emotional responses evoked by the composition performed.
M.4.6. Describe and analyze the vocal/instrumental techniques experienced in performance.
M.4.7. Appraise and modify musical performances through a comparison of exemplary models.
AR.M.5. Music: The student will relate music to diverse cultures, society, history, and other arts and disciplines.
M.5.1. Exhibit self-discipline and teamwork in daily rehearsals and musical performances.
M.5.2. Model appropriate etiquette as both a performer and an observer.
M.5.3. Identify and perform music representative of diverse cultures.
M.5.4. Explain the role of music and its effect on society and culture.
M.5.5. Identify ways to transfer musical knowledge and skills to lifelong career, community, and leisure activities.
M.5.6. Compare and contrast the elements, processes, and organizational principles of other fine arts to those of music.
M.5.7. Aurally identify representative examples of literature by historical period.
M.5.8. Given a musical composition, define its aesthetic qualities within the context of history and culture.
M.5.9. Determine factors that influence musicians within historical time frames.
AR.1.1. Theatre: Creating: Students will participate in activities that develop the creative process in theatre involving script writing, sensory-awareness, analyzing, designing, and planning.
1.1.18. Identify and practice necessary precautions and limitations to avoid injury.
1.1.19. Refine develops muscular control.
1.1.20. Improve coordination.
1.1.21. Increase flexibility.
1.1.22. Develop endurance.
AR.1.2. Dance: Basic Elements of Movement: Students will understand, explore, and demonstrate dance as an art form through its basic element of locomotor movement.
1.2.6. Demonstrate advanced sequences of locomotor and non-locomotor movement.
1.2.7. Compose and perform a sequence of locomotor and non-locomotor movements experimenting with weight, direction, level, and tempo changes.
AR.1.3. Dance: Basic Elements of Movement: Students will understand, explore and demonstrate dance as an art form through its basic element of time.
1.3.16. Identify and move to more advanced or changing meters in music.
1.3.17. Choreograph a dance phrase. Compose a musical phrase to complement it.
1.3.18. Reverse the previous process.
1.3.19. Combine meters.
1.3.20. Demonstrate proficiency at moving to the pulse using props.
1.3.21. Display a clear sense of rhythm and timing when moving in complex combinations.
1.3.22. Demonstrate precision of timing on entrances and exits.
AR.1.4. Dance: Basic Elements of Movement: Students will understand, explore, and demonstrate dance as an art form through its basic element of space.
1.4.25. Compose and perform more complex dance studies using spatial concepts.
1.4.26. Compose and perform advanced combinations with complex floor patterns.
1.4.27. Use positive and negative space in group compositions.
AR.1.5. Dance: Basic Elements of Movement: Students will understand, explore, and demonstrate dance as an art form through its basic element of energy/force/dynamics.
1.5.11. Enhance skills necessary to perform a variety of energy concepts.
1.5.12. Demonstrate the ability to utilize energy concepts in more advanced compositions.
1.5.13. Explore ways in which energy concepts are combined and arranged to define style (ballet, ethnic, modern).
1.5.14. Continue to develop and refine skills necessary to project movement through the use of energy concepts and qualities of movement.
AR.2.1. Theatre: Reading: Students will participate in activities that develop the performance process in theatre involving researching, acting, directing, designing, constructing, and responding.
2.1.11. Recognize dance as an index to the artistic and social values of civilization (i.e., celebration, ceremony, entertainment, prosperity, socialization, health/fitness, education, communication).
2.1.12. Expand knowledge of the sequential development of dance through history.
2.1.13. Examine in greater detail cultural dance heritages.
2.1.14. Experience the dances of other cultures.
2.1.15. Experience a variety of concert forms of dance.
2.1.16. Demonstrate appropriate audience/concert etiquette.
AR.3.1. Theatre: Evaluating: Students will participate in activities that develop the evaluation process in theatre involving their own work and the work of others.
3.1.6. Solve movement problems in aba form in weak and strong areas of the stage.
3.1.7. Create movement studies utilizing knowledge of compositional forms (canon, rondo).
AR.3.2. Dance: Artistic Communications: Students will participate in performance.
3.2.6. Perform a complete dance work with strong concentration, focus, appropriate energy levels, and etiquette.
3.2.7. Demonstrate commitment to ensemble in rehearsal and performance.
3.2.8. Achieve a high level of accuracy and interpretation.
3.2.9. Complete assigned production duties in conjunction with performance.
AR.3.3. Dance: Artistic Communications: Students will be able to discuss and analyze movement and dance.
3.3.7. Demonstrate and use advanced dance terminology.
3.3.8. Acquire knowledge of positive and constructive feedback.
3.3.9. Critique a dance performance.
3.3.10. Exhibit a proficiency in critiquing skills.
AR.1.1. Theatre: Creating: Students will participate in activities that develop the creative process in theatre involving script writing, sensory-awareness, analyzing, designing, and planning.
1.1.28. Exhibit comprehension of and sensitivity to cultural diversity through peer response.
1.1.29. Extrapolate empathy for the characters in the literature.
1.1.30. Expand appropriate terminology to develop theatre vocabulary.
1.1.31. Create playwriting, technical, and performance projects.
1.1.32. Explain the consequences of a character's behavior and suggest motives and feelings.
1.1.33. Become aware of the senses through imaginary environments in dramatic activities.
1.1.34. Recognize and cultivate a strong and flexible stage voice.
1.1.35. Recognize the varied qualities of regional dialects.
1.1.36. Effectively communicate directorial choices to a small ensemble for improvised or scripted scenes.
1.1.37. Develop movement, music, and visual elements to enhance the mood of the dramatization.
1.1.38. Develop characters, environments, and actions individually and in groups to create tension and suspense.
1.1.39. Develop designs that use visual and aural elements to convey environments that clearly support the text.
1.1.40. Explain the functions and interrelated nature of scenery, properties, lighting, sound, costumes, and make-up in creating an environment appropriate for the drama.
1.1.41. Design coherent stage management, promotional, and business plans.
1.1.42. Expand the use of technology to create, revise, and produce dramatizations.
1.1.43. Experiment with creative choices by taking risks and appreciating risk-taking in others.
AR.2.1. Theatre: Reading: Students will participate in activities that develop the performance process in theatre involving researching, acting, directing, designing, constructing, and responding.
2.1.35. Use intrapersonal and interpersonal skills to develop self confidence.
2.1.36. Demonstrate listening, observing, focusing, and concentration skills.
2.1.37. Apply skills learned through the dramatic process to other subject areas.
2.1.38. Research and present projects representing the span of theatre history and dramatic literature.
2.1.39. Distinguish types of acting roles and theories of acting based on research.
2.1.40. Build relationships between and among characters that lead to a seeming inevitable resolution.
2.1.41. Research the role of dramatic arts in cultures and world civilizations.
2.1.42. Use role playing to develop awareness of a variety of social roles and in resolving dramatic problems.
2.1.43. Use thinking and problem solving strategies to plan and structure elements of drama in order to analyze and create scripts.
2.1.44. Identify ways to transfer knowledge and skills to life long community career and leisure activities.
2.1.45. Use a blend of vocal and physical expression to project character interpretation.
2.1.46. Apply research from print and non-print sources to script-writing, acting, designing, and directing choices.
2.1.47. Integrate vocal skills with other Actors as a means of achieving ensemble performance.
2.1.48. Expand proper stage techniques to include special movement (stage combat, dance, etc.).
2.1.49. Develop a resume, audition for a performance and follow a rehearsal schedule.
2.1.50. Observe or perform the duties of a director.
2.1.51. Respond appropriately as an audience member.
AR.3.1. Theatre: Evaluating: Students will participate in activities that develop the evaluation process in theatre involving their own work and the work of others.
3.1.13. Understand, interpret, and evaluate theatrical performances using basic theatre terminology.
3.1.14. Compare and contrast emotional responses evoked by a variety of drama styles (i.e., love, sorrow, joy, pride).
3.1.15. Refine performance choices through observation and self evaluation. Utilize ways drama affects and/or enhances the lives of people of various ages, cultures, and heritages.
3.1.16. Identify and evaluate artistic merit of theatre, film, television, and electronic media productions.
3.1.17. Begin to develop critical language in the comparison of creative processes used in various art forms.
3.1.18. Utilize the role of technology in the creation and performance of drama.
3.1.19. Reflect on the consequences of a character's decisions and actions and relate dramatic problems to one's own life.
3.1.20. Determine and demonstrate appropriate aesthetic responses to dramatic performances.
3.1.21. Use thinking and problem solving strategies to explain and analyze how technical elements contribute to the effectiveness of a production.