Florida State Standards for Arts Education: Grade 7

FL.DA.A.1.3. Dance: Skills and Techniques: The student identifies and demonstrates movement elements in performing dance.

DA.A.1.3.1. The student uses appropriate skeletal alignment, strength, flexibility, agility, and coordination in various movement phrases.

DA.A.1.3.2. The student performs complex dance steps and movements from various dance forms or traditions.

DA.A.1.3.3. The student creates movement patterns that convey ideas, thoughts, or feelings

DA.A.1.3.4. The student transfers rhythmic patterns from the aural to the kinesthetic.

FL.DA.A.2.3. Dance: Skills and Techniques: The student understands choreographic principles, processes, and structures.

DA.A.2.3.1. The student creates movement sequences with specific choreographic principles (e.g., theme and variation, canon, and rondo).

DA.A.2.3.2. The student uses improvisations to generate movement for composition and choreography.

DA.A.2.3.3. The student creates movement sequences that communicate an understanding of structures or forms (e.g., ABA, canon, and narrative) through brief dance studies.

DA.A.2.3.4. The student knows how to use choreographic processes and structures (e.g., improvisation, sequencing, and chance) to choreograph dance in groups.

FL.DA.B.1.3. Dance: Creation and Communication: The student understands dance is a way to create meaning.

DA.B.1.3.1. The student uses movement choices to communicate abstract ideas.

DA.B.1.3.2. The student uses various elements (e.g., lighting and costume design) to influence the interpretation of a dance.

DA.B.1.3.3. The student creates dance that reflects and the student communicates experiences and ideas of personal significance.

FL.DA.C.1.3. Dance: Cultural and Historical Connections: The student demonstrates and the student understands dance in various cultures and historical periods.

DA.C.1.3.1. The student knows the historical role of dance in social and performance situations (e.g., concert and theatre).

DA.C.1.3.2. The student understands the similarities and differences among movements from various American social dances.

DA.C.1.3.3. The student knows the role of social, classical, and theatrical dance in contemporary society.

FL.DA.D.1.3. Dance: Aesthetic and Critical Analysis: The student applies and demonstrates critical and creative thinking skills in dance.

DA.D.1.3.1. The student understands the concept of revision within the choreographic process.

DA.D.1.3.2. The student creates and the student uses a set of aesthetic criteria and applies it in the evaluation of personal and others' work.

DA.D.1.3.3. The student knows how to formulate and answer aesthetic questions about dance in physical, perceptual, conceptual, and qualitative terms.

FL.DA.E.1.3. Dance: Applications to Life: The student makes connections between dance and healthful living.

DA.E.1.3.1. The student uses and applies the concepts of healthy lifestyle choices and methods of conditioning for maximum performance in dance.

DA.E.1.3.2. The student understands how the discipline of dance contributes to personal growth.

FL.DA.E.2.3. Dance: Applications to Life: The student makes connections between dance and other disciplines.

DA.E.2.3.1. The student understands the ways in which dance and other disciplines can express similar ideas (e.g., how they can 'comment' on political and social issues).

DA.E.2.3.2. The student understands the ways various media (e.g., technology, music, and visual art) can be used to reinforce, enhance, or alter a dance idea.

FL.MU.A.1.3. Music: Skills and Techniques: The student sings, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.

MU.A.1.3.1. The student sings choral works (appropriate for the changing male and female voice) with three- and four-part harmonies, with and without accompaniment.

MU.A.1.3.2. The student sings, with appropriate expression, a repertoire of music literature from various styles and historical periods.

MU.A.1.3.3. The student performs in choral ensembles with appropriate blend of tones, balance of sections, and response to the cues of a conductor.

FL.MU.A.2.3. Music: Skills and Techniques: The student performs on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.

MU.A.2.3.1. The student performs on at least one instrument (alone and in groups) with proper techniques (e.g., embouchure, posture, or bow control).

MU.A.2.3.2. The student performs, as a member of a music ensemble, with expression, easy to moderate music literature from diverse genres and styles (e.g., Renaissance, Baroque, folk, and patriotic).

MU.A.2.3.3. The student performs with basic ensemble skills (e.g., blends instrumental timbres, matches dynamic levels, and responds to the cues of a director).

FL.MU.A.3.3. Music: Skills and Techniques: The student reads and notates music.

MU.A.3.3.1. The student sight reads music in bass and/or treble clefs written in simple and compound meters.

MU.A.3.3.2. The student uses notation and symbols to organize musical ideas.

MU.A.3.3.3. The student writes notation for rhythmic and melodic phrases that have been performed by someone else.

FL.MU.B.1.3. Music: Creation and Communication: The student improvises melodies, variations, and accompaniments.

MU.B.1.3.1. The student improvises simple harmonic accompaniments for a given melody.

MU.B.1.3.2. The student improvises short melodies over given rhythmic accompaniment.

FL.MU.B.2.3. Music: Creation and Communication: The student composes and arranges music within specific guidelines.

MU.B.2.3.1. The student uses basic principles of composition to create short pieces for voice and/or instruments using both traditional and non traditional sound sources that express an idea or a feeling.

MU.B.2.3.2. The student arranges simple pieces for voices or instruments other than those for which the pieces were written.

MU.B.2.3.3. The student composes short pieces with others that express an idea or a feeling.

FL.MU.C.1.3. Music: Cultural and Historical Connections: The student understands music in relation to culture and history.

MU.C.1.3.1. The student knows the main characteristics of the music of various cultures, historical periods, genres, and composers.

MU.C.1.3.2. The student knows representative examples of various American music genres.

MU.C.1.3.3. The student knows the important composers and well-known musicians and performance ensembles that influenced American music genres (e.g., Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic, George Gershwin, Chuck Berry, and Scott Joplin).

FL.MU.D.1.3. Music: Aesthetic and Critical Analysis: The student listens to, analyzes, and describes music.

MU.D.1.3.1. The student identifies major musical themes or patterns which outline the form of a composition.

MU.D.1.3.2. The student knows basic music principles and structures (e.g., tonality, melody, and harmony) used to analyze music.

MU.D.1.3.3. The student understands how the elements of music are manipulated to contribute to the expressive quality of music.

FL.MU.D.2.3. Music: Aesthetic and Critical Analysis: The student evaluates music and music performance.

MU.D.2.3.1. The student creates criteria, with exemplary models, to evaluate the quality and effectiveness of music performance.

MU.D.2.3.2. The student uses specific criteria, appropriate to the style of music, to evaluate one's own performance and the performance of others.

FL.MU.E.1.3. Music: Applications to Life: The student understands the relationship between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.

MU.E.1.3.1. The student understands the relationships between music and other subjects and how each expresses events, emotions, and ideas (e.g., sadness, as expressed in music: dirge; in dance: ending of Swan Lake; and in visual art: Pieta).

MU.E.1.3.2. The student understands how the elements of music connect to other subject areas (e.g., how acoustics connect to science).

FL.MU.E.2.3. Music: Applications to Life: The student understands the relationship between music and the world beyond the school setting.

MU.E.2.3.1. The student understands the influence of daily music experiences (e.g., television and radio commercials and background music in public places) in one's personal life.

MU.E.2.3.2. The student uses informed consumer choices concerning music (e.g., appreciation for certain selections, performers, composers based on one's own criteria).

MU.E.2.3.3. The student understands the role of music, musicians, and performance practices in various cultures.

MU.E.2.3.4. The student understands the uniqueness of music and its importance in society (e.g., public and private rituals).

FL.TH.A.1.3. Theatre: Skills and Techniques: The student acts by developing, communicating, and sustaining characters in improvisation and formal or informal productions.

TH.A.1.3.1. The student develops characters, relationships, and environments from written sources (e.g., plays, stories, poems, and history).

FL.TH.A.2.3. Theatre: Skills and Techniques: The student directs by interpreting dramatic texts and organizing and conducting rehearsals for formal and informal productions.

TH.A.2.31. The student uses the elements of dramatic form (e.g., plot, character, dialogue, conflict and resolution, and setting) to stage a play.

FL.TH.A.3.3. Theatre: Skills and Techniques: The student designs, conceptualizes, and interprets formal and informal productions.

TH.A.3.3.1. The student safely selects and the student creates elements of scenery, properties, lighting, costumes, make-up, and sound to signify a character and setting.

TH.A.3.3.2. The student develops and the student uses technical sound effects such as microphones, synthesizers, tapes, and CDs to emphasize and enhance the meaning of a play.

FL.TH.B.1.3. Theatre: Creation and Communication: The student improvises, writes, and refines scripts based on heritage, imagination, literature, history, and personal experiences.

TH.B.1.3.1. The student collaborates with actors to refine original scripts and justify writing choices.

FL.TH.C.1.3. Theatre: Cultural and Historical Connections: The student understands context by analyzing the role of theatre, film, television, and electronic media in the past and present.

TH.C.1.3.1. The student understands how social and universal concepts in various cultures and historical periods are expressed through universal themes in theatre.

TH.C.1.3.2. The student understands the social impact of historical and cultural events on the theatre (e.g., art imitates life; life imitates art).

TH.C.1.3.3. The student understands the lives, works, and influences of representative theatre artists from various cultures and historical periods.

FL.TH.D.1.3. Theatre: Aesthetic and Critical Analysis: The student analyzes, criticizes, and constructs meaning from formal and informal theatre, film, television, and electronic media.

TH.D.1.3.1. The student understands a character in a play through exploration of internal characterization (e.g., emotions and motivations) and external characterization (e.g., background, posture, mannerisms, and dress).

TH.D.1.3.2. The student understands the relationship of plot, conflict, and theme in a play.

TH.D.1.3.3. The student develops criteria for the evaluation of dramatic texts and performances.

TH.D.1.3.4. The student understands that theatre experiences involve empathy (e.g., vicarious identification with characters and actions) and aesthetic distance (e.g., recognition that the play is not real life).

FL.TH.E.1.3. Theatre: Applications to Life: The student understands applications of the role of theatre, film, television, and electronic media in everyday life.

TH.E.1.3.1. The student understands the influence various arts media have on theatrical productions.

TH.E.1.3.2. The student understands the reasons for personal reactions and audience reactions to various media and multiple art forms (e.g., staging environment, past experiences, and culture).

TH.E.1.3.3. The student knows pertinent skills, discipline, and knowledge needed to pursue careers and recreational opportunities in theatre, film, television, and electronic media.

TH.E.1.3.4. The student understands the value of collaboration in creating a theatrical production.

TH.E.1.3.5. The student knows about significant playwrights, performers, directors, and producers and their contributions to theatre.

FL.VA.A.1.3. Visual Arts: Skills and Techniques: The student understands and applies media, techniques, and processes.

VA.A.1.3.1. The student uses two-dimensional and three-dimensional media, techniques, tools, and processes to solve specific visual arts problems with refinement and control.

VA.A.1.3.2. The student uses refinement and control in handling tools and materials in a safe and responsible manner.

VA.A.1.3.3. The student understands what makes various organizational elements and principles of design effective and ineffective in the communication of ideas.

VA.A.1.3.4. The student creates two-dimensional and three-dimensional works of art that reflect competency and craftsmanship.

FL.VA.B.1.3. Visual Arts: Creation and Communication: The student creates and the student communicates a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas using knowledge of structures and functions of visual arts.

VA.B.1.3.1. The student knows how different subjects, themes, and symbols (through context, value, and aesthetics) convey intended meanings or ideas in works of art.

VA.B.1.3.2. The student knows how the qualities and characteristics of art media, techniques, and processes can be used to enhance communication of experiences and ideas.

VA.B.1.3.3. The student understands and distinguishes multiple purposes for creating works of art.

VA.B.1.3.4. The student knows and the student uses the interrelated elements of art and the principles of design to improve the communication of ideas.

FL.VA.C.1.3. Visual Arts: Cultural and Historical Connections: The student understands the visual arts in relation to history and culture.

VA.C.1.3.1. The student understands and the student uses information from historical and cultural themes, trends, styles, periods of art, and artists.

VA.C.1.3.2. The student understands the role of the artist and the function of art in different periods of time and in different cultures.

FL.VA.D.1.3. Visual Arts: Aesthetic and Critical Analysis: The student assesses, evaluates, and responds to the characteristics of works of art.

VA.D.1.3.1. The student understands how a work of art can be judged by more than one standard.

VA.D.1.3.2. The student uses research and contextual information to identify responses to works of art.

VA.D.1.3.3. The student understands how an artist's intent plays a crucial role in the aesthetic value of an object.

FL.VA.E.1.3. Visual Arts: Applications to Life: The student makes connections between the visual arts, other disciplines, and the real world.

VA.E.1.3.1. The student understands how knowledge, skills, and attitudes gained from the visual arts can enhance and deepen understanding of life.

VA.E.1.3.2. The student understands the skills artists use in various careers and how they can be developed in art school or college or through internships.

VA.E.1.3.3. The student understands the various roles of museums, cultural centers, and exhibition spaces.