Hawaii State Standards for Arts Education: Grade 2

HI.1. Visual Arts: Understand and apply art materials, techniques, and processes in the creation of works of art and understand how the visual arts communicate a variety of ideas, feelings, and experiences

FA.2.1.1. How the arts are organized: Use the element of space and the principles of repetition and variety, with a variety of art media

FA.2.1.2. How the arts communicate: Use color to convey mood in works of art

FA.2.1.3. How the arts communicate: Describe different responses to the same work of art

HI.2. Music: Understand and apply elements of music and understand how music communicates ideas, feelings, and experiences across cultures

FA.2.2.1. How the arts are organized: Demonstrate rhythmic notation of whole notes, half notes, quarter notes, eighth notes and quarter rests

FA.2.2.2. How the arts are organized: Use melodic notation of simple four-beat patterns using three different pitches on a staff

FA.2.2.3. How the arts communicate: Sing or play repeating rhythmic or melodic patterns

FA.2.2.4. How the arts shape and reflect culture: Describe instrument families and sounds from various cultures

HI.3. Drama and Theatre: Understand and apply the skills of acting, design, and technical theatre and understand the role of drama in various cultures throughout history

FA.2.3.1. How the arts are organized: Use physical movements, rhythms, and voice, to express simple feelings, character, and plot

FA.2.3.2. How the arts are organized: Create simple costumes, scenery, and props

FA.2.3.3. How the arts communicate: Interpret the ideas and morals of theatrical works

FA.2.3.4. How the arts shape and reflect culture: Assess how various styles of theatrical production relate to culture

HI.4. Dance: Understand and apply elements of dance, appreciate how dance communicates meaning, and recognize its role across cultures and throughout history

FA.2.4.1. How the arts are organized: Apply the element of space and pathways to create simple movement sequences

FA.2.4.2. How the arts are organized: Demonstrate the element of time, tempo, beat, duration, and rhythm

FA.2.4.3. How the arts are organized: Use simple partner skills during movement sequences

FA.2.4.4. How the arts communicate: Create movement sequences that express a mood

FA.2.4.5. How the arts shape and reflect culture: Compare dances from a variety of cultures