Hawaii State Standards for Arts Education: Grade 6
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.6.1.1. How the arts are organized: Create an original integrated art product or performance and explain how this process enhances a specific art work
FA.6.1.2. How the arts are organized: Apply selected elements and principles of art and design to communicate a particular message or opinion in an original work of art
FA.6.1.3. How the arts are organized: Use art vocabulary when evaluating intent and content of works of art
FA.6.1.4. How the arts communicate: Apply different qualities and characteristics of art materials, techniques, and processes to convey effectively different experiences, ideas, and opinions
FA.6.1.5. How the arts communicate: Describe how different elements and principles of art and design and styles can be used to express a variety of moods, feelings, themes, and ideas
FA.6.1.6. How the arts communicate: Use subjects, themes, or symbols from life experiences to convey personal ideas
FA.6.1.7. How the arts shape and reflect culture: Compare the characteristics of artwork from various historical periods and/or cultures
FA.6.1.8. How the arts shape and reflect culture: Analyze, using evidence, how cultural factors have affected works of art now and in the past
FA.6.1.9. How the arts shape and reflect culture: Analyze, using evidence, why specific works of art were created
HI.2. Music: Understand and apply elements of music and understand how music communicates ideas, feelings, and experiences across cultures
FA.6.2.1. How the arts are organized: Perform a variety of musical elements (e.g., tone, rhythm) with understanding and accuracy
FA.6.2.2. How the arts are organized: Perform music from a variety of cultures, styles, and genres individually as well as in small and/or large ensembles
FA.6.2.3. How the arts are organized: Compose, arrange, or notate music using specified guidelines
FA.6.2.4. How the arts are organized: Improvise a short pattern or melody to be performed with a rhythmic and/or melodic accompaniment
FA.6.2.5. How the arts are organized: Compare terms and elements used in music, the other arts, and other content areas
FA.6.2.6. How the arts are organized: Perform music in various meters
FA.6.2.7. How the arts communicate: Evaluate the effectiveness of a musical performance or composition
FA.6.2.8. How the arts shape and reflect culture: Compare the role of music and composers in various cultures and time periods
FA.6.2.9. How the arts shape and reflect culture: Analyze the use of musical elements in various cultures with an emphasis on melody and harmonic progressions
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.6.3.1. How the arts are organized: Perform various roles and responsibilities in theatre productions
FA.6.3.2. How the arts are organized: Develop dialogue for a scene or one-act play
FA.6.3.3. How the arts are organized: Apply basic stage movement
FA.6.3.4. How the arts are organized: Design scenery that establishes an environment for a character
FA.6.3.5. How the arts communicate: Demonstrate how theatre can be used to communicate concepts from another content area
FA.6.3.6. How the arts communicate: Explain the effect and impact of sets, make-up, costumes, sound, light, and props in a theatrical performance
FA.6.3.7. How the arts communicate: Evaluate the use of technical elements (e.g., sets, make-up, costumes, sound and light, props) and their effect on the meaning of the production
FA.6.3.8. How the arts communicate: Demonstrate various elements that contribute to the overall impact of a theatrical presentation on an audience
FA.6.3.9. How the arts shape and reflect culture: Explain the role of an audience in a theatrical production
FA.6.3.10. How the arts shape and reflect culture: Compare theatrical styles common to certain historical and cultural periods
FA.6.3.11. How the arts shape and reflect culture: Apply theatrical traditions of various cultures
FA.6.3.12. How the arts shape and reflect culture: Explain how theatre has depicted the history of America
FA.6.3.13. How the arts shape and reflect culture: Evaluate how technology has impacted theatre production
HI.4. Dance: Understand and apply elements of dance, appreciate how dance communicates meaning, and recognize its role across cultures and throughout history
FA.6.4.1. How the arts are organized: Use kinesthetic awareness, concentration, and focus in performing movement skills
FA.6.4.2. How the arts are organized: Apply the use of choreographic principles with partners or in groups
FA.6.4.3. How the arts are organized: Use a variety of dance elements to develop dance phrases
FA.6.4.4. How the arts are organized: Use a variety of choreographic structures or forms to develop movement studies
FA.6.4.5. How the arts are organized: Use kinesthetic awareness and spatial awareness in combination with time or force elements
FA.6.4.6. How the arts communicate: Evaluate a dance for dance elements, choreographic principles, processes, and structures
FA.6.4.7. How the arts communicate: Evaluate a dance using personal preferences and personal knowledge of dance composition and impact
FA.6.4.8. How the arts communicate: Daily life experiences and ideas through dance
FA.6.4.9. How the arts shape and reflect culture: Compare types of dances from different cultures and historical periods
FA.6.4.10. How the arts shape and reflect culture: Analyze the historical evolution of dance from the lives of people in a community over time