Hawaii State Standards for Arts Education: Grade 9
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.9.1.1. How the arts are organized: Create original works of art using a variety of visual arts materials, techniques, and processes
FA.9.1.2. How the arts are organized: Demonstrate how the composition of a work of art is affected by the use of elements or principles of art and design
FA.9.1.3. How the arts are organized: Analyze, using evidence, the relationship between themes explored in the visual arts and those explored in other content areas
FA.9.1.4. How the arts communicate: Evaluate the effectiveness of the use of elements and principles of art and design in works of art
FA.9.1.5. How the arts communicate: Create works of art that contain one or more symbols, themes, and metaphors
FA.9.1.6. How the arts shape and reflect culture: Evaluate the function of artwork in different cultures, careers, and historical periods
FA.9.1.7. How the arts shape and reflect culture: Analyze common characteristics of works of art and artifacts across time periods and among cultural groups to identify influences
HI.2. Music: Understand and apply elements of music and understand how music communicates ideas, feelings, and experiences across cultures
FA.9.2.1. How the arts are organized: Perform a variety of musical elements with appropriate understanding, expression and style individually and in a group
FA.9.2.2. How the arts are organized: Improvise short melodies based on a chord pattern
FA.9.2.3. How the arts are organized: Apply knowledge of music theory to compose and arrange music within specified guidelines
FA.9.2.4. How the arts are organized: Analyze compositional devices and techniques
FA.9.2.5. How the arts communicate: Critique music using specific criteria
FA.9.2.6. How the arts shape and reflect culture: Describe how various elements and roles of music integrate with other content areas
FA.9.2.7. How the arts shape and reflect culture: Analyze the significance of music and composers in various cultures and time periods
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.9.3.1. How the arts are organized: Create a script or scene incorporating characters, dialogue, scenery, props, costumes, lighting, and sound
FA.9.3.2. How the arts are organized: Use collaboration and revision to develop and produce a play or scene
FA.9.3.3. How the arts communicate: Analyze the physical, emotional, and social dimensions of characters in texts and performances
FA.9.3.4. How the arts communicate: Implement artistic choices for informal and formal productions
FA.9.3.5. How the arts communicate: Develop and apply criteria to critique all aspects of a live theatrical production
FA.9.3.6. How the arts communicate: Assess the role of the audience in relation to the overall live theatrical experience
FA.9.3.7. How the arts shape and reflect culture: Apply period style to dramatic forms, production practices, and theatrical traditions from various cultures and historical periods
HI.4. Dance: Understand and apply elements of dance, appreciate how dance communicates meaning, and recognize its role across cultures and throughout history
FA.9.4.1. How the arts are organized: Use all of the dance elements in creating dance sequences
FA.9.4.2. How the arts are organized: Demonstrate choreographic principles, processes, and structures
FA.9.4.3. How the arts are organized: Analyze the effect of lifestyle choices on a dancer
FA.9.4.4. How the arts are organized: Synthesize dance with other disciplines
FA.9.4.5. How the arts communicate: Use movement choices to communicate abstract ideas in dance
FA.9.4.6. How the arts shape and reflect culture: Apply complex steps and patterns of dances from a number of styles, genres, and cultures