Minnesota State Standards for Arts Education: Grade 10

MN.3501.0635.1. Artistic Interpretation: The student will understand and apply artistic process to analyze, interpret, and evaluate art works in at least one of the three arts areas required to be offered by a school from the following: dance, media arts, music, theater, and visual arts.

1.A.1. Dance: The student will understand how a synthesis of the following components of dance is used to define a work in dance elements, including action, space, time, and energy; principles of choreography, such as repetition, pattern, or unity; vocabulary; choreographic structures, such as theme and variation; styles, such as tap, ballet, or modern; and technical skills, such as alignment, locomotor, or nonlocomotor movement.

1.A.2. Dance: The student will understand the similarities and differences among the styles and choreographic structures within dance.

1.A.3. Dance: The student will understand how the selection of criteria affects criticism of a dance creation, interpretation, or performance.

1.A.4. Dance: The student will understand the connections between dance and other disciplines outside the arts, such as mathematics, science, or history.

1.A.5. Dance: The student will select criteria for evaluating the performances of original dances or the interpretations and performances of existing dances.

1.A.6. Dance: The student will analyze and interpret dance through its historical, cultural, or social context.

1.A.7. Dance: The student will support personal reactions to the performances of original dances or the interpretations and performances of existing dances using the components of dance.

1.A.8. Dance: The student will articulate informed evaluations of performances of original dances or the interpretations and performances of existing dances using selected criteria.

1.B.1. Media Arts: The student will understand how a synthesis of the following components of media arts is used to define a work in media arts: elements, including image, sound, space, time, motion, and sequence; principles, such as repetition, unity, or contrast; vocabulary; structures, such as chronological or spatial; styles, such as documentary, narrative, or abstract; and technical skills, such as selection and use of the tools of the medium.

1.B.2. Media Arts: The student will understand the similarities and differences among the structures and styles within media arts.

1.B.3. Media Arts: The student will understand how the selection of criteria affects criticism of a work in media arts.

1.B.4. Media Arts: The student will understand the connection between media arts and other disciplines outside the arts, such as mathematics, science, or history.

1.B.5. Media Arts: The student will select criteria for evaluating works in media arts.

1.B.6. Media Arts: The student will analyze and interpret media art through its historical, cultural, or social context.

1.B.7. Media Arts: The student will support personal reactions to media art works using the components of media arts.

1.B.8. Media Arts: The student will articulate informed evaluations of media art works using selected criteria.

1.C.1. Music: The student will understand how a synthesis of the following components of music is used to define a composition, interpretation, or performance in music: elements, including melody, rhythm, harmony, dynamics, tone color, texture, and form; vocabulary; styles, such as blues, jazz, or opera; structures, such as ABA; and technical skills, such as singing or playing instruments.

1.C.2. Music: The student will understand the similarities and differences among the structures and styles within music.

1.C.3. Music: The student will understand how the selection of criteria affects criticism of a musical composition, interpretation, or performance.

1.C.4. Music: The student will understand the connections between music and other disciplines outside the arts, such as mathematics, science, or history.

1.C.5. Music: The student will select criteria for evaluating the performances of original compositions or the interpretations and performances of existing compositions.

1.C.6. Music: The student will analyze and interpret music through its historical, cultural, or social context.

1.C.7. Music: The student will support personal reactions to performances of original compositions or the interpretations and performances of existing compositions using the components of music.

1.C.8. Music: The student will articulate informed evaluations of performances of original compositions or the interpretations and performances of existing compositions using selected criteria.

1.D.1. Theater: The student will understand how a synthesis of the following components of theater are used to define a work in theater: elements, including plot, theme, character, language, sound, and spectacle; forms, such as tragedy, comedy, farce, or melodrama; vocabulary; styles, such as romantic or classical; structures, such as chronological or nonlinear; and technical skills, such as scenery or prop design.

1.D.2. Theater: The student will understand the similarities and differences among the structures and styles within theater.

1.D.3. Theater: The student will understand how the selection of criteria affects criticism of a theater creation, interpretation, or performance.

1.D.4. Theater: The student will understand the connections between theater and other disciplines outside the arts, such as mathematics, science, or history.

1.D.5. Theater: The student will select criteria for evaluating performances of original works or the interpretation and performance of existing works in theater.

1.D.6. Theater: The student will analyze and interpret theater through its historical, cultural, or social context.

1.D.7. Theater: The student will support personal reactions to original works or the interpretation and performance of existing works in theater using the components of theater.

1.D.8. Theater: The student will articulate informed evaluations of original works or the interpretation and performance of existing works in theater using selected criteria.

1.E.1. Visual Arts: The student will understand how a synthesis of the following components of visual arts is used to define a work in visual art: elements, including color, line, shape, form, texture, and space; principles, such as repetition, contrast, or balance; vocabulary; styles, such as abstract or impressionist; structures, such as two dimensional or three dimensional; and technical skills, such as selecting and using tools and techniques of the medium.

1.E.2. Visual Arts: The student will understand the similarities and differences among the structures and styles within visual arts.

1.E.3. Visual Arts: The student will understand how the selection of criteria affects criticism of a work in visual arts.

1.E.4. Visual Arts: The student will understand the connections between visual arts and other disciplines outside the arts, such as mathematics, science, or history.

1.E.5. Visual Arts: The student will select criteria for evaluating visual art works.

1.E.6. Visual Arts: The student will analyze and interpret visual art through its historical, cultural, or social context.

1.E.7. Visual Arts: The student will support personal reactions to visual art works using the components of visual arts.

1.E.8. Visual Arts: The student will articulate informed evaluations of visual art works using selected criteria.

MN.3501.0630.2. Creation and Performance: The student will understand and use artistic processes to create original or perform existing works of art in at least one of the three arts areas required to be offered by a school from the following: dance, media arts, music, theater, and visual arts. As an elective, the student may understand and use artistic processes to create original or perform existing works of art in another art form or creative writing.

2.A.1. Dance: The student will understand the integration of the following components of dance elements, including action, space, time, and energy; principles of choreography, such as repetition, pattern, or unity; vocabulary; choreographic structures, such as theme and variation; styles, such as tap, ballet, or modern; and technical skills, such as alignment, locomotor, or nonlocomotor movement.

2.A.2. Dance: The student will understand the cultural, historical, or social contexts that influence the creation, interpretation, or performance of dance works.

2.A.3. Dance: The student will use artistic processes to create an original or perform an existing single, complex work or multiple works in dance.

2.A.4. Dance: The student will use improvisation to generate original ideas for work in dance.

2.A.5. Dance: The student will make decisions based on artistic intent.

2.A.6. Dance: The student will make choices based on analysis of audience and occasion for dance.

2.A.7. Dance: The student will revise dance using multiple sources of critique and feedback.

2.B.1. Media Arts: The student will understand the integration of the following components of media arts: elements, including image, sound, space, time, motion, and sequence; principles, such as repetition, unity, or contrast; vocabulary; structures, such as chronological or spatial; styles, such as documentary, narrative, or abstract; and technical skills, such as selection and use of the tools of the medium.

2.B.2. Media Arts: The student will understand the cultural, historical, or social contexts that influence the creation of media arts.

2.B.3. Media Arts: The student will use artistic processes to create a single, complex work or multiple works in media arts.

2.B.4. Media Arts: The student will generate and clarify artistic intent for work in media arts.

2.B.5. Media Arts: The student will make decisions based on artistic intent.

2.B.6. Media Arts: The student will make choices based on analysis of audience and occasion for media art work.

2.B.7. Media Arts: The student will revise media art work using multiple sources of critique and feedback.

2.C.1. Music: The student will understand the integration of the following components of music: elements, including melody, rhythm, harmony, dynamics, tone color, texture, and form; vocabulary; styles, such as blues, jazz, or opera; structures, such as ABA; and technical skills, such as singing or playing instruments.

2.C.2. Music: The student will understand the cultural, historical, or social contexts that influence the creation, interpretation, or performance of music.

2.C.3. Music: The student will use artistic processes to create an original or perform an existing single, complex work or multiple works in music.

2.C.4. Music: The student will use improvisation to generate original ideas for music composition or performance.

2.C.5. Music: The student will make decisions based on artistic intent.

2.C.6. Music: The student will make choices based on analysis of audience and occasion for music composition, interpretation, or performance; and

2.C.7. Music: The student will revise music composition, interpretation, or performance using multiple sources of critique and feedback.

2.D.1. Theater: The student will understand the integration of the following components of theater: elements, including plot, theme, character, language, sound, and spectacle; forms, such as tragedy, comedy, farce, or melodrama; vocabulary; styles, such as romantic or classical; structures, such as chronological or nonlinear; and technical skills, such as scenery or prop design.

2.D.2. Theater: The student will understand the cultural, historical, or social contexts that influence creation, interpretation, or performance in theater.

2.D.3. Theater: The student will use artistic processes to create an original or perform an existing single, complex work or multiple works in theater.

2.D.4. Theater: The student will use improvisation to generate original ideas for theater work.

2.D.5. Theater: The student will make decisions based on artistic intent.

2.D.6. Theater: The student will make choices based on analysis of audience and occasion for theater work.

2.D.7. Theater: The student will revise original creation or interpretation and performance of existing work in theater using multiple sources of critique and feedback.

2.E.1. Visual Arts: The student will understand the integration of the following components of visual arts: elements, including color, line, shape, form, texture, and space; principles, such as repetition, contrast, or balance; vocabulary; styles, such as abstract or impressionist; structures, such as two dimensional or three dimensional; and technical skills, such as selecting and using tools and techniques of the medium.

2.E.2. Visual Arts: The student will understand the cultural, historical, or social contexts that influence creation of visual art.

2.E.3. Visual Arts: The student will use artistic processes to create and single, complex work or multiple works in visual arts.

2.E.4. Visual Arts: The student will generate and clarify artistic intent for work in visual art.

2.E.5. Visual Arts: The student will make decisions based on artistic intent.

2.E.6. Visual Arts: The student will make choices based on analysis of audience and occasion for work in visual art.

2.E.7. Visual Arts: The student will revise visual art work using multiple sources of critique and feedback.

2.F.1. Creative Writing: The student will understand the integration of the following components of creative writing: elements, including plot, character, setting, imagery, theme, point of view, and conflict; principles, such as balance or repetition; vocabulary; structural forms, such as short story, novella, or prose poem; styles, such as classical, romantic, or gothic; and technical skills, such as organization or focus.

2.F.2. Creative Writing: The student will understand the cultural, historical, or social contexts that influence the creation of the writing.

2.F.3. Creative Writing: The student will use artistic processes to create a single, complex work or multiple works in creative writing.

2.F.4. Creative Writing: The student will generate and clarify artistic intent for writing.

2.F.5. Creative Writing: The student will make decisions based on artistic intent.

2.F.6. Creative Writing: The student will make choices based on analysis of audience and occasion for writing.

2.F.7. Creative Writing: The student will revise writing using multiple sources of critique and feedback.