New York State Standards for Arts Education:

NY.1. Elementary: Creating, Performing and Participating in the Arts: Students will actively engage in the processes that constitute creation and performance in the arts (dance, music, theatre, and visual arts) and participate in various roles in the arts.

1.1. Dance: Students will perform set dance forms in formal and informal contexts and will improvise, create, and perform dances based on their own movement ideas. They will demonstrate an understanding of choreographic principles, processes, and structures and of the roles of various participants in dance productions.

1.1.1. Students identify and demonstrate movement elements and skills (such as bend, twist, slide, skip, hop).

1.1.2. Students demonstrate ways of moving in relation to people, objects, and environments in set dance forms.

1.1.3. Students create and perform simple dances based on their own movement ideas.

1.2. Music: Students will compose original music and perform music written by others. They will understand and use the basic elements of music in their performances and compositions. Students will engage in individual and group musical and music-related tasks, and will describe the various roles and means of creating, performing, recording, and producing music.

1.2.1. Students create short pieces consisting of sounds from a variety of traditional (e.g., tambourine, recorder, piano, voice), electronic (e.g., keyboard), and nontraditional sound sources (e.g., water-filled glasses).

1.2.2. Students sing songs and play instruments, maintaining tone quality, pitch, rhythm, tempo, and dynamics; perform the music expressively; and sing or play simple repeated patterns (ostinatos) with familiar songs, rounds, partner songs, and harmonizing parts.

1.2.3. Students read simple standard notation in performance, and follow vocal or keyboard scores in listening.

1.2.4. Students, in performing ensembles, read very easy/easy music (New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA) level I-II) and respond appropriately to the gestures of the conductor.

1.2.5. Students identify and use, in individual and group experiences, some of the roles, processes, and actions used in performing and composing music of their own and others.

1.3. Theatre: Students will create and perform theatre pieces as well as improvisational drama. They will understand and use the basic elements of theatre in their characterizations, improvisations, and play writing. Students will engage in individual and group theatrical and theatre-related tasks, and will describe the various roles and means of creating, performing, and producing theatre.

1.3.1. Students use creative drama to communicate ideas and feelings.

1.3.2. Students imitate experiences through pantomime, play making, dramatic play, story dramatization, story telling, and role playing.

1.3.3. Students use language, voice, gesture, movement, and observation to express their experiences and communicate ideas and feelings.

1.3.4. Students use basic props, simple set pieces, and costume pieces to establish place, time, and character for the participants.

1.3.5. Students identify and use in individual and group experiences some of the roles, processes, and actions for performing and creating theatre pieces and improvisational drama.

1.4. Visual Arts: Students will make works of art that explore different kinds of subject matter, topics, themes, and metaphors. Students will understand and use sensory elements, organizational principles, and expressive images to communicate their own ideas in works of art. Students will use a variety of art materials, processes, mediums, and techniques, and use appropriate technologies for creating and exhibiting visual art works.

1.4.1. Students experiment and create art works, in a variety of mediums (drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramics, printmaking, video, and computer graphics), based on a range of individual and collective experiences.

1.4.2. Students develop their own ideas and images through the exploration and creation of art works based on themes, symbols, and events.

1.4.3. Students understand and use the elements and principles of art (line, color, texture, shape) in order to communicate their ideas.

1.4.4. Students reveal through their own art work understanding of how art mediums and techniques influence their creative decisions.

1.4.5. Students identify and use, in individual and group experiences, some of the roles and means for designing, producing, and exhibiting art works.

NY.2. Elementary: Knowing and Using Arts Materials and Resources: Students will be knowledgeable about and make use of the materials and resources available for participation in the arts in various roles.

2.1. Dance: Students will know how to access dance and dance-related material from libraries, resource centers, museums, studios, and performance spaces. Students will know various career possibilities in dance and recreational opportunities to dance. Students will attend dance events and participate as appropriate within each setting.

2.1.1. Students demonstrate knowledge of dance resources in video, photography, print, and live performance.

2.1.2. Students understand the concept of live performance and appropriate conduct.

2.1.3. Students demonstrate a knowledge of dance-related careers (e.g., dancer, choreographer, composer, lighting designer, historian, teacher).

2.2. Music: Students will use traditional instruments, electronic instruments, and a variety of nontraditional sound sources to create and perform music. They will use various resources to expand their knowledge of listening experiences, performance opportunities, and/or information about music. Students will identify opportunities to contribute to their communities' music institutions, including those embedded in other institutions. Students will know the vocations and avocations available to them in music.

2.2.1. Students use classroom and nontraditional instruments in performing and creating music.

2.2.2. Students construct instruments out of material not commonly used for musical instruments.

2.2.3. Students use current technology to manipulate sound.

2.2.4. Students identify the various settings in which they hear music and the various resources that are used to produce music during a typical week; explain why the particular type of music was used.

2.2.5. Students demonstrate appropriate audience behavior, including attentive listening, in a variety of musical settings in and out of school.

2.2.6. Students discuss ways that music is used by various members of the community.

2.3. Theatre: Students will know the basic tools, media, and techniques involved in theatrical production. Students will locate and use school, community, and professional resources for theatre experiences. Students will understand the job opportunities available in all aspects of theatre.

2.3.1. Students visit theaters, theatre-related facilities, and/or touring companies to observe aspects of theatrical production.

2.3.2. Students use the library/media center of their school or community to find story dramatization material or other theatre-related materials and to view videotapes of performances.

2.3.3. Students attend theatrical performances in their school and demonstrate appropriate audience behavior.

2.3.4. Students speak with theatre professionals about how they prepare for and perform their jobs.

2.4. Visual Arts: Students will know and use a variety of visual arts materials, techniques, and processes. Students will know about resources and opportunities for participation in visual arts in the community and use appropriate materials. Students will be aware of vocational options available in the visual arts.

2.4.1. Students understand the characteristics of various mediums (two-dimensional, three-dimensional, electronic images) in order to select those that are appropriate for their purposes and intent.

2.4.2. Students develop skills with electronic media as a means of expressing visual ideas.

2.4.3. Students know about some cultural institutions (museums and galleries) and community opportunities (art festivals) for looking at original art and talking to visiting artists, to increase their understanding of art.

2.4.4. Students give examples of adults who make their livings in the arts professions.

NY.3. Elementary: Responding to and Analyzing Works of Art: Students will respond critically to a variety of works in the arts, connecting the individual work to other works and to other aspects of human endeavor and thought.

3.1. Dance: Students will express through written and oral language their understanding, interpretation, and evaluation of dances they see, do, and read about. Students will acquire the critical vocabulary to talk and write about a variety of dance forms.

3.1.1. Students demonstrate knowledge of words and symbols (kinetic, visual, tactile, aural and olfactory) that describe movement.

3.1.2. Students express to others their understanding of specific dance performances, using appropriate language to describe what they have seen and heard.

3.2. Music: Students will demonstrate the capacity to listen to and comment on music. They will relate their critical assertions about music to its aesthetic, structural, acoustic, and psychological qualities. Students will use concepts based on the structure of music's content and context to relate music to other broad areas of knowledge. They will use concepts from other disciplines to enhance their understanding of music.

3.2.1. Students through listening, identify the strengths and weaknesses of specific musical works and performances, including their own and others'.

3.2.2. Students describe the music in terms related to basic elements such as melody, rhythm, harmony, dynamics, timbre, form, style, etc.

3.2.3. Students discuss the basic means by which the voice and instruments can alter pitch, loudness, duration, and timbre.

3.2.4. Students describe the music's context in terms related to its social and psychological functions and settings (e.g., roles of participants, effects of music, uses of music with other events or objects, etc.).

3.2.5. Students describe their understandings of particular pieces of music and how they relate to their surroundings.

3.3. Theatre: Students will reflect on, interpret, and evaluate plays and theatrical performances, both live and recorded, using the language of dramatic criticism. Students will analyze the meaning and role of theatre in society. Students will identify ways in which drama/theatre connects to film and video, other arts, and other disciplines.

3.3.1. Students discuss their understanding, interpretation, and evaluation of a theatrical performance, using basic theatre terminology.

3.3.2. Students identify the use of other art forms in theatre productions.

3.3.3. Students explain the relationship of theatre to film and video.

3.4. Visual Arts: Students will reflect on, interpret, and evaluate works of art, using the language of art criticism. Students will analyze the visual characteristics of the natural and built environment and explain the social, cultural, psychological, and environmental dimensions of the visual arts. Students will compare the ways in which a variety of ideas, themes, and concepts are expressed through the visual arts with the ways they are expressed in other disciplines.

3.4.1. Students explain their reflections about the meanings, purposes, and sources of works of art; describe their responses to the works and the reasons for those responses.

3.4.2. Students explain the visual and other sensory qualities (surfaces, colors, textures, shape, sizes, volumes) found in a wide variety of art works.

3.4.3. Students explain the themes that are found in works of visual art and how the art works are related to other forms of art (dance, music, theatre, etc.).

3.4.4. Students explain how ideas, themes, or concepts in the visual arts are expressed in other disciplines (e.g., mathematics, science, literature, social studies, etc.).

NY.4. Elementary: Understanding the Cultural Dimensions and Contributions of the Arts: Students will develop an understanding of the personal and cultural forces that shape artistic communication and how the arts in turn shape the diverse cultures of past and present society.

4.1. Dance: Students will know dances from many cultures and times and recognize their relationship to various cultural, social, and historic contexts. Students will recognize that dance is performed in many different cultural settings and serves many functions in diverse societies.

4.1.1. Students identify basic dance movements that are typical of the major world cultures.

4.1.2. Students explain the settings and circumstances in which dance is found in their lives and those of others, both past and present.

4.2. Music: Students will develop a performing and listening repertoire of music of various genres, styles, and cultures that represent the peoples of the world and their manifestations in the United States. Students will recognize the cultural features of a variety of musical compositions and performances and understand the functions of music within the culture.

4.2.1. Students identify when listening, and perform from memory, a basic repertoire of folk songs/dances and composed songs from the basic cultures that represent the peoples of the world.

4.2.2. Students identify the titles and composers of well-known examples of classical concert music and blues/jazz selections.

4.2.3. Students identify the primary cultural, geographical, and historical settings for the music they listen to and perform.

4.3. Theatre: Students will gain knowledge about past and present cultures as expressed through theatre. They will interpret how theatre reflects the beliefs, issues, and events of societies past and present.

4.3.1. Students dramatize stories and folk tales from various cultures.

4.3.2. Students engage in drama/theatre activities including music, dance, and games which reflect other cultures and ethnic groups.

4.3.3. Students discuss how classroom theatre activities relate to their lives.

4.4. Visual Arts: Students will explore art and artifacts from various historical periods and world cultures to discover the roles that art plays in the lives of people of a given time and place and to understand how the time and place influence the visual characteristics of the art work. Students will explore art to understand the social, cultural, and environmental dimensions of human society.

4.4.1. Students look at and discuss a variety of art works and artifacts from world cultures to discover some important ideas, issues, and events of those cultures.

4.4.2. Students look at a variety of art works and artifacts from diverse cultures of the United States and identify some distinguishing characteristics.

4.4.3. Students create art works that show the influence of a particular culture.

NY.1. Elementary: Creating, Performing and Participating in the Arts: Students will actively engage in the processes that constitute creation and performance in the arts (dance, music, theatre, and visual arts) and participate in various roles in the arts.

1.1. Dance: Students will perform set dance forms in formal and informal contexts and will improvise, create, and perform dances based on their own movement ideas. They will demonstrate an understanding of choreographic principles, processes, and structures and of the roles of various participants in dance productions.

1.1.1. Students identify and demonstrate movement elements and skills (such as bend, twist, slide, skip, hop).

1.1.2. Students demonstrate ways of moving in relation to people, objects, and environments in set dance forms.

1.1.3. Students create and perform simple dances based on their own movement ideas.

1.2. Music: Students will compose original music and perform music written by others. They will understand and use the basic elements of music in their performances and compositions. Students will engage in individual and group musical and music-related tasks, and will describe the various roles and means of creating, performing, recording, and producing music.

1.2.1. Students create short pieces consisting of sounds from a variety of traditional (e.g., tambourine, recorder, piano, voice), electronic (e.g., keyboard), and nontraditional sound sources (e.g., water-filled glasses).

1.2.2. Students sing songs and play instruments, maintaining tone quality, pitch, rhythm, tempo, and dynamics; perform the music expressively; and sing or play simple repeated patterns (ostinatos) with familiar songs, rounds, partner songs, and harmonizing parts.

1.2.3. Students read simple standard notation in performance, and follow vocal or keyboard scores in listening.

1.2.4. Students, in performing ensembles, read very easy/easy music (New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA) level I-II) and respond appropriately to the gestures of the conductor.

1.2.5. Students identify and use, in individual and group experiences, some of the roles, processes, and actions used in performing and composing music of their own and others.

1.3. Theatre: Students will create and perform theatre pieces as well as improvisational drama. They will understand and use the basic elements of theatre in their characterizations, improvisations, and play writing. Students will engage in individual and group theatrical and theatre-related tasks, and will describe the various roles and means of creating, performing, and producing theatre.

1.3.1. Students use creative drama to communicate ideas and feelings.

1.3.2. Students imitate experiences through pantomime, play making, dramatic play, story dramatization, story telling, and role playing.

1.3.3. Students use language, voice, gesture, movement, and observation to express their experiences and communicate ideas and feelings.

1.3.4. Students use basic props, simple set pieces, and costume pieces to establish place, time, and character for the participants.

1.3.5. Students identify and use in individual and group experiences some of the roles, processes, and actions for performing and creating theatre pieces and improvisational drama.

1.4. Visual Arts: Students will make works of art that explore different kinds of subject matter, topics, themes, and metaphors. Students will understand and use sensory elements, organizational principles, and expressive images to communicate their own ideas in works of art. Students will use a variety of art materials, processes, mediums, and techniques, and use appropriate technologies for creating and exhibiting visual art works.

1.4.1. Students experiment and create art works, in a variety of mediums (drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramics, printmaking, video, and computer graphics), based on a range of individual and collective experiences.

1.4.2. Students develop their own ideas and images through the exploration and creation of art works based on themes, symbols, and events.

1.4.3. Students understand and use the elements and principles of art (line, color, texture, shape) in order to communicate their ideas.

1.4.4. Students reveal through their own art work understanding of how art mediums and techniques influence their creative decisions.

1.4.5. Students identify and use, in individual and group experiences, some of the roles and means for designing, producing, and exhibiting art works.

NY.2. Elementary: Knowing and Using Arts Materials and Resources: Students will be knowledgeable about and make use of the materials and resources available for participation in the arts in various roles.

2.1. Dance: Students will know how to access dance and dance-related material from libraries, resource centers, museums, studios, and performance spaces. Students will know various career possibilities in dance and recreational opportunities to dance. Students will attend dance events and participate as appropriate within each setting.

2.1.1. Students demonstrate knowledge of dance resources in video, photography, print, and live performance.

2.1.2. Students understand the concept of live performance and appropriate conduct.

2.1.3. Students demonstrate a knowledge of dance-related careers (e.g., dancer, choreographer, composer, lighting designer, historian, teacher).

2.2. Music: Students will use traditional instruments, electronic instruments, and a variety of nontraditional sound sources to create and perform music. They will use various resources to expand their knowledge of listening experiences, performance opportunities, and/or information about music. Students will identify opportunities to contribute to their communities' music institutions, including those embedded in other institutions. Students will know the vocations and avocations available to them in music.

2.2.1. Students use classroom and nontraditional instruments in performing and creating music.

2.2.2. Students construct instruments out of material not commonly used for musical instruments.

2.2.3. Students use current technology to manipulate sound.

2.2.4. Students identify the various settings in which they hear music and the various resources that are used to produce music during a typical week; explain why the particular type of music was used.

2.2.5. Students demonstrate appropriate audience behavior, including attentive listening, in a variety of musical settings in and out of school.

2.2.6. Students discuss ways that music is used by various members of the community.

2.3. Theatre: Students will know the basic tools, media, and techniques involved in theatrical production. Students will locate and use school, community, and professional resources for theatre experiences. Students will understand the job opportunities available in all aspects of theatre.

2.3.1. Students visit theaters, theatre-related facilities, and/or touring companies to observe aspects of theatrical production.

2.3.2. Students use the library/media center of their school or community to find story dramatization material or other theatre-related materials and to view videotapes of performances.

2.3.3. Students attend theatrical performances in their school and demonstrate appropriate audience behavior.

2.3.4. Students speak with theatre professionals about how they prepare for and perform their jobs.

2.4. Visual Arts: Students will know and use a variety of visual arts materials, techniques, and processes. Students will know about resources and opportunities for participation in visual arts in the community and use appropriate materials. Students will be aware of vocational options available in the visual arts.

2.4.1. Students understand the characteristics of various mediums (two-dimensional, three-dimensional, electronic images) in order to select those that are appropriate for their purposes and intent.

2.4.2. Students develop skills with electronic media as a means of expressing visual ideas.

2.4.3. Students know about some cultural institutions (museums and galleries) and community opportunities (art festivals) for looking at original art and talking to visiting artists, to increase their understanding of art.

2.4.4. Students give examples of adults who make their livings in the arts professions.

NY.3. Elementary: Responding to and Analyzing Works of Art: Students will respond critically to a variety of works in the arts, connecting the individual work to other works and to other aspects of human endeavor and thought.

3.1. Dance: Students will express through written and oral language their understanding, interpretation, and evaluation of dances they see, do, and read about. Students will acquire the critical vocabulary to talk and write about a variety of dance forms.

3.1.1. Students demonstrate knowledge of words and symbols (kinetic, visual, tactile, aural and olfactory) that describe movement.

3.1.2. Students express to others their understanding of specific dance performances, using appropriate language to describe what they have seen and heard.

3.2. Music: Students will demonstrate the capacity to listen to and comment on music. They will relate their critical assertions about music to its aesthetic, structural, acoustic, and psychological qualities. Students will use concepts based on the structure of music's content and context to relate music to other broad areas of knowledge. They will use concepts from other disciplines to enhance their understanding of music.

3.2.1. Students through listening, identify the strengths and weaknesses of specific musical works and performances, including their own and others'.

3.2.2. Students describe the music in terms related to basic elements such as melody, rhythm, harmony, dynamics, timbre, form, style, etc.

3.2.3. Students discuss the basic means by which the voice and instruments can alter pitch, loudness, duration, and timbre.

3.2.4. Students describe the music's context in terms related to its social and psychological functions and settings (e.g., roles of participants, effects of music, uses of music with other events or objects, etc.).

3.2.5. Students describe their understandings of particular pieces of music and how they relate to their surroundings.

3.3. Theatre: Students will reflect on, interpret, and evaluate plays and theatrical performances, both live and recorded, using the language of dramatic criticism. Students will analyze the meaning and role of theatre in society. Students will identify ways in which drama/theatre connects to film and video, other arts, and other disciplines.

3.3.1. Students discuss their understanding, interpretation, and evaluation of a theatrical performance, using basic theatre terminology.

3.3.2. Students identify the use of other art forms in theatre productions.

3.3.3. Students explain the relationship of theatre to film and video.

3.4. Visual Arts: Students will reflect on, interpret, and evaluate works of art, using the language of art criticism. Students will analyze the visual characteristics of the natural and built environment and explain the social, cultural, psychological, and environmental dimensions of the visual arts. Students will compare the ways in which a variety of ideas, themes, and concepts are expressed through the visual arts with the ways they are expressed in other disciplines.

3.4.1. Students explain their reflections about the meanings, purposes, and sources of works of art; describe their responses to the works and the reasons for those responses.

3.4.2. Students explain the visual and other sensory qualities (surfaces, colors, textures, shape, sizes, volumes) found in a wide variety of art works.

3.4.3. Students explain the themes that are found in works of visual art and how the art works are related to other forms of art (dance, music, theatre, etc.).

3.4.4. Students explain how ideas, themes, or concepts in the visual arts are expressed in other disciplines (e.g., mathematics, science, literature, social studies, etc.).

NY.4. Elementary: Understanding the Cultural Dimensions and Contributions of the Arts: Students will develop an understanding of the personal and cultural forces that shape artistic communication and how the arts in turn shape the diverse cultures of past and present society.

4.1. Dance: Students will know dances from many cultures and times and recognize their relationship to various cultural, social, and historic contexts. Students will recognize that dance is performed in many different cultural settings and serves many functions in diverse societies.

4.1.1. Students identify basic dance movements that are typical of the major world cultures.

4.1.2. Students explain the settings and circumstances in which dance is found in their lives and those of others, both past and present.

4.2. Music: Students will develop a performing and listening repertoire of music of various genres, styles, and cultures that represent the peoples of the world and their manifestations in the United States. Students will recognize the cultural features of a variety of musical compositions and performances and understand the functions of music within the culture.

4.2.1. Students identify when listening, and perform from memory, a basic repertoire of folk songs/dances and composed songs from the basic cultures that represent the peoples of the world.

4.2.2. Students identify the titles and composers of well-known examples of classical concert music and blues/jazz selections.

4.2.3. Students identify the primary cultural, geographical, and historical settings for the music they listen to and perform.

4.3. Theatre: Students will gain knowledge about past and present cultures as expressed through theatre. They will interpret how theatre reflects the beliefs, issues, and events of societies past and present.

4.3.1. Students dramatize stories and folk tales from various cultures.

4.3.2. Students engage in drama/theatre activities including music, dance, and games which reflect other cultures and ethnic groups.

4.3.3. Students discuss how classroom theatre activities relate to their lives.

4.4. Visual Arts: Students will explore art and artifacts from various historical periods and world cultures to discover the roles that art plays in the lives of people of a given time and place and to understand how the time and place influence the visual characteristics of the art work. Students will explore art to understand the social, cultural, and environmental dimensions of human society.

4.4.1. Students look at and discuss a variety of art works and artifacts from world cultures to discover some important ideas, issues, and events of those cultures.

4.4.2. Students look at a variety of art works and artifacts from diverse cultures of the United States and identify some distinguishing characteristics.

4.4.3. Students create art works that show the influence of a particular culture.

NY.1. Elementary: Creating, Performing and Participating in the Arts: Students will actively engage in the processes that constitute creation and performance in the arts (dance, music, theatre, and visual arts) and participate in various roles in the arts.

1.1. Dance: Students will perform set dance forms in formal and informal contexts and will improvise, create, and perform dances based on their own movement ideas. They will demonstrate an understanding of choreographic principles, processes, and structures and of the roles of various participants in dance productions.

1.1.1. Students identify and demonstrate movement elements and skills (such as bend, twist, slide, skip, hop).

1.1.2. Students demonstrate ways of moving in relation to people, objects, and environments in set dance forms.

1.1.3. Students create and perform simple dances based on their own movement ideas.

1.2. Music: Students will compose original music and perform music written by others. They will understand and use the basic elements of music in their performances and compositions. Students will engage in individual and group musical and music-related tasks, and will describe the various roles and means of creating, performing, recording, and producing music.

1.2.1. Students create short pieces consisting of sounds from a variety of traditional (e.g., tambourine, recorder, piano, voice), electronic (e.g., keyboard), and nontraditional sound sources (e.g., water-filled glasses).

1.2.2. Students sing songs and play instruments, maintaining tone quality, pitch, rhythm, tempo, and dynamics; perform the music expressively; and sing or play simple repeated patterns (ostinatos) with familiar songs, rounds, partner songs, and harmonizing parts.

1.2.3. Students read simple standard notation in performance, and follow vocal or keyboard scores in listening.

1.2.4. Students, in performing ensembles, read very easy/easy music (New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA) level I-II) and respond appropriately to the gestures of the conductor.

1.2.5. Students identify and use, in individual and group experiences, some of the roles, processes, and actions used in performing and composing music of their own and others.

1.3. Theatre: Students will create and perform theatre pieces as well as improvisational drama. They will understand and use the basic elements of theatre in their characterizations, improvisations, and play writing. Students will engage in individual and group theatrical and theatre-related tasks, and will describe the various roles and means of creating, performing, and producing theatre.

1.3.1. Students use creative drama to communicate ideas and feelings.

1.3.2. Students imitate experiences through pantomime, play making, dramatic play, story dramatization, story telling, and role playing.

1.3.3. Students use language, voice, gesture, movement, and observation to express their experiences and communicate ideas and feelings.

1.3.4. Students use basic props, simple set pieces, and costume pieces to establish place, time, and character for the participants.

1.3.5. Students identify and use in individual and group experiences some of the roles, processes, and actions for performing and creating theatre pieces and improvisational drama.

1.4. Visual Arts: Students will make works of art that explore different kinds of subject matter, topics, themes, and metaphors. Students will understand and use sensory elements, organizational principles, and expressive images to communicate their own ideas in works of art. Students will use a variety of art materials, processes, mediums, and techniques, and use appropriate technologies for creating and exhibiting visual art works.

1.4.1. Students experiment and create art works, in a variety of mediums (drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramics, printmaking, video, and computer graphics), based on a range of individual and collective experiences.

1.4.2. Students develop their own ideas and images through the exploration and creation of art works based on themes, symbols, and events.

1.4.3. Students understand and use the elements and principles of art (line, color, texture, shape) in order to communicate their ideas.

1.4.4. Students reveal through their own art work understanding of how art mediums and techniques influence their creative decisions.

1.4.5. Students identify and use, in individual and group experiences, some of the roles and means for designing, producing, and exhibiting art works.

NY.2. Elementary: Knowing and Using Arts Materials and Resources: Students will be knowledgeable about and make use of the materials and resources available for participation in the arts in various roles.

2.1. Dance: Students will know how to access dance and dance-related material from libraries, resource centers, museums, studios, and performance spaces. Students will know various career possibilities in dance and recreational opportunities to dance. Students will attend dance events and participate as appropriate within each setting.

2.1.1. Students demonstrate knowledge of dance resources in video, photography, print, and live performance.

2.1.2. Students understand the concept of live performance and appropriate conduct.

2.1.3. Students demonstrate a knowledge of dance-related careers (e.g., dancer, choreographer, composer, lighting designer, historian, teacher).

2.2. Music: Students will use traditional instruments, electronic instruments, and a variety of nontraditional sound sources to create and perform music. They will use various resources to expand their knowledge of listening experiences, performance opportunities, and/or information about music. Students will identify opportunities to contribute to their communities' music institutions, including those embedded in other institutions. Students will know the vocations and avocations available to them in music.

2.2.1. Students use classroom and nontraditional instruments in performing and creating music.

2.2.2. Students construct instruments out of material not commonly used for musical instruments.

2.2.3. Students use current technology to manipulate sound.

2.2.4. Students identify the various settings in which they hear music and the various resources that are used to produce music during a typical week; explain why the particular type of music was used.

2.2.5. Students demonstrate appropriate audience behavior, including attentive listening, in a variety of musical settings in and out of school.

2.2.6. Students discuss ways that music is used by various members of the community.

2.3. Theatre: Students will know the basic tools, media, and techniques involved in theatrical production. Students will locate and use school, community, and professional resources for theatre experiences. Students will understand the job opportunities available in all aspects of theatre.

2.3.1. Students visit theaters, theatre-related facilities, and/or touring companies to observe aspects of theatrical production.

2.3.2. Students use the library/media center of their school or community to find story dramatization material or other theatre-related materials and to view videotapes of performances.

2.3.3. Students attend theatrical performances in their school and demonstrate appropriate audience behavior.

2.3.4. Students speak with theatre professionals about how they prepare for and perform their jobs.

2.4. Visual Arts: Students will know and use a variety of visual arts materials, techniques, and processes. Students will know about resources and opportunities for participation in visual arts in the community and use appropriate materials. Students will be aware of vocational options available in the visual arts.

2.4.1. Students understand the characteristics of various mediums (two-dimensional, three-dimensional, electronic images) in order to select those that are appropriate for their purposes and intent.

2.4.2. Students develop skills with electronic media as a means of expressing visual ideas.

2.4.3. Students know about some cultural institutions (museums and galleries) and community opportunities (art festivals) for looking at original art and talking to visiting artists, to increase their understanding of art.

2.4.4. Students give examples of adults who make their livings in the arts professions.

NY.3. Elementary: Responding to and Analyzing Works of Art: Students will respond critically to a variety of works in the arts, connecting the individual work to other works and to other aspects of human endeavor and thought.

3.1. Dance: Students will express through written and oral language their understanding, interpretation, and evaluation of dances they see, do, and read about. Students will acquire the critical vocabulary to talk and write about a variety of dance forms.

3.1.1. Students demonstrate knowledge of words and symbols (kinetic, visual, tactile, aural and olfactory) that describe movement.

3.1.2. Students express to others their understanding of specific dance performances, using appropriate language to describe what they have seen and heard.

3.2. Music: Students will demonstrate the capacity to listen to and comment on music. They will relate their critical assertions about music to its aesthetic, structural, acoustic, and psychological qualities. Students will use concepts based on the structure of music's content and context to relate music to other broad areas of knowledge. They will use concepts from other disciplines to enhance their understanding of music.

3.2.1. Students through listening, identify the strengths and weaknesses of specific musical works and performances, including their own and others'.

3.2.2. Students describe the music in terms related to basic elements such as melody, rhythm, harmony, dynamics, timbre, form, style, etc.

3.2.3. Students discuss the basic means by which the voice and instruments can alter pitch, loudness, duration, and timbre.

3.2.4. Students describe the music's context in terms related to its social and psychological functions and settings (e.g., roles of participants, effects of music, uses of music with other events or objects, etc.).

3.2.5. Students describe their understandings of particular pieces of music and how they relate to their surroundings.

3.3. Theatre: Students will reflect on, interpret, and evaluate plays and theatrical performances, both live and recorded, using the language of dramatic criticism. Students will analyze the meaning and role of theatre in society. Students will identify ways in which drama/theatre connects to film and video, other arts, and other disciplines.

3.3.1. Students discuss their understanding, interpretation, and evaluation of a theatrical performance, using basic theatre terminology.

3.3.2. Students identify the use of other art forms in theatre productions.

3.3.3. Students explain the relationship of theatre to film and video.

3.4. Visual Arts: Students will reflect on, interpret, and evaluate works of art, using the language of art criticism. Students will analyze the visual characteristics of the natural and built environment and explain the social, cultural, psychological, and environmental dimensions of the visual arts. Students will compare the ways in which a variety of ideas, themes, and concepts are expressed through the visual arts with the ways they are expressed in other disciplines.

3.4.1. Students explain their reflections about the meanings, purposes, and sources of works of art; describe their responses to the works and the reasons for those responses.

3.4.2. Students explain the visual and other sensory qualities (surfaces, colors, textures, shape, sizes, volumes) found in a wide variety of art works.

3.4.3. Students explain the themes that are found in works of visual art and how the art works are related to other forms of art (dance, music, theatre, etc.).

3.4.4. Students explain how ideas, themes, or concepts in the visual arts are expressed in other disciplines (e.g., mathematics, science, literature, social studies, etc.).

NY.4. Elementary: Understanding the Cultural Dimensions and Contributions of the Arts: Students will develop an understanding of the personal and cultural forces that shape artistic communication and how the arts in turn shape the diverse cultures of past and present society.

4.1. Dance: Students will know dances from many cultures and times and recognize their relationship to various cultural, social, and historic contexts. Students will recognize that dance is performed in many different cultural settings and serves many functions in diverse societies.

4.1.1. Students identify basic dance movements that are typical of the major world cultures.

4.1.2. Students explain the settings and circumstances in which dance is found in their lives and those of others, both past and present.

4.2. Music: Students will develop a performing and listening repertoire of music of various genres, styles, and cultures that represent the peoples of the world and their manifestations in the United States. Students will recognize the cultural features of a variety of musical compositions and performances and understand the functions of music within the culture.

4.2.1. Students identify when listening, and perform from memory, a basic repertoire of folk songs/dances and composed songs from the basic cultures that represent the peoples of the world.

4.2.2. Students identify the titles and composers of well-known examples of classical concert music and blues/jazz selections.

4.2.3. Students identify the primary cultural, geographical, and historical settings for the music they listen to and perform.

4.3. Theatre: Students will gain knowledge about past and present cultures as expressed through theatre. They will interpret how theatre reflects the beliefs, issues, and events of societies past and present.

4.3.1. Students dramatize stories and folk tales from various cultures.

4.3.2. Students engage in drama/theatre activities including music, dance, and games which reflect other cultures and ethnic groups.

4.3.3. Students discuss how classroom theatre activities relate to their lives.

4.4. Visual Arts: Students will explore art and artifacts from various historical periods and world cultures to discover the roles that art plays in the lives of people of a given time and place and to understand how the time and place influence the visual characteristics of the art work. Students will explore art to understand the social, cultural, and environmental dimensions of human society.

4.4.1. Students look at and discuss a variety of art works and artifacts from world cultures to discover some important ideas, issues, and events of those cultures.

4.4.2. Students look at a variety of art works and artifacts from diverse cultures of the United States and identify some distinguishing characteristics.

4.4.3. Students create art works that show the influence of a particular culture.

NY.1. Elementary: Creating, Performing and Participating in the Arts: Students will actively engage in the processes that constitute creation and performance in the arts (dance, music, theatre, and visual arts) and participate in various roles in the arts.

1.1. Dance: Students will perform set dance forms in formal and informal contexts and will improvise, create, and perform dances based on their own movement ideas. They will demonstrate an understanding of choreographic principles, processes, and structures and of the roles of various participants in dance productions.

1.1.1. Students identify and demonstrate movement elements and skills (such as bend, twist, slide, skip, hop).

1.1.2. Students demonstrate ways of moving in relation to people, objects, and environments in set dance forms.

1.1.3. Students create and perform simple dances based on their own movement ideas.

1.2. Music: Students will compose original music and perform music written by others. They will understand and use the basic elements of music in their performances and compositions. Students will engage in individual and group musical and music-related tasks, and will describe the various roles and means of creating, performing, recording, and producing music.

1.2.1. Students create short pieces consisting of sounds from a variety of traditional (e.g., tambourine, recorder, piano, voice), electronic (e.g., keyboard), and nontraditional sound sources (e.g., water-filled glasses).

1.2.2. Students sing songs and play instruments, maintaining tone quality, pitch, rhythm, tempo, and dynamics; perform the music expressively; and sing or play simple repeated patterns (ostinatos) with familiar songs, rounds, partner songs, and harmonizing parts.

1.2.3. Students read simple standard notation in performance, and follow vocal or keyboard scores in listening.

1.2.4. Students, in performing ensembles, read very easy/easy music (New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA) level I-II) and respond appropriately to the gestures of the conductor.

1.2.5. Students identify and use, in individual and group experiences, some of the roles, processes, and actions used in performing and composing music of their own and others.

1.3. Theatre: Students will create and perform theatre pieces as well as improvisational drama. They will understand and use the basic elements of theatre in their characterizations, improvisations, and play writing. Students will engage in individual and group theatrical and theatre-related tasks, and will describe the various roles and means of creating, performing, and producing theatre.

1.3.1. Students use creative drama to communicate ideas and feelings.

1.3.2. Students imitate experiences through pantomime, play making, dramatic play, story dramatization, story telling, and role playing.

1.3.3. Students use language, voice, gesture, movement, and observation to express their experiences and communicate ideas and feelings.

1.3.4. Students use basic props, simple set pieces, and costume pieces to establish place, time, and character for the participants.

1.3.5. Students identify and use in individual and group experiences some of the roles, processes, and actions for performing and creating theatre pieces and improvisational drama.

1.4. Visual Arts: Students will make works of art that explore different kinds of subject matter, topics, themes, and metaphors. Students will understand and use sensory elements, organizational principles, and expressive images to communicate their own ideas in works of art. Students will use a variety of art materials, processes, mediums, and techniques, and use appropriate technologies for creating and exhibiting visual art works.

1.4.1. Students experiment and create art works, in a variety of mediums (drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramics, printmaking, video, and computer graphics), based on a range of individual and collective experiences.

1.4.2. Students develop their own ideas and images through the exploration and creation of art works based on themes, symbols, and events.

1.4.3. Students understand and use the elements and principles of art (line, color, texture, shape) in order to communicate their ideas.

1.4.4. Students reveal through their own art work understanding of how art mediums and techniques influence their creative decisions.

1.4.5. Students identify and use, in individual and group experiences, some of the roles and means for designing, producing, and exhibiting art works.

NY.2. Elementary: Knowing and Using Arts Materials and Resources: Students will be knowledgeable about and make use of the materials and resources available for participation in the arts in various roles.

2.1. Dance: Students will know how to access dance and dance-related material from libraries, resource centers, museums, studios, and performance spaces. Students will know various career possibilities in dance and recreational opportunities to dance. Students will attend dance events and participate as appropriate within each setting.

2.1.1. Students demonstrate knowledge of dance resources in video, photography, print, and live performance.

2.1.2. Students understand the concept of live performance and appropriate conduct.

2.1.3. Students demonstrate a knowledge of dance-related careers (e.g., dancer, choreographer, composer, lighting designer, historian, teacher).

2.2. Music: Students will use traditional instruments, electronic instruments, and a variety of nontraditional sound sources to create and perform music. They will use various resources to expand their knowledge of listening experiences, performance opportunities, and/or information about music. Students will identify opportunities to contribute to their communities' music institutions, including those embedded in other institutions. Students will know the vocations and avocations available to them in music.

2.2.1. Students use classroom and nontraditional instruments in performing and creating music.

2.2.2. Students construct instruments out of material not commonly used for musical instruments.

2.2.3. Students use current technology to manipulate sound.

2.2.4. Students identify the various settings in which they hear music and the various resources that are used to produce music during a typical week; explain why the particular type of music was used.

2.2.5. Students demonstrate appropriate audience behavior, including attentive listening, in a variety of musical settings in and out of school.

2.2.6. Students discuss ways that music is used by various members of the community.

2.3. Theatre: Students will know the basic tools, media, and techniques involved in theatrical production. Students will locate and use school, community, and professional resources for theatre experiences. Students will understand the job opportunities available in all aspects of theatre.

2.3.1. Students visit theaters, theatre-related facilities, and/or touring companies to observe aspects of theatrical production.

2.3.2. Students use the library/media center of their school or community to find story dramatization material or other theatre-related materials and to view videotapes of performances.

2.3.3. Students attend theatrical performances in their school and demonstrate appropriate audience behavior.

2.3.4. Students speak with theatre professionals about how they prepare for and perform their jobs.

2.4. Visual Arts: Students will know and use a variety of visual arts materials, techniques, and processes. Students will know about resources and opportunities for participation in visual arts in the community and use appropriate materials. Students will be aware of vocational options available in the visual arts.

2.4.1. Students understand the characteristics of various mediums (two-dimensional, three-dimensional, electronic images) in order to select those that are appropriate for their purposes and intent.

2.4.2. Students develop skills with electronic media as a means of expressing visual ideas.

2.4.3. Students know about some cultural institutions (museums and galleries) and community opportunities (art festivals) for looking at original art and talking to visiting artists, to increase their understanding of art.

2.4.4. Students give examples of adults who make their livings in the arts professions.

NY.3. Elementary: Responding to and Analyzing Works of Art: Students will respond critically to a variety of works in the arts, connecting the individual work to other works and to other aspects of human endeavor and thought.

3.1. Dance: Students will express through written and oral language their understanding, interpretation, and evaluation of dances they see, do, and read about. Students will acquire the critical vocabulary to talk and write about a variety of dance forms.

3.1.1. Students demonstrate knowledge of words and symbols (kinetic, visual, tactile, aural and olfactory) that describe movement.

3.1.2. Students express to others their understanding of specific dance performances, using appropriate language to describe what they have seen and heard.

3.2. Music: Students will demonstrate the capacity to listen to and comment on music. They will relate their critical assertions about music to its aesthetic, structural, acoustic, and psychological qualities. Students will use concepts based on the structure of music's content and context to relate music to other broad areas of knowledge. They will use concepts from other disciplines to enhance their understanding of music.

3.2.1. Students through listening, identify the strengths and weaknesses of specific musical works and performances, including their own and others'.

3.2.2. Students describe the music in terms related to basic elements such as melody, rhythm, harmony, dynamics, timbre, form, style, etc.

3.2.3. Students discuss the basic means by which the voice and instruments can alter pitch, loudness, duration, and timbre.

3.2.4. Students describe the music's context in terms related to its social and psychological functions and settings (e.g., roles of participants, effects of music, uses of music with other events or objects, etc.).

3.2.5. Students describe their understandings of particular pieces of music and how they relate to their surroundings.

3.3. Theatre: Students will reflect on, interpret, and evaluate plays and theatrical performances, both live and recorded, using the language of dramatic criticism. Students will analyze the meaning and role of theatre in society. Students will identify ways in which drama/theatre connects to film and video, other arts, and other disciplines.

3.3.1. Students discuss their understanding, interpretation, and evaluation of a theatrical performance, using basic theatre terminology.

3.3.2. Students identify the use of other art forms in theatre productions.

3.3.3. Students explain the relationship of theatre to film and video.

3.4. Visual Arts: Students will reflect on, interpret, and evaluate works of art, using the language of art criticism. Students will analyze the visual characteristics of the natural and built environment and explain the social, cultural, psychological, and environmental dimensions of the visual arts. Students will compare the ways in which a variety of ideas, themes, and concepts are expressed through the visual arts with the ways they are expressed in other disciplines.

3.4.1. Students explain their reflections about the meanings, purposes, and sources of works of art; describe their responses to the works and the reasons for those responses.

3.4.2. Students explain the visual and other sensory qualities (surfaces, colors, textures, shape, sizes, volumes) found in a wide variety of art works.

3.4.3. Students explain the themes that are found in works of visual art and how the art works are related to other forms of art (dance, music, theatre, etc.).

3.4.4. Students explain how ideas, themes, or concepts in the visual arts are expressed in other disciplines (e.g., mathematics, science, literature, social studies, etc.).

NY.4. Elementary: Understanding the Cultural Dimensions and Contributions of the Arts: Students will develop an understanding of the personal and cultural forces that shape artistic communication and how the arts in turn shape the diverse cultures of past and present society.

4.1. Dance: Students will know dances from many cultures and times and recognize their relationship to various cultural, social, and historic contexts. Students will recognize that dance is performed in many different cultural settings and serves many functions in diverse societies.

4.1.1. Students identify basic dance movements that are typical of the major world cultures.

4.1.2. Students explain the settings and circumstances in which dance is found in their lives and those of others, both past and present.

4.2. Music: Students will develop a performing and listening repertoire of music of various genres, styles, and cultures that represent the peoples of the world and their manifestations in the United States. Students will recognize the cultural features of a variety of musical compositions and performances and understand the functions of music within the culture.

4.2.1. Students identify when listening, and perform from memory, a basic repertoire of folk songs/dances and composed songs from the basic cultures that represent the peoples of the world.

4.2.2. Students identify the titles and composers of well-known examples of classical concert music and blues/jazz selections.

4.2.3. Students identify the primary cultural, geographical, and historical settings for the music they listen to and perform.

4.3. Theatre: Students will gain knowledge about past and present cultures as expressed through theatre. They will interpret how theatre reflects the beliefs, issues, and events of societies past and present.

4.3.1. Students dramatize stories and folk tales from various cultures.

4.3.2. Students engage in drama/theatre activities including music, dance, and games which reflect other cultures and ethnic groups.

4.3.3. Students discuss how classroom theatre activities relate to their lives.

4.4. Visual Arts: Students will explore art and artifacts from various historical periods and world cultures to discover the roles that art plays in the lives of people of a given time and place and to understand how the time and place influence the visual characteristics of the art work. Students will explore art to understand the social, cultural, and environmental dimensions of human society.

4.4.1. Students look at and discuss a variety of art works and artifacts from world cultures to discover some important ideas, issues, and events of those cultures.

4.4.2. Students look at a variety of art works and artifacts from diverse cultures of the United States and identify some distinguishing characteristics.

4.4.3. Students create art works that show the influence of a particular culture.

NY.1. Elementary: Creating, Performing and Participating in the Arts: Students will actively engage in the processes that constitute creation and performance in the arts (dance, music, theatre, and visual arts) and participate in various roles in the arts.

1.1. Dance: Students will perform set dance forms in formal and informal contexts and will improvise, create, and perform dances based on their own movement ideas. They will demonstrate an understanding of choreographic principles, processes, and structures and of the roles of various participants in dance productions.

1.1.1. Students identify and demonstrate movement elements and skills (such as bend, twist, slide, skip, hop).

1.1.2. Students demonstrate ways of moving in relation to people, objects, and environments in set dance forms.

1.1.3. Students create and perform simple dances based on their own movement ideas.

1.2. Music: Students will compose original music and perform music written by others. They will understand and use the basic elements of music in their performances and compositions. Students will engage in individual and group musical and music-related tasks, and will describe the various roles and means of creating, performing, recording, and producing music.

1.2.1. Students create short pieces consisting of sounds from a variety of traditional (e.g., tambourine, recorder, piano, voice), electronic (e.g., keyboard), and nontraditional sound sources (e.g., water-filled glasses).

1.2.2. Students sing songs and play instruments, maintaining tone quality, pitch, rhythm, tempo, and dynamics; perform the music expressively; and sing or play simple repeated patterns (ostinatos) with familiar songs, rounds, partner songs, and harmonizing parts.

1.2.3. Students read simple standard notation in performance, and follow vocal or keyboard scores in listening.

1.2.4. Students, in performing ensembles, read very easy/easy music (New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA) level I-II) and respond appropriately to the gestures of the conductor.

1.2.5. Students identify and use, in individual and group experiences, some of the roles, processes, and actions used in performing and composing music of their own and others.

1.3. Theatre: Students will create and perform theatre pieces as well as improvisational drama. They will understand and use the basic elements of theatre in their characterizations, improvisations, and play writing. Students will engage in individual and group theatrical and theatre-related tasks, and will describe the various roles and means of creating, performing, and producing theatre.

1.3.1. Students use creative drama to communicate ideas and feelings.

1.3.2. Students imitate experiences through pantomime, play making, dramatic play, story dramatization, story telling, and role playing.

1.3.3. Students use language, voice, gesture, movement, and observation to express their experiences and communicate ideas and feelings.

1.3.4. Students use basic props, simple set pieces, and costume pieces to establish place, time, and character for the participants.

1.3.5. Students identify and use in individual and group experiences some of the roles, processes, and actions for performing and creating theatre pieces and improvisational drama.

1.4. Visual Arts: Students will make works of art that explore different kinds of subject matter, topics, themes, and metaphors. Students will understand and use sensory elements, organizational principles, and expressive images to communicate their own ideas in works of art. Students will use a variety of art materials, processes, mediums, and techniques, and use appropriate technologies for creating and exhibiting visual art works.

1.4.1. Students experiment and create art works, in a variety of mediums (drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramics, printmaking, video, and computer graphics), based on a range of individual and collective experiences.

1.4.2. Students develop their own ideas and images through the exploration and creation of art works based on themes, symbols, and events.

1.4.3. Students understand and use the elements and principles of art (line, color, texture, shape) in order to communicate their ideas.

1.4.4. Students reveal through their own art work understanding of how art mediums and techniques influence their creative decisions.

1.4.5. Students identify and use, in individual and group experiences, some of the roles and means for designing, producing, and exhibiting art works.

NY.2. Elementary: Knowing and Using Arts Materials and Resources: Students will be knowledgeable about and make use of the materials and resources available for participation in the arts in various roles.

2.1. Dance: Students will know how to access dance and dance-related material from libraries, resource centers, museums, studios, and performance spaces. Students will know various career possibilities in dance and recreational opportunities to dance. Students will attend dance events and participate as appropriate within each setting.

2.1.1. Students demonstrate knowledge of dance resources in video, photography, print, and live performance.

2.1.2. Students understand the concept of live performance and appropriate conduct.

2.1.3. Students demonstrate a knowledge of dance-related careers (e.g., dancer, choreographer, composer, lighting designer, historian, teacher).

2.2. Music: Students will use traditional instruments, electronic instruments, and a variety of nontraditional sound sources to create and perform music. They will use various resources to expand their knowledge of listening experiences, performance opportunities, and/or information about music. Students will identify opportunities to contribute to their communities' music institutions, including those embedded in other institutions. Students will know the vocations and avocations available to them in music.

2.2.1. Students use classroom and nontraditional instruments in performing and creating music.

2.2.2. Students construct instruments out of material not commonly used for musical instruments.

2.2.3. Students use current technology to manipulate sound.

2.2.4. Students identify the various settings in which they hear music and the various resources that are used to produce music during a typical week; explain why the particular type of music was used.

2.2.5. Students demonstrate appropriate audience behavior, including attentive listening, in a variety of musical settings in and out of school.

2.2.6. Students discuss ways that music is used by various members of the community.

2.3. Theatre: Students will know the basic tools, media, and techniques involved in theatrical production. Students will locate and use school, community, and professional resources for theatre experiences. Students will understand the job opportunities available in all aspects of theatre.

2.3.1. Students visit theaters, theatre-related facilities, and/or touring companies to observe aspects of theatrical production.

2.3.2. Students use the library/media center of their school or community to find story dramatization material or other theatre-related materials and to view videotapes of performances.

2.3.3. Students attend theatrical performances in their school and demonstrate appropriate audience behavior.

2.3.4. Students speak with theatre professionals about how they prepare for and perform their jobs.

2.4. Visual Arts: Students will know and use a variety of visual arts materials, techniques, and processes. Students will know about resources and opportunities for participation in visual arts in the community and use appropriate materials. Students will be aware of vocational options available in the visual arts.

2.4.1. Students understand the characteristics of various mediums (two-dimensional, three-dimensional, electronic images) in order to select those that are appropriate for their purposes and intent.

2.4.2. Students develop skills with electronic media as a means of expressing visual ideas.

2.4.3. Students know about some cultural institutions (museums and galleries) and community opportunities (art festivals) for looking at original art and talking to visiting artists, to increase their understanding of art.

2.4.4. Students give examples of adults who make their livings in the arts professions.

NY.3. Elementary: Responding to and Analyzing Works of Art: Students will respond critically to a variety of works in the arts, connecting the individual work to other works and to other aspects of human endeavor and thought.

3.1. Dance: Students will express through written and oral language their understanding, interpretation, and evaluation of dances they see, do, and read about. Students will acquire the critical vocabulary to talk and write about a variety of dance forms.

3.1.1. Students demonstrate knowledge of words and symbols (kinetic, visual, tactile, aural and olfactory) that describe movement.

3.1.2. Students express to others their understanding of specific dance performances, using appropriate language to describe what they have seen and heard.

3.2. Music: Students will demonstrate the capacity to listen to and comment on music. They will relate their critical assertions about music to its aesthetic, structural, acoustic, and psychological qualities. Students will use concepts based on the structure of music's content and context to relate music to other broad areas of knowledge. They will use concepts from other disciplines to enhance their understanding of music.

3.2.1. Students through listening, identify the strengths and weaknesses of specific musical works and performances, including their own and others'.

3.2.2. Students describe the music in terms related to basic elements such as melody, rhythm, harmony, dynamics, timbre, form, style, etc.

3.2.3. Students discuss the basic means by which the voice and instruments can alter pitch, loudness, duration, and timbre.

3.2.4. Students describe the music's context in terms related to its social and psychological functions and settings (e.g., roles of participants, effects of music, uses of music with other events or objects, etc.).

3.2.5. Students describe their understandings of particular pieces of music and how they relate to their surroundings.

3.3. Theatre: Students will reflect on, interpret, and evaluate plays and theatrical performances, both live and recorded, using the language of dramatic criticism. Students will analyze the meaning and role of theatre in society. Students will identify ways in which drama/theatre connects to film and video, other arts, and other disciplines.

3.3.1. Students discuss their understanding, interpretation, and evaluation of a theatrical performance, using basic theatre terminology.

3.3.2. Students identify the use of other art forms in theatre productions.

3.3.3. Students explain the relationship of theatre to film and video.

3.4. Visual Arts: Students will reflect on, interpret, and evaluate works of art, using the language of art criticism. Students will analyze the visual characteristics of the natural and built environment and explain the social, cultural, psychological, and environmental dimensions of the visual arts. Students will compare the ways in which a variety of ideas, themes, and concepts are expressed through the visual arts with the ways they are expressed in other disciplines.

3.4.1. Students explain their reflections about the meanings, purposes, and sources of works of art; describe their responses to the works and the reasons for those responses.

3.4.2. Students explain the visual and other sensory qualities (surfaces, colors, textures, shape, sizes, volumes) found in a wide variety of art works.

3.4.3. Students explain the themes that are found in works of visual art and how the art works are related to other forms of art (dance, music, theatre, etc.).

3.4.4. Students explain how ideas, themes, or concepts in the visual arts are expressed in other disciplines (e.g., mathematics, science, literature, social studies, etc.).

NY.4. Elementary: Understanding the Cultural Dimensions and Contributions of the Arts: Students will develop an understanding of the personal and cultural forces that shape artistic communication and how the arts in turn shape the diverse cultures of past and present society.

4.1. Dance: Students will know dances from many cultures and times and recognize their relationship to various cultural, social, and historic contexts. Students will recognize that dance is performed in many different cultural settings and serves many functions in diverse societies.

4.1.1. Students identify basic dance movements that are typical of the major world cultures.

4.1.2. Students explain the settings and circumstances in which dance is found in their lives and those of others, both past and present.

4.2. Music: Students will develop a performing and listening repertoire of music of various genres, styles, and cultures that represent the peoples of the world and their manifestations in the United States. Students will recognize the cultural features of a variety of musical compositions and performances and understand the functions of music within the culture.

4.2.1. Students identify when listening, and perform from memory, a basic repertoire of folk songs/dances and composed songs from the basic cultures that represent the peoples of the world.

4.2.2. Students identify the titles and composers of well-known examples of classical concert music and blues/jazz selections.

4.2.3. Students identify the primary cultural, geographical, and historical settings for the music they listen to and perform.

4.3. Theatre: Students will gain knowledge about past and present cultures as expressed through theatre. They will interpret how theatre reflects the beliefs, issues, and events of societies past and present.

4.3.1. Students dramatize stories and folk tales from various cultures.

4.3.2. Students engage in drama/theatre activities including music, dance, and games which reflect other cultures and ethnic groups.

4.3.3. Students discuss how classroom theatre activities relate to their lives.

4.4. Visual Arts: Students will explore art and artifacts from various historical periods and world cultures to discover the roles that art plays in the lives of people of a given time and place and to understand how the time and place influence the visual characteristics of the art work. Students will explore art to understand the social, cultural, and environmental dimensions of human society.

4.4.1. Students look at and discuss a variety of art works and artifacts from world cultures to discover some important ideas, issues, and events of those cultures.

4.4.2. Students look at a variety of art works and artifacts from diverse cultures of the United States and identify some distinguishing characteristics.

4.4.3. Students create art works that show the influence of a particular culture.

NY.1. Intermediate: Creating, Performing and Participating in the Arts: Students will actively engage in the processes that constitute creation and performance in the arts (dance, music, theatre, and visual arts) and participate in various roles in the arts.

1.1. Dance: Students will perform set dance forms in formal and informal contexts and will improvise, create, and perform dances based on their own movement ideas. They will demonstrate an understanding of choreographic principles, processes, and structures and of the roles of various participants in dance productions.

1.1.1. Students know and demonstrate a range of movement elements and skills (such as balance, alignment, elevation, and landing) and basic dance steps, positions, and patterns.

1.1.2. Students dance a range of forms from free improvisation to structured choreography.

1.1.3. Students create or improvise dance phrases, studies, and dances, alone and/or in collaboration with others, in a variety of contexts.

1.1.4. Students demonstrate the ability to take various roles in group productions and performances.

1.2. Music: Students will compose original music and perform music written by others. They will understand and use the basic elements of music in their performances and compositions. Students will engage in individual and group musical and music-related tasks, and will describe the various roles and means of creating, performing, recording, and producing music.

1.2.1. Students compose simple pieces that reflect a knowledge of melodic, rhythmic, harmonic, timbrel, and dynamic elements.

1.2.2. Students sing and/or play, alone and in combination with other voice or instrument parts, a varied repertoire of folk, art, and contemporary songs, from notation, with a good tone, pitch, duration, and loudness.

1.2.3. Students improvise short musical compositions that exhibit cohesiveness and musical expression.

1.2.4. Students, in performing ensembles, read moderately easy/moderately difficult music (NYSSMA level III-IV) and respond appropriately to the gestures of the conductor.

1.2.5. Students identify and use, in individual and group experiences, some of the roles, processes, and actions for performing and composing music of their own and others, and discuss ways to improve them.

1.3. Theatre: Students will create and perform theatre pieces as well as improvisational drama. They will understand and use the basic elements of theatre in their characterizations, improvisations, and play writing. Students will engage in individual and group theatrical and theatre-related tasks, and will describe the various roles and means of creating, performing, and producing theatre.

1.3.1. Students use improvisation and guided play writing to communicate ideas and feelings.

1.3.2. Students imitate various experiences through pantomime, play making, dramatic play, story dramatization, storytelling, role playing, improvisation and guided play writing.

1.3.3. Students use language, voice, gesture, movement and observation to create character and interact with others in improvisation, rehearsal, and performance.

1.3.4. Students create props, scenery, and costumes through individual and group effort.

1.3.5. Students identify and use, in individual and group experiences, some of the roles, processes, and actions for performing and creating theatre pieces and improvisational drama within the school/community, and discuss ways to improve them.

1.4. Visual Arts: Students will make works of art that explore different kinds of subject matter, topics, themes, and metaphors. Students will understand and use sensory elements, organizational principles, and expressive images to communicate their own ideas in works of art. Students will use a variety of art materials, processes, mediums, and techniques, and use appropriate technologies for creating and exhibiting visual art works.

1.4.1. Students produce a collection of art works, in a variety of mediums, based on a range of individual and collective experiences.

1.4.2. Students know and use a variety of sources for developing and conveying ideas, images, themes, symbols, and events in their creation of art.

1.4.3. Students use the elements and principles of art to communicate specific meanings to others in their art work.

1.4.4. Students during the creative process, reflect on the effectiveness of selected mediums or techniques to convey intended meanings.

1.4.5. Students identify and use, in individual and group experiences, some of the roles and means for designing, producing, and exhibiting art works and discuss ways to improve them.

NY.2. Intermediate: Knowing and Using Arts Materials and Resources: Students will be knowledgeable about and make use of the materials and resources available for participation in the arts in various roles.

2.1. Dance: Students will know how to access dance and dance-related material from libraries, resource centers, museums, studios, and performance spaces. Students will know various career possibilities in dance and recreational opportunities to dance. Students will attend dance events and participate as appropriate within each setting.

2.1.1. Students demonstrate knowledge of sources for understanding dance technologies: live, print, video, computer, etc.

2.1.2. Students demonstrate knowledge of how human structure and function affect movement in parts of dances and dances that they know or have choreographed.

2.1.3. Students demonstrate knowledge of audience/performer responsibilities and relationships in dance.

2.1.4. Students demonstrate knowledge of differences in performance venue and the events presented in each.

2.2. Music: Students will use traditional instruments, electronic instruments, and a variety of nontraditional sound sources to create and perform music. They will use various resources to expand their knowledge of listening experiences, performance opportunities, and/or information about music. Students will identify opportunities to contribute to their communities' music institutions, including those embedded in other institutions. Students will know the vocations and avocations available to them in music.

2.2.1. Students use traditional or nontraditional sound sources, including electronic ones, in composing and performing simple pieces.

2.2.2. Students use school and community resources to develop information on music and musicians.

2.2.3. Students use current technology to create, produce and record/playback music.

2.2.4. Students identify a community-based musical interest or role and explain the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to pursue the interest or adopt the role.

2.2.5. Students demonstrate appropriate listening and other participatory responses to music of a variety of genres and cultures.

2.2.6. Students investigate some career options related to their musical interests.

2.3. Theatre: Students will know the basic tools, media, and techniques involved in theatrical production. Students will locate and use school, community, and professional resources for theatre experiences. Students will understand the job opportunities available in all aspects of theatre.

2.3.1. Students visit theatre technology facilities, including the local high school facility, and interact with professionals and theatre students to learn about theatre technology (e.g., lighting, staging, sound, etc.).

2.3.2. Students use the school or community library/media centers and other resources to develop information on various theatre-related topics.

2.3.3. Students know about local theatrical institutions, attend performances in school and in the community, and demonstrate appropriate audience behavior.

2.3.4. Students discuss vocations/avocations with theatre professionals and identify the skills and preparation necessary for theatre vocations/avocations.

2.4. Visual Arts: Students will know and use a variety of visual arts materials, techniques, and processes. Students will know about resources and opportunities for participation in visual arts in the community and use appropriate materials. Students will be aware of vocational options available in the visual arts.

2.4.1. Students develop skills with a variety of art materials and competence in at least one medium.

2.4.2. Students use the computer and other electronic media as designing tools and to communicate visual ideas.

2.4.3. Students take advantage of community opportunities and cultural institutions to learn from professional artists, look at original art, and increase their understanding of art.

2.4.4. Students understand the variety of careers related to the visual arts and the skills necessary to pursue some of them.

NY.3. Intermediate: Responding to and Analyzing Works of Art: Students will respond critically to a variety of works in the arts, connecting the individual work to other works and to other aspects of human endeavor and thought.

3.1. Dance: Students will express through written and oral language their understanding, interpretation, and evaluation of dances they see, do, and read about. Students will acquire the critical vocabulary to talk and write about a variety of dance forms.

3.1.1. Students demonstrate knowledge of the technical language used in discussing dance performances.

3.1.2. Students demonstrate knowledge of choreographic principles and processes.

3.1.3. Students express to others their understanding of specific dance performances, including perceptions, descriptions, analyses, interpretations, and evaluations.

3.2. Music: Students will demonstrate the capacity to listen to and comment on music. They will relate their critical assertions about music to its aesthetic, structural, acoustic, and psychological qualities. Students will use concepts based on the structure of music's content and context to relate music to other broad areas of knowledge. They will use concepts from other disciplines to enhance their understanding of music.

3.2.1. Students through listening, analyze and evaluate their own and others' performances, improvisations, and compositions by identifying and comparing them with similar works and events.

3.2.2. Students use appropriate terms to reflect a working knowledge of the musical elements.

3.2.3. Students demonstrate a basic awareness of the technical skills musicians must develop to produce an aesthetically acceptable performance.

3.2.4. Students use appropriate terms to reflect a working knowledge of social-musical functions and uses (appropriate choices of music for common ceremonies and other events).

3.2.5. Students use basic scientific concepts to explain how music-related sound is produced, transmitted through air, and perceived.

3.2.6. Students use terminology from music and other arts to analyze and compare the structures of musical and other artistic and literary works.

3.3. Theatre: Students will reflect on, interpret, and evaluate plays and theatrical performances, both live and recorded, using the language of dramatic criticism. Students will analyze the meaning and role of theatre in society. Students will identify ways in which drama/theatre connects to film and video, other arts, and other disciplines.

3.3.1. Students use the techniques and vocabulary of theatre criticism, both written and oral, to discuss theatre experiences and improve individual and group performances.

3.3.2. Students examine and discuss the use of other art forms in a theatre production.

3.3.3. Students explain how drama/theatre experiences relate to other literary and artistic events.

3.4. Visual Arts: Students will reflect on, interpret, and evaluate works of art, using the language of art criticism. Students will analyze the visual characteristics of the natural and built environment and explain the social, cultural, psychological, and environmental dimensions of the visual arts. Students will compare the ways in which a variety of ideas, themes, and concepts are expressed through the visual arts with the ways they are expressed in other disciplines.

3.4.1. Students discuss and write their analyses and interpretations of their own works of art and the art of others, using appropriate critical language.

3.4.2. Students identify, analyze, and interpret the visual and sensory characteristics that they discover in natural and human-made forms.

3.4.3. Students compare the ways ideas and concepts are communicated through visual art with the various ways that those ideas and concepts are manifested in other art forms.

3.4.4. Students compare the ways ideas, themes, and concepts are communicated through the visual arts in other disciplines, and the various ways that those ideas, themes, and concepts are manifested within the discipline.

NY.4. Intermediate: Understanding the Cultural Dimensions and Contributions of the Arts: Students will develop an understanding of the personal and cultural forces that shape artistic communication and how the arts in turn shape the diverse cultures of past and present society.

4.1. Dance: Students will know dances from many cultures and times and recognize their relationship to various cultural, social, and historic contexts. Students will recognize that dance is performed in many different cultural settings and serves many functions in diverse societies.

4.1.1. Students identify the major dance forms of specific world cultures past and present.

4.1.2. Students identify some of the major dance artists from diverse cultures.

4.1.3. Students show how specific dance forms are related to the culture from which they come.

4.2. Music: Students will develop a performing and listening repertoire of music of various genres, styles, and cultures that represent the peoples of the world and their manifestations in the United States. Students will recognize the cultural features of a variety of musical compositions and performances and understand the functions of music within the culture.

4.2.1. Students identify the cultural contexts of a performance or recording and perform (with movement, where culturally appropriate) a varied repertoire of folk, art, and contemporary selections from the basic cultures that represent the peoples of the world.

4.2.2. Students identify from a performance or recording the titles and composers of well-known examples of classical concert music and blues/jazz selections.

4.2.3. Students discuss the current and past cultural, social, and political uses for the music they listen to and perform.

4.2.4. Students, in performing ensembles, read and perform repertoire in a culturally authentic manner.

4.3. Theatre: Students will gain knowledge about past and present cultures as expressed through theatre. They will interpret how theatre reflects the beliefs, issues, and events of societies past and present.

4.3.1. Students improvise scenes based on information about various cultures.

4.3.2. Students create intercultural celebrations using props, settings, and costumes.

4.3.3. Students explain how drama/theatre experiences relate to them-selves and others.

4.4. Visual Arts: Students will explore art and artifacts from various historical periods and world cultures to discover the roles that art plays in the lives of people of a given time and place and to understand how the time and place influence the visual characteristics of the art work. Students will explore art to understand the social, cultural, and environmental dimensions of human society.

4.4.1. Students demonstrate how art works and artifacts from diverse world cultures reflect aspects of those cultures.

4.4.2. Students demonstrate the ways in which some particular art works and artifacts reflect important aspects of the diverse cultures of the United States.

4.4.3. Students create art works that reflect a particular historical period of a culture.

NY.1. Intermediate: Creating, Performing and Participating in the Arts: Students will actively engage in the processes that constitute creation and performance in the arts (dance, music, theatre, and visual arts) and participate in various roles in the arts.

1.1. Dance: Students will perform set dance forms in formal and informal contexts and will improvise, create, and perform dances based on their own movement ideas. They will demonstrate an understanding of choreographic principles, processes, and structures and of the roles of various participants in dance productions.

1.1.1. Students know and demonstrate a range of movement elements and skills (such as balance, alignment, elevation, and landing) and basic dance steps, positions, and patterns.

1.1.2. Students dance a range of forms from free improvisation to structured choreography.

1.1.3. Students create or improvise dance phrases, studies, and dances, alone and/or in collaboration with others, in a variety of contexts.

1.1.4. Students demonstrate the ability to take various roles in group productions and performances.

1.2. Music: Students will compose original music and perform music written by others. They will understand and use the basic elements of music in their performances and compositions. Students will engage in individual and group musical and music-related tasks, and will describe the various roles and means of creating, performing, recording, and producing music.

1.2.1. Students compose simple pieces that reflect a knowledge of melodic, rhythmic, harmonic, timbrel, and dynamic elements.

1.2.2. Students sing and/or play, alone and in combination with other voice or instrument parts, a varied repertoire of folk, art, and contemporary songs, from notation, with a good tone, pitch, duration, and loudness.

1.2.3. Students improvise short musical compositions that exhibit cohesiveness and musical expression.

1.2.4. Students, in performing ensembles, read moderately easy/moderately difficult music (NYSSMA level III-IV) and respond appropriately to the gestures of the conductor.

1.2.5. Students identify and use, in individual and group experiences, some of the roles, processes, and actions for performing and composing music of their own and others, and discuss ways to improve them.

1.3. Theatre: Students will create and perform theatre pieces as well as improvisational drama. They will understand and use the basic elements of theatre in their characterizations, improvisations, and play writing. Students will engage in individual and group theatrical and theatre-related tasks, and will describe the various roles and means of creating, performing, and producing theatre.

1.3.1. Students use improvisation and guided play writing to communicate ideas and feelings.

1.3.2. Students imitate various experiences through pantomime, play making, dramatic play, story dramatization, storytelling, role playing, improvisation and guided play writing.

1.3.3. Students use language, voice, gesture, movement and observation to create character and interact with others in improvisation, rehearsal, and performance.

1.3.4. Students create props, scenery, and costumes through individual and group effort.

1.3.5. Students identify and use, in individual and group experiences, some of the roles, processes, and actions for performing and creating theatre pieces and improvisational drama within the school/community, and discuss ways to improve them.

1.4. Visual Arts: Students will make works of art that explore different kinds of subject matter, topics, themes, and metaphors. Students will understand and use sensory elements, organizational principles, and expressive images to communicate their own ideas in works of art. Students will use a variety of art materials, processes, mediums, and techniques, and use appropriate technologies for creating and exhibiting visual art works.

1.4.1. Students produce a collection of art works, in a variety of mediums, based on a range of individual and collective experiences.

1.4.2. Students know and use a variety of sources for developing and conveying ideas, images, themes, symbols, and events in their creation of art.

1.4.3. Students use the elements and principles of art to communicate specific meanings to others in their art work.

1.4.4. Students during the creative process, reflect on the effectiveness of selected mediums or techniques to convey intended meanings.

1.4.5. Students identify and use, in individual and group experiences, some of the roles and means for designing, producing, and exhibiting art works and discuss ways to improve them.

NY.2. Intermediate: Knowing and Using Arts Materials and Resources: Students will be knowledgeable about and make use of the materials and resources available for participation in the arts in various roles.

2.1. Dance: Students will know how to access dance and dance-related material from libraries, resource centers, museums, studios, and performance spaces. Students will know various career possibilities in dance and recreational opportunities to dance. Students will attend dance events and participate as appropriate within each setting.

2.1.1. Students demonstrate knowledge of sources for understanding dance technologies: live, print, video, computer, etc.

2.1.2. Students demonstrate knowledge of how human structure and function affect movement in parts of dances and dances that they know or have choreographed.

2.1.3. Students demonstrate knowledge of audience/performer responsibilities and relationships in dance.

2.1.4. Students demonstrate knowledge of differences in performance venue and the events presented in each.

2.2. Music: Students will use traditional instruments, electronic instruments, and a variety of nontraditional sound sources to create and perform music. They will use various resources to expand their knowledge of listening experiences, performance opportunities, and/or information about music. Students will identify opportunities to contribute to their communities' music institutions, including those embedded in other institutions. Students will know the vocations and avocations available to them in music.

2.2.1. Students use traditional or nontraditional sound sources, including electronic ones, in composing and performing simple pieces.

2.2.2. Students use school and community resources to develop information on music and musicians.

2.2.3. Students use current technology to create, produce and record/playback music.

2.2.4. Students identify a community-based musical interest or role and explain the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to pursue the interest or adopt the role.

2.2.5. Students demonstrate appropriate listening and other participatory responses to music of a variety of genres and cultures.

2.2.6. Students investigate some career options related to their musical interests.

2.3. Theatre: Students will know the basic tools, media, and techniques involved in theatrical production. Students will locate and use school, community, and professional resources for theatre experiences. Students will understand the job opportunities available in all aspects of theatre.

2.3.1. Students visit theatre technology facilities, including the local high school facility, and interact with professionals and theatre students to learn about theatre technology (e.g., lighting, staging, sound, etc.).

2.3.2. Students use the school or community library/media centers and other resources to develop information on various theatre-related topics.

2.3.3. Students know about local theatrical institutions, attend performances in school and in the community, and demonstrate appropriate audience behavior.

2.3.4. Students discuss vocations/avocations with theatre professionals and identify the skills and preparation necessary for theatre vocations/avocations.

2.4. Visual Arts: Students will know and use a variety of visual arts materials, techniques, and processes. Students will know about resources and opportunities for participation in visual arts in the community and use appropriate materials. Students will be aware of vocational options available in the visual arts.

2.4.1. Students develop skills with a variety of art materials and competence in at least one medium.

2.4.2. Students use the computer and other electronic media as designing tools and to communicate visual ideas.

2.4.3. Students take advantage of community opportunities and cultural institutions to learn from professional artists, look at original art, and increase their understanding of art.

2.4.4. Students understand the variety of careers related to the visual arts and the skills necessary to pursue some of them.

NY.3. Intermediate: Responding to and Analyzing Works of Art: Students will respond critically to a variety of works in the arts, connecting the individual work to other works and to other aspects of human endeavor and thought.

3.1. Dance: Students will express through written and oral language their understanding, interpretation, and evaluation of dances they see, do, and read about. Students will acquire the critical vocabulary to talk and write about a variety of dance forms.

3.1.1. Students demonstrate knowledge of the technical language used in discussing dance performances.

3.1.2. Students demonstrate knowledge of choreographic principles and processes.

3.1.3. Students express to others their understanding of specific dance performances, including perceptions, descriptions, analyses, interpretations, and evaluations.

3.2. Music: Students will demonstrate the capacity to listen to and comment on music. They will relate their critical assertions about music to its aesthetic, structural, acoustic, and psychological qualities. Students will use concepts based on the structure of music's content and context to relate music to other broad areas of knowledge. They will use concepts from other disciplines to enhance their understanding of music.

3.2.1. Students through listening, analyze and evaluate their own and others' performances, improvisations, and compositions by identifying and comparing them with similar works and events.

3.2.2. Students use appropriate terms to reflect a working knowledge of the musical elements.

3.2.3. Students demonstrate a basic awareness of the technical skills musicians must develop to produce an aesthetically acceptable performance.

3.2.4. Students use appropriate terms to reflect a working knowledge of social-musical functions and uses (appropriate choices of music for common ceremonies and other events).

3.2.5. Students use basic scientific concepts to explain how music-related sound is produced, transmitted through air, and perceived.

3.2.6. Students use terminology from music and other arts to analyze and compare the structures of musical and other artistic and literary works.

3.3. Theatre: Students will reflect on, interpret, and evaluate plays and theatrical performances, both live and recorded, using the language of dramatic criticism. Students will analyze the meaning and role of theatre in society. Students will identify ways in which drama/theatre connects to film and video, other arts, and other disciplines.

3.3.1. Students use the techniques and vocabulary of theatre criticism, both written and oral, to discuss theatre experiences and improve individual and group performances.

3.3.2. Students examine and discuss the use of other art forms in a theatre production.

3.3.3. Students explain how drama/theatre experiences relate to other literary and artistic events.

3.4. Visual Arts: Students will reflect on, interpret, and evaluate works of art, using the language of art criticism. Students will analyze the visual characteristics of the natural and built environment and explain the social, cultural, psychological, and environmental dimensions of the visual arts. Students will compare the ways in which a variety of ideas, themes, and concepts are expressed through the visual arts with the ways they are expressed in other disciplines.

3.4.1. Students discuss and write their analyses and interpretations of their own works of art and the art of others, using appropriate critical language.

3.4.2. Students identify, analyze, and interpret the visual and sensory characteristics that they discover in natural and human-made forms.

3.4.3. Students compare the ways ideas and concepts are communicated through visual art with the various ways that those ideas and concepts are manifested in other art forms.

3.4.4. Students compare the ways ideas, themes, and concepts are communicated through the visual arts in other disciplines, and the various ways that those ideas, themes, and concepts are manifested within the discipline.

NY.4. Intermediate: Understanding the Cultural Dimensions and Contributions of the Arts: Students will develop an understanding of the personal and cultural forces that shape artistic communication and how the arts in turn shape the diverse cultures of past and present society.

4.1. Dance: Students will know dances from many cultures and times and recognize their relationship to various cultural, social, and historic contexts. Students will recognize that dance is performed in many different cultural settings and serves many functions in diverse societies.

4.1.1. Students identify the major dance forms of specific world cultures past and present.

4.1.2. Students identify some of the major dance artists from diverse cultures.

4.1.3. Students show how specific dance forms are related to the culture from which they come.

4.2. Music: Students will develop a performing and listening repertoire of music of various genres, styles, and cultures that represent the peoples of the world and their manifestations in the United States. Students will recognize the cultural features of a variety of musical compositions and performances and understand the functions of music within the culture.

4.2.1. Students identify the cultural contexts of a performance or recording and perform (with movement, where culturally appropriate) a varied repertoire of folk, art, and contemporary selections from the basic cultures that represent the peoples of the world.

4.2.2. Students identify from a performance or recording the titles and composers of well-known examples of classical concert music and blues/jazz selections.

4.2.3. Students discuss the current and past cultural, social, and political uses for the music they listen to and perform.

4.2.4. Students, in performing ensembles, read and perform repertoire in a culturally authentic manner.

4.3. Theatre: Students will gain knowledge about past and present cultures as expressed through theatre. They will interpret how theatre reflects the beliefs, issues, and events of societies past and present.

4.3.1. Students improvise scenes based on information about various cultures.

4.3.2. Students create intercultural celebrations using props, settings, and costumes.

4.3.3. Students explain how drama/theatre experiences relate to them-selves and others.

4.4. Visual Arts: Students will explore art and artifacts from various historical periods and world cultures to discover the roles that art plays in the lives of people of a given time and place and to understand how the time and place influence the visual characteristics of the art work. Students will explore art to understand the social, cultural, and environmental dimensions of human society.

4.4.1. Students demonstrate how art works and artifacts from diverse world cultures reflect aspects of those cultures.

4.4.2. Students demonstrate the ways in which some particular art works and artifacts reflect important aspects of the diverse cultures of the United States.

4.4.3. Students create art works that reflect a particular historical period of a culture.

NY.1. Intermediate: Creating, Performing and Participating in the Arts: Students will actively engage in the processes that constitute creation and performance in the arts (dance, music, theatre, and visual arts) and participate in various roles in the arts.

1.1. Dance: Students will perform set dance forms in formal and informal contexts and will improvise, create, and perform dances based on their own movement ideas. They will demonstrate an understanding of choreographic principles, processes, and structures and of the roles of various participants in dance productions.

1.1.1. Students know and demonstrate a range of movement elements and skills (such as balance, alignment, elevation, and landing) and basic dance steps, positions, and patterns.

1.1.2. Students dance a range of forms from free improvisation to structured choreography.

1.1.3. Students create or improvise dance phrases, studies, and dances, alone and/or in collaboration with others, in a variety of contexts.

1.1.4. Students demonstrate the ability to take various roles in group productions and performances.

1.2. Music: Students will compose original music and perform music written by others. They will understand and use the basic elements of music in their performances and compositions. Students will engage in individual and group musical and music-related tasks, and will describe the various roles and means of creating, performing, recording, and producing music.

1.2.1. Students compose simple pieces that reflect a knowledge of melodic, rhythmic, harmonic, timbrel, and dynamic elements.

1.2.2. Students sing and/or play, alone and in combination with other voice or instrument parts, a varied repertoire of folk, art, and contemporary songs, from notation, with a good tone, pitch, duration, and loudness.

1.2.3. Students improvise short musical compositions that exhibit cohesiveness and musical expression.

1.2.4. Students, in performing ensembles, read moderately easy/moderately difficult music (NYSSMA level III-IV) and respond appropriately to the gestures of the conductor.

1.2.5. Students identify and use, in individual and group experiences, some of the roles, processes, and actions for performing and composing music of their own and others, and discuss ways to improve them.

1.3. Theatre: Students will create and perform theatre pieces as well as improvisational drama. They will understand and use the basic elements of theatre in their characterizations, improvisations, and play writing. Students will engage in individual and group theatrical and theatre-related tasks, and will describe the various roles and means of creating, performing, and producing theatre.

1.3.1. Students use improvisation and guided play writing to communicate ideas and feelings.

1.3.2. Students imitate various experiences through pantomime, play making, dramatic play, story dramatization, storytelling, role playing, improvisation and guided play writing.

1.3.3. Students use language, voice, gesture, movement and observation to create character and interact with others in improvisation, rehearsal, and performance.

1.3.4. Students create props, scenery, and costumes through individual and group effort.

1.3.5. Students identify and use, in individual and group experiences, some of the roles, processes, and actions for performing and creating theatre pieces and improvisational drama within the school/community, and discuss ways to improve them.

1.4. Visual Arts: Students will make works of art that explore different kinds of subject matter, topics, themes, and metaphors. Students will understand and use sensory elements, organizational principles, and expressive images to communicate their own ideas in works of art. Students will use a variety of art materials, processes, mediums, and techniques, and use appropriate technologies for creating and exhibiting visual art works.

1.4.1. Students produce a collection of art works, in a variety of mediums, based on a range of individual and collective experiences.

1.4.2. Students know and use a variety of sources for developing and conveying ideas, images, themes, symbols, and events in their creation of art.

1.4.3. Students use the elements and principles of art to communicate specific meanings to others in their art work.

1.4.4. Students during the creative process, reflect on the effectiveness of selected mediums or techniques to convey intended meanings.

1.4.5. Students identify and use, in individual and group experiences, some of the roles and means for designing, producing, and exhibiting art works and discuss ways to improve them.

NY.2. Intermediate: Knowing and Using Arts Materials and Resources: Students will be knowledgeable about and make use of the materials and resources available for participation in the arts in various roles.

2.1. Dance: Students will know how to access dance and dance-related material from libraries, resource centers, museums, studios, and performance spaces. Students will know various career possibilities in dance and recreational opportunities to dance. Students will attend dance events and participate as appropriate within each setting.

2.1.1. Students demonstrate knowledge of sources for understanding dance technologies: live, print, video, computer, etc.

2.1.2. Students demonstrate knowledge of how human structure and function affect movement in parts of dances and dances that they know or have choreographed.

2.1.3. Students demonstrate knowledge of audience/performer responsibilities and relationships in dance.

2.1.4. Students demonstrate knowledge of differences in performance venue and the events presented in each.

2.2. Music: Students will use traditional instruments, electronic instruments, and a variety of nontraditional sound sources to create and perform music. They will use various resources to expand their knowledge of listening experiences, performance opportunities, and/or information about music. Students will identify opportunities to contribute to their communities' music institutions, including those embedded in other institutions. Students will know the vocations and avocations available to them in music.

2.2.1. Students use traditional or nontraditional sound sources, including electronic ones, in composing and performing simple pieces.

2.2.2. Students use school and community resources to develop information on music and musicians.

2.2.3. Students use current technology to create, produce and record/playback music.

2.2.4. Students identify a community-based musical interest or role and explain the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to pursue the interest or adopt the role.

2.2.5. Students demonstrate appropriate listening and other participatory responses to music of a variety of genres and cultures.

2.2.6. Students investigate some career options related to their musical interests.

2.3. Theatre: Students will know the basic tools, media, and techniques involved in theatrical production. Students will locate and use school, community, and professional resources for theatre experiences. Students will understand the job opportunities available in all aspects of theatre.

2.3.1. Students visit theatre technology facilities, including the local high school facility, and interact with professionals and theatre students to learn about theatre technology (e.g., lighting, staging, sound, etc.).

2.3.2. Students use the school or community library/media centers and other resources to develop information on various theatre-related topics.

2.3.3. Students know about local theatrical institutions, attend performances in school and in the community, and demonstrate appropriate audience behavior.

2.3.4. Students discuss vocations/avocations with theatre professionals and identify the skills and preparation necessary for theatre vocations/avocations.

2.4. Visual Arts: Students will know and use a variety of visual arts materials, techniques, and processes. Students will know about resources and opportunities for participation in visual arts in the community and use appropriate materials. Students will be aware of vocational options available in the visual arts.

2.4.1. Students develop skills with a variety of art materials and competence in at least one medium.

2.4.2. Students use the computer and other electronic media as designing tools and to communicate visual ideas.

2.4.3. Students take advantage of community opportunities and cultural institutions to learn from professional artists, look at original art, and increase their understanding of art.

2.4.4. Students understand the variety of careers related to the visual arts and the skills necessary to pursue some of them.

NY.3. Intermediate: Responding to and Analyzing Works of Art: Students will respond critically to a variety of works in the arts, connecting the individual work to other works and to other aspects of human endeavor and thought.

3.1. Dance: Students will express through written and oral language their understanding, interpretation, and evaluation of dances they see, do, and read about. Students will acquire the critical vocabulary to talk and write about a variety of dance forms.

3.1.1. Students demonstrate knowledge of the technical language used in discussing dance performances.

3.1.2. Students demonstrate knowledge of choreographic principles and processes.

3.1.3. Students express to others their understanding of specific dance performances, including perceptions, descriptions, analyses, interpretations, and evaluations.

3.2. Music: Students will demonstrate the capacity to listen to and comment on music. They will relate their critical assertions about music to its aesthetic, structural, acoustic, and psychological qualities. Students will use concepts based on the structure of music's content and context to relate music to other broad areas of knowledge. They will use concepts from other disciplines to enhance their understanding of music.

3.2.1. Students through listening, analyze and evaluate their own and others' performances, improvisations, and compositions by identifying and comparing them with similar works and events.

3.2.2. Students use appropriate terms to reflect a working knowledge of the musical elements.

3.2.3. Students demonstrate a basic awareness of the technical skills musicians must develop to produce an aesthetically acceptable performance.

3.2.4. Students use appropriate terms to reflect a working knowledge of social-musical functions and uses (appropriate choices of music for common ceremonies and other events).

3.2.5. Students use basic scientific concepts to explain how music-related sound is produced, transmitted through air, and perceived.

3.2.6. Students use terminology from music and other arts to analyze and compare the structures of musical and other artistic and literary works.

3.3. Theatre: Students will reflect on, interpret, and evaluate plays and theatrical performances, both live and recorded, using the language of dramatic criticism. Students will analyze the meaning and role of theatre in society. Students will identify ways in which drama/theatre connects to film and video, other arts, and other disciplines.

3.3.1. Students use the techniques and vocabulary of theatre criticism, both written and oral, to discuss theatre experiences and improve individual and group performances.

3.3.2. Students examine and discuss the use of other art forms in a theatre production.

3.3.3. Students explain how drama/theatre experiences relate to other literary and artistic events.

3.4. Visual Arts: Students will reflect on, interpret, and evaluate works of art, using the language of art criticism. Students will analyze the visual characteristics of the natural and built environment and explain the social, cultural, psychological, and environmental dimensions of the visual arts. Students will compare the ways in which a variety of ideas, themes, and concepts are expressed through the visual arts with the ways they are expressed in other disciplines.

3.4.1. Students discuss and write their analyses and interpretations of their own works of art and the art of others, using appropriate critical language.

3.4.2. Students identify, analyze, and interpret the visual and sensory characteristics that they discover in natural and human-made forms.

3.4.3. Students compare the ways ideas and concepts are communicated through visual art with the various ways that those ideas and concepts are manifested in other art forms.

3.4.4. Students compare the ways ideas, themes, and concepts are communicated through the visual arts in other disciplines, and the various ways that those ideas, themes, and concepts are manifested within the discipline.

NY.4. Intermediate: Understanding the Cultural Dimensions and Contributions of the Arts: Students will develop an understanding of the personal and cultural forces that shape artistic communication and how the arts in turn shape the diverse cultures of past and present society.

4.1. Dance: Students will know dances from many cultures and times and recognize their relationship to various cultural, social, and historic contexts. Students will recognize that dance is performed in many different cultural settings and serves many functions in diverse societies.

4.1.1. Students identify the major dance forms of specific world cultures past and present.

4.1.2. Students identify some of the major dance artists from diverse cultures.

4.1.3. Students show how specific dance forms are related to the culture from which they come.

4.2. Music: Students will develop a performing and listening repertoire of music of various genres, styles, and cultures that represent the peoples of the world and their manifestations in the United States. Students will recognize the cultural features of a variety of musical compositions and performances and understand the functions of music within the culture.

4.2.1. Students identify the cultural contexts of a performance or recording and perform (with movement, where culturally appropriate) a varied repertoire of folk, art, and contemporary selections from the basic cultures that represent the peoples of the world.

4.2.2. Students identify from a performance or recording the titles and composers of well-known examples of classical concert music and blues/jazz selections.

4.2.3. Students discuss the current and past cultural, social, and political uses for the music they listen to and perform.

4.2.4. Students, in performing ensembles, read and perform repertoire in a culturally authentic manner.

4.3. Theatre: Students will gain knowledge about past and present cultures as expressed through theatre. They will interpret how theatre reflects the beliefs, issues, and events of societies past and present.

4.3.1. Students improvise scenes based on information about various cultures.

4.3.2. Students create intercultural celebrations using props, settings, and costumes.

4.3.3. Students explain how drama/theatre experiences relate to them-selves and others.

4.4. Visual Arts: Students will explore art and artifacts from various historical periods and world cultures to discover the roles that art plays in the lives of people of a given time and place and to understand how the time and place influence the visual characteristics of the art work. Students will explore art to understand the social, cultural, and environmental dimensions of human society.

4.4.1. Students demonstrate how art works and artifacts from diverse world cultures reflect aspects of those cultures.

4.4.2. Students demonstrate the ways in which some particular art works and artifacts reflect important aspects of the diverse cultures of the United States.

4.4.3. Students create art works that reflect a particular historical period of a culture.

NY.1. Intermediate: Creating, Performing and Participating in the Arts: Students will actively engage in the processes that constitute creation and performance in the arts (dance, music, theatre, and visual arts) and participate in various roles in the arts.

1.1. Dance: Students will perform set dance forms in formal and informal contexts and will improvise, create, and perform dances based on their own movement ideas. They will demonstrate an understanding of choreographic principles, processes, and structures and of the roles of various participants in dance productions.

1.1.1. Students know and demonstrate a range of movement elements and skills (such as balance, alignment, elevation, and landing) and basic dance steps, positions, and patterns.

1.1.2. Students dance a range of forms from free improvisation to structured choreography.

1.1.3. Students create or improvise dance phrases, studies, and dances, alone and/or in collaboration with others, in a variety of contexts.

1.1.4. Students demonstrate the ability to take various roles in group productions and performances.

1.2. Music: Students will compose original music and perform music written by others. They will understand and use the basic elements of music in their performances and compositions. Students will engage in individual and group musical and music-related tasks, and will describe the various roles and means of creating, performing, recording, and producing music.

1.2.1. Students compose simple pieces that reflect a knowledge of melodic, rhythmic, harmonic, timbrel, and dynamic elements.

1.2.2. Students sing and/or play, alone and in combination with other voice or instrument parts, a varied repertoire of folk, art, and contemporary songs, from notation, with a good tone, pitch, duration, and loudness.

1.2.3. Students improvise short musical compositions that exhibit cohesiveness and musical expression.

1.2.4. Students, in performing ensembles, read moderately easy/moderately difficult music (NYSSMA level III-IV) and respond appropriately to the gestures of the conductor.

1.2.5. Students identify and use, in individual and group experiences, some of the roles, processes, and actions for performing and composing music of their own and others, and discuss ways to improve them.

1.3. Theatre: Students will create and perform theatre pieces as well as improvisational drama. They will understand and use the basic elements of theatre in their characterizations, improvisations, and play writing. Students will engage in individual and group theatrical and theatre-related tasks, and will describe the various roles and means of creating, performing, and producing theatre.

1.3.1. Students use improvisation and guided play writing to communicate ideas and feelings.

1.3.2. Students imitate various experiences through pantomime, play making, dramatic play, story dramatization, storytelling, role playing, improvisation and guided play writing.

1.3.3. Students use language, voice, gesture, movement and observation to create character and interact with others in improvisation, rehearsal, and performance.

1.3.4. Students create props, scenery, and costumes through individual and group effort.

1.3.5. Students identify and use, in individual and group experiences, some of the roles, processes, and actions for performing and creating theatre pieces and improvisational drama within the school/community, and discuss ways to improve them.

1.4. Visual Arts: Students will make works of art that explore different kinds of subject matter, topics, themes, and metaphors. Students will understand and use sensory elements, organizational principles, and expressive images to communicate their own ideas in works of art. Students will use a variety of art materials, processes, mediums, and techniques, and use appropriate technologies for creating and exhibiting visual art works.

1.4.1. Students produce a collection of art works, in a variety of mediums, based on a range of individual and collective experiences.

1.4.2. Students know and use a variety of sources for developing and conveying ideas, images, themes, symbols, and events in their creation of art.

1.4.3. Students use the elements and principles of art to communicate specific meanings to others in their art work.

1.4.4. Students during the creative process, reflect on the effectiveness of selected mediums or techniques to convey intended meanings.

1.4.5. Students identify and use, in individual and group experiences, some of the roles and means for designing, producing, and exhibiting art works and discuss ways to improve them.

NY.2. Intermediate: Knowing and Using Arts Materials and Resources: Students will be knowledgeable about and make use of the materials and resources available for participation in the arts in various roles.

2.1. Dance: Students will know how to access dance and dance-related material from libraries, resource centers, museums, studios, and performance spaces. Students will know various career possibilities in dance and recreational opportunities to dance. Students will attend dance events and participate as appropriate within each setting.

2.1.1. Students demonstrate knowledge of sources for understanding dance technologies: live, print, video, computer, etc.

2.1.2. Students demonstrate knowledge of how human structure and function affect movement in parts of dances and dances that they know or have choreographed.

2.1.3. Students demonstrate knowledge of audience/performer responsibilities and relationships in dance.

2.1.4. Students demonstrate knowledge of differences in performance venue and the events presented in each.

2.2. Music: Students will use traditional instruments, electronic instruments, and a variety of nontraditional sound sources to create and perform music. They will use various resources to expand their knowledge of listening experiences, performance opportunities, and/or information about music. Students will identify opportunities to contribute to their communities' music institutions, including those embedded in other institutions. Students will know the vocations and avocations available to them in music.

2.2.1. Students use traditional or nontraditional sound sources, including electronic ones, in composing and performing simple pieces.

2.2.2. Students use school and community resources to develop information on music and musicians.

2.2.3. Students use current technology to create, produce and record/playback music.

2.2.4. Students identify a community-based musical interest or role and explain the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to pursue the interest or adopt the role.

2.2.5. Students demonstrate appropriate listening and other participatory responses to music of a variety of genres and cultures.

2.2.6. Students investigate some career options related to their musical interests.

2.3. Theatre: Students will know the basic tools, media, and techniques involved in theatrical production. Students will locate and use school, community, and professional resources for theatre experiences. Students will understand the job opportunities available in all aspects of theatre.

2.3.1. Students visit theatre technology facilities, including the local high school facility, and interact with professionals and theatre students to learn about theatre technology (e.g., lighting, staging, sound, etc.).

2.3.2. Students use the school or community library/media centers and other resources to develop information on various theatre-related topics.

2.3.3. Students know about local theatrical institutions, attend performances in school and in the community, and demonstrate appropriate audience behavior.

2.3.4. Students discuss vocations/avocations with theatre professionals and identify the skills and preparation necessary for theatre vocations/avocations.

2.4. Visual Arts: Students will know and use a variety of visual arts materials, techniques, and processes. Students will know about resources and opportunities for participation in visual arts in the community and use appropriate materials. Students will be aware of vocational options available in the visual arts.

2.4.1. Students develop skills with a variety of art materials and competence in at least one medium.

2.4.2. Students use the computer and other electronic media as designing tools and to communicate visual ideas.

2.4.3. Students take advantage of community opportunities and cultural institutions to learn from professional artists, look at original art, and increase their understanding of art.

2.4.4. Students understand the variety of careers related to the visual arts and the skills necessary to pursue some of them.

NY.3. Intermediate: Responding to and Analyzing Works of Art: Students will respond critically to a variety of works in the arts, connecting the individual work to other works and to other aspects of human endeavor and thought.

3.1. Dance: Students will express through written and oral language their understanding, interpretation, and evaluation of dances they see, do, and read about. Students will acquire the critical vocabulary to talk and write about a variety of dance forms.

3.1.1. Students demonstrate knowledge of the technical language used in discussing dance performances.

3.1.2. Students demonstrate knowledge of choreographic principles and processes.

3.1.3. Students express to others their understanding of specific dance performances, including perceptions, descriptions, analyses, interpretations, and evaluations.

3.2. Music: Students will demonstrate the capacity to listen to and comment on music. They will relate their critical assertions about music to its aesthetic, structural, acoustic, and psychological qualities. Students will use concepts based on the structure of music's content and context to relate music to other broad areas of knowledge. They will use concepts from other disciplines to enhance their understanding of music.

3.2.1. Students through listening, analyze and evaluate their own and others' performances, improvisations, and compositions by identifying and comparing them with similar works and events.

3.2.2. Students use appropriate terms to reflect a working knowledge of the musical elements.

3.2.3. Students demonstrate a basic awareness of the technical skills musicians must develop to produce an aesthetically acceptable performance.

3.2.4. Students use appropriate terms to reflect a working knowledge of social-musical functions and uses (appropriate choices of music for common ceremonies and other events).

3.2.5. Students use basic scientific concepts to explain how music-related sound is produced, transmitted through air, and perceived.

3.2.6. Students use terminology from music and other arts to analyze and compare the structures of musical and other artistic and literary works.

3.3. Theatre: Students will reflect on, interpret, and evaluate plays and theatrical performances, both live and recorded, using the language of dramatic criticism. Students will analyze the meaning and role of theatre in society. Students will identify ways in which drama/theatre connects to film and video, other arts, and other disciplines.

3.3.1. Students use the techniques and vocabulary of theatre criticism, both written and oral, to discuss theatre experiences and improve individual and group performances.

3.3.2. Students examine and discuss the use of other art forms in a theatre production.

3.3.3. Students explain how drama/theatre experiences relate to other literary and artistic events.

3.4. Visual Arts: Students will reflect on, interpret, and evaluate works of art, using the language of art criticism. Students will analyze the visual characteristics of the natural and built environment and explain the social, cultural, psychological, and environmental dimensions of the visual arts. Students will compare the ways in which a variety of ideas, themes, and concepts are expressed through the visual arts with the ways they are expressed in other disciplines.

3.4.1. Students discuss and write their analyses and interpretations of their own works of art and the art of others, using appropriate critical language.

3.4.2. Students identify, analyze, and interpret the visual and sensory characteristics that they discover in natural and human-made forms.

3.4.3. Students compare the ways ideas and concepts are communicated through visual art with the various ways that those ideas and concepts are manifested in other art forms.

3.4.4. Students compare the ways ideas, themes, and concepts are communicated through the visual arts in other disciplines, and the various ways that those ideas, themes, and concepts are manifested within the discipline.

NY.4. Intermediate: Understanding the Cultural Dimensions and Contributions of the Arts: Students will develop an understanding of the personal and cultural forces that shape artistic communication and how the arts in turn shape the diverse cultures of past and present society.

4.1. Dance: Students will know dances from many cultures and times and recognize their relationship to various cultural, social, and historic contexts. Students will recognize that dance is performed in many different cultural settings and serves many functions in diverse societies.

4.1.1. Students identify the major dance forms of specific world cultures past and present.

4.1.2. Students identify some of the major dance artists from diverse cultures.

4.1.3. Students show how specific dance forms are related to the culture from which they come.

4.2. Music: Students will develop a performing and listening repertoire of music of various genres, styles, and cultures that represent the peoples of the world and their manifestations in the United States. Students will recognize the cultural features of a variety of musical compositions and performances and understand the functions of music within the culture.

4.2.1. Students identify the cultural contexts of a performance or recording and perform (with movement, where culturally appropriate) a varied repertoire of folk, art, and contemporary selections from the basic cultures that represent the peoples of the world.

4.2.2. Students identify from a performance or recording the titles and composers of well-known examples of classical concert music and blues/jazz selections.

4.2.3. Students discuss the current and past cultural, social, and political uses for the music they listen to and perform.

4.2.4. Students, in performing ensembles, read and perform repertoire in a culturally authentic manner.

4.3. Theatre: Students will gain knowledge about past and present cultures as expressed through theatre. They will interpret how theatre reflects the beliefs, issues, and events of societies past and present.

4.3.1. Students improvise scenes based on information about various cultures.

4.3.2. Students create intercultural celebrations using props, settings, and costumes.

4.3.3. Students explain how drama/theatre experiences relate to them-selves and others.

4.4. Visual Arts: Students will explore art and artifacts from various historical periods and world cultures to discover the roles that art plays in the lives of people of a given time and place and to understand how the time and place influence the visual characteristics of the art work. Students will explore art to understand the social, cultural, and environmental dimensions of human society.

4.4.1. Students demonstrate how art works and artifacts from diverse world cultures reflect aspects of those cultures.

4.4.2. Students demonstrate the ways in which some particular art works and artifacts reflect important aspects of the diverse cultures of the United States.

4.4.3. Students create art works that reflect a particular historical period of a culture.

NY.1. Commencement General Education: Creating, Performing and Participating in the Arts: Students will actively engage in the processes that constitute creation and performance in the arts (dance, music, theatre, and visual arts) and participate in various roles in the arts.

1.1. Dance: Students will perform set dance forms in formal and informal contexts and will improvise, create, and perform dances based on their own movement ideas. They will demonstrate an understanding of choreographic principles, processes, and structures and of the roles of various participants in dance productions.

1.1.1. Students perform movements and dances that require demonstration of complex steps and patterns as well as an understanding of contextual meanings.

1.1.2. Students create dance studies and full choreographies based on identified and selected dance movement vocabulary.

1.1.3. Students apply a variety of choreographic processes and structures as appropriate to plan a duet or ensemble performance.

1.2. Music: Students will compose original music and perform music written by others. They will understand and use the basic elements of music in their performances and compositions. Students will engage in individual and group musical and music-related tasks, and will describe the various roles and means of creating, performing, recording, and producing music.

1.2.1. Students compose simple pieces for at least two mediums, including computers (MIDI) and other electronic instruments. (Pieces may combine music with other art forms such as dance, theatre, visual arts, or film/video.)

1.2.2. Students sing and/or play recreational instruments accurately, expressively, and with good tone quality, pitch, duration, loudness, technique, and (singing) diction.

1.2.3. Students use common symbols (notation) to perform music on recreational instruments.

1.2.4. Students identify and describe the roles, processes, and actions needed to produce professional concerts and musical theatre productions.

1.2.5. Students explain the commercial-music roles of producer, recordist, public relations director, recording company executive, contractor, musicians, union officials, performers, etc.

1.3. Theatre: Students will create and perform theatre pieces as well as improvisational drama. They will understand and use the basic elements of theatre in their characterizations, improvisations, and play writing. Students will engage in individual and group theatrical and theatre-related tasks, and will describe the various roles and means of creating, performing, and producing theatre.

1.3.1. Students write monologues and scenes to communicate ideas and feelings.

1.3.2. Students enact experiences through pantomime, improvisation, play writing, and script analysis.

1.3.3. Students use language, techniques of sound production (articulation, enunciation, diction, and phrasing), techniques of body, movement, posture, stance, gesture, and facial expression and analysis of script to personify character(s); interact with others in improvisation, rehearsal, and performance; and communicate ideas and feelings.

1.3.4. Students design and build props, sets, and costumes to communicate the intent of the production.

1.3.5. Students make acting, directing, and design choices that support and enhance the intent of the class, school, and /or community productions.

1.4. Visual Arts: Students will make works of art that explore different kinds of subject matter, topics, themes, and metaphors. Students will understand and use sensory elements, organizational principles, and expressive images to communicate their own ideas in works of art. Students will use a variety of art materials, processes, mediums, and techniques, and use appropriate technologies for creating and exhibiting visual art works.

1.4.1. Students create a collection of art work, in a variety of mediums, based on instructional assignments and individual and collective experiences to explore perceptions, ideas, and viewpoints.

1.4.2. Students create art works in which they use and evaluate different kinds of mediums, subjects, themes, symbols, metaphors, and images.

1.4.3. Students demonstrate an increasing level of competence in using the elements and principles of art to create art works for public exhibition.

1.4.4. Students reflect on their developing work to determine the effectiveness of selected mediums and techniques for conveying meaning and adjust their decisions accordingly.

NY.2. Commencement General Education: Knowing and Using Arts Materials and Resources: Students will be knowledgeable about and make use of the materials and resources available for participation in the arts in various roles.

2.1. Dance: Students will know how to access dance and dance-related material from libraries, resource centers, museums, studios, and performance spaces. Students will know various career possibilities in dance and recreational opportunities to dance. Students will attend dance events and participate as appropriate within each setting.

2.1.1. Students use dance technologies without significant supervision.

2.1.2. Students are familiar with techniques of research about dance.

2.1.3. Students know about regional performance venues which present dance and how to purchase tickets and access information about events.

2.1.4. Students know about educational requirements of dance-related careers.

2.1.5. Students identify major muscles and bones and how they function in dance movement.

2.2. Music: Students will use traditional instruments, electronic instruments, and a variety of nontraditional sound sources to create and perform music. They will use various resources to expand their knowledge of listening experiences, performance opportunities, and/or information about music. Students will identify opportunities to contribute to their communities' music institutions, including those embedded in other institutions. Students will know the vocations and avocations available to them in music.

2.2.1. Students use traditional, electronic, and nontraditional media for composing, arranging, and performing music.

2.2.2. Students describe and compare the various services provided by community organizations that promote music performance and listening.

2.2.3. Students use print and electronic media, including recordings, in school and community libraries to gather and report information on music and musicians.

2.2.4. Students identify and discuss the contributions of local experts in various aspects of music performance, production, and scholarship.

2.2.5. Students participate as a discriminating member of an audience when listening to performances from a variety of genres, forms, and styles.

2.2.6. Students understand a broad range of career opportunities in the field of music, including those involved with funding, producing, and marketing musical events.

2.3. Theatre: Students will know the basic tools, media, and techniques involved in theatrical production. Students will locate and use school, community, and professional resources for theatre experiences. Students will understand the job opportunities available in all aspects of theatre.

2.3.1. Students use theatre technology skills and facilities in creating a theatrical experience.

2.3.2. Students use school and community resources, including library/media centers, museums and theatre professionals, as part of the artistic process leading to production.

2.3.3. Students visit local theatrical institutions and attend theatrical performances in their school and community as an individual and part of a group.

2.3.4. Students understand a broad range of vocations/avocations in performing, producing, and promoting theatre.

2.4. Visual Arts: Students will know and use a variety of visual arts materials, techniques, and processes. Students will know about resources and opportunities for participation in visual arts in the community and use appropriate materials. Students will be aware of vocational options available in the visual arts.

2.4.1. Students select and use mediums and processes that communicate intended meaning in their art works, and exhibit competence in at least two mediums.

2.4.2. Students use the computer and electronic media to express their visual ideas and demonstrate a variety of approaches to artistic creation.

2.4.3. Students interact with professional artists and participate in school- and community-sponsored programs by art organizations and cultural institutions.

2.4.4. Students understand a broad range of vocations/avocations in the field of visual arts, including those involved with creating, performing, exhibiting, and promoting art.

NY.3. Commencement General Education: Responding to and Analyzing Works of Art: Students will respond critically to a variety of works in the arts, connecting the individual work to other works and to other aspects of human endeavor and thought.

3.1. Dance: Students will express through written and oral language their understanding, interpretation, and evaluation of dances they see, do, and read about. Students will acquire the critical vocabulary to talk and write about a variety of dance forms.

3.1.1. Students make comparisons of the nature and principles of dance to other arts.

3.1.2. Students analyze and describe similarities and differences in different dance forms and styles.

3.1.3. Students describe and compare a variety of choreographic approaches used in the creation of dances.

3.2. Music: Students will demonstrate the capacity to listen to and comment on music. They will relate their critical assertions about music to its aesthetic, structural, acoustic, and psychological qualities. Students will use concepts based on the structure of music's content and context to relate music to other broad areas of knowledge. They will use concepts from other disciplines to enhance their understanding of music.

3.2.1. Students, through listening, analyze and evaluate their own and others' performances, improvisations, and compositions and suggest improvements.

3.2.2. Students read and write critiques of music that display a broad knowledge of musical elements, genres, and styles.

3.2.3. Students use anatomical and other scientific terms to explain the musical effectiveness of various sound sources (traditional, nontraditional, and electronic).

3.2.4. Students use appropriate technical and socio-cultural terms to describe musical performances and compositions.

3.2.5. Students identify and describe the contributions of both locally and internationally known exemplars of high quality in the major musical genres.

3.2.6. Students explain how performers, composers, and arrangers make artistic decisions.

3.3. Theatre: Students will reflect on, interpret, and evaluate plays and theatrical performances, both live and recorded, using the language of dramatic criticism. Students will analyze the meaning and role of theatre in society. Students will identify ways in which drama/theatre connects to film and video, other arts, and other disciplines.

3.3.1. Students articulate an understanding, interpretation, and evaluation of a theatre piece as drama and as a realized production, using appropriate critical vocabulary.

3.3.2. Students evaluate the use of other art forms in a theatre production.

3.3.3. Students explain how a theatrical production exemplifies major themes and ideas from other disciplines.

3.4. Visual Arts: Students will reflect on, interpret, and evaluate works of art, using the language of art criticism. Students will analyze the visual characteristics of the natural and built environment and explain the social, cultural, psychological, and environmental dimensions of the visual arts. Students will compare the ways in which a variety of ideas, themes, and concepts are expressed through the visual arts with the ways they are expressed in other disciplines.

3.4.1. Students use the language of art criticism by reading and discussing critical reviews in newspapers and journals and by writing their own critical responses to works of art (either their own or those of others).

3.4.2. Students explain the visual and other sensory qualities in art and nature and their relation to the social environment.

3.4.3. Students analyze and interpret the ways in which political, cultural, social, religious, and psychological concepts and themes have been explored in visual art.

3.4.4. Students develop connections between the ways ideas, themes, and concepts are expressed through the visual arts and other disciplines in everyday life.

NY.4. Commencement General Education: Understanding the Cultural Dimensions and Contributions of the Arts: Students will develop an understanding of the personal and cultural forces that shape artistic communication and how the arts in turn shape the diverse cultures of past and present society.

4.1. Dance: Students will know dances from many cultures and times and recognize their relationship to various cultural, social, and historic contexts. Students will recognize that dance is performed in many different cultural settings and serves many functions in diverse societies.

4.1.1. Students explain the interaction of performer and audience in dance as a shared cultural event.

4.1.2. Students identify the cultural elements in a variety of dances drawn from the folk and classical repertories.

4.1.3. Students recognize specific contributions of dance and dancers to their own lives and to people in other times and places.

4.2. Music: Students will develop a performing and listening repertoire of music of various genres, styles, and cultures that represent the peoples of the world and their manifestations in the United States. Students will recognize the cultural features of a variety of musical compositions and performances and understand the functions of music within the culture.

4.2.1. Students identify from performances or recordings the cultural contexts of a further varied repertoire of folk, art, and contemporary selections from the basic cultures that represent the peoples of the world.

4.2.2. Students identify from performances or recordings the titles and composers and discuss the cultural contexts of well-known examples of classical concert music and blues/jazz selections.

4.2.3. Students relate well-known musical examples from the 17th century onward with the dominant social and historical events.

4.3. Theatre: Students will gain knowledge about past and present cultures as expressed through theatre. They will interpret how theatre reflects the beliefs, issues, and events of societies past and present.

4.3.1. Students read and view a variety of plays from different cultures.

4.3.2. Students using the basic elements of theatre (e.g., speech, gesture, costume, etc.), explain how different theatrical productions represent the cultures from which they come.

4.3.3. Students articulate the societal beliefs, issues and events of specific theatrical productions.

4.4. Visual Arts: Students will explore art and artifacts from various historical periods and world cultures to discover the roles that art plays in the lives of people of a given time and place and to understand how the time and place influence the visual characteristics of the art work. Students will explore art to understand the social, cultural, and environmental dimensions of human society.

4.4.1. Students analyze works of art from diverse world cultures and discuss the ideas, issues, and events of the culture that these works convey.

4.4.2. Students examine works of art and artifacts from United States cultures and place them within a cultural and historical context.

4.4.3. Students create art works that reflect a variety of cultural influences.

NY.1. Commencement General Education: Creating, Performing and Participating in the Arts: Students will actively engage in the processes that constitute creation and performance in the arts (dance, music, theatre, and visual arts) and participate in various roles in the arts.

1.1. Dance: Students will perform set dance forms in formal and informal contexts and will improvise, create, and perform dances based on their own movement ideas. They will demonstrate an understanding of choreographic principles, processes, and structures and of the roles of various participants in dance productions.

1.1.1. Students perform movements and dances that require demonstration of complex steps and patterns as well as an understanding of contextual meanings.

1.1.2. Students create dance studies and full choreographies based on identified and selected dance movement vocabulary.

1.1.3. Students apply a variety of choreographic processes and structures as appropriate to plan a duet or ensemble performance.

1.2. Music: Students will compose original music and perform music written by others. They will understand and use the basic elements of music in their performances and compositions. Students will engage in individual and group musical and music-related tasks, and will describe the various roles and means of creating, performing, recording, and producing music.

1.2.1. Students compose simple pieces for at least two mediums, including computers (MIDI) and other electronic instruments. (Pieces may combine music with other art forms such as dance, theatre, visual arts, or film/video.)

1.2.2. Students sing and/or play recreational instruments accurately, expressively, and with good tone quality, pitch, duration, loudness, technique, and (singing) diction.

1.2.3. Students use common symbols (notation) to perform music on recreational instruments.

1.2.4. Students identify and describe the roles, processes, and actions needed to produce professional concerts and musical theatre productions.

1.2.5. Students explain the commercial-music roles of producer, recordist, public relations director, recording company executive, contractor, musicians, union officials, performers, etc.

1.3. Theatre: Students will create and perform theatre pieces as well as improvisational drama. They will understand and use the basic elements of theatre in their characterizations, improvisations, and play writing. Students will engage in individual and group theatrical and theatre-related tasks, and will describe the various roles and means of creating, performing, and producing theatre.

1.3.1. Students write monologues and scenes to communicate ideas and feelings.

1.3.2. Students enact experiences through pantomime, improvisation, play writing, and script analysis.

1.3.3. Students use language, techniques of sound production (articulation, enunciation, diction, and phrasing), techniques of body, movement, posture, stance, gesture, and facial expression and analysis of script to personify character(s); interact with others in improvisation, rehearsal, and performance; and communicate ideas and feelings.

1.3.4. Students design and build props, sets, and costumes to communicate the intent of the production.

1.3.5. Students make acting, directing, and design choices that support and enhance the intent of the class, school, and /or community productions.

1.4. Visual Arts: Students will make works of art that explore different kinds of subject matter, topics, themes, and metaphors. Students will understand and use sensory elements, organizational principles, and expressive images to communicate their own ideas in works of art. Students will use a variety of art materials, processes, mediums, and techniques, and use appropriate technologies for creating and exhibiting visual art works.

1.4.1. Students create a collection of art work, in a variety of mediums, based on instructional assignments and individual and collective experiences to explore perceptions, ideas, and viewpoints.

1.4.2. Students create art works in which they use and evaluate different kinds of mediums, subjects, themes, symbols, metaphors, and images.

1.4.3. Students demonstrate an increasing level of competence in using the elements and principles of art to create art works for public exhibition.

1.4.4. Students reflect on their developing work to determine the effectiveness of selected mediums and techniques for conveying meaning and adjust their decisions accordingly.

NY.2. Commencement General Education: Knowing and Using Arts Materials and Resources: Students will be knowledgeable about and make use of the materials and resources available for participation in the arts in various roles.

2.1. Dance: Students will know how to access dance and dance-related material from libraries, resource centers, museums, studios, and performance spaces. Students will know various career possibilities in dance and recreational opportunities to dance. Students will attend dance events and participate as appropriate within each setting.

2.1.1. Students use dance technologies without significant supervision.

2.1.2. Students are familiar with techniques of research about dance.

2.1.3. Students know about regional performance venues which present dance and how to purchase tickets and access information about events.

2.1.4. Students know about educational requirements of dance-related careers.

2.1.5. Students identify major muscles and bones and how they function in dance movement.

2.2. Music: Students will use traditional instruments, electronic instruments, and a variety of nontraditional sound sources to create and perform music. They will use various resources to expand their knowledge of listening experiences, performance opportunities, and/or information about music. Students will identify opportunities to contribute to their communities' music institutions, including those embedded in other institutions. Students will know the vocations and avocations available to them in music.

2.2.1. Students use traditional, electronic, and nontraditional media for composing, arranging, and performing music.

2.2.2. Students describe and compare the various services provided by community organizations that promote music performance and listening.

2.2.3. Students use print and electronic media, including recordings, in school and community libraries to gather and report information on music and musicians.

2.2.4. Students identify and discuss the contributions of local experts in various aspects of music performance, production, and scholarship.

2.2.5. Students participate as a discriminating member of an audience when listening to performances from a variety of genres, forms, and styles.

2.2.6. Students understand a broad range of career opportunities in the field of music, including those involved with funding, producing, and marketing musical events.

2.3. Theatre: Students will know the basic tools, media, and techniques involved in theatrical production. Students will locate and use school, community, and professional resources for theatre experiences. Students will understand the job opportunities available in all aspects of theatre.

2.3.1. Students use theatre technology skills and facilities in creating a theatrical experience.

2.3.2. Students use school and community resources, including library/media centers, museums and theatre professionals, as part of the artistic process leading to production.

2.3.3. Students visit local theatrical institutions and attend theatrical performances in their school and community as an individual and part of a group.

2.3.4. Students understand a broad range of vocations/avocations in performing, producing, and promoting theatre.

2.4. Visual Arts: Students will know and use a variety of visual arts materials, techniques, and processes. Students will know about resources and opportunities for participation in visual arts in the community and use appropriate materials. Students will be aware of vocational options available in the visual arts.

2.4.1. Students select and use mediums and processes that communicate intended meaning in their art works, and exhibit competence in at least two mediums.

2.4.2. Students use the computer and electronic media to express their visual ideas and demonstrate a variety of approaches to artistic creation.

2.4.3. Students interact with professional artists and participate in school- and community-sponsored programs by art organizations and cultural institutions.

2.4.4. Students understand a broad range of vocations/avocations in the field of visual arts, including those involved with creating, performing, exhibiting, and promoting art.

NY.3. Commencement General Education: Responding to and Analyzing Works of Art: Students will respond critically to a variety of works in the arts, connecting the individual work to other works and to other aspects of human endeavor and thought.

3.1. Dance: Students will express through written and oral language their understanding, interpretation, and evaluation of dances they see, do, and read about. Students will acquire the critical vocabulary to talk and write about a variety of dance forms.

3.1.1. Students make comparisons of the nature and principles of dance to other arts.

3.1.2. Students analyze and describe similarities and differences in different dance forms and styles.

3.1.3. Students describe and compare a variety of choreographic approaches used in the creation of dances.

3.2. Music: Students will demonstrate the capacity to listen to and comment on music. They will relate their critical assertions about music to its aesthetic, structural, acoustic, and psychological qualities. Students will use concepts based on the structure of music's content and context to relate music to other broad areas of knowledge. They will use concepts from other disciplines to enhance their understanding of music.

3.2.1. Students, through listening, analyze and evaluate their own and others' performances, improvisations, and compositions and suggest improvements.

3.2.2. Students read and write critiques of music that display a broad knowledge of musical elements, genres, and styles.

3.2.3. Students use anatomical and other scientific terms to explain the musical effectiveness of various sound sources (traditional, nontraditional, and electronic).

3.2.4. Students use appropriate technical and socio-cultural terms to describe musical performances and compositions.

3.2.5. Students identify and describe the contributions of both locally and internationally known exemplars of high quality in the major musical genres.

3.2.6. Students explain how performers, composers, and arrangers make artistic decisions.

3.3. Theatre: Students will reflect on, interpret, and evaluate plays and theatrical performances, both live and recorded, using the language of dramatic criticism. Students will analyze the meaning and role of theatre in society. Students will identify ways in which drama/theatre connects to film and video, other arts, and other disciplines.

3.3.1. Students articulate an understanding, interpretation, and evaluation of a theatre piece as drama and as a realized production, using appropriate critical vocabulary.

3.3.2. Students evaluate the use of other art forms in a theatre production.

3.3.3. Students explain how a theatrical production exemplifies major themes and ideas from other disciplines.

3.4. Visual Arts: Students will reflect on, interpret, and evaluate works of art, using the language of art criticism. Students will analyze the visual characteristics of the natural and built environment and explain the social, cultural, psychological, and environmental dimensions of the visual arts. Students will compare the ways in which a variety of ideas, themes, and concepts are expressed through the visual arts with the ways they are expressed in other disciplines.

3.4.1. Students use the language of art criticism by reading and discussing critical reviews in newspapers and journals and by writing their own critical responses to works of art (either their own or those of others).

3.4.2. Students explain the visual and other sensory qualities in art and nature and their relation to the social environment.

3.4.3. Students analyze and interpret the ways in which political, cultural, social, religious, and psychological concepts and themes have been explored in visual art.

3.4.4. Students develop connections between the ways ideas, themes, and concepts are expressed through the visual arts and other disciplines in everyday life.

NY.4. Commencement General Education: Understanding the Cultural Dimensions and Contributions of the Arts: Students will develop an understanding of the personal and cultural forces that shape artistic communication and how the arts in turn shape the diverse cultures of past and present society.

4.1. Dance: Students will know dances from many cultures and times and recognize their relationship to various cultural, social, and historic contexts. Students will recognize that dance is performed in many different cultural settings and serves many functions in diverse societies.

4.1.1. Students explain the interaction of performer and audience in dance as a shared cultural event.

4.1.2. Students identify the cultural elements in a variety of dances drawn from the folk and classical repertories.

4.1.3. Students recognize specific contributions of dance and dancers to their own lives and to people in other times and places.

4.2. Music: Students will develop a performing and listening repertoire of music of various genres, styles, and cultures that represent the peoples of the world and their manifestations in the United States. Students will recognize the cultural features of a variety of musical compositions and performances and understand the functions of music within the culture.

4.2.1. Students identify from performances or recordings the cultural contexts of a further varied repertoire of folk, art, and contemporary selections from the basic cultures that represent the peoples of the world.

4.2.2. Students identify from performances or recordings the titles and composers and discuss the cultural contexts of well-known examples of classical concert music and blues/jazz selections.

4.2.3. Students relate well-known musical examples from the 17th century onward with the dominant social and historical events.

4.3. Theatre: Students will gain knowledge about past and present cultures as expressed through theatre. They will interpret how theatre reflects the beliefs, issues, and events of societies past and present.

4.3.1. Students read and view a variety of plays from different cultures.

4.3.2. Students using the basic elements of theatre (e.g., speech, gesture, costume, etc.), explain how different theatrical productions represent the cultures from which they come.

4.3.3. Students articulate the societal beliefs, issues and events of specific theatrical productions.

4.4. Visual Arts: Students will explore art and artifacts from various historical periods and world cultures to discover the roles that art plays in the lives of people of a given time and place and to understand how the time and place influence the visual characteristics of the art work. Students will explore art to understand the social, cultural, and environmental dimensions of human society.

4.4.1. Students analyze works of art from diverse world cultures and discuss the ideas, issues, and events of the culture that these works convey.

4.4.2. Students examine works of art and artifacts from United States cultures and place them within a cultural and historical context.

4.4.3. Students create art works that reflect a variety of cultural influences.

NY.1. Commencement General Education: Creating, Performing and Participating in the Arts: Students will actively engage in the processes that constitute creation and performance in the arts (dance, music, theatre, and visual arts) and participate in various roles in the arts.

1.1. Dance: Students will perform set dance forms in formal and informal contexts and will improvise, create, and perform dances based on their own movement ideas. They will demonstrate an understanding of choreographic principles, processes, and structures and of the roles of various participants in dance productions.

1.1.1. Students perform movements and dances that require demonstration of complex steps and patterns as well as an understanding of contextual meanings.

1.1.2. Students create dance studies and full choreographies based on identified and selected dance movement vocabulary.

1.1.3. Students apply a variety of choreographic processes and structures as appropriate to plan a duet or ensemble performance.

1.2. Music: Students will compose original music and perform music written by others. They will understand and use the basic elements of music in their performances and compositions. Students will engage in individual and group musical and music-related tasks, and will describe the various roles and means of creating, performing, recording, and producing music.

1.2.1. Students compose simple pieces for at least two mediums, including computers (MIDI) and other electronic instruments. (Pieces may combine music with other art forms such as dance, theatre, visual arts, or film/video.)

1.2.2. Students sing and/or play recreational instruments accurately, expressively, and with good tone quality, pitch, duration, loudness, technique, and (singing) diction.

1.2.3. Students use common symbols (notation) to perform music on recreational instruments.

1.2.4. Students identify and describe the roles, processes, and actions needed to produce professional concerts and musical theatre productions.

1.2.5. Students explain the commercial-music roles of producer, recordist, public relations director, recording company executive, contractor, musicians, union officials, performers, etc.

1.3. Theatre: Students will create and perform theatre pieces as well as improvisational drama. They will understand and use the basic elements of theatre in their characterizations, improvisations, and play writing. Students will engage in individual and group theatrical and theatre-related tasks, and will describe the various roles and means of creating, performing, and producing theatre.

1.3.1. Students write monologues and scenes to communicate ideas and feelings.

1.3.2. Students enact experiences through pantomime, improvisation, play writing, and script analysis.

1.3.3. Students use language, techniques of sound production (articulation, enunciation, diction, and phrasing), techniques of body, movement, posture, stance, gesture, and facial expression and analysis of script to personify character(s); interact with others in improvisation, rehearsal, and performance; and communicate ideas and feelings.

1.3.4. Students design and build props, sets, and costumes to communicate the intent of the production.

1.3.5. Students make acting, directing, and design choices that support and enhance the intent of the class, school, and /or community productions.

1.4. Visual Arts: Students will make works of art that explore different kinds of subject matter, topics, themes, and metaphors. Students will understand and use sensory elements, organizational principles, and expressive images to communicate their own ideas in works of art. Students will use a variety of art materials, processes, mediums, and techniques, and use appropriate technologies for creating and exhibiting visual art works.

1.4.1. Students create a collection of art work, in a variety of mediums, based on instructional assignments and individual and collective experiences to explore perceptions, ideas, and viewpoints.

1.4.2. Students create art works in which they use and evaluate different kinds of mediums, subjects, themes, symbols, metaphors, and images.

1.4.3. Students demonstrate an increasing level of competence in using the elements and principles of art to create art works for public exhibition.

1.4.4. Students reflect on their developing work to determine the effectiveness of selected mediums and techniques for conveying meaning and adjust their decisions accordingly.

NY.2. Commencement General Education: Knowing and Using Arts Materials and Resources: Students will be knowledgeable about and make use of the materials and resources available for participation in the arts in various roles.

2.1. Dance: Students will know how to access dance and dance-related material from libraries, resource centers, museums, studios, and performance spaces. Students will know various career possibilities in dance and recreational opportunities to dance. Students will attend dance events and participate as appropriate within each setting.

2.1.1. Students use dance technologies without significant supervision.

2.1.2. Students are familiar with techniques of research about dance.

2.1.3. Students know about regional performance venues which present dance and how to purchase tickets and access information about events.

2.1.4. Students know about educational requirements of dance-related careers.

2.1.5. Students identify major muscles and bones and how they function in dance movement.

2.2. Music: Students will use traditional instruments, electronic instruments, and a variety of nontraditional sound sources to create and perform music. They will use various resources to expand their knowledge of listening experiences, performance opportunities, and/or information about music. Students will identify opportunities to contribute to their communities' music institutions, including those embedded in other institutions. Students will know the vocations and avocations available to them in music.

2.2.1. Students use traditional, electronic, and nontraditional media for composing, arranging, and performing music.

2.2.2. Students describe and compare the various services provided by community organizations that promote music performance and listening.

2.2.3. Students use print and electronic media, including recordings, in school and community libraries to gather and report information on music and musicians.

2.2.4. Students identify and discuss the contributions of local experts in various aspects of music performance, production, and scholarship.

2.2.5. Students participate as a discriminating member of an audience when listening to performances from a variety of genres, forms, and styles.

2.2.6. Students understand a broad range of career opportunities in the field of music, including those involved with funding, producing, and marketing musical events.

2.3. Theatre: Students will know the basic tools, media, and techniques involved in theatrical production. Students will locate and use school, community, and professional resources for theatre experiences. Students will understand the job opportunities available in all aspects of theatre.

2.3.1. Students use theatre technology skills and facilities in creating a theatrical experience.

2.3.2. Students use school and community resources, including library/media centers, museums and theatre professionals, as part of the artistic process leading to production.

2.3.3. Students visit local theatrical institutions and attend theatrical performances in their school and community as an individual and part of a group.

2.3.4. Students understand a broad range of vocations/avocations in performing, producing, and promoting theatre.

2.4. Visual Arts: Students will know and use a variety of visual arts materials, techniques, and processes. Students will know about resources and opportunities for participation in visual arts in the community and use appropriate materials. Students will be aware of vocational options available in the visual arts.

2.4.1. Students select and use mediums and processes that communicate intended meaning in their art works, and exhibit competence in at least two mediums.

2.4.2. Students use the computer and electronic media to express their visual ideas and demonstrate a variety of approaches to artistic creation.

2.4.3. Students interact with professional artists and participate in school- and community-sponsored programs by art organizations and cultural institutions.

2.4.4. Students understand a broad range of vocations/avocations in the field of visual arts, including those involved with creating, performing, exhibiting, and promoting art.

NY.3. Commencement General Education: Responding to and Analyzing Works of Art: Students will respond critically to a variety of works in the arts, connecting the individual work to other works and to other aspects of human endeavor and thought.

3.1. Dance: Students will express through written and oral language their understanding, interpretation, and evaluation of dances they see, do, and read about. Students will acquire the critical vocabulary to talk and write about a variety of dance forms.

3.1.1. Students make comparisons of the nature and principles of dance to other arts.

3.1.2. Students analyze and describe similarities and differences in different dance forms and styles.

3.1.3. Students describe and compare a variety of choreographic approaches used in the creation of dances.

3.2. Music: Students will demonstrate the capacity to listen to and comment on music. They will relate their critical assertions about music to its aesthetic, structural, acoustic, and psychological qualities. Students will use concepts based on the structure of music's content and context to relate music to other broad areas of knowledge. They will use concepts from other disciplines to enhance their understanding of music.

3.2.1. Students, through listening, analyze and evaluate their own and others' performances, improvisations, and compositions and suggest improvements.

3.2.2. Students read and write critiques of music that display a broad knowledge of musical elements, genres, and styles.

3.2.3. Students use anatomical and other scientific terms to explain the musical effectiveness of various sound sources (traditional, nontraditional, and electronic).

3.2.4. Students use appropriate technical and socio-cultural terms to describe musical performances and compositions.

3.2.5. Students identify and describe the contributions of both locally and internationally known exemplars of high quality in the major musical genres.

3.2.6. Students explain how performers, composers, and arrangers make artistic decisions.

3.3. Theatre: Students will reflect on, interpret, and evaluate plays and theatrical performances, both live and recorded, using the language of dramatic criticism. Students will analyze the meaning and role of theatre in society. Students will identify ways in which drama/theatre connects to film and video, other arts, and other disciplines.

3.3.1. Students articulate an understanding, interpretation, and evaluation of a theatre piece as drama and as a realized production, using appropriate critical vocabulary.

3.3.2. Students evaluate the use of other art forms in a theatre production.

3.3.3. Students explain how a theatrical production exemplifies major themes and ideas from other disciplines.

3.4. Visual Arts: Students will reflect on, interpret, and evaluate works of art, using the language of art criticism. Students will analyze the visual characteristics of the natural and built environment and explain the social, cultural, psychological, and environmental dimensions of the visual arts. Students will compare the ways in which a variety of ideas, themes, and concepts are expressed through the visual arts with the ways they are expressed in other disciplines.

3.4.1. Students use the language of art criticism by reading and discussing critical reviews in newspapers and journals and by writing their own critical responses to works of art (either their own or those of others).

3.4.2. Students explain the visual and other sensory qualities in art and nature and their relation to the social environment.

3.4.3. Students analyze and interpret the ways in which political, cultural, social, religious, and psychological concepts and themes have been explored in visual art.

3.4.4. Students develop connections between the ways ideas, themes, and concepts are expressed through the visual arts and other disciplines in everyday life.

NY.4. Commencement General Education: Understanding the Cultural Dimensions and Contributions of the Arts: Students will develop an understanding of the personal and cultural forces that shape artistic communication and how the arts in turn shape the diverse cultures of past and present society.

4.1. Dance: Students will know dances from many cultures and times and recognize their relationship to various cultural, social, and historic contexts. Students will recognize that dance is performed in many different cultural settings and serves many functions in diverse societies.

4.1.1. Students explain the interaction of performer and audience in dance as a shared cultural event.

4.1.2. Students identify the cultural elements in a variety of dances drawn from the folk and classical repertories.

4.1.3. Students recognize specific contributions of dance and dancers to their own lives and to people in other times and places.

4.2. Music: Students will develop a performing and listening repertoire of music of various genres, styles, and cultures that represent the peoples of the world and their manifestations in the United States. Students will recognize the cultural features of a variety of musical compositions and performances and understand the functions of music within the culture.

4.2.1. Students identify from performances or recordings the cultural contexts of a further varied repertoire of folk, art, and contemporary selections from the basic cultures that represent the peoples of the world.

4.2.2. Students identify from performances or recordings the titles and composers and discuss the cultural contexts of well-known examples of classical concert music and blues/jazz selections.

4.2.3. Students relate well-known musical examples from the 17th century onward with the dominant social and historical events.

4.3. Theatre: Students will gain knowledge about past and present cultures as expressed through theatre. They will interpret how theatre reflects the beliefs, issues, and events of societies past and present.

4.3.1. Students read and view a variety of plays from different cultures.

4.3.2. Students using the basic elements of theatre (e.g., speech, gesture, costume, etc.), explain how different theatrical productions represent the cultures from which they come.

4.3.3. Students articulate the societal beliefs, issues and events of specific theatrical productions.

4.4. Visual Arts: Students will explore art and artifacts from various historical periods and world cultures to discover the roles that art plays in the lives of people of a given time and place and to understand how the time and place influence the visual characteristics of the art work. Students will explore art to understand the social, cultural, and environmental dimensions of human society.

4.4.1. Students analyze works of art from diverse world cultures and discuss the ideas, issues, and events of the culture that these works convey.

4.4.2. Students examine works of art and artifacts from United States cultures and place them within a cultural and historical context.

4.4.3. Students create art works that reflect a variety of cultural influences.

NY.1. Commencement General Education: Creating, Performing and Participating in the Arts: Students will actively engage in the processes that constitute creation and performance in the arts (dance, music, theatre, and visual arts) and participate in various roles in the arts.

1.1. Dance: Students will perform set dance forms in formal and informal contexts and will improvise, create, and perform dances based on their own movement ideas. They will demonstrate an understanding of choreographic principles, processes, and structures and of the roles of various participants in dance productions.

1.1.1. Students perform movements and dances that require demonstration of complex steps and patterns as well as an understanding of contextual meanings.

1.1.2. Students create dance studies and full choreographies based on identified and selected dance movement vocabulary.

1.1.3. Students apply a variety of choreographic processes and structures as appropriate to plan a duet or ensemble performance.

1.2. Music: Students will compose original music and perform music written by others. They will understand and use the basic elements of music in their performances and compositions. Students will engage in individual and group musical and music-related tasks, and will describe the various roles and means of creating, performing, recording, and producing music.

1.2.1. Students compose simple pieces for at least two mediums, including computers (MIDI) and other electronic instruments. (Pieces may combine music with other art forms such as dance, theatre, visual arts, or film/video.)

1.2.2. Students sing and/or play recreational instruments accurately, expressively, and with good tone quality, pitch, duration, loudness, technique, and (singing) diction.

1.2.3. Students use common symbols (notation) to perform music on recreational instruments.

1.2.4. Students identify and describe the roles, processes, and actions needed to produce professional concerts and musical theatre productions.

1.2.5. Students explain the commercial-music roles of producer, recordist, public relations director, recording company executive, contractor, musicians, union officials, performers, etc.

1.3. Theatre: Students will create and perform theatre pieces as well as improvisational drama. They will understand and use the basic elements of theatre in their characterizations, improvisations, and play writing. Students will engage in individual and group theatrical and theatre-related tasks, and will describe the various roles and means of creating, performing, and producing theatre.

1.3.1. Students write monologues and scenes to communicate ideas and feelings.

1.3.2. Students enact experiences through pantomime, improvisation, play writing, and script analysis.

1.3.3. Students use language, techniques of sound production (articulation, enunciation, diction, and phrasing), techniques of body, movement, posture, stance, gesture, and facial expression and analysis of script to personify character(s); interact with others in improvisation, rehearsal, and performance; and communicate ideas and feelings.

1.3.4. Students design and build props, sets, and costumes to communicate the intent of the production.

1.3.5. Students make acting, directing, and design choices that support and enhance the intent of the class, school, and /or community productions.

1.4. Visual Arts: Students will make works of art that explore different kinds of subject matter, topics, themes, and metaphors. Students will understand and use sensory elements, organizational principles, and expressive images to communicate their own ideas in works of art. Students will use a variety of art materials, processes, mediums, and techniques, and use appropriate technologies for creating and exhibiting visual art works.

1.4.1. Students create a collection of art work, in a variety of mediums, based on instructional assignments and individual and collective experiences to explore perceptions, ideas, and viewpoints.

1.4.2. Students create art works in which they use and evaluate different kinds of mediums, subjects, themes, symbols, metaphors, and images.

1.4.3. Students demonstrate an increasing level of competence in using the elements and principles of art to create art works for public exhibition.

1.4.4. Students reflect on their developing work to determine the effectiveness of selected mediums and techniques for conveying meaning and adjust their decisions accordingly.

NY.2. Commencement General Education: Knowing and Using Arts Materials and Resources: Students will be knowledgeable about and make use of the materials and resources available for participation in the arts in various roles.

2.1. Dance: Students will know how to access dance and dance-related material from libraries, resource centers, museums, studios, and performance spaces. Students will know various career possibilities in dance and recreational opportunities to dance. Students will attend dance events and participate as appropriate within each setting.

2.1.1. Students use dance technologies without significant supervision.

2.1.2. Students are familiar with techniques of research about dance.

2.1.3. Students know about regional performance venues which present dance and how to purchase tickets and access information about events.

2.1.4. Students know about educational requirements of dance-related careers.

2.1.5. Students identify major muscles and bones and how they function in dance movement.

2.2. Music: Students will use traditional instruments, electronic instruments, and a variety of nontraditional sound sources to create and perform music. They will use various resources to expand their knowledge of listening experiences, performance opportunities, and/or information about music. Students will identify opportunities to contribute to their communities' music institutions, including those embedded in other institutions. Students will know the vocations and avocations available to them in music.

2.2.1. Students use traditional, electronic, and nontraditional media for composing, arranging, and performing music.

2.2.2. Students describe and compare the various services provided by community organizations that promote music performance and listening.

2.2.3. Students use print and electronic media, including recordings, in school and community libraries to gather and report information on music and musicians.

2.2.4. Students identify and discuss the contributions of local experts in various aspects of music performance, production, and scholarship.

2.2.5. Students participate as a discriminating member of an audience when listening to performances from a variety of genres, forms, and styles.

2.2.6. Students understand a broad range of career opportunities in the field of music, including those involved with funding, producing, and marketing musical events.

2.3. Theatre: Students will know the basic tools, media, and techniques involved in theatrical production. Students will locate and use school, community, and professional resources for theatre experiences. Students will understand the job opportunities available in all aspects of theatre.

2.3.1. Students use theatre technology skills and facilities in creating a theatrical experience.

2.3.2. Students use school and community resources, including library/media centers, museums and theatre professionals, as part of the artistic process leading to production.

2.3.3. Students visit local theatrical institutions and attend theatrical performances in their school and community as an individual and part of a group.

2.3.4. Students understand a broad range of vocations/avocations in performing, producing, and promoting theatre.

2.4. Visual Arts: Students will know and use a variety of visual arts materials, techniques, and processes. Students will know about resources and opportunities for participation in visual arts in the community and use appropriate materials. Students will be aware of vocational options available in the visual arts.

2.4.1. Students select and use mediums and processes that communicate intended meaning in their art works, and exhibit competence in at least two mediums.

2.4.2. Students use the computer and electronic media to express their visual ideas and demonstrate a variety of approaches to artistic creation.

2.4.3. Students interact with professional artists and participate in school- and community-sponsored programs by art organizations and cultural institutions.

2.4.4. Students understand a broad range of vocations/avocations in the field of visual arts, including those involved with creating, performing, exhibiting, and promoting art.

NY.3. Commencement General Education: Responding to and Analyzing Works of Art: Students will respond critically to a variety of works in the arts, connecting the individual work to other works and to other aspects of human endeavor and thought.

3.1. Dance: Students will express through written and oral language their understanding, interpretation, and evaluation of dances they see, do, and read about. Students will acquire the critical vocabulary to talk and write about a variety of dance forms.

3.1.1. Students make comparisons of the nature and principles of dance to other arts.

3.1.2. Students analyze and describe similarities and differences in different dance forms and styles.

3.1.3. Students describe and compare a variety of choreographic approaches used in the creation of dances.

3.2. Music: Students will demonstrate the capacity to listen to and comment on music. They will relate their critical assertions about music to its aesthetic, structural, acoustic, and psychological qualities. Students will use concepts based on the structure of music's content and context to relate music to other broad areas of knowledge. They will use concepts from other disciplines to enhance their understanding of music.

3.2.1. Students, through listening, analyze and evaluate their own and others' performances, improvisations, and compositions and suggest improvements.

3.2.2. Students read and write critiques of music that display a broad knowledge of musical elements, genres, and styles.

3.2.3. Students use anatomical and other scientific terms to explain the musical effectiveness of various sound sources (traditional, nontraditional, and electronic).

3.2.4. Students use appropriate technical and socio-cultural terms to describe musical performances and compositions.

3.2.5. Students identify and describe the contributions of both locally and internationally known exemplars of high quality in the major musical genres.

3.2.6. Students explain how performers, composers, and arrangers make artistic decisions.

3.3. Theatre: Students will reflect on, interpret, and evaluate plays and theatrical performances, both live and recorded, using the language of dramatic criticism. Students will analyze the meaning and role of theatre in society. Students will identify ways in which drama/theatre connects to film and video, other arts, and other disciplines.

3.3.1. Students articulate an understanding, interpretation, and evaluation of a theatre piece as drama and as a realized production, using appropriate critical vocabulary.

3.3.2. Students evaluate the use of other art forms in a theatre production.

3.3.3. Students explain how a theatrical production exemplifies major themes and ideas from other disciplines.

3.4. Visual Arts: Students will reflect on, interpret, and evaluate works of art, using the language of art criticism. Students will analyze the visual characteristics of the natural and built environment and explain the social, cultural, psychological, and environmental dimensions of the visual arts. Students will compare the ways in which a variety of ideas, themes, and concepts are expressed through the visual arts with the ways they are expressed in other disciplines.

3.4.1. Students use the language of art criticism by reading and discussing critical reviews in newspapers and journals and by writing their own critical responses to works of art (either their own or those of others).

3.4.2. Students explain the visual and other sensory qualities in art and nature and their relation to the social environment.

3.4.3. Students analyze and interpret the ways in which political, cultural, social, religious, and psychological concepts and themes have been explored in visual art.

3.4.4. Students develop connections between the ways ideas, themes, and concepts are expressed through the visual arts and other disciplines in everyday life.

NY.4. Commencement General Education: Understanding the Cultural Dimensions and Contributions of the Arts: Students will develop an understanding of the personal and cultural forces that shape artistic communication and how the arts in turn shape the diverse cultures of past and present society.

4.1. Dance: Students will know dances from many cultures and times and recognize their relationship to various cultural, social, and historic contexts. Students will recognize that dance is performed in many different cultural settings and serves many functions in diverse societies.

4.1.1. Students explain the interaction of performer and audience in dance as a shared cultural event.

4.1.2. Students identify the cultural elements in a variety of dances drawn from the folk and classical repertories.

4.1.3. Students recognize specific contributions of dance and dancers to their own lives and to people in other times and places.

4.2. Music: Students will develop a performing and listening repertoire of music of various genres, styles, and cultures that represent the peoples of the world and their manifestations in the United States. Students will recognize the cultural features of a variety of musical compositions and performances and understand the functions of music within the culture.

4.2.1. Students identify from performances or recordings the cultural contexts of a further varied repertoire of folk, art, and contemporary selections from the basic cultures that represent the peoples of the world.

4.2.2. Students identify from performances or recordings the titles and composers and discuss the cultural contexts of well-known examples of classical concert music and blues/jazz selections.

4.2.3. Students relate well-known musical examples from the 17th century onward with the dominant social and historical events.

4.3. Theatre: Students will gain knowledge about past and present cultures as expressed through theatre. They will interpret how theatre reflects the beliefs, issues, and events of societies past and present.

4.3.1. Students read and view a variety of plays from different cultures.

4.3.2. Students using the basic elements of theatre (e.g., speech, gesture, costume, etc.), explain how different theatrical productions represent the cultures from which they come.

4.3.3. Students articulate the societal beliefs, issues and events of specific theatrical productions.

4.4. Visual Arts: Students will explore art and artifacts from various historical periods and world cultures to discover the roles that art plays in the lives of people of a given time and place and to understand how the time and place influence the visual characteristics of the art work. Students will explore art to understand the social, cultural, and environmental dimensions of human society.

4.4.1. Students analyze works of art from diverse world cultures and discuss the ideas, issues, and events of the culture that these works convey.

4.4.2. Students examine works of art and artifacts from United States cultures and place them within a cultural and historical context.

4.4.3. Students create art works that reflect a variety of cultural influences.

NY.1. Commencement Major Sequence: Creating, Performing and Participating in the Arts: Students will actively engage in the processes that constitute creation and performance in the arts (dance, music, theatre, and visual arts) and participate in various roles in the arts.

1.1. Dance: Students will perform set dance forms in formal and informal contexts and will improvise, create, and perform dances based on their own movement ideas. They will demonstrate an understanding of choreographic principles, processes, and structures and of the roles of various participants in dance productions.

1.1.1. Students use a variety of sources to find dance ideas.

1.1.2. Students select dance structures for use in choreographic projects.

1.1.3. Students perform dances requiring use of more sophisticated performance elements such as dynamics, phrasing, musicality, expression.

1.1.4. Students use a variety of choreographic approaches with any number of dancers, props, and performance spaces.

1.1.5. Students demonstrate ability to work effectively as dancer, choreographer, director, costumer, lighting designer, manager.

1.2. Music: Students will compose original music and perform music written by others. They will understand and use the basic elements of music in their performances and compositions. Students will engage in individual and group musical and music-related tasks, and will describe the various roles and means of creating, performing, recording, and producing music.

1.2.1. Students compose a collection of works for wind, string, percussion, vocal, keyboard, or electronic media that demonstrates an understanding and application of the musical elements and music-related technology.

1.2.2. Students monitor and adjust their performance and compositional techniques, identifying strengths and areas for improvements.

1.2.3. Students improvise and arrange extended musical compositions that exhibit cohesiveness and musical expression.

1.2.4. Students in choral and instrumental ensembles, read difficult/very difficult music (NYSSMA level V or VI); exhibit independent control over tone quality, intonation, rhythm, dynamics, balance, blend, expression, and articulation; and respond appropriately to the gestures of the conductor.

1.2.5. Students adopt at least two of the roles they identify as needed (composer, arranger, copyist, conductor, performer, announcer, instrument maker or provider, program annotator, recordist) to produce the performance of a musical composition in the classroom.

1.2.6. Students, in performing groups, produce musical performances by peer-led small ensembles and sections of larger ensembles.

1.3. Theatre: Students will create and perform theatre pieces as well as improvisational drama. They will understand and use the basic elements of theatre in their characterizations, improvisations, and play writing. Students will engage in individual and group theatrical and theatre-related tasks, and will describe the various roles and means of creating, performing, and producing theatre.

1.3.1. Students write plays to communicate their ideas and feelings.

1.3.2. Students collaborate in the development of original works which reflect life experiences.

1.3.3. Students use vocal, movement, and body techniques to create complex characters in monologues, oral interpretation, and scene study.

1.3.4. Students create props, scenery, and costumes for different styles of plays.

1.3.5. Students carry out acting, directing, and design choices which support and enhance the intent of a production.

1.4. Visual Arts: Students will make works of art that explore different kinds of subject matter, topics, themes, and metaphors. Students will understand and use sensory elements, organizational principles, and expressive images to communicate their own ideas in works of art. Students will use a variety of art materials, processes, mediums, and techniques, and use appropriate technologies for creating and exhibiting visual art works.

1.4.1. Students produce comprehensive and well organized commencement portfolios of their work.

1.4.2. Students reveal through their work a broad investigation of a variety of individual ideas and at least one theme explored imaginatively and in depth.

1.4.3. Students give evidence that they have developed an emerging personal style.

1.4.4. Students use selected mediums and techniques and select the most appropriate mediums and techniques to communicate their ideas.

NY.2. Commencement Major Sequence: Knowing and Using Arts Materials and Resources: Students will be knowledgeable about and make use of the materials and resources available for participation in the arts in various roles.

2.1. Dance: Students will know how to access dance and dance-related material from libraries, resource centers, museums, studios, and performance spaces. Students will know various career possibilities in dance and recreational opportunities to dance. Students will attend dance events and participate as appropriate within each setting.

2.1.1. Students use technologies to research, create, perform, or communicate about dance.

2.1.2. Students understand the roles of dancers, audience, and creators in a variety of dance forms and contexts.

2.1.3. Students participate in, or observe, dance events outside of school.

2.1.4. Students know about educational requirements of dance-related careers and how to prepare for possible entrance into those fields.

2.1.5. Students know about good nutrition, injury prevention, and how to care for the body.

2.2. Music: Students will use traditional instruments, electronic instruments, and a variety of nontraditional sound sources to create and perform music. They will use various resources to expand their knowledge of listening experiences, performance opportunities, and/or information about music. Students will identify opportunities to contribute to their communities' music institutions, including those embedded in other institutions. Students will know the vocations and avocations available to them in music.

2.2.1. Students develop a classified and annotated directory of nearby music-related establishments such as instrument and music retailers, instrument makers and repair persons, recording studios, union representatives, etc.

2.2.2. Students identify ways that they have contributed to the support of the musical groups of which they are members.

2.2.3. Students explain opportunities available to them for further musical growth and professional development in higher education and community institutions.

2.3. Theatre: Students will know the basic tools, media, and techniques involved in theatrical production. Students will locate and use school, community, and professional resources for theatre experiences. Students will understand the job opportunities available in all aspects of theatre.

2.3.1. Students identify current technologies, published scripted material, and print and electronic resources available for theatrical productions.

2.3.2. Students identify college and/or community opportunities in theatre after graduation and the requirements for application or participation.

2.3.3. Students cooperate in an ensemble as performers, designers, technicians, and managers to create a theatrical production.

2.3.4. Students design an individualized study program (i.e., internship, mentorship, research project) in a chosen theatre, film, or video vocation/avocation and share the information with the class.

2.4. Visual Arts: Students will know and use a variety of visual arts materials, techniques, and processes. Students will know about resources and opportunities for participation in visual arts in the community and use appropriate materials. Students will be aware of vocational options available in the visual arts.

2.4.1. Students develop Commencement Portfolios that show proficiency in one or more mediums and skill in using and manipulating the computer and other electronic media.

2.4.2. Students prepare a portfolio that meets the admission requirements of selected institutions.

2.4.3. Students understand the preparation required for particular art professions and acquire some skills of those professions through internships with local galleries, museums, advertising agencies, architectural firms, and other institutions.

NY.3. Commencement Major Sequence: Responding to and Analyzing Works of Art: Students will respond critically to a variety of works in the arts, connecting the individual work to other works and to other aspects of human endeavor and thought.

3.1. Dance: Students will express through written and oral language their understanding, interpretation, and evaluation of dances they see, do, and read about. Students will acquire the critical vocabulary to talk and write about a variety of dance forms.

3.1.1. Students express to others theories about the nature of dance and the underlying assumptions that people have about dance.

3.1.2. Students describe and analyze similarities and differences between individual performances, and between forms and styles of dance, past and present.

3.1.3. Students describe and defend an explanation of why people dance, based on experience in dance, witnessing others, and studying contexts.

3.2. Music: Students will demonstrate the capacity to listen to and comment on music. They will relate their critical assertions about music to its aesthetic, structural, acoustic, and psychological qualities. Students will use concepts based on the structure of music's content and context to relate music to other broad areas of knowledge. They will use concepts from other disciplines to enhance their understanding of music.

3.2.1. Students assess, describe, and evaluate the development of their personal contributions to their own, their school's, and their community's musical life by appropriately using musical and socio-cultural terms and concepts (contributions and skills of musicians, functions of music in society, etc.).

3.2.2. Students demonstrate a practical knowledge of sound production and architectural acoustics to predict the general effects on sound of room shapes, building construction practices, and common absorbers.

3.3. Theatre: Students will reflect upon, interpret, and evaluate plays and theatrical performances, both live and recorded, using the language of dramatic criticism. Students will analyze the meaning and role of theatre in society. Students will identify ways in which drama/theatre connects to film and video, other arts, and other disciplines.

3.3.1. Students develop a critical vocabulary through the reading and discussion of professional criticism.

3.3.2. Students explain the meaning and societal function of different types of productions.

3.3.3. Students design a plan for improving performances, using past and present critiques.

3.3.4. Students explore various other art forms and technologies, using them in theatre projects.

3.3.5. Students explain how theatre can enhance other subjects in the curriculum.

3.3.6. Students compare and contrast theatre, film, and video.

3.4. Visual Arts: Students will reflect upon, interpret, and evaluate works of art, using the language of art criticism. Students will analyze the visual characteristics of the natural and built environment and explain the social, cultural, psychological, and environmental dimensions of the visual arts. Students will compare the ways in which a variety of ideas, themes, and concepts are expressed through the visual arts with the ways they are expressed in other disciplines.

3.4.1. Students using the language of art criticism, describe the visual and functional characteristics of works of art and interpret the relationships of works of art one to another, to describe the impact of the work on the viewer.

3.4.2. Students demonstrate an understanding of art criticism, art histories, and aesthetic principles and show their connections to works of art.

3.4.3. Students give evidence in their Commencement Portfolios that they have researched a theme in-depth and that in their research they have explored the ways the theme has been expressed in other disciplinary forms.

NY.4. Commencement Major Sequence: Understanding the Cultural Dimensions and Contributions of the Arts: Students will develop an understanding of the personal and cultural forces that shape artistic communication and how the arts in turn shape the diverse cultures of past and present society.

4.1. Dance: Students will know dances from many cultures and times and recognize their relationship to various cultural, social, and historic contexts. Students will recognize that dance is performed in many different cultural settings and serves many functions in diverse societies.

4.1.1. Students demonstrate an understanding of dance as a shared cultural event when giving presentations (dance, lecture, video, written report).

4.1.2. Students demonstrate a knowledge of cultural elements in dance presentations of folk and classical repertories.

4.1.3. Students prepare formal presentations that use materials about dance and dancers of other times and places.

4.2. Music: Students will develop a performing and listening repertoire of music of various genres, styles, and cultures that represent the peoples of the world and their manifestations in the United States. Students will recognize the cultural features of a variety of musical compositions and performances and understand the functions of music within the culture.

4.2.1. Students analyze music from various cultures on the basis of its functions, giving examples and describing uses to which music is put in those cultures.

4.2.2. Students in performing ensembles, read and perform repertoire in a culturally authentic manner and use culture-based criteria for assessing performances, their own and others'.

4.3. Theatre: Students will gain knowledge about past and present cultures as expressed through theatre. They will interpret how theatre reflects the beliefs, issues, and events of societies past and present.

4.3.1. Students conduct an in-depth investigation of the works of a given culture or playwright.

4.3.2. Students create a multicultural theatre festival of excerpts from plays representing various cultures.

4.4. Visual Arts: Students will explore art and artifacts from various historical periods and world cultures to discover the roles that art plays in the lives of people of a given time and place and to understand how the time and place influence the visual characteristics of the art work. Students will explore art to understand the social, cultural, and environmental dimensions of human society.

4.4.1. Students present a body of work within their portfolio that reflects the influences of variety of cultural styles.

4.4.2. Students interpret the meaning of works and artifacts in terms of the cultures that produced them.

4.4.3. Students explain how cultural values have been expressed in the visual arts, how art works have been used to bring about cultural change and how the art of a culture has been influenced by art works coming from outside that culture.