Rhode Island State Standards for Arts Education: Grade 10
RI.1. Dance: Creation/Performance - All students will engage in self or group expression by creating original or interpreting works of art.
1.1. Apply knowledge of concepts and structures to create original and interpretive works of art
1.1.1. Create short original work demonstrating an understanding of choreographic processes, structures and forms which clearly demonstrates a quality, emotion, concept, or narrative.
1.2. Apply knowledge of media, tools, techniques and processes to create original and interpretive works of art
1.2.1. Produce and arrange improvised movement vocabulary to create a dance; create ensemble work; demonstrate/explain how production elements (stage, lighting, sound, costume, props) affect the communication of the main idea of the dance.
1.3. Perform or exhibit a varied repertoire of artistic works in a variety of settings
1.3.1. Perform in ensemble dances based on their own ideas and those from other sources; reproduce and perform set choreography.
RI.2. Dance: Perception - All students will observe and experience objects and ideas through a multitude of senses and form a sophisticated, informed response.
2.1. Experience a variety of artistic presentations in a variety of settings
2.1.1. Participate and respond appropriately to a variety of performances of increased sophistication by professionals and peers both in and out of school setting
2.2. Establish and explain their own criteria for analysis and appreciation using reflection and evaluation; use and explain various criteria used to analyze and appreciate works of art
2.2.1. Demonstrate a basic understanding of dance criticism through informed discussions of dance performances with a focus upon description, analysis, interpretation, and evaluation; write short critiques of dance performances based on description, analysis, interpretation and evaluation
2.3. Accept and utilize constructive criticism for application to future work.
2.3.1. Improve upon student performance and/or choreographic work through feedback from teachers, peers, and video; demonstrate the ability to rework and perform a piece of choreography utilizing critical analysis of work.
RI.3. Dance: Context - All students will demonstrate an understanding of the relationships within personal, social, cultural and historical contexts.
3.1. Relate works of art to their historical and cultural setting
3.1.1. Perform folk, social, theatrical and/or classical dance forms from various cultures and time periods. Describe similarities and differences in steps and movement styles.
3.2. Demonstrate a connection to their personal lives through artistic expression
3.2.1. Research, analyze, synthesize and express own cultures through dance; create a dance which presents an inner reflection of self.
3.3. Demonstrate an understanding of how the arts influence society, and how society influences the arts
3.3.1. Research and discuss issues of ethnicity, gender, social/economic class, age, and/or physical conditions in relation to dance.
RI.4. Dance: Tools - All students will develop the ability to communicate in the language of art forms through the study and use of appropriate vocabulary, materials, tools and techniques.
4.1. Demonstrate facility in the identification and use of a variety of vocabulary, materials, tools and techniques.
4.1.1. Continue to practice the skills in the grade 8 benchmark, at increasingly sophisticated levels.
4.2. Demonstrate the selection of tools appropriate to purpose, message and audience
4.2.1. Use movement skills appropriate to the choreographic projects assigned.
RI.5. Dance: Integration - All students relate arts knowledge and skills within and across the arts and other content areas.
5.1. Apply process and knowledge from and to other content areas and across the arts
5.1.1. Demonstrate and understanding of the similarities and differences among the arts and other disciplines and that the arts are inherent to all content areas; understand the dynamic relationship between the arts and global events of the past, present and future Understand how all human knowledge is recorded in symbol systems. Understand that all subject areas have a cultural context.
5.2. Demonstrate an understanding of how the arts are present in the workplace
5.2.1. Demonstrate an understanding that skills learned in the arts are useful in the workplace and in everyday life (for example - create interdisciplinary work for performance or exhibition; use technology to design and create an interdisciplinary project); understand how skills learned in the arts can be applied to various careers.
RI.1. Music: Creation/Performance - All students will engage in self or group expression by creating original or interpreting works of art.
1.1. Apply knowledge of concepts and structures to create original and interpretive works of art
1.1.1. Improvise/compose more complex rhythmic or melodic patterns of single and multiple lines, providing a written score, to be sung or played on appropriate instruments using established and experimental musical structures.
1.2. Apply knowledge of media, tools, techniques and processes to create original and interpretive works of art
1.2.1. Improvise/compose more complex melodic and rhythmic patterns and harmonic accompaniments of single and multiple lines and pieces for specific characteristics of instruments, vocal sounds and other sound sources, incorporating electronic recording technologies.
1.3. Perform or exhibit a varied repertoire of artistic works in a variety of settings.
1.3.1. Demonstrate increased technical skill and expression by performing more complex original or established works.
RI.2. Music: Perception - All students will observe and experience objects and ideas through a multitude of senses and form a sophisticated, informed response.
2.1. Experience a variety of artistic presentations in a variety of settings
2.1.1. Participate and respond appropriately to rehearsals and performances of varied musical content and at an increasingly advanced level; demonstrate appropriate audience behavior.
2.2. Establish and explain their own criteria for analysis and appreciation using reflection and evaluation; use and explain various criteria used to analyze and appreciate works of art
2.2.1. Identify and articulate established, measurable criteria based on the elements of music used to evaluate the quality and effectiveness of musical performances and compositions; use these criteria to articulate personal preferences in music.
2.3. Accept and utilize constructive criticism for application to future work.
2.3.1. Evaluate the quality and effectiveness music by applying specific, measurable criteria appropriate for the style of music, and offer constructive suggestions for improvement, make appropriate modifications.
RI.3. Music: Context - All students will demonstrate an understanding of the relationships within personal, social, cultural and historical contexts.
3.1. Relate works of art to their historical and cultural setting
3.1.1. Identify, compare and contrast by genre or style examples of music from various historical periods and cultures, describe distinguishing characteristics of that music, and further develop understanding of the connections between a musical work, style, or genre, and its historical and cultural context.
3.2. Demonstrate an understanding of how the arts influence society, and how society influences the arts
3.2.1. Differentiate among a variety of historical and cultural music in terms of characteristics and purpose of the work.
3.3. Demonstrate a connection to their personal lives through artistic expression
3.3.1. Identify ways in which musical works speak to personal feelings. Listen to programmatic music and discuss the ways in which the music expresses the underlying dramatic theme. Perceive and articulate, in texted music, the relationship between music and its' text.
RI.4. Music: Tools - All students will develop the ability to communicate in the language of art forms through the study and use of appropriate vocabulary, materials, tools and techniques.
4.1. Demonstrate facility in the identification and use of a variety of vocabulary, materials, tools and techniques.
4.1.1. Using accurate terminology and employing music technology, identify and demonstrate through analysis and/or performance more complex qualities of the elements of music, including rhythm, melody, harmony, tone color, form and dynamics.
4.2. Demonstrate the selection of tools appropriate to purpose, message and audience
4.2.1. Design musical experiences: instrumental, vocal, compositional, and electronic, to demonstrate appropriate choices that effectively communicate musical ideas to a variety of different audiences.
RI.5. Music: Integration - all students relate arts knowledge and skills within and across the arts and other content areas.
5.1. Apply process and knowledge from and to other content areas in the arts and across the arts
5.1.1. Compare characteristics of music within particular historical periods and styles, with ideas, issues or themes in the humanities or sciences. Create music to enhance other media presentations. Use knowledge of foreign languages and cultures to study and perform musical works. Identify how human knowledge is recorded in symbol systems and that all subject areas have a cultural context.
5.2. Demonstrate an understanding of how the arts are present in the workplace
5.2.1. Identify how music is used to enhance and influence workplace and leisure environments throughout society; identify the level of skills and training needed to gain employment in the music industry.
RI.1. Theatre: Creation/Performance - All students will engage in self or group expression by creating original or interpreting works of art.
1.1. Apply knowledge of concepts and structures to create original and interpretive works of art
1.1.1. Develop and refine scripts; design environments which allow for individual and/or group expression.
1.2. Apply knowledge of media, tools, techniques and processes to create original and interpretive works of art
1.2.1. Participate collaboratively in a production through stage management, promotion, and business planning.
1.3. Perform or exhibit a varied repertoire of artistic works in a variety of settings
1.3.1. Participate collaboratively in productions for theatre, film, television and electronic media.
RI.2. Theatre: Perception - All students will observe and experience objects and ideas through a multitude of senses and form a sophisticated, informed response.
2.1. Experience a variety of artistic presentations in a variety of settings
2.1.1. Participate and respond appropriately to a variety of dramatic experiences of increased sophistication.
2.2. Establish and explain their own criteria for analysis and appreciation using reflection and evaluation; use and explain various criteria used to analyze and appreciate works of art
2.2.1. Analyze and critique the whole and the parts of dramatic performances; describe and analyze the effect of publicity, study guides, programs and physical environments on audience response and appreciation of dramatic performances; discuss reasons for individual preferences and choices
2.3. Accept and utilize constructive criticism for application to future work.
2.3.1. Constructively suggest alternative artistic choices; constructively evaluate their own and others' collaborative efforts and artistic choices in informal and formal productions; applies what is learned through the critique process to the improvement of their own work.
RI.3. Theatre: Context - All students will demonstrate an understanding of the relationships within personal, social, cultural and historical contexts.
3.1. Relate works of art to their historical and cultural setting
3.1.1. Identify and characterize universal themes that occur theatrically in different cultures and time periods.
3.2. Demonstrate an understanding of how the arts influence society, and how society influences the arts
3.2.1 Analyze how theatre can be a force for social change, and apply this knowledge in theatre projects and performances.
3.3. Demonstrate a connection to their personal lives through artistic expression
3.3.1. Analyze Implications and decisions of fictional characters in their historical, societal, and cultural context through a variety of drama activities; analyze the effect of their own cultural experiences on their dramatic work.
RI.4. Theatre: Tools - All students will develop the ability to communicate in the language of art forms through the study and use of appropriate vocabulary, materials, tools and techniques.
4.1. Demonstrate facility in the identification and use of a variety of vocabulary, materials, tools and techniques.
4.1.1. Demonstrate the basic physical and chemical properties of the technical aspects of theatre; analyze a variety of dramatic texts from cultural and historical perspectives to determine production requirements; develop designs that use visual and aural elements to convey environments that clearly support the text.
4.2. Demonstrate the selection of tools appropriate to purpose, message and audience
4.2.1. Apply technical knowledge and skills to collaboratively and safely create functional scenery, properties, lighting, sound, costumes and makeup; design coherent stage management, promotional, and business plans appropriate to the venue and the audience.
RI.5. Theatre: Integration - All students relate arts knowledge and skills within and across the arts and other content areas.
5.1. Apply process and knowledge from and to other content areas and across the arts
5.1.1. Identify the relationship of arts, humanities and the sciences; and the inherent role that it plays in everyday life. Understand how all human knowledge is recorded in symbol systems. Understand that all subject areas have a cultural context
5.2. Demonstrate an understanding of how the arts are present in the workplace
5.2.1. Recognize that communication skills developed through drama are an important factor in the job market and everyday life.
RI.1. Visual Arts: Creation/Performance - All students will engage in self or group expression by creating original or interpreting works of art.
1.1. Apply knowledge of concepts and structures to create original and interpretive works of art
1.1.1. Create artworks that use organizational principles and functions to solve specific visual arts problems.
1.2. Apply knowledge of media, tools, techniques and processes to create original and interpretive works of art
1.2.1. Apply media, techniques and processes with sufficient skill, confidence and sensitivity that their intentions are carried out in their artworks.
1.3. Perform or exhibit a varied repertoire of artistic works in a variety of settings
1.3.1. Document personal progress by maintaining a portfolio of art work, and are able to identify work's strengths and weaknesses.
RI.2. Visual Arts: Perception - All students will observe and experience objects and ideas through a multitude of senses and form a sophisticated, informed response.
2.1. Establish and explain criteria for analysis and interpretation of works of art.
2.1.1. Identify how artists apply the elements and principles of design to convey meaning in their artwork.
2.2. Reflect on criteria that is used to determine value in works of art.
2.2.2. Examine and discuss reasons for individual preferences and choices in response to works of art.
2.3. Engage in the process of critique in order to assist in the development of one's own artwork and that of others
2.3.1. Based on a set of criteria, identify specific strengths and weaknesses that are evident in their artwork.
2.4. Experience a variety of artistic presentations in a variety of settings.
2.4.1. Interact with art and artisans in a variety of settings, community exhibits, museums and galleries.
RI.3. Visual Arts: Context - All students will demonstrate an understanding of the relationships within personal, social, cultural and historical contexts.
3.1. Relate works of art to their historical and cultural setting
3.1.1. Identify, compare and contrast works of visual art and design produced by various cultures using appropriate art vocabulary.
3.2. Demonstrate a connection to their personal lives through artistic expression
3.2.1. Describe the personal value gained by involvement in the visual arts.
3.3. Demonstrate an understanding of how the arts influence society, and how society influences the arts
3.3.1. Describe how factors of time, place, ideas and technology influence the visual characteristics that give meaning and value to works of art.
RI.4. Visual Arts: Tools - All students will develop the ability to communicate in the language of art forms through the study and use of appropriate vocabulary, materials, tools and techniques.
4.1. Demonstrate facility in the identification and use of a variety of vocabulary, materials, tools and techniques.
4.1.1. Apply media, techniques and processes with sufficient skill, confidence, and sensitivity that their intentions are carried out in their artworks.
4.2. Demonstrate the selection of tools appropriate to purpose, message and audience
4.2.1. Use art media and tools in a safe and responsible manner that is age appropriate and appropriate to the media and intended audience.
RI.5. Visual Arts: Interdisciplinary - All students relate arts knowledge and skills within and across the arts and other content areas.
5.1. Apply process and knowledge from and to other content areas and across the arts
5.1.1. Compare characteristics of visual arts within a particular historical period or style with ideas, issues, or themes in the humanities or sciences. Understand how all human knowledge is recorded in symbol systems. Understand that all subject areas have a cultural context.
5.2. Demonstrate an understanding of how the arts are present in the workplace
5.2.1. Identify the professional roles that artists and designers play in the life of their community