Tennessee State Standards for Arts Education: Grade 2

TN.1.0. Dance: Elements and Skills - Students will identify and demonstrate movement elements and skills in performing dance.

1.1. Demonstrate non-locomotor movements using more refined motor skills such as flick, dab, wring, dodge, and carve.

1.2. Demonstrate and compare eight basic locomotor movements (walk, run, hop, jump, leap, gallop, slide, and skip) traveling forward, backward, sideward, diagonally, and turning.

1.3. Demonstrate the difference between personal and general space.

1.4. Compare far-reach, mid-reach and near-reach in personal space.

1.5. Create and perform a variety of body shapes (straight, angular, curved, and twisted) at low, middle and high levels.

1.6. Create movements in straight, curved, and zigzag pathways.

1.7. Create movement using individual body parts.

1.8. Demonstrate kinesthetic awareness, concentration and focus in stillness and movement.

1.9. Create and perform movement showing the qualities of energy (smooth, sharp, free, bound, strong, light, vibratory, and swinging).

1.10. Execute movement to different meters and changing tempos.

1.11. Demonstrate spatial relationships (body part to body part, individual to individual and individual to group); i.e., beside, between, over, under, together, and apart.

TN.2.0. Dance: Choreography - Students will understand choreographic principles, processes, and structures.

2.1. Create a movement sequence with a beginning, middle, and ending.

2.2. Compare and demonstrate the following partner skills: leading, following, shadowing, and mirroring.

2.3. Show the ability to respond in movement to stories, poems, artworks, music, world cultures, natural science, and math concepts.

TN.3.0. Dance: Creativity and Communication - Students will understand dance as a way to create and communicate meaning.

3.1. Demonstrate how dance is different from other forms of human movement (such as sports and everyday gestures).

3.2. Present one's dance to peers and discuss its meaning.

3.3. Model and explain appropriate audience behavior for informal and formal dance performances.

TN.4.0. Dance: Criticism - Students will apply and demonstrate critical and creative thinking skills in dance.

4.1. Create and perform multiple solutions to a given movement problem.

4.2. Observe dances and discuss how they are similar and different in terms of specific elements of dance.

4.3. Discuss opinions about dances with peers in a supportive and constructive manner.

TN.5.0. Dance: Cultural/Historical - Students will demonstrate and understand dance in various cultures and historical periods.

5.1. Demonstrate and compare folk dances from various cultures.

5.2. Describe ways in which people used dance throughout history as a part of rituals, ceremonies, and entertainment, and as a means of social expression.

TN.6.0. Dance: Health - Students will make connections between dance and healthful living.

6.1. Identify and name the parts of the skeleton relevant to dance.

6.2. Describe healthy practices that enhance the ability to dance.

6.3. Identify ways dance can improve one's general health and wellness.

TN.7.0. Dance: Interdisciplinary Connections - Students will make connections between dance and other disciplines.

7.1. Demonstrate and explain how the same idea can be expressed in dance and in one other art form.

7.2. Explore and demonstrate the connections between dance and three or more other academic disciplines.

TN.1.0. Music: Singing - The students will sing alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.

1.1. Develop skill in singing songs in major, minor, and pentatonic tonalities.

1.2. Use smooth and detached articulation accurately when singing.

1.3. Develop skill in singing simple ostinati to produce harmony.

TN.2.0. Music: Playing Instruments - Students will perform on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.

2.1. Perform duple and triple meter.

2.2. Play using smooth and detached articulation.

2.3. Interpret symbols for simple rhythmic patterns.

2.4. Perform steps, skips, and repeated tones on classroom melody instruments.

2.5. Play simple ostinati to accompany the class singing a song.

TN.3.0. Music: Improvising - Students will improvise melodies, variations, and accompaniments.

3.1. Improvise using word rhythms.

TN.4.0. Music: Composing and Arranging - Students will compose and arrange music within specified guidelines.

4.1. Compose short melodies using pitches from the pentatonic scale.

TN.5.0. Music: Reading and Notating Music - Students will read and notate music.

5.1. Recognize symbols which represent rhythmic patterns.

5.2. Recognize symbols which represent melodic patterns.

TN.6.0. Music: Listening to, analyzing, and describing music - Students will listen to, analyze and describe music.

6.1. Recognize, aurally, same and different sections in music.

6.2. Recognize, aurally, musical instruments and classify into families.

6.3. Describe the tempo and dynamics of musical selections.

6.4. Differentiate between smooth and detached articulation.

TN.7.0. Music: Evaluating - The students will evaluate music and music performances.

7.1. Evaluate musical performances based on given criteria.

TN.8.0. Music: Interdisciplinary Connections - Understanding relationships between music, the other arts and disciplines outside the arts.

8.1. Connect music and language arts through children's literature.

8.2. Illustrate the science of sound through the use of musical instruments.

TN.9.0. Music: Music in History and Culture - Students will understand music in relation to history and culture.

9.1. Identify music of contrasting time periods and cultures.

TN.1.0. Theatre Art (Level II)

1.1. Sensory perception - Focus on details of sense awareness and sensory recall

1.2. Emotional expression - Focus on details of emotional and empathetic experiences

1.3. Imagination - Use imagination to react to imaginary objects, environments, and perception in dramatic activities

1.4. Movement - Use movement to explore thought, feeling, and roles from life, literature, and history

1.5. Language - Develop descriptive language through dramatic activities

1.6. Voice - Use voice to communicate thought, feeling, and role in dramatic activities

1.7. Artistic discipline - Develop responsibility through dramatic activities

1.8. Concentration - Develop techniques to focus and sustain attention in dramatic activities

1.9. Self-concept - Discover personal uniqueness and develop respect for individual differences

1.10. Ensemble and interpersonal skills - Cooperate and interact during dramatic activities

1.11. Problem solving - Explore problem solving and risk taking in dramatic context

1.12. Improvisation - Participate in improvised dramatic activities

1.13. Acting - Explore a variety of roles in life and fantasy situations through dramatic activities

1.14. Directing - Develop leadership skills through dramatic activities

1.15. Playmaking and playwriting - Apply observations of people, life and story elements in dramatic activities

1.16. Technical elements - Recognize technical theatre elements used in dramatic activities

1.17. Theatre Management - Examine elements of theatre management through theatre attendance

1.18. Dramatic literature - Use literature to create dramatic activities

1.19. Theatre history and heritage - Develop awareness of theatre heritage

1.20. Drama/Theatre in a multicultural society - Explore real and fantasy situations from many cultures through dramatic activities

1.21. Roles and careers - Develop awareness of a variety of roles and occupations through dramatic activities

1.22. Elements of drama - Explore the elements of drama in dramatic activities

1.23. Audience - Respond to live theatre and understand the audience's role

1.24. Theatre and other arts - Explore various art forms and relate to drama/theatre

1.25. Aesthetic response - Recognize and respond to unique qualities of drama/theatre

TN.1.0. Visual Arts: Media, Techniques, and Processes - Students will understand and apply media, techniques, and processes.

1.1. Consistently use tools and materials in a safe and responsible manner.

1.2. Demonstrate an understanding of how to use selected tools and materials to create a work of art.

1.3. Explore a variety of techniques and processes to produce original works of art that reflect personal experiences, imagination, and observations.

TN.2.0. Visual Arts: Structures and Functions - Students will use knowledge of structures and functions.

2.1. Identify and use a combination of elements and principles of art to communicate ideas.

2.2. Identify and create functional works of art and describe how they contribute to the quality of daily life.

TN.3.0. Visual Arts: Evaluation - Students will choose and evaluate a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas.

3.1. Use visual symbols to communicate meaning in works of art.

3.2. Create works of art using a variety of themes.

TN.4.0. Visual Arts: Historical and Cultural Relationships - Students will understand the visual arts in relation to history and cultures.

4.1. Relate characteristics of specific artwork from different cultures.

4.2. Explain how history influenced art.

4.3. Explain how cultures influenced art.

TN.5.0. Visual Arts: Reflection and Assessment - Students will reflect upon and assess the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others.

5.1. Recognize that artwork is created for a variety of reasons.

5.2. Express personal preferences after talking about his/her own works of art and the works of others.

5.3. Describe influences on his/her own artwork.

TN.6.0. Visual Arts: Interdisciplinary Connections - Students will make connections between visual arts and other disciplines.

6.1. Demonstrate an understanding of similarities and differences between visual arts and other disciplines.