Wisconsin State Standards for Arts Education: Grade 6

WI.A. Art and Design: Knowing: Visual Memory and Knowledge: Students in Wisconsin will know and remember information and ideas about the art and design around them and throughout the world.

A.8.1. Students will develop a mental storehouse of images

A.8.2. Students will learn appropriate vocabulary related to their study of art

A.8.3. Students will know about styles of art from their own and other parts of the world

A.8.4. Students will know about some styles of art from various times

A.8.5. Students will demonstrate ways in which art is one of the greatest achievements of human beings

A.8.6. Students will identify ways in which art is basic to thinking and communicating about the world

WI.B. Art and Design: Knowing: History, Citizenship, and Environment: Students in Wisconsin will understand the value and significance of the visual arts, media and design in relation to history, citizenship, the environment, and social development.

B.8.1. Students will explore how artists and cultures throughout history have used art to communicate ideas and to develop functions, structures, and designs

B.8.2. Students will recognize ways in which form, function, meaning, and expressive qualities of art and design change from culture to culture and artist to artist

B.8.3. Students will identify works of art and designed objects as they relate to specific cultures, times, and places

B.8.4. Students will know ways in which art is influenced by artists, designers, and cultures

B.8.5. Students will understand how their choices in art are shaped by their own culture and society

B.8.6. Students will know how to describe, analyze, interpret, and judge art images and objects from various cultures, artists, and designers

B.8.7. Students will understand environmental and aesthetic issues related to the design of packaging, industrial products, and cities

B.8.8. Students will learn about the contributions of art historians, cultural anthropologists, and philosophers of art to our understanding of art and design

WI.C. Art and Design: Doing: Visual Design and Production: Students in Wisconsin will design and produce quality original images and objects, such as paintings, sculptures, designed objects, photographs, graphic designs, videos, and computer images.

C.8.1. Students will know the elements and principles of design

C.8.2. Students will understand what makes quality design

C.8.3. Students will know how the design of art changes its meaning

C.8.4. Students will use design techniques to improve and/or change artwork

C.8.5. Students will use thumbnail sketches to experiment and start developing visual ideas

C.8.6. Students will develop the craft and skills to produce quality art

C.8.7. Students will understand the natural characteristics of materials and their possibilities and limitations

C.8.8. Students will reflect on their work during the creative process to assess and better understand their own artwork

C.8.9. Students will come up with ideas and carry them through to completion of an original work of art

WI.D. Art and Design: Doing: Practical Applications: Students in Wisconsin will apply their knowledge of people, places, ideas, and language of art and design to their daily lives.

D.8.1. Students will know about the history, public art, and unique architecture of their cultural community

D.8.2. Students will know about artists and designers, such as architects, furniture designers, critics, preservationists, museum curators, and gallery owners, in their community

D.8.3. Students will know how the environment influences the look and use of art, architecture, and design

D.8.4. Students will understand basic concepts in art, such as 'form follows function,' 'destruction of the box,' 'less is more,' balance, symmetry, integrity, authenticity, and originality

D.8.5. Students will learn common language in art, such as abstraction, representation, impressionism, reproduction, serigraphy, sculpture, graphic design, construction, and aesthetics

D.8.6. Students will know about problem-solving strategies that promote fluency, flexibility, elaboration, and originality

WI.E. Art and Design: Communicating: Visual Communication and Expression: Students in Wisconsin will produce quality images and objects that effectively communicate and express ideas using varied media, techniques, and processes.

E.8.1. Students will communicate complex ideas by producing studio art forms, such as drawings, paintings, prints, sculpture, jewelry, fibers, and ceramics

E.8.2. Students will communicate complex ideas by producing design art forms, such as graphic design, product design, architecture, landscape, and media arts, such as film, photography, and multimedia

E.8.3. Students will communicate complex ideas by producing popular images and objects, such as folk art, traditional arts and crafts, popular arts, mass media, and consumer products

E.8.4. Students will communicate complex ideas by producing visual communication forms useful in everyday life, such as, sketches, diagrams, graphs, plans, and models

E.8.5. Students will use the visual arts to express ideas that can't be expressed by words alone

WI.F. Art and Design: Communicating: Visual Media and Technology: Students in Wisconsin will understand the role of, and be able to use, computers, video, and other technological tools and equipment.

F.8.1. Students will make informed judgments about mass media, such as magazines, television, computers, and films

F.8.2. Students will understand some visual techniques used in mass media

F.8.3. Students will interpret visual messages in advertisements, news, and entertainment programs

F.8.4. Students will recognize stereotyping in visual media

F.8.5. Students will understand the effects of production techniques on viewers' perceptions

F.8.6. Students will create media works with a range of media techniques

F.8.7. Students will develop a working knowledge of media production systems

F.8.8. Students will revise media productions based on personal reflection

WI.G. Art and Design: Thinking: Art and Design Criticism: Students in Wisconsin will interpret visual experiences, such as artwork, designed objects, architecture, movies, television, and multimedia images, using a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas.

G.8.1. Students will know that visual images are important tools for thinking and communicating

G.8.2. Students will know how to find the meanings in artwork

G.8.3. Students will analyze the meanings of artworks and design

G.8.4. Students will create works of art that have meanings

WI.H. Art and Design: Thinking: Visual Thinking: Students in Wisconsin will develop perception, visual discrimination, and media literacy skills to become visually educated people.

H.8.1. Students will look at things using different methods and tools, such as through a microscope

H.8.2. Students will know how light, shadow, color, distance, and angle of viewing affect sight

H.8.3. Students will be able to draw, paint, and sculpt from life

H.8.4. Students will create three-dimensional models

H.8.5. Students will be able to read complex maps, charts, and plans

H.8.6. Students will make and interpret photographs and videos

WI.I. Art and Design: Understanding: Personal and Social Development: Students in Wisconsin will use their senses and emotions through art and design to develop their minds and to improve social relationships.

I.8.1. Students will use art to understand their own emotions

I.8.2. Students will make art that reflects different feelings

I.8.3. Students will talk or write about feelings in a variety of works of art

I.8.4. Students will recognize that their own feelings affect how they look at art

I.8.5. Students will understand that art reflects the time and place in which it was created

I.8.6. Students will understand how creating or looking at art brings out feelings

I.8.7. Students will work independently and collaboratively to produce ideas and works of art

WI.J. Art and Design: Understanding: Cultural and Aesthetic Understanding: Students in Wisconsin will reflect upon the nature of art and design and meaning in art and culture.

J.8.1. Students will begin to understand the purposes and functions of art

J.8.2. Students will understand how the choice of materials and techniques influences the expressive quality of art

J.8.3. Students will learn ways different cultures think about art

J.8.4. Students will learn ways philosophers think about art

J.8.5. Students will explore their own ideas about the purposes and meanings of art

J.8.6. Students will learn the value of art as a basic part of being human

J.8.7. Students will learn to use art criticism and aesthetic knowledge in art and design

J.8.8. Students will explore different cultures' concepts of beauty

J.8.9. Students will understand the difference between original artworks, reproductions, and copies

J.8.10. Students will develop the ability to reflect and talk about works of art

WI.K. Art and Design: Creating: Making Connections: Students in Wisconsin will make connections among the arts, other disciplines, other cultures, and the world of work.

K.8.1. Students will connect their knowledge and skills in art to other areas, such as the humanities, sciences, social studies, and technology

K.8.2. Students will invent new artistic forms to communicate ideas and solutions to problems

K.8.3. Students will apply what they know about the nature of life, nature, the physical world, and the human condition to their understanding and creation of art

K.8.4. Students will use a variety of tools, such as words, numbers, sounds, movements, images, objects, emotions, technology, and spaces, to help understand and communicate about the visual world

K.8.5. Students will know about a range of art activities, such as museum curation, historic preservation, collecting, and writing about art and design

K.8.6. Students will explore the similarities and differences of world cultures by studying their fine arts: music, dance, theatre, literature, and architecture

WI.L. Art and Design: Creating: Visual Imagination and Creativity: Students in Wisconsin will use their imaginations and creativity to develop multiple solutions to problems, expand their minds, and create ideas for original works of art and design.

L.8.1. Students will use their knowledge, intuition, and experiences to develop ideas for artwork

L.8.2. Students will develop a base of knowledge and skills from which to create new ideas

L.8.3. Students will understand the role that personal traits, such as independent thinking, courage, integrity, insight, dedication and patience, play in creating quality art and design

L.8.4. Students will understand that nature and other designs can be sources for new ideas

L.8.5. Students will study ways that artists develop personal style that reflects who they are

L.8.6. Students will understand that art is created by people of different cultures, expresses different ideas and concepts, and changes over time

WI.A. Dance: Motor Learning: Students in Wisconsin will recognize, understand, and demonstrate movement elements and skills in dance.

A.8.1. Students will explore and integrate the three elements of dance (space, time, and force) and focus on the relationships of body parts to each other, dancers to each other, and dancers to objects

A.8.2. Students will begin using the following movement skills and explain their underlying principles: alignment, balance, initiation of movement, isolation of body parts, weight shift, elevation and landing, and fall and recovery

A.8.3. Students will discover increasingly complex combinations of locomotor and nonlocomotor movements emphasizing the elements of space, time, and force

A.8.4. Students will respond to rhythmic patterns with accuracy

A.8.5. Students will identify, demonstrate, and combine the basic effort actions

A.8.6. Students will demonstrate increasing kinesthetic awareness, concentration, and focus in performing movement skills

A.8.7. Students will continue to observe and describe movement elements in creative dance studies using appropriate movement/dance vocabulary

WI.B. Dance: Kinesthetic Awareness: Students in Wisconsin will use the body as the instrument of expression and use movement as the medium to develop kinesthetic awareness.

B.8.1. Students will recognize and apply the laws of motion in challenging movement problems, such as acceleration and deceleration, and turning and balancing in asymmetrical shapes

B.8.2. Students will exhibit control and efficiency while moving

B.8.3. Students will practice correct body alignment while performing increasingly complex movement sequences

B.8.4. Students will increase strength, flexibility, balance, and neuromuscular coordination

B.8.5. Students will continue to develop and value a positive body image

WI.C. Dance: Improvisation: Students in Wisconsin will improvise using movement elements, themes, personal experience, and imagination.

C.8.1. Students will use improvisation to explore, discover, and invent movement and to solve movement problems

C.8.2. Students will improvise spontaneous dances that range from free-form to structured studies

C.8.3. Students will respond to various motivational resources such as music, props, costumes, and scenic elements through improvisation

C.8.4. Students will realize the potential of improvisation as a tool for the enrichment of individual and group expression

WI.D. Dance: Choreography: Students in Wisconsin will create movement compositions based on choreographic principles, processes, and forms.

D.8.1. Students will create short dances exploring compositional elements, such as unison, contrast, abstraction, and repetition

D.8.2. Students will explore advanced compositional processes, such as reordering, retrograde, inversion, amplification, chance, and transition

D.8.3. Students will begin to choreograph, using a variety of compositional forms (such as ABA, a theme-variation-theme pattern; canon, the use of two or more dance parts; rondo; and narrative)

D.8.4. Students will demonstrate the ability to work effectively alone, cooperatively with a partner, and in small groups during the choreographic process

D.8.5. Students will demonstrate the following partner skills in a visually interesting way: creating contrasting and complementary shapes, taking and supporting weight, counter tension, and counter balance

D.8.6. Students will use scientific and/or mathematical concepts to create movement studies

WI.E. Dance: Critical Thinking: Students in Wisconsin will develop critical and creative thinking through their dance experience.

E.8.1. Students will create movement problems, demonstrate multiple solutions, choose the most interesting solutions, and discuss the reasons for their choices

E.8.2. Students will demonstrate appropriate audience behavior while watching dance performances, and discuss their opinions about the dances with their peers in a supportive and constructive way

E.8.3. Students will compare and contrast two dance compositions in terms of space (such as shape and pathways), time (such as rhythm and tempo), and force or energy (movement qualities)

E.8.4. Students will identify possible criteria for evaluating dance (such as skill of performers, originality, visual and/or emotional impact, variety, and contrast)

E.8.5. Students will create a dance project that reveals increased understanding of a concept or idea

WI.F. Dance: Communication and Expression: Students in Wisconsin will understand the expressive power of dance as a means of communication and understand that it is subject to multiple interpretations.

F.8.1. Students will differentiate between functional and expressive movement

F.8.2. Students will use gesture as a tool to enhance the expressive nature of movement

F.8.3. Students will present dances and discuss how movement choices can convey multiple meanings

F.8.4. Students will use and explain how different accompaniments (such as sound, music, and spoken text) can affect the meaning of a dance

F.8.5. Students will demonstrate and/or explain how lighting and costuming can contribute to the meaning of a dance

WI.G. Dance: Appreciation: Students in Wisconsin will reflect upon and appreciate dance as an art form past and present.

G.8.1. Students will study the impact and role of dance throughout history

G.8.2. Students will research influential dancers, choreographers, and styles (such as modern, ballet, square, Ghanaian, Middle Eastern)

G.8.3. Students will keep a journal of personal responses to dance experiences

WI.H. Dance: Making Connections: Students in Wisconsin will dance to build bridges to other disciplines and cultures.

H.8.1. Students will learn from resources in their community (such as people, books, or videos) a folk dance of a different culture or a social dance of a different time period, study the cultural and historical context of that dance, and effectively share the dance and its context with their peers

H.8.2. Students will create a dance project illustrating a concept shared with another discipline (such as the idea of positive and negative space, a concept shared by art and dance)

H.8.3. Students will respond to a dance using another discipline (such as create a dance based on a historical event)

WI.I. Dance: Healthful Living: Students in Wisconsin will make connections between dance and healthful living.

I.8.1. Students will explain how dancing influences healthy living choices

I.8.2. Students will practice injury-prevention (such as warming-up, safe stretching, and cooling-down)

I.8.3. Students will describe dance's potential to foster physical and emotional well-being

WI.J. Dance: Dance and Technology: Students in Wisconsin will expand dance horizons through the use of technology.

J.8.1. Students will add to a video portfolio of dance studies and performances

J.8.2. Students will create and record audio tapes to accompany dance studies

J.8.3. Students will view and discuss videos of dances from other cultures and/or professional dance performances

J.8.4. Students will use computer technology to facilitate dance-related research

J.8.5. Students will use a computer to note or describe a dance sequence or composition

J.8.6. Students will create a dance video using technology to enhance the mood of the dance

WI.A. Music: Music Performance: Singing: Students in Wisconsin will sing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.

A.8.1. Students in general music classes will sing accurately and with good breath control throughout their singing ranges, alone and in small and large ensembles

A.8.2. Students in general music classes will sing expressively and with technical accuracy a repertoire of vocal literature with a level of difficulty of two on a scale of one to six, including some songs performed from memory

A.8.3. Students in general music classes will sing music representing diverse genres and cultures, with expression appropriate for the work being performed

A.8.4. Students in general music classes will sing music written in two and three parts

A.8.5. Students in choral classes will sing accurately and with good breath control throughout their singing ranges, alone and in small and large ensembles

A.8.6. Students in choral classes will sing expressively and with technical accuracy a varied repertoire of vocal literature, with a level of difficulty of three on a scale of one to six, including some songs performed from memory

A.8.7. Students in choral classes will sing music written in two, three, and four parts

A.8.8. Students in choral classes will sing music representing diverse genres and cultures, with expression appropriate for the music

A.8.9. Students in instrumental classes will sing accurately and with good breath control, alone and/or in small and large ensembles

A.8.10. Students in instrumental classes will sing with expression and technical accuracy

A.8.11. Students in instrumental classes will sing music written in two and three parts

WI.B. Music: Music Performance: Instrumental: Students in Wisconsin will play, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music on instruments.

B.8.1. Students in general music classes will perform on at least one classroom instrument accurately and independently, alone and in small and large ensembles, and with good posture, good playing position, and good breath, bow, or stick control

B.8.2. Students in general music classes will perform, with expression and technical accuracy on at least one classroom instrument, a repertoire of instrumental literature with a level of difficulty of two on a scale of one to six

B.8.3. Students in general music classes will perform music representing diverse genres and cultures, with appropriate expression

B.8.4. Students in general music classes will play by ear simple melodies on a melodic instrument and simple accompaniments on a harmonic instrument

B.8.5. Students in choral classes will play accurately and independently on a classroom instrument, alone and in small and large ensembles

B.8.6. Students in choral classes will play music representing diverse genres and cultures, with expression appropriate for the music

B.8.7. Students in choral classes will play simple melodies and accompaniments on an instrument

B.8.8. Students in instrumental classes will perform on at least one instrument accurately and independently, alone and in small and large ensembles, and with good posture, good playing position, and good breath, bow, or stick control

B.8.9. Students in instrumental classes will perform, with expression and technical accuracy on a band or orchestral instrument, a repertoire of instrumental literature with a level of difficulty of three on a scale of one to six

B.8.10. Students in instrumental classes will perform music representing diverse genres and cultures, with appropriate expression and style

B.8.11. Students in instrumental classes will play by ear simple melodies on a band or orchestral instrument

WI.C. Music: Music Creativity: Improvisation: Students in Wisconsin will improvise music.

C.8.1. Students in general music classes will improvise simple harmonic accompaniments

C.8.2. Students in general music classes will improvise melodic embellishments and simple rhythmic and melodic variations on given pentatonic melodies and melodies in major keys

C.8.3. Students in general music classes will improvise short melodies, unaccompanied and over given rhythmic accompaniments, each in a consistent style, meter, and tonality

C.8.4. Students in choral classes will improvise simple harmonic accompaniments

C.8.5. Students in choral classes will improvise simple rhythmic variations and simple melodic embellishments on given pentatonic melodies and melodies in major keys

C.8.6. Students in choral classes will improvise short melodies, unaccompanied and over given rhythmic accompaniments, each in a consistent style, meter, and tonality

C.8.7. Students in instrumental classes will improvise melodic embellishments and simple rhythmic and melodic variations on given pentatonic melodies, blues melodies, and melodies in major and/or minor keys

C.8.8. Students in instrumental classes will improvise short melodies, unaccompanied and over given rhythmic accompaniments, each in a consistent style, meter, and tonality

WI.D. Music: Music Creativity: Composition: Students in Wisconsin will compose and arrange music.

D.8.1. Students in general music classes will compose short pieces within specified guidelines, demonstrating the use of the elements of music

D.8.2. Students in general music classes will arrange simple pieces for voices or instruments other than those for which the pieces were written

D.8.3. Students in general music classes will use a variety of traditional and nontraditional sound sources and electronic media when composing and arranging

D.8.4. Students in choral classes will compose short pieces within specified guidelines, demonstrating the use of the elements of music

D.8.5. Students in choral classes will arrange simple pieces for voices and instruments other than those for which the pieces were written

D.8.6. Students in choral classes will use traditional or nontraditional notation to represent compositions or arrangements

D.8.7. Students in choral classes will use a variety of sound sources and electronic media when composing and arranging

D.8.8. Students in instrumental classes will compose short pieces within specific guidelines, demonstrating use of the elements of music

D.8.9. Students in instrumental classes will arrange simple pieces for two or more instruments from a concert key, demonstrating spacing of voices and balance

D.8.10. Students in instrumental classes will use a variety of traditional and nontraditional sound sources and electronic media when composing and arranging

WI.E. Music: Music Literacy: Reading and Notating: Students in Wisconsin will read and notate music.

E.8.1. Students in general music classes will read whole, half, quarter, eighth, sixteenth, and dotted notes and rests in 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 6/8, 3/8, and alla breve (2/2) meter signatures

E.8.2. Students in general music classes will sight-read simple melodies in both the treble and bass clefs

E.8.3. Students in general music classes will identify and define standard notation symbols for pitch, rhythm, dynamics, tempo, articulation, and expression

E.8.4. Students in general music classes will use standard notation and nontraditional notation to record their musical ideas and the musical ideas of others

E.8.5. Students in choral classes will read notation sufficiently to perform simple melodies or rhythms accurately after practice

E.8.6. Students in choral classes will use a system (syllables, numbers, or letters) to sight-read simple melodies in both the treble and bass clefs, accurately and expressively, with a level of difficulty of two on a scale of one to six

E.8.7. Students in choral classes will identify and define standard notation symbols for pitch, rhythm, dynamics, tempo, articulation, and expression

E.8.8. Students in choral classes will use standard notation to record musical ideas

E.8.9. Students in instrumental classes will read whole, half, quarter, eighth, sixteenth, and dotted notes and rests in 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 3/8, and alla breve (2/2) meter signatures

E.8.10. Students in instrumental classes will sight-read simple melodies in the treble and/or bass clefs

E.8.11. Students in instrumental classes will identify and define standard notation symbols for pitch, rhythm, dynamic, tempo, articulation, and expression

E.8.12. Students in instrumental classes will use standard notation to record their musical ideas and the musical ideas of others

E.8.13. Students in instrumental classes will sight-read, accurately and expressively, music with a level of difficulty of two on a scale of one to six

WI.F. Music: Music Response: Analysis: Students in Wisconsin will analyze and describe music.

F.8.1. Students in general music classes will describe specific musical events upon listening to a given example, using appropriate terminology

F.8.2. Students in general music classes will demonstrate knowledge of the basic principles of meter, rhythm, tonality, intervals, chords, and harmonic progressions and their application in analyzing written and/or aural examples of music

F.8.3. Students in general music classes will analyze and compare the use of the elements of music upon listening to examples representing diverse genres and cultures

F.8.4. Students in choral classes will identify and discuss commonly used musical forms (such as AB [binary] and ABA [ternary], rondo, theme and variations, and fugue)

F.8.5. Students in choral classes will listen to and describe specific music events in a given example, using appropriate terminology

F.8.6. Students in choral classes will analyze the uses of elements of music upon listening to given examples representing diverse genres and cultures

F.8.7. Students in choral classes will identify and describe stylistic elements heard in folk, popular, and nonwestern music

F.8.8. Students in instrumental classes will listen to and describe specific music events in a given example, using appropriate terminology

F.8.9. Students in instrumental classes will listen to and analyze the uses of the elements of music in examples representing diverse genres and cultures

F.8.10. Students in instrumental classes will demonstrate knowledge of the basic principles of meter, rhythm, tonality, intervals, chords, and harmonic progressions in their analyses of music

WI.G. Music: Music Response: Evaluation: Students in Wisconsin will evaluate music and music performances.

G.8.1. Students in general music classes will develop criteria for evaluating the quality and effectiveness of music performances and compositions and apply the criteria to their personal listening, composing, and performing

G.8.2. Students in general music classes will evaluate the quality and effectiveness of their own and others' performances, compositions, arrangements, and improvisations by applying specific criteria appropriate for the style of the music and will offer constructive suggestions for improvement

G.8.3. Students in choral classes will know specific criteria that affect the quality and effectiveness of musical performances and compositions

G.8.4. Students in choral classes will evaluate the quality and effectiveness of their own and others' performances and offer constructive suggestions for improvement

G.8.5. Students in instrumental classes will develop criteria for evaluating the quality and effectiveness of music performances and compositions and apply the criteria in their listening, composing, and performing

G.8.6. Students in instrumental classes will evaluate the quality and effectiveness of their own and others' performances, compositions, arrangements, and improvisations by applying specific criteria appropriate for the style of the music and offer constructive suggestions for improvement

WI.H. Music: Music Connections: The Arts: Students in Wisconsin will relate music to the other arts and disciplines outside the arts.

H.8.1. Students in general music classes will compare how the characteristic media of two or more arts can be used to transform similar events, scenes, emotions, or ideas into works of art

H.8.2. Students in general music classes will compare the terminology and contrasting definitions used for various artistic elements in each of two or more arts

H.8.3. Students in general music classes will describe how the principles and subject matter of other school disciplines interrelate with those of music

H.8.4. Students in choral classes will compare how the characteristic materials of two or more arts can be used to transform similar events, scenes, emotions, or ideas into works of art

H.8.5. Students in choral classes will describe ways in which the principles and subject matter of other school disciplines interrelate with those of music

H.8.6. Students in choral classes will compare the terminology and contrasting definitions of various elements in each of two or more arts

H.8.7. Students in instrumental classes will compare how the characteristic media of two or more arts can be used to transform similar events, scenes, emotions, or ideas into works of art

H.8.8. Students in instrumental classes will compare the terminology and contrasting definitions of various elements in each of two or more arts

H.8.9. Students in instrumental classes will describe ways in which the principles and subject matter of other school disciplines interrelate with those of music

WI.I. Music: Music Connections: History and Culture: Students in Wisconsin will relate music to history and culture.

I.8.1. Students in general music classes will describe distinguishing characteristics of representative music genres and styles from a variety of cultures

I.8.2. Students in general music classes will classify by genre and style (and if applicable, by historical periods, composer, and title) a varied body of high quality and characteristic musical works and explain the characteristics that cause each work to be considered exemplary

I.8.3. Students in general music classes will compare, in several cultures of the world including their own, functions music serves, roles of musicians, and conditions under which music is typically created and performed

I.8.4. Students in choral classes will describe distinguishing characteristics of representative music genres and styles from a variety of cultures

I.8.5. Students in choral classes will compare and classify exemplary musical works by genre, style, historical period, composer, and title

I.8.6. Students in choral classes will compare, in several cultures of the world, the functions music serves, roles of musicians, and conditions under which music is typically created and performed

I.8.7. Students in instrumental classes will describe distinguishing characteristics of representative music genres and styles from a variety of cultures

I.8.8. Students in instrumental classes will classify by genre and style (and, if applicable, by historical period, composer, and title) a varied body of high-quality and characteristic musical works and explain the characteristics that cause each work to be exemplary

I.8.9. Students in instrumental classes will compare, in several cultures of the world including their own, functions music serves, roles of musicians, and conditions under which music is typically created and performed

WI.A. Theatre: Play Reading and Analysis: Students in Wisconsin will attend live theatre and read plays, be able to analyze and evaluate the play, and articulate (create meaning from) the play's message for individuals and society.

A.8.1. Students will attend a live theatrical performance and be able to analyze, evaluate, and create

A.8.2. Students will read a play and be able to analyze, evaluate, and create personal meaning from the experience through small group discussion

WI.B. Theatre: Performance: Students in Wisconsin will work and think as actors and develop basic acting skills to portray characters who interact in improvised and scripted scenes.

B.8.1. Students will create a character through physical movement, adapting movement and making physical choices to fit the requirements of the scene

B.8.2. Students will create a character verbally, adapting language choices and dialogue to fit requirements of the scene

B.8.3. Students will create a believable and sustained character within a scripted or improvised context

B.8.4. Students will create a character that is appropriate to the context of the scene, using facial expressions

B.8.5. Students will select costume pieces or a hand prop (such as a basket) and create a character based upon that item

B.8.6. Students will create a character (physically, verbally, and facially) from a scripted scene

B.8.7. Students will create a character (physically, verbally, and facially) from an original idea

WI.C. Theatre: Research and Analysis: Students in Wisconsin will research and analyze methods of presentation and audience response for theatre, the interconnections of theatre, community, other cultures, and historical periods for use as general knowledge.

C.8.1. Students will identify similarities and differences between various artistic mediums such as film, video, or television

C.8.2. Students will read a play and exhibit understanding of the cultural/historical connections through discussions and/or written work

C.8.3. Students will discuss the cultural/historical importance of a play through group discussion or written work

C.8.4. Students will explain in writing what they liked and didn't like about a dramatic presentation and justify their comments

C.8.5. Students will write a review of a play and demonstrate an understanding of how a presentation was the same or different than other media presentations

C.8.6. Students will continue to select stories or topics and plan plays with beginnings, middles, and ends

C.8.7. Students will continue to find information to help develop characters and the appropriate backgrounds for presentations

WI.D. Theatre: Analysis of Process: Students in Wisconsin will work and think as theatre artists and reflect upon and assess the characteristics and merits of their own work and the work of others.

D.8.1. Students will accept and use criticism constructively to revise and refine their own work

D.8.2. Students will share their comments constructively and supportively within the group

D.8.3. Students will continue to identify strengths (what worked) and weaknesses (what didn't work) in character work and scenes presented in class

D.8.4. Students will identify what they need to do to make their character or scene more believable and/or understandable

WI.E. Theatre: Theatre Production: Students will think and work as playwrights, designers, managers, and/or directors to create and interpret improvised and scripted scenes.

E.8.1. Students will improvise a scene or play with a problem or conflict

E.8.2. Students will script their scene or play using proper scripting format

E.8.3. Students will develop an understanding of design by creating a floor plan or visual representation of a play or literature selection

E.8.4. Students will analyze a play and determine appropriate setting, lighting, costume, and makeup requirements

E.8.5. Students will read a play and describe the potential visual and emotional effect it has on an audience

E.8.6. Students will exhibit understanding of theatre management through direct involvement in a public performance by making posters, selling tickets, and/or ushering

E.8.7. Students will rehearse and perform a scene or play for peers or invited guests