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Dance
1.1 The Creative Process
Gr. 2 CPI
1.1.2.A.1
Identify the elements of dance in
planned and improvised Dance
Sequences
1.1.2.A.1
Use improvisation to discover new
movement to fulfill the intent of the
choreography
1.1.2.A.3
Demonstrate the difference
between panomime, pedestrian
movement, abstract gesture, and
dance movement.
1.1.2.A.4
Apply and adapt isolated and
coordinated body part articulations,
body alignment, balance and body
patterning.
1.2 History of the Arts and Culture
1.2.2.A.1
Identify characteristic theme-based
works of dance, music, theatre, and
visual art, such as artworks based on
the themes of family and
community, from various historical
periods and world cultures.
1.2.2.A.2
Identify how artists and specific
works of dance, music, theatre, and
visula art reflect, and are affected
by, past and present cultures.
Dance
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1.3.2.A.1
Create and perform planned and
improvised movement sequences
using the elements of dance, with
and without musical
accompaniment, to communicate
meaning around a variety of themes.
1.3.2.A.2
Creat and perform planned and
improvised movement sequences
alone and in small groups with
variations in tempo, meter, rhythm,
spatial level, i.e. low, middle, and
high), and spatial pathway.
1.3.2.A.3
Define and maintain personal space,
concentrate, and appropriately
direct focus while performing
movement skills.
1.3.2.A.4
Create and perform original
movement sequences alone and
with a partner using locomotor and
non-locomotor movements at
various levels in space.
1.4 Aesthetic Responses (A) & Critique Methodologies (B)
1.4.2.A.1
Identify aesthetic qualities of
exemplary works of art in dance,
musci, theatre and visual art, and
identify characteristics of the artists
who created them (e.g. gender, ate,
absence or presence of training,
style, etc.).
1.4.2.A.2
Compare and contrast culturally and
historically diverse works of dance,
music, theatre, and visual art that
evoke emotion and that
communicate cultural meaning.
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Use imagination to create a story
based on an arts experience that
communicated an emotion or
feeling, and tell the story through
each of the four arts disciplines
(dance, music, theatre, and visual
art).
1.4.2.A.4
Distinguish patterns in nature found
in works of dance, music, theatre,
and visual art.
1.4.2.B.1
Observe the basic arts elements in
performances and exhibitions and
use them to formulate objective
assessments of artworks in dance,
music, theatre, and visual art.
1.4.2.B.2
Apply the principles of positive
critique in giving and receiving
responses to performances.
1.4.2.B.3
Recognize the main subject or theme
in works of dance, music, theatre,
and visual art.
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New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards - Visual & Performing Arts
Dance
1.1 The Creative Process: All students will demonstrate an understanding of the
the creation of works of art in dance, music, theatre, and visual art.
Gr. 2 CPI 1.1.2.A.1 1.1.2.A.1
Identify the elements of Use improvisation to
dance in planned and discover new movement to
improvised Dance fulfill the intent of the
Sequences choreography
Grade 2 CPI
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Dance
erstanding of the elements and principles that govern 1.2 History of the Arts and Culture:
art. understand the role, development,
throughout history and across cultu
1.1.2.A.3 1.1.2.A.4 1.2.2.A.1
Demonstrate the Apply and adapt isolated Identify characteristic theme-
difference between and coordinated body based works of dance, music,
pantomime, pedestrian part articulations, body theatre, and visual art, such as
movement, abstract alignment, balance and artworks based on the themes
gesture, and dance body patterning. of family and community,
movement. from various historical periods
and world cultures.
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Culture: All Students will
pment, and influence of the arts
oss cultures.
1.2.2.A.2
Identify how artists and
specific works of dance,
music, theatre, and visual art
reflect, and are affected by,
past and present cultures.
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Dance
1.3 Performance: All Students will synthesize those skills, media, methods, and
technologies appropriate to creating, performing, and/or presenting works of art
in dance, music, theatre, and visual art.
1.3.2.A.1 1.3.2.A.2 1.3.2.A.3 1.3.2.A.4
Create and perform Create and Define and Create and perform
planned and perform planned maintain personal original movement
improvised and improvised space, concentrate, sequences alone
movement movement and appropriately and with a partner
sequences using the sequences alone direct focus while using locomotor and
elements of dance, and in small performing non-locomotor
with and without groups with movement skills. movements at
musical variations in various levels in
accompaniment, to tempo, meter, space.
communicate rhythm, spatial
meaning around a level, i.e. low,
variety of themes. middle, and high),
and spatial
pathway.
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1.4 Aesthetic Responses (A) & Critique Methodologies (B): All students will demonstrate a
philosophies, judgement, and analysis to works of art in dance, music, theatre, and visual ar
1.4.2.A.1 1.4.2.A.2 1.4.2.A.3 1.4.2.A.4
Identify aesthetic Compare and Use imagination Distinguish
qualities of contrast culturally to create a story patterns in nature
exemplary works and historically based on an arts found in works of
of art in dance, diverse works of experience that dance, music,
music, theatre dance, music, communicated an theatre, and visual
and visual art, and theatre, and visual emotion or art.
identify art that evoke feeling, and tell
characteristics of emotion and that the story through
the artists who communicate each of the four
created them (e.g. cultural meaning. arts disciplines
gender, ate, (dance, music,
absence or theatre, and
presence of visual art).
training, style,
etc.).
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will demonstrate and apply an understanding of arts
atre, and visual art.
1.4.2.B.1 1.4.2.B.2 1.4.2.B.3
Observe the basic Apply the Recognize the main
arts elements in principles of subject or theme in
performances and positive critique works of dance,
exhibitions and in giving and music, theatre, and
use them to receiving visual art.
formulate responses to
objective performances.
assessments of
artworks in
dance, music,
theatre, and
visual art.
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Dance
1.1 The Creative Process: All students will demonstrate an understanding of the
creation of works of art in dance, music, theatre, and visual art.
1.1.5.A.1 1.1.5.A.1
Analyze both formal and Analyze the use of
Grade 5 CPI
expressive aspects of time, improvisation that fulfills
shape, space, and energy, the intent of and develops
and differentiate basic choreography in both its
choreographic structures in form and structure.
various dance works.
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erstanding of the elements and principles that govern the
1.1.5.A.3 1.1.5.A.4
Determine how Differentiate contrasting
accompaniment (such as and complimentary shapes,
sound, spoken text, or shared weight centers,
silence) can affect body parts, body
choreography and patterning, balance, and
improvisation. range of motion in
compositions and
performances.
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1.2 History of the Arts and Culture: All Students will understand the role, development, and
influence of the arts throughout history and across cultures.
1.2.5.A.1 1.2.5.A.2
Recognize works of dance, Relate common artistic
music, theatre, and visual art elements that define
as a reflection of societal distinctive art genres in dance,
values and beliefs. music, theatre, and visual art.
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and the role, development, and
1.2.5.A.3
Determine the impact of
significant contributions of
individual artists in dance,
music, theatre, and visual art
from diverse cultures
throughout history.
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1.3 Performance: All Students will synthesize those skills, media, methods, and technologie
visual art.
1.3.5.A.1 1.3.5.A.2
Perform planned and improvised Use improvisation as a tool to create
sequences with a distinct beginning, and perform movement sequences
middle, and end that manipulate incorporating various spatial levels
time, space, and energy, and (i.e. low, middle, and high), tempos,
accurately transfer rhythmic patterns and spatial pathways.
from the auditory to the kinesthetic.
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s, and technologies appropriate to creating, performing, and/or presenting works of art in dance
1.3.5.A.3 1.3.5.A.4
Create and perform dances alone and Demonstrate developmentally
in small groups that communicate appropriate kinesthetic awareness of
meaning on a variety of themes, basic anatomical principles, using
using props or artwork as creative flexibility, balance, strength, focus,
stimuli. concentration, and coordination.
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orks of art in dance, music, theatre, and
1.3.5.A.5
Perform basic sequences of
movement from different styles or
traditions accurately, demonstrating
proper alignment, balance, initiation
of movement, and direction or focus.
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1.4 Aesthetic Responses (A) & Critique Methodologies (B): All students will demonstrate
1.4.5.A.1 1.4.5.A.2
Employ basic, discipline- Make informed aesthetic
specific arts terminology to responses to artworks based
categorize works of dance, on structural arrangement
music, theatre, and visual and personal, cultural, and
art according to established historical points of view.
classifications.
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s (B): All students will demonstrate and apply an understanding of arts philosophies, judgement
1.4.5.A.3 1.4.5.B.1 1.4.5.B.2
Demonstrate how art Assess the application of the Use evaluative tools, such as
communicates ideas about elements of art and rubrics, for self-assessment
personal and social values principles of design in and to appraise the
and is inspired by an dance, music, theatre, and objectivity of critiques by
individual's imagination and visual artworks using peers.
frame of reference (e.g. observable, objective
personal, social, political, criteria.
historical context).
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ement, and analysis to works of art in dance, music, theatre, and visual art.
1.4.5.B.3 1.4.5.B.4 1.4.5.B.5
Use discipline-specific arts Define technical proficiency, Distinguish ways in which
terminology to evaluate the using the elements of the individuals may disagree
strengths and weaknesses arts and principles of design. about the relative merits
of works of dance, music, and effectiveness of artistic
theatre, and visual art. choices in the creation and
performance of works of
dance, music, theatre, and
visual art.
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1.1 The Creative Process: All students will demonstrate an understanding of the e
the creation of works of art in dance, music, theatre, and visual art.
1.1.8.A.1 1.1.8.A.2
Interpret the Analyze dance techniques
Grade 8 CPI
choreographic structures and styles to discern the
of contrast and transition, compositional use of the
the process of reordering elements of dance and
and chance, and the choreographic principles
structures of AB, ABA, relating to dynamics, as
canon, call and response, well as, to discern spatial
and narrative. relationships.
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Dance
derstanding of the elements and principles that govern 1.2 History of the Arts and Culture
al art. influence of the arts throughout his
1.1.8.A.3 1.1.8.A.4 1.2.8.A.1
Examine how dance Integrate a variety of Map historical innovations in
compositions are isolated and coordinated dance, music, theatre, and
influenced by various movements in dance visual art that were caused by
social themes and arts compositions and the creation of new
media (e.g. dance for performances, making use technologies.
camera, interactive, of all major muscle
telematics). groups, proper body
mechanics, body
patterning, balance, and
range of motion.
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Culture: All Students will understand the role, development, and
hout history and across cultures.
1.2.8.A.2 1.2.8.A.3
Differentiate past and Analyze the social historical,
contemporary works of dance, and political impact of artists
music, theatre, and visual art on culture and the impact of
that represent important culture on the arts.
ideas, issues, and events that
are chronicled in the histories
of diverse cultures.
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1.3 Performance: All Students will synthesize those skills, media, methods, and technologie
and/or presenting works of art in dance, music, theatre, and visual art.
1.3.8.A.1 1.3.8.A.2
Incorporate a broad range of Choreograph and perform
dynamics and movement cohesive dance works that
qualities in planned and reflect social, historical, and/or
improvised solo and group political themes.
works by manipulating aspects
of time, space, and energy.
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a, methods, and technologies appropriate to creating, performing,
ual art.
1.3.8.A.3 1.3.8.A.4
Choreograph and perform Use media arts and technology
movement sequences that in the creation and performance
demonstrate artistic application of short, original choreographic
of anatomical and kinesthetic compositions.
principles as well as rhythmic
acuity.
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1.4 Aesthetic Responses (A) & Critique Methodologies (B): All students will demonstrate a
1.4.8.A.1 1.4.8.A.2 1.4.8.A.3
Generate Identify works of Distinguish among
observational and dance, music, theatre, artistic styles, trends,
emotional responses and visual art that are and movements in
to diverse culturally used for utilitarian and dance, music, theatre,
and historically non-utilitarian and visual art within
specific works of purposes. diverse cultural and
dance, music, theatre, historical eras.
and visual art.
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dents will demonstrate and apply an understanding of arts philosophies, judgement, and analysi
1.4.8.A.4 1.4.8.A.5 1.4.8.A.6
Compare and contrast Interpret symbolism Differentiate between
changes in accepted and metaphors "traditional" works of
meanings of known embedded in works of art and those that do
artworks over time, dance, music, theatre, not use conventional
given shifts in societal and visual art. elements of style to
norms, beliefs, or express new ideas.
values.
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judgement, and analysis to works of art in dance, music, theatre, and visual art.
1.4.8.A.7 1.4.8.B.1 1.4.8.B.2
Analyze the form, Evaluate the Differentiate among
function, effectiveness of a basic formal structures
craftsmanship, and work of art by and technical
originality of differentiating proficiency of artists in
representative works between the artist's works of dance, music,
of dance, music, technical proficiency theatre, and visual art.
theatre, and visual art. and the work's
content or form.
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isual art.
1.4.8.B.3
Compare and contrast
examples of
archetypal subject
matter in works of art
from diverse cultural
contexts and historical
eras by writing critical
essays.
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Dance
1.1 The Creative Process: All students will demonstrate an understanding of the
govern the creation of works of art in dance, music, theatre, and visual art.
1.1.12.A.1 1.1.12.A.2
Articulate understanding Categorize the elements,
of choreographic principles, and
structures or forms (e.g. choreographic structures
palindrome, theme and of dance masterworks.
Grade 12 CPI
variation, rondo,
retrograde, inversion,
narrative, and
accumulation) in master
works of dance.
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rforming Arts
Dance
understanding of the elements and principles that 1.2 History of the Arts and Culture: A
e, and visual art. understand the role, development, an
arts throughout history and across cu
1.1.12.A.3 1.1.12.A.4 1.2.12.A.1
Analyze issues of gender, Synthesize knowledge of Determine how dance,
ethnicity, socio-economic anatomical principles music, theatre, and visual art
status, politics, age, and related to body have influenced world
physical conditioning in alignment, body cultures throughout history.
relation to dance patterning, balance,
performances. strength, and
coordination in
compositions and
performances.
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Culture: All Students will
opment, and influence of the
d across cultures.
1.2.12.A.2
Justify the impact of
innovations in the arts (e.g.
the availability of music
online) on societal norms
and habits of mind in various
historical eras.
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Dance
1.3 Performance: All Students will synthesize those skills, media, methods, and
technologies appropriate to creating, performing, and/or presenting works of art in
dance, music, theatre, and visual art.
1.3.12.A.1 1.3.12.A.2 1.3.12.A.3
Integrate and Create theme-based Demonstrate dance
recombine solo and ensemble artistry with
movement dances that have technical proficiency,
vocabulary drawn unity of form and musicality, stylistic
from a variety of content, conceptual nuance, clarity of
dance genres, using coherence, and choreographic intent,
improvisation as a aesthetic unity. and efficiency of
choreographic tool to movement through
create solo and the application of
ensemble proper body
compositions. mechanics.
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Dance
a, methods, and 1.4 Aesthetic Responses (A) & Critique Methodologies (B): All stud
nting works of art in judgement, and analysis to works of art in dance, music, theatre, an
1.3.12.A.4 1.4.12.A.1 1.4.12.A.2 1.4.12.A.3
Collaborate in the Use contextual Speculate on the Develop informed
design and clues to artist's intent, personal responses
production of dances differentiate using discipline- to an assortment
that use between unique specific arts of artworks across
choreographic and common terminology and the four arts
structures and properties and to citing embedded disciplines (dance,
incorporate various discern the cultural clues to music, theatre, and
media and/or implications of substantiate the visual art), using
technologies. works of dance, hypothesis. historical
music, theatre, and significance,
visual art. craftsmanship,
cultural context,
and originality as
criteria for
assigning value to
the works.
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B): All students will demonstrate and apply an understanding of arts philosophies,
heatre, and visual art.
1.4.12.A.4 1.4.12.B.1 1.4.12.B.2 1.4.12.B.3
Evaluate how Formulate criteria Evaluate how an Determine the role
exposure to for arts evaluation artist's technical of art and art-
various cultures using the principles proficiency may making in a global
influences of positive critique affect the creation society by
individual, and observation of or presentation of analyzing the
emotional, the elements of art a work of art, as influence of
intellectual, and and principles of well as how the technology on the
kinesthetic design, and use the contest in which a visual, performing
responses to criteria to evaluate work is performed and multimedia
artwork. works of dance, or shown may arts for consumers,
music, theatre, impact perceptions creators and
visual, and of its performers around
multimedia significance/meani the world.
artwork from ng.
diverse cultural
contexts and
historical eras.
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1.1 The Creative Process: All students will demonstrate an understanding of the
the creation of works of art in dance, music, theatre, and visual art.
Grade 2 CPI
1.1.2.B.1 1.1.2.B.2
Explore the elements of music Identify musical elements in
through verbal and written response to diverse aural
responses to diverse aural prompts, such as rhythm,
prompts and printed scores. timbre, dynamics, form, and
melody.
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derstanding of the elements and principles that govern
al art.
1.1.2.B.3 1.1.2.B.4
Identify and categorize sound Categorize families of
sources by common traits instruments and identify their
(e.g., scales, rhythmic associated musical properties.
patterns, and/or other musical
elements), and identify
rhythmic notation up to eighth
notes and rests.
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Music
1.2 History of the Arts and Culture: All Students will understand
the role, development, and influence of the arts throughout
history and across cultures.
1.2.2.A.1 1.2.2.A.2
Identify characteristic theme-based Identify how artists and specific
works of dance, music, theatre, and works of dance, music, theatre, and
visual art, such as artworks based on visual art reflect, and are affected
the themes of family and by, past and present cultures.
community, from various historical
periods and world cultures.
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1.3 Performance: All Students will synthesize those skills, media, methods, and technologie
1.3.2.B.1 1.3.2.B.2
Clap, sing, or play on pitch from Demonstrate developmentally
basic notation in the treble clef, with appropriate vocal production/vocal
consideration of pitch, rhythm, placement and breathing technique.
dynamics, and tempo.
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a, methods, and technologies appropriate to creating, performing, and/or presenting works of
1.3.2.B.3 1.3.2.B.4
Demonstrate correct playing Vocalize the home tone of familiar
techniques for Orff instruments or and unfamiliar songs, and
equivalent homemade instruments. demonstrate appropriate posture
and breathing technique while
performing songs, rounds, or canons
in unison and with a partner.
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1.3.2.B.5 1.3.2.B.6
Improvise short tonal and rhythmic Sing or play simple melodies or
patterns over ostinatos, and modify rhythmic accompaniments in AB and
melodic or rhythmic patterns using ABA forms independently and in
selected notes and/or scales to groups, and sight-read rhythmic and
create expressive ideas. music notation up to and including
eighth notes and rests in a major
scale.
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1.3.2.B.7
Blend unison and harmonic parts
and vocal or instrumental timbres
while matching dynamic levels in
response to a conductor's cues.
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1.4 Aesthetic Responses (A) & Critique Methodologies (B): All students will demonstrate a
1.4.2.A.1 1.4.2.A.2
Identify aesthetic qualities of Compare and contrast culturally
exemplary works of art in dance, and historically diverse works of
music, theatre and visual art, and dance, music, theatre, and visual
identify characteristics of the art that evoke emotion and that
artists who created them (e.g. communicate cultural meaning.
gender, ate, absence or presence
of training, style, etc.).
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All students will demonstrate and apply an understanding of arts philosophies, judgement, and
1.4.2.A.3 1.4.2.A.4
Use imagination to create a story Distinguish patterns in nature
based on an arts experience that found in works of dance, music,
communicated an emotion or theatre, and visual art.
feeling, and tell the story through
each of the four arts disciplines
(dance, music, theatre, and visual
art).
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1.4.2.B.1 1.4.2.B.2
Observe the basic arts elements in Apply the principles of positive
performances and exhibitions and critique in giving and receiving
use them to formulate objective responses to performances.
assessments of artworks in dance,
music, theatre, and visual art.
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1.4.2.B.3
Recognize the main subject or
theme in works of dance, music,
theatre, and visual art.
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1.1 The Creative Process: All students will demonstrate an understanding of the
elements and principles that govern the creation of works of art in dance, music,
theatre, and visual art.
1.1.5.B.1
Identify the elements of music in
Grade 5 CPI
response to aural prompts and
printed music notational systems.
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Music
demonstrate an understanding of the 1.2 History of the Arts and Culture: All Students will u
eation of works of art in dance, music, throughout history and across cultures.
1.1.5.B.1 1.2.5.A.1
Demonstrate the basic concepts of Recognize works of dance, music,
meter, rhythm, tonality, intervals, theatre, and visual art as a reflection
chords, and melodic and harmonic of societal values and beliefs.
progressions, and differentiate
basic structures.
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e: All Students will understand the role, development, and influence of the arts
ures.
1.2.5.A.2 1.2.5.A.3
Relate common artistic elements Determine the impact of significant
that define distinctive art genres in contributions of individual artists in
dance, music, theatre, and visual art. dance, music, theatre, and visual art
from diverse cultures throughout
history.
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1.3 Performance: All Students will synthesize those skills, media, methods, and technologie
works of art in dance, music, theatre, and visual art.
1.3.5.B.1 1.3.5.B.2
Sing or play music from complex Sing melodic and harmonizing parts,
notation, using notation systems in independently and in groups,
treble and bass clef, mixed meter, adjusting to the range and timbre of
and compound meter. the developing voice.
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ds, and technologies appropriate to creating, performing, and/or presenting
1.3.5.B.3 1.3.5.B.4
Improvise and score simple Decode how the elements of music
melodies over given harmonic are used to achieve unity and
structures using traditional variety, tension and release, and
instruments and/or computer balance in musical compositions.
programs
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1.4 Aesthetic Responses (A) & Critique Methodologies (B): All students will demonstrate a
1.4.5.A.1 1.4.5.A.2 1.4.5.A.3
Employ basic, discipline- Make informed aesthetic Demonstrate how art
specific arts terminology to responses to artworks communicates ideas about
categorize works of dance, based on structural personal and social values
music, theatre, and visual arrangement and personal, and is inspired by an
art according to cultural, and historical individual's imagination
established classifications. points of view. and frame of reference
(e.g. personal, social,
political, historical
context).
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onstrate and apply an understanding of arts philosophies, judgement, and analysis to works of
1.4.5.B.1 1.4.5.B.2 1.4.5.B.3
Assess the application of Use evaluative tools, such Use discipline-specific arts
the elements of art and as rubrics, for self- terminology to evaluate
principles of design in assessment and to the strengths and
dance, music, theatre, and appraise the objectivity of weaknesses of works of
visual artworks using critiques by peers. dance, music, theatre, and
observable, objective visual art.
criteria.
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1.4.5.B.4 1.4.5.B.5
Define technical Distinguish ways in which
proficiency, using the individuals may disagree
elements of the arts and about the relative merits
principles of design. and effectiveness of
artistic choices in the
creation and performance
of works of dance, music,
theatre, and visual art.
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1.1 The Creative Process: All students will demonstrate an
understanding of the elements and principles that govern the creation
of works of art in dance, music, theatre, and visual art.
1.1.8.B.1 1.1.8.B.2
Analyze the application of the Compare and contrast the use
Grade 8 CPI
elements of music in diverse of structural forms and the
Western and non-Western manipulation of the elements
musical works from different of music in diverse styles and
historical eras using active genres of musical
listening and by reading and compositions.
interpreting written scores.
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Music
1.2 History of the Arts and Culture: All Students will understand the role, development, and
influence of the arts throughout history and across cultures.
1.2.8.A.1 1.2.8.A.2
Map historical innovations in Differentiate past and
dance, music, theatre, and contemporary works of dance,
visual art that were caused by music, theatre, and visual art
the creation of new that represent important
technologies. ideas, issues, and events that
are chronicled in the histories
of diverse cultures.
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1.2.8.A.3
Analyze the social historical,
and political impact of artists
on culture and the impact of
culture on the arts.
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1.3 Performance: All Students will synthesize those skills, media, methods, and technologie
of art in dance, music, theatre, and visual art.
1.3.8.B.1 1.3.8.B.2
Perform instrumental or vocal Perform independently and in groups
compositions using complex standard with expressive qualities
and non-standard Western, non- appropriately aligned with the stylistic
Western, and avant-garde notation. characteristics of the genre.
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and technologies appropriate to creating, performing, and/or presenting works
1.3.8.B.3 1.3.8.B.4
Apply theoretical understanding of Improvise music in a selected genre or
expressive and dynamic music style, using the elements of music
terminology to the performance of that are consistent with basic playing
written scores in the grand staff. and/or singing techniques in that
genre or style.
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1.4 Aesthetic Responses (A) & Critique Methodologies (B): All students will demonstrate a
art.
1.4.8.A.1 1.4.8.A.2 1.4.8.A.3 1.4.8.A.4
Generate Identify works of Distinguish among Compare and
observational and dance, music, artistic styles, contrast changes in
emotional responses theatre, and visual trends, and accepted meanings
to diverse culturally art that are used for movements in of known artworks
and historically utilitarian and non- dance, music, over time, given
specific works of utilitarian purposes. theatre, and visual shifts in societal
dance, music, art within diverse norms, beliefs, or
theatre, and visual cultural and values.
art. historical eras.
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strate and apply an understanding of arts philosophies, judgement, and analysis to works of art
1.4.8.A.5 1.4.8.A.6 1.4.8.A.7 1.4.8.B.1
Interpret symbolism Differentiate Analyze the form, Evaluate the
and metaphors between function, effectiveness of a
embedded in works "traditional" works craftsmanship, and work of art by
of dance, music, of art and those that originality of differentiating
theatre, and visual do not use representative between the artist's
art. conventional works of dance, technical proficiency
elements of style to music, theatre, and and the work's
express new ideas. visual art. content or form.
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ks of art in dance, music, theatre, and visual
1.4.8.B.2 1.4.8.B.3
Differentiate among Compare and
basic formal contrast examples of
structures and archetypal subject
technical proficiency matter in works of
of artists in works of art from diverse
dance, music, cultural contexts and
theatre, and visual historical eras by
art. writing critical
essays.
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1.1 The Creative Process: All students will demonstrate an
understanding of the elements and principles that govern the creation of
works of art in dance, music, theatre, and visual art.
Gr. 12 CPI 1.1.12.B.1 1.1.12.B.2
Examine how aspects of Synthesize knowledge of the
meter, rhythm, tonality, elements of music in the
intervals, chords and deconstruction and
harmonic progressions are performance of complex
organized and manipulated to musical scores from diverse
establish unity and variety in cultural contexts.
genres of musical
compositions.
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rming Arts
Music Music
1.2 History of the Arts and Culture: All Students will 1.3 Performance: All Students will synthes
understand the role, development, and influence of the arts creating, performing, and/or presenting w
throughout history and across cultures.
1.2.12.A.1 1.2.12.A.2 1.3.12.B.1
Determine how dance, Justify the impact of Analyze compositions from
music, theatre, and visual art innovations in the arts (e.g. different world cultures and
have influenced world the availability of music genres with respect to
cultures throughout history. online) on societal norms and technique, musicality, and
habits of mind in various stylistic nuance, and/or
historical eras. perform excerpts with
technical accuracy,
appropriate musicality, and
the relevant stylistic
nuance.
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/or presenting works of art in dance, music, theatre, and visual art.
1.3.12.B.2 1.3.12.B.3 1.3.12.B.4
Analyze how the elements Improvise works through Arrange simple pieces for
of music are manipulated in the conscious manipulation voice or instrument using a
original or prepared musical of the elements of music, variety of traditional and
scores. using a variety of traditional nontraditional sound
and nontraditional sound sources or electronic media,
sources, including electronic and/or analyze prepared
sound-generating scores using music
equipment and music composition software.
generation programs.
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1.4 Aesthetic Responses (A) & Critique Methodologies (B): All students will demonstrate and apply an
1.4.12.A.1 1.4.12.A.2 1.4.12.A.3
Use contextual clues to Speculate on the artist's intent, Develop informed personal
differentiate between unique using discipline-specific arts responses to an assortment of
and common properties and to terminology and citing artworks across the four arts
discern the cultural implications embedded clues to disciplines (dance, music,
of works of dance, music, substantiate the hypothesis. theatre, and visual art), using
theatre, and visual art. historical significance,
craftsmanship, cultural context,
and originality as criteria for
assigning value to the works.
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apply an understanding of arts philosophies, judgement, and analysis to works of art in dance, music, theatr
1.4.12.A.4 1.4.12.B.1 1.4.12.B.2
Evaluate how exposure to Formulate criteria for arts Evaluate how an artist's
various cultures influences evaluation using the principles technical proficiency may affect
individual, emotional, of positive critique and the creation or presentation of
intellectual, and kinesthetic observation of the elements of a work of art, as well as how
responses to artwork. art and principles of design, and the contest in which a work is
use the criteria to evaluate performed or shown may
works of dance, music, theatre, impact perceptions of its
visual, and multimedia artwork significance/meaning.
from diverse cultural contexts
and historical eras.
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sic, theatre, and visual art.
1.4.12.B.3
Determine the role of art and
art-making in a global society
by analyzing the influence of
technology on the visual,
performing and multimedia arts
for consumers, creators and
performers around the world.
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Theatre
1.1 The Creative Process: All students will demonstrate an understanding of the elements
and principles that govern the creation of works of art in dance, music, theatre, and visual
art.
Gr. 2 CPI 1.1.2.C.1 1.1.2.C.1 1.1.2.C.3
Identify basic Express stage Distinguish
elements of theatre directions, areas of between
and describe their the stage, basic characters, actors,
use in a variety of stage movements, and the self by
theatrical and parts of a script demonstrating
performances. using correct respect for
theatre terms (e.g., personal space,
setting, costumes, creative
plot, theme, etc.). movement, and
pantomime skills
while interacting
with others in
creative drama
and storytelling.
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forming Arts
Theatre
nding of the elements 1.2 History of the Arts and Culture: All
ic, theatre, and visual Students will understand the role,
development, and influence of the arts
throughout history and across cultures.
1.1.2.C.4 1.2.2.A.1 1.2.2.A.2
Describe the use Identify characteristic Identify how artists
of the technical theme-based works and specific works
theatrical of dance, music, of dance, music,
elements by theatre, and visual theatre, and visual
examining art, such as artworks art reflect, and are
examples of based on the themes affected by, past
theatrical design of family and and present
in productions community, from cultures.
various historical
periods and world
cultures.
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1.3 Perfomance: All Students will synthesize those skills, 1.4 Aesthetic Responses (A) & Critique
media, methods, and technologies appropriate to creating, philosophies, judgement, and analysis to
performing, and/or presenting works of art in dance, music,
theatre, and visual art.
1.3.2.C.1 1.3.2.C.2 1.3.2.C.3 1.4.2.A.1
Portray characters Use voice and Develop Identify aesthetic
when given specifics movement in solo, awareness of qualities of
about circumstances, paired, and group vocal range, exemplary works
plot, and thematic pantomimes and personal space, of art in dance,
intent, demonstrating improvisations. and character- music, theatre and
logical story sequence specific vocal and visual art, and
and informed creative identify
character choices. movement characteristics of
choices. the artists who
created them (e.g.
gender, ate,
absence or
presence of
training, style,
etc.).
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esponses (A) & Critique Methodologies (B): All students will demonstrate and apply an understanding of art
dgement, and analysis to works of art in dance, music, theatre, and visual art.
1.4.2.A.2 1.4.2.A.3 1.4.2.A.4 1.4.2.B.1 1.4.2.B.2
Compare and Use imagination Distinguish Observe the Apply the
contrast culturally to create a story patterns in basic arts principles of
and historically based on an arts nature found in elements in positive
diverse works of experience that works of dance, performances critique in
dance, music, communicated music, theatre, and exhibitions giving and
theatre, and an emotion or and visual art. and use them to receiving
visual art that feeling, and tell formulate responses to
evoke emotion the story through objective performances.
and that each of the four assessments of
communicate arts disciplines artworks in
cultural meaning. (dance, music, dance, music,
theatre, and theatre, and
visual art). visual art.
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1.4.2.B.3
Recognize the
main subject or
theme in works
of dance, music,
theatre, and
visual art.
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1.1 The Creative Process: All students will demonstrate an understanding of the elements
and principles that govern the creation of works of art in dance, music, theatre, and visual
art.
Gr. 5 CPI 1.1.5.C.1 1.1.5.C.1 1.1.5.C.3
Evaluate the Interpret the Analyze the use of
characteristics of a relationship technical
well-made play in a between the theatrical
variety of scripts actor's physical and elements to
and performances. vocal choices and identify how time,
an audience's place, mood, and
perception of theme are
character created.
development by
identifying
examples of vocal
variety, stage
business,
concentration, and
focus.
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forming Arts
Theatre
ding of the elements 1.2 History of the Arts and Culture: All
ic, theatre, and visual Students will understand the role,
development, and influence of the arts
throughout history and across cultures.
1.1.5.C.4 1.2.5.A.1 1.2.5.A.2 1.2.5.A.3
Explain the Recognize works of Relate common Determine the
function of dance, music, theatre, artistic elements that impact of
sensory recall and visual art as a define distinctive art significant
and apply it to reflection of societal genres in dance, contributions of
character values and beliefs. music, theatre, and individual artists in
development. visual art. dance, music,
theatre, and visual
art from diverse
cultures
throughout
history.
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1.3 Performance: All Students will
synthesize those skills, media, methods,
and technologies appropriate to creating,
performing, and/or presenting works of art
in dance, music, theatre, and visual art.
1.3.5.C.1 1.3.5.C.2
Create original plays Demonstrate how
using script-writing active listening
formats that include skills, vocal variety,
stage directions and physical expression,
technical theatrical stage business,
elements, sensory recall,
demonstrating concentration, and
comprehension of the focus affect
elements of theatre meaning in scripted
and story and improvised
construction. performances.
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1.4 Aesthetic Responses (A) & Critique Methodologies (B): All students will demonstrate and apply an
understanding of arts philosophies, judgement, and analysis to works of art in dance, music, theatre, and
1.4.5.A.1 1.4.5.A.2 1.4.5.A.3 1.4.5.B.1 1.4.5.B.2
Employ basic, Make informed Demonstrate Assess the Use
discipline-specific aesthetic how art application of evaluative
arts terminology responses to communicates the elements of tools, such
to categorize artworks based ideas about art and as rubrics,
works of dance, on structural personal and principles of for self-
music, theatre, arrangement and social values and design in assessment
and visual art personal, cultural, is inspired by an dance, music, and to
according to and historical individual's theatre, and appraise the
established points of view. imagination and visual artworks objectivity of
classifications. frame of using critiques by
reference (e.g. observable, peers.
personal, social, objective
political, criteria.
historical
context).
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strate and apply an
, music, theatre, and visual art.
1.4.5.B.3 1.4.5.B.4 1.4.5.B.5
Use discipline- Define Distinguish ways
specific arts technical in which
terminology proficiency, individuals may
to evaluate using the disagree about
the strengths elements of the relative
and the arts and merits and
weaknesses principles of effectiveness of
of works of design. artistic choices
dance, music, in the creation
theatre, and and
visual art. performance of
works of dance,
music, theatre,
and visual art.
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1.1 The Creative Process: All students will demonstrate an understanding of the e
the creation of works of art in dance, music, theatre, and visual art.
1.1.8.C.1 1.1.8.C.2
Analyze the structural Determine the
Gr. 8 CPI
components of plays and effectiveness of various
performances from a methods of vocal,
variety of Western and physical, relaxation, and
non-Western theatrical acting techniques used in
traditions and from actor training.
different historical eras.
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forming Arts
Theatre
nderstanding of the elements and principles that govern 1.2 History of the Arts and Culture:
ual art. and influence of the arts throughout
1.1.8.C.3 1.1.8.C.4 1.2.8.A.1
Differentiate among vocal Define the areas of Map historical innovations in
rate, pitch, and volume, responsibility (e.g., actor, dance, music, theatre, and
and explain how they director, producer, scenic, visual art that were caused
affect articulation, lighting, costume, by the creation of new
meaning, and character. stagehand, etc.) and technologies.
necessary job skills of the
front and back-of-house
members of a theatre
company.
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d Culture: All Students will understand the role, development,
hroughout history and across cultures.
1.2.8.A.2 1.2.8.A.3
Differentiate past and Analyze the social historical,
contemporary works of and political impact of artists
dance, music, theatre, and on culture and the impact of
visual art that represent culture on the arts.
important ideas, issues, and
events that are chronicled in
the histories of diverse
cultures.
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appropriate to creating, performing, and/or presenting works of art in dance, music, theatre
and visual art.
1.3.8.C.1
Create a method for defining and articulating
character objectives, intentions, and subtext,
and apply the method to the portrayal of
characters in live performances or recorded
venues.
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presenting works of art in dance, music, theatre,
1.3.8.C.2
Create and apply a process for developing
believable, multidimensional characters in
scripted and improvised performances by
combining methods of relaxation, physical and
vocal skills, acting techniques, and active
listening skills.
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1.4 Aesthetic Responses (A) & Critique Methodologies (B): All students will demonstrate a
1.4.8.A.1 1.4.8.A.2 1.4.8.A.3 1.4.8.A.4
Generate Identify works of Distinguish among Compare and
observational and dance, music, artistic styles, contrast changes in
emotional responses theatre, and visual trends, and accepted meanings
to diverse culturally art that are used for movements in of known artworks
and historically utilitarian and non- dance, music, over time, given
specific works of utilitarian purposes. theatre, and visual shifts in societal
dance, music, art within diverse norms, beliefs, or
theatre, and visual cultural and values.
art. historical eras.
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strate and apply an understanding of arts philosophies, judgement, and analysis to works of art
1.4.8.A.5 1.4.8.A.6 1.4.8.A.7 1.4.8.B.1
Interpret symbolism Differentiate Analyze the form, Evaluate the
and metaphors between function, effectiveness of a
embedded in works "traditional" works craftsmanship, and work of art by
of dance, music, of art and those that originality of differentiating
theatre, and visual do not use representative works between the artist's
art. conventional of dance, music, technical proficiency
elements of style to theatre, and visual and the work's
express new ideas. art. content or form.
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1.4.8.B.2 1.4.8.B.3
Differentiate among Compare and
basic formal contrast examples of
structures and archetypal subject
technical proficiency matter in works of
of artists in works of art from diverse
dance, music, cultural contexts and
theatre, and visual historical eras by
art. writing critical
essays.
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1.1 The Creative Process: All students will demonstrate an understanding of the
and principles that govern the creation of works of art in dance, music, theatre, a
art.
1.1.12.C.1 1.1.12.C.2
Grade 12 CPI
Analyze examples of Formulate a process of
theatre's influence on script analysis to identify
history and history's how the physical,
influence on theatre in emotional, and social
Western and non- dimensions of a character
Western theatre are communicated
traditions. through the application of
acting techniques.
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forming Arts
Theatre
nderstanding of the elements 1.2 History of the Arts and Culture: All Students will
nce, music, theatre, and visual understand the role, development, and influence of the
arts throughout history and across cultures.
1.1.12.C.3 1.2.12.A.1 1.2.12.A.2
Apply the basic physical Determine how dance, Justify the impact of
and chemical properties music, theatre, and visual art innovations in the arts (e.g.
(e.g., light, electricity, have influenced world the availability of music
color, paint, scenic cultures throughout history. online) on societal norms
construction, costumes, and habits of mind in various
makeup, and audio historical eras.
components) inherent in
technical theatre to safely
implement theatre
design.
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1.3 Performance: All Students will synthesize those skills, media,
methods, and technologies appropriate to creating, performing, and/or
presenting works of art in dance, music, theatre, and visual art.
1.3.12.C.1 1.3.12.C.2
Create plays that include well- Create and evaluate performances
structured plots and subplots, clear by citing evidence of specific
thematic intent, original characters, physical choices, sustained vocal
and technical theatrical elements technique, and clearly motivated
appropriate to a variety of genres. actions.
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1.4 Aesthetic Responses (A) & Critique Methodologies (B): All students will demonstrate a
1.4.12.A.1 1.4.12.A.2
Use contextual clues to Speculate on the artist's intent,
differentiate between unique using discipline-specific arts
and common properties and to terminology and citing
discern the cultural implications embedded clues to substantiate
of works of dance, music, the hypothesis.
theatre, and visual art.
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1.4.12.A.3 1.4.12.A.4
Develop informed personal Evaluate how exposure to
responses to an assortment of various cultures influences
artworks across the four arts individual, emotional,
disciplines (dance, music, intellectual, and kinesthetic
theatre, and visual art), using responses to artwork.
historical significance,
craftsmanship, cultural context,
and originality as criteria for
assigning value to the works.
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1.4.12.B.1 1.4.12.B.2
Formulate criteria for arts Evaluate how an artist's technical
evaluation using the principles of proficiency may affect the
positive critique and observation creation or presentation of a
of the elements of art and work of art, as well as how the
principles of design, and use the contest in which a work is
criteria to evaluate works of performed or shown may impact
dance, music, theatre, visual, and perceptions of its
multimedia artwork from diverse significance/meaning.
cultural contexts and historical
eras.
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1.4.12.B.3
Determine the role of art and art-
making in a global society by
analyzing the influence of
technology on the visual,
performing and multimedia arts
for consumers, creators and
performers around the world.
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1.1 The Creative Process: All students will demonstrate an understanding of the
elements and principles that govern the creation of works of art in dance, music,
theatre, and visual art.
1.1.2.D.1
Grade 2 CPI
Identify the basic elements of art
and principles of design in diverse
types of artwork.
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emonstrate an understanding of the 1.2 History of the Arts and Culture: All Students will
ation of works of art in dance, music, development, and influence of the arts throughout h
cultures.
1.1.2.D.1 1.2.2.A.1
Identify elements of art and Identify characteristic theme-based
principles of design in specific works works of dance, music, theatre, and
of art and explain how they are visual art, such as artworks based on
used. the themes of family and community,
from various historical periods and
world cultures.
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All Students will understand the role,
arts throughout history and across
1.2.2.A.2
Identify how artists and specific works
of dance, music, theatre, and visual
art reflect, and are affected by, past
and present cultures.
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1.3 Performance: All Students will synthesize those skills, media, methods, and technologie
theatre, and visual art.
1.3.2.D.1 1.3.2.D.2
Create two- and three- Use symbols to create personal
dimensional works of art using the works of art based on selected age-
basic elements of color, line, appropriate themes, using oral
shape, form, texture, and space, stories as a basis for pictorial
as well as a variety of art mediums representation.
and application methods.
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ethods, and technologies appropriate to creating, performing, and/or presenting works of art in
1.3.2.D.3 1.3.2.D.4
Employ basic verbal and visual art Explore the use of a wide array of
vocabulary to demonstrate art mediums and select tools that
knowledge of the materials, tools, are appropriate to the production
and methodologies used to create of works of art in a variety of art
and tell visual stories. media.
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1.3.2.D.5
Create works of art that are based
on observations of the physical
world and that illustrate how art is
part of everyday life, using a
variety of art mediums and art
media.
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1.4 Aesthetic Responses (A) & Critique Methodologies (B): All students will demonstrate a
1.4.2.A.1 1.4.2.A.2
Identify aesthetic qualities of Compare and contrast
exemplary works of art in culturally and historically
dance, music, theatre and diverse works of dance, music,
visual art, and identify theatre, and visual art that
characteristics of the artists evoke emotion and that
who created them (e.g. communicate cultural
gender, ate, absence or meaning.
presence of training, style,
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All students will demonstrate and apply an understanding of arts philosophies, judgement, and
1.4.2.A.3 1.4.2.A.4
Use imagination to create a Distinguish patterns in nature
story based on an arts found in works of dance,
experience that communicated music, theatre, and visual art.
an emotion or feeling, and tell
the story through each of the
four arts disciplines (dance,
music, theatre, and visual art).
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philosophies, judgement, and analysis to works of art in dance, music, theatre, and visual art.
1.4.2.B.1 1.4.2.B.2
Observe the basic arts Apply the principles of positive
elements in performances and critique in giving and receiving
exhibitions and use them to responses to performances.
formulate objective
assessments of artworks in
dance, music, theatre, and
visual art.
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music, theatre, and visual art.
1.4.2.B.3
Recognize the main subject or
theme in works of dance,
music, theatre, and visual art.
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1.1 The Creative Process: All students will demonstrate an
understanding of the elements and principles that govern
the creation of works of art in dance, music, theatre, and
visual art.
1.1.5.D.1 1.1.5.D.1
Grade 5 CPI
Identify elements of art Compare and contrast
and principles of design works of art in various
that are evident in mediums that use the
everyday life. same art elements and
principles of design.
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1.2 History of the Arts and Culture: All students will understand the role,
development, and influence of the arts throughout history and across cultures.
1.2.5.A.1 1.2.5.A.2 1.2.5.A.3
Recognize works of dance, Relate common artistic Determine the impact of
music, theatre, and visual elements that define significant contributions
art as a reflection of distinctive art genres in of individual artists in
societal values and dance, music, theatre, and dance, music, theatre, and
beliefs. visual art. visual art from diverse
cultures throughout
history.
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1.3 Performance: All students will synthesize those skills, media, methods, and technologie
theatre, and visual art.
1.3.5.D.1 1.3.5.D.2
Work individually and Identify common and distinctive
collaboratively to create two- and characteristics of artworks from
three-dimensional works of art that diverse cultural and historical eras
make cohesive visual statements of visual art using age-appropriate
and that employ the elements of stylistic terminology (e.g., cubist,
art and principles of design. surreal, optic, impressionistic), and
experiment with various
compositional approaches
influenced by these styles.
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1.3.5.D.3 1.3.5.D.4
Identify common and distinctive Differentiate drawing, painting,
characteristics of genres of visual ceramics, sculpture, printmaking,
artworks (e.g., realism, surrealism, textiles, and computer imaging by
abstract/nonobjective art, the physical properties of the
conceptual art, and others) using resulting artworks, and experiment
age-appropriate terminology, and with various art media and art
experiment with various mediums to create original works of
compositional approaches art.
influenced by these genres.
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1.3.5.D.5
Collaborate in the creation of works
of art using multiple art media and
art mediums, and present the
completed works in exhibition
areas inside and outside the
classroom.
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1.4 Aesthetic Responses (A) & Critique Methodologies (B): All students will demonstrate a
1.4.5.A.1 1.4.5.A.2 1.4.5.A.3
Employ basic, discipline- Make informed aesthetic Demonstrate how art
specific arts terminology to responses to artworks based communicates ideas about
categorize works of dance, on structural arrangement personal and social values
music, theatre, and visual and personal, cultural, and and is inspired by an
art according to established historical points of view. individual's imagination and
classifications. frame of reference (e.g.
personal, social, political,
historical context).
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trate and apply an understanding of arts philosophies, judgment, and analysis to works of art in
1.4.5.B.1 1.4.5.B.2 1.4.5.B.3
Assess the application of the Use evaluative tools, such as Use discipline-specific arts
elements of art and rubrics, for self-assessment terminology to evaluate the
principles of design in and to appraise the strengths and weaknesses
dance, music, theatre, and objectivity of critiques by of works of dance, music,
visual artworks using peers. theatre, and visual art.
observable, objective
criteria.
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1.4.5.B.4 1.4.5.B.5
Define technical proficiency, Distinguish ways in which
using the elements of the individuals may disagree
arts and principles of design. about the relative merits
and effectiveness of artistic
choices in the creation and
performance of works of
dance, music, theatre, and
visual art.
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1.1 The Creative Process: All students will demonstrate an
understanding of the elements and principles that govern the
creation of works of art in dance, music, theatre, and visual art.
1.1.8.D.1 1.1.8.D.2
Describe the intellectual and Compare and contrast
emotional significance various masterworks of art
Grade 8 CPI
conveyed by the application from diverse cultures, and
of the elements of art and identify elements of the
principles of design in works that relate to specific
different historical eras and cultural heritages.
cultures.
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ng Arts
Visual Art
1.2 History of the Arts and Culture: All students will understand the role, development, and
influence of the arts throughout history and across cultures.
1.2.8.A.1 1.2.8.A.2
Map historical innovations in Differentiate past and
dance, music, theatre, and contemporary works of dance,
visual art that were caused by music, theatre, and visual art
the creation of new that represent important ideas,
technologies. issues, and events that are
chronicled in the histories of
diverse cultures.
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nd the role, development, and
1.2.8.A.3
Analyze the social historical,
and political impact of artists
on culture and the impact of
culture on the arts.
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1.3 Performance: All students will synthesize those skills, media, methods, and technologi
1.3.8.D.1 1.3.8.D.2
Incorporate various art elements and Apply various art media, art
the principles of balance, harmony, mediums, technologies, and
unity, emphasis, proportion, and processes in the creation of
rhythm/movement in the creation of allegorical, theme-based, two- and
two- and three-dimensional three-dimensional works of art, using
artworks, using a broad array of art tools and technologies that are
media and art mediums to enhance appropriate to the theme and goals.
the expression of creative ideas (e.g.,
perspective, implied space,
illusionary depth, value, and pattern).
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1.3.8.D.3 1.3.8.D.4
Identify genres of art (including Delineate the thematic content of
realism, abstract/nonobjective art, multicultural artworks, and plan,
and conceptual art) within various design, and execute multiple
contexts using appropriate art solutions to challenging visual arts
vocabulary, and solve hands-on problems, expressing similar
visual problems using a variety of thematic content.
genre styles.
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1.3.8.D.5 1.3.8.D.6
Examine the characteristics, thematic Synthesize the physical properties,
content, and symbolism found in processes, and techniques for visual
works of art from diverse cultural and communication in multiple art media
historical eras, and use these visual (including digital media), and apply
statements as inspiration for original this knowledge to the creation of
artworks. original artworks.
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1.4 Aesthetic Responses (A) & Critique Methodologies (B): All students will demonstrate
1.4.8.A.1 1.4.8.A.2 1.4.8.A.3
Generate Identify works of Distinguish among
observational and dance, music, artistic styles, trends,
emotional responses theatre, and visual and movements in
to diverse culturally art that are used for dance, music,
and historically utilitarian and non- theatre, and visual
specific works of utilitarian purposes. art within diverse
dance, music, cultural and historical
theatre, and visual eras.
art.
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students will demonstrate and apply an understanding of arts philosophies, judgment, and anal
1.4.8.A.4 1.4.8.A.5 1.4.8.A.6
Compare and Interpret symbolism Differentiate
contrast changes in and metaphors between
accepted meanings embedded in works "traditional" works of
of known artworks of dance, music, art and those that do
over time, given theatre, and visual not use conventional
shifts in societal art. elements of style to
norms, beliefs, or express new ideas.
values.
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sophies, judgment, and analysis to works of art in dance, music, theatre, and visual art.
1.4.8.A.7 1.4.8.B.1 1.4.8.B.2
Analyze the form, Evaluate the Differentiate among
function, effectiveness of a basic formal
craftsmanship, and work of art by structures and
originality of differentiating technical proficiency
representative works between the artist's of artists in works of
of dance, music, technical proficiency dance, music,
theatre, and visual and the work's theatre, and visual
art. content or form. art.
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atre, and visual art.
1.4.8.B.3
Compare and
contrast examples of
archetypal subject
matter in works of
art from diverse
cultural contexts and
historical eras by
writing critical
essays.
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Visual Art
1.1 The Creative Process: All students will
demonstrate an understanding of the elements and
principles that govern the creation of works of art in
dance, music, theatre, and visual art.
1.1.12.D.1 1.1.12.D.2
Distinguish Translate literary,
innovative musical, theatrical,
Grade 12 CPI
applications of the and dance
elements of art and compositions by
principles of design using them as
in visual artworks stimulus/inspiration
from diverse cultural for corresponding
perspectives and visual artworks.
identify specific cross-
cultural themes.
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al & Performing Arts
Visual Art Visual Art
1.2 History of the Arts and Culture: All Students 1.3 Performance: All Students will synth
will understand the role, development, and creating, performing, and/or presenting
influence of the arts throughout history and
across cultures.
1.2.12.A.1 1.2.12.A.2 1.3.12.D.1
Determine how dance, Justify the impact of Synthesize the
music, theatre, and innovations in the arts elements of art and
visual art have (e.g. the availability of principles of design in
influenced world music online) on an original portfolio
cultures throughout societal norms and of two- and three-
history. habits of mind in dimensional artworks
various historical eras. that reflects personal
style and a high
degree of technical
proficiency and
expressivity.
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ll Students will synthesize those skills, media, methods, and technologies appropriate to
g, and/or presenting works of art in dance, music, theatre, and visual art.
1.3.12.D.2 1.3.12.D.3 1.3.12.D.4
Produce an original Organize an exhibit of Analyze the syntax
body of artwork in personal works of and compositional
one or more art visual art that convey and stylistic principles
mediums that a high level of of two- and three-
demonstrates understanding of how dimensional artworks
mastery of visual the expression of in multiple art media
literacy, methods, ideas relates to the (including computer-
techniques, and art media, art assisted artwork), and
cultural mediums, and interpret themes and
understanding. techniques used. symbols suggested by
the artworks.
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gies appropriate to
art.
1.3.12.D.5
Identify the styles and
artistic processes
used in the creation
of culturally and
historically diverse
two- and three-
dimensional artworks,
and emulate those
styles by creating an
original body of work.
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1.4 Aesthetic Responses (A) & Critique Methodologies (B): All students will demonstrate a
1.4.12.A.1 1.4.12.A.2
Use contextual clues to Speculate on the artist's intent,
differentiate between unique using discipline-specific arts
and common properties and to terminology and citing
discern the cultural embedded clues to
implications of works of dance, substantiate the hypothesis.
music, theatre, and visual art.
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All students will demonstrate and apply an understanding of arts philosophies, judgement, and
1.4.12.A.3 1.4.12.A.4
Develop informed personal Evaluate how exposure to
responses to an assortment of various cultures influences
artworks across the four arts individual, emotional,
disciplines (dance, music, intellectual, and kinesthetic
theatre, and visual art), using responses to artwork.
historical significance,
craftsmanship, cultural
context, and originality as
criteria for assigning value to
the works.
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philosophies, judgement, and analysis to works of art in dance, music, theatre, and visual art.
1.4.12.B.1 1.4.12.B.2
Formulate criteria for arts Evaluate how an artist's
evaluation using the principles technical proficiency may
of positive critique and affect the creation or
observation of the elements of presentation of a work of art,
art and principles of design, as well as how the contest in
and use the criteria to evaluate which a work is performed or
works of dance, music, theatre, shown may impact perceptions
visual, and multimedia artwork of its significance/meaning.
from diverse cultural contexts
and historical eras.
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music, theatre, and visual art.
1.4.12.B.3
Determine the role of art and
art-making in a global society
by analyzing the influence of
technology on the visual,
performing and multimedia
arts for consumers, creators
and performers around the
world.
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