Evaluate the effectiveness of the author’s use of literary devices in various genre
Identify the use of bias, stereotype, and propaganda where present
Interpret and analyze the effect of literary devices within and among texts (e.g. personification, simile, alliteration, metaphor, symbolism, imagery, hyperbole, foreshadowing, flashback, allusions, satire, and irony)
Use and cite evidence from texts to make assertions, inferences, generalizations, and to draw conclusions
Analyze and create dance that attempts to question cultural norms.
Analyze and interpret a philosophical position and explain how it is manifested in a particular artist’s work.
Analyze and interpret the work of a contemporary artist who addresses social issues or concerns.
Analyze the techniques used by a controversial artist and explain how the techniques affect audience response.
Analyze their own performances and compositions and make judgments about their own works as compared with those of other performers and composers.
Collaborate with others to create a musical work using contemporary technologies.
Collaborate with others to create an artistic work using contemporary technologies.
Compose a multimedia work that uses sound, image, and text to communicate an idea.
Construct a critical analysis that compares an interpretation of two works art: one that relies heavily on the artist’s intent for interpretation, and one that relies solely an individual interpretation.
Create a multimedia presentation designed to guide the viewer through analysis of a work using formal, contextual and intuitive criticism.
Create a work of art in response to a historical event that has personal significance.
Create a work of art that is intended to influence change.
Create, rehearse, reflect and revise to prepare and film a performance, then respond to that performance using intuitive and formal criticism.
Describe plays and theatre exercises developed by theatre artists who challenge cultural norms or create theatre for social change, e.g. Bertolt Brecht, Augusto Boal.
Describe the role of inventions in the history of art, e.g. how the invention of the camera influenced the valuation and perception of paintings.
Develop and present a personal body of work that documents personal vision, concerns and life experiences.
Document viewers’ interpretations of their artwork.
Evaluate the quality of a finished print using criteria appropriate for a specific type of printmaking (engraving, intaglio, linocut, etc.).
Experiment with different media to create a work of art and explain why they made choices to use each medium.
Explain similarities between works in dance, music, theatre and visual arts in various cultural and historical contexts.
Explore modern performances of plays considered controversial or unacceptable in their time, e.g. The Doll’s House, and compare and contrast first-person accounts of critical response and audience reaction with responses today.
Explore plays which attempt to support beliefs important to the cultures in which they were produced and explain how the plays communicate those beliefs.
Identify historical and cultural influences and distinct theatre conventions (acting styles) from historical time periods.
Identify the criteria by which a work of art would have been evaluated in its original historical, cultural or social context and compare it to criteria used to assess quality and value today.
In production teams, create a unified production concept using critical response to explore meaning and theme.
Participate in a formal critique with peers to assess the developing qualities in their own artwork.
Read critical analysis and identify and attend a variety of regional theatre offerings.
Synthesize elements of different cultural dance forms to create new, original works in dance.
Use contemporary web technologies to archive and analyze their own and others’ performances, then use formal models of criticism to make judgments and compare and contrast their work with the work of others.
Use modern technology tools to create, perform, archive and respond to dance.
