Know and use the elements and principles of each art form to create works in the arts and humanities.
 

Elements

• Dance: • energy/force • space • time
• Music: • duration • intensity • pitch • timbre 
• Theatre: • scenario • script/text • set design 
• Visual Arts: • color • form/shape • line • space • texture • value  

Principles

• Dance: • choreography • form • genre • improvisation • style • technique  
• Music: • composition • form • genre • harmony • rhythm • texture  
• Theatre: • balance • collaboration • discipline • emphasis • focus • intention • movement • rhythm • style • voice  
• Visual Arts: • balance • contrast • emphasis/focal point • movement/rhythm • proportion/scale • repetition • unity/harmony

Recognize, know, use and demonstrate a variety of appropriate arts elements and principles to produce, review and revise original works in the arts.

• Dance: • move • perform • read and notate dance • create and choreograph • improvise
• Music: • sing • play an instrument • read and notate music • compose and arrange •improvise
• Theatre: • stage productions • read and write scripts • improvise • interpret a role • design sets • direct
• Visual Arts: • paint • draw • craft • sculpt • print • design for environment, communication, multi-media

Recognize and use fundamental vocabulary within each of the arts forms.

Use knowledge of varied styles within each art form through a performance or exhibition of unique work.

Demonstrate the ability to define objects, express emotions, illustrate an action or relate an experience through creation of works in the arts.

Identify works of others through a performance or exhibition (e.g., exhibition of student paintings based on the study of Picasso).

Recognize the function of rehearsals and practice sessions.

Handle materials, equipment and tools safely at work and performance spaces.

• Identify materials used.
• Identify issues of cleanliness related to the arts.
• Recognize some mechanical/electrical equipment.
• Recognize differences in selected physical space/environments.
• Recognize the need to select safe props/stage equipment.
• Identify methods for storing materials in the arts.

Identify arts events that take place in schools and in communities.

Know and use traditional and contemporary technologies for producing, performing and exhibiting works in the arts or the works of others.

• Know and use traditional technologies (e.g., charcoal, pigments, clay, needle/thread, quill pens, stencils, tools for wood carving, looms, stage equipment).
• Know and use contemporary technologies (e.g., CDs/software, audio/sound equipment, polymers, clays, board-mixers, photographs, recorders).

Know and use the elements and principles of each art form to create works in the arts and humanities.
 

Elements

• Dance: • energy/force • space • time
• Music: • duration • intensity • pitch • timbre 
• Theatre: • scenario • script/text • set design 
• Visual Arts: • color • form/shape • line • space • texture • value  

Principles

• Dance: • choreography • form • genre • improvisation • style • technique  
• Music: • composition • form • genre • harmony • rhythm • texture  
• Theatre: • balance • collaboration • discipline • emphasis • focus • intention • movement • rhythm • style • voice  
• Visual Arts: • balance • contrast • emphasis/focal point • movement/rhythm • proportion/scale • repetition • unity/harmony

Recognize, know, use and demonstrate a variety of appropriate arts elements and principles to produce, review and revise original works in the arts.

• Dance: • move • perform • read and notate dance • create and choreograph • improvise
• Music: • sing • play an instrument • read and notate music • compose and arrange •improvise
• Theatre: • stage productions • read and write scripts • improvise • interpret a role • design sets • direct
• Visual Arts: • paint • draw • craft • sculpt • print • design for environment, communication, multi-media

Know and use fundamental vocabulary within each of the arts forms.

Describe and use knowledge of a specific style within each art form through a performance or exhibition of a unique work.

Know and demonstrate how arts can communicate experiences, stories or emotions through the production of works in the arts.

Describe works of others through performance or exhibition in two art forms.

Identify the function and benefits of rehearsal and practice sessions.

Use and maintain materials, equipment and tools safely at work and performance spaces.

• Describe some materials used.
• Describe issues of cleanliness related to the arts.
• Describe types of mechanical/electrical equipment usage.
• Know how to work in selected physical space/environments.
• Identify the qualities of safe props/stage equipment.
• Describe methods for storing materials in the arts.

Describe arts events that take place in schools and in communities.

Apply traditional and contemporary technologies for producing, performing and exhibiting works in the arts or the works of others.

• Experiment with traditional technologies (e.g., ceramic/wooden tools, earthen clays, masks, instruments, folk shoes, etching tools, folk looms).
• Experiment with contemporary technologies (e.g., color fills on computers, texture methods on computers, fonts/point systems, animation techniques, video teleconferencing, multimedia techniques, internet access, library computer card catalogues).

Know and use the elements and principles of each art form to create works in the arts and humanities.
 

Elements

• Dance: • energy/force • space • time
• Music: • duration • intensity • pitch • timbre 
• Theatre: • scenario • script/text • set design 
• Visual Arts: • color • form/shape • line • space • texture • value  

Principles

• Dance: • choreography • form • genre • improvisation • style • technique  
• Music: • composition • form • genre • harmony • rhythm • texture  
• Theatre: • balance • collaboration • discipline • emphasis • focus • intention • movement • rhythm • style • voice  
• Visual Arts: • balance • contrast • emphasis/focal point • movement/rhythm • proportion/scale • repetition • unity/harmony

Recognize, know, use and demonstrate a variety of appropriate arts elements and principles to produce, review and revise original works in the arts.

• Dance: • move • perform • read and notate dance • create and choreograph • improvise
• Music: • sing • play an instrument • read and notate music • compose and arrange •improvise
• Theatre: • stage productions • read and write scripts • improvise • interpret a role • design sets • direct
• Visual Arts: • paint • draw • craft • sculpt • print • design for environment, communication, multi-media

Identify and use comprehensive vocabulary within each of the arts forms.

Demonstrate knowledge of at least two styles within each art form through performance or exhibition of unique works.

Communicate a unifying theme or point of view through the production of works in the arts.

Explain works of others within each art form through performance or exhibition.

Explain the function and benefits of rehearsal and practice sessions.

Demonstrate and maintain materials, equipment and tools safely at work and performance spaces.

• Analyze the use of materials.
• Explain issues of cleanliness related to the arts.
• Explain the use of mechanical/electrical equipment.
• Demonstrate how to work in selected physical space/environment.
• Demonstrate the selection of safe props/stage equipment.
• Demonstrate methods for storing materials in the arts.

Know where arts events, performances and exhibitions occur and how to gain admission.

Incorporate specific uses of traditional and contemporary technologies within the design for producing, performing and exhibiting works in the arts or the works of others.

• Explain and demonstrate traditional technologies (e.g., paint, tools, sponges, weaving designs, instruments, natural pigments/glazes).
• Explain and demonstrate contemporary technologies (e.g., MIDI keyboards, Internet design, computers, interactive technologies, audio/sound equipment, board-mixer, video equipment, computerized lighting design).

Know and use the elements and principles of each art form to create works in the arts and humanities.
 

Elements

• Dance: • energy/force • space • time
• Music: • duration • intensity • pitch • timbre 
• Theatre: • scenario • script/text • set design 
• Visual Arts: • color • form/shape • line • space • texture • value  

Principles

• Dance: • choreography • form • genre • improvisation • style • technique  
• Music: • composition • form • genre • harmony • rhythm • texture  
• Theatre: • balance • collaboration • discipline • emphasis • focus • intention • movement • rhythm • style • voice  
• Visual Arts: • balance • contrast • emphasis/focal point • movement/rhythm • proportion/scale • repetition • unity/harmony

Recognize, know, use and demonstrate a variety of appropriate arts elements and principles to produce, review and revise original works in the arts.

• Dance: • move • perform • read and notate dance • create and choreograph • improvise
• Music: • sing • play an instrument • read and notate music • compose and arrange •improvise
• Theatre: • stage productions • read and write scripts • improvise • interpret a role • design sets • direct
• Visual Arts: • paint • draw • craft • sculpt • print • design for environment, communication, multi-media

Integrate and apply advanced vocabulary to the arts forms.

Demonstrate specific styles in combination through the production or performance of a unique work of art (e.g., a dance composition that combines jazz dance and African dance).

Delineate a unifying theme through the production of a work of art that reflects skills in media processes and techniques.

Analyze works of arts influenced by experiences or historical and cultural events through production, performance or exhibition.

Analyze the effect of rehearsal and practice sessions.

Incorporate the effective and safe use of materials, equipment and tools into the production of works in the arts at work and performance spaces.

• Evaluate the use and applications of materials.
• Evaluate issues of cleanliness related to the arts.
• Evaluate the use and applications of mechanical/electrical equipment.
• Evaluate differences among selected physical space/environment.
• Evaluate the use and applications of safe props/stage equipment.
• Evaluate the use and apply safe methods for storing materials in the arts.

Distinguish among a variety of regional arts events and resources and analyze methods of selection and admission.

Analyze and evaluate the use of traditional and contemporary technologies for producing, performing and exhibiting works in the arts or the works of others.

• Analyze traditional technologies (e.g., acid printing, etching methods, musical instruments, costume materials, eight track recording, super 8 movies).
• Analyze contemporary technologies (e.g., virtual reality design, instrument enhancements, photographic tools, broadcast equipment, film cameras, preservation tools, web graphics, computer generated marching band designs).

Analyze and evaluate the use of traditional and contemporary technologies in furthering knowledge and understanding in the humanities.