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Arts and Humanities
- Standard Area - 9.1: Production, Performance and Exhibition of Dance, Music, Theatre and Visual Arts
- Grade Level - 9.1.5: GRADE 5
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.
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.
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).
Apply traditional and contemporary technology in furthering knowledge and understanding in the humanities.