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Big Idea:
All students will use aesthetic knowledge in the creation of and in
response to dance, music, theater and visual arts. |
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1.1
A.
Knowledge |
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Essential Questions |
Enduring Understandings |
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Why should I care about the arts?
- What’s the difference between a
thoughtful and a thoughtless artistic judgment?
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- Aesthetics fosters artistic appreciation, interpretation, imagination,
significance and value.
- The point of studying the arts is to foster meaning making, deeper emotional
response and more inventive decision making.
- Experts can and do disagree about the value, power and source of art. |
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Cumulative Progress
Indicators |
Comments and Examples |
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By the end of Grade 12: |
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1.
Formulate responses to fundamental elements within an art form,
based on observation, using the domain specific terminology of that
art form |
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2.
Discern the value of works of art,
based on historical significance, craftsmanship, cultural context, and
originality using appropriate domain specific terminology. |
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3. Determine
how historical responses affect the evolution of various artistic styles,
trends and movements in art forms from classicism to post-modernism. |
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1.1
B. Skills |
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Essential Questions |
Enduring Understandings |
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Why should I care about the arts?
- What’s the difference between a
thoughtful and a thoughtless artistic judgment?
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- Aesthetics fosters artistic appreciation, interpretation, imagination,
significance and value.
- The point of studying the arts is to foster meaning making, deeper emotional
response and more inventive decision making.
- Experts can and do disagree about the value, power and source of art. |
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Cumulative Progress
Indicators |
Comments and Examples |
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By the end of Grade 12: |
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1.
Compose specific and metaphoric cultural messages in works of art, using contemporary
methodologies. |
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2. Formulate
a personal philosophy or individual statement on the meaning(s) of art. |
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