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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 4: |
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1. Compose
simple works of art in response to stylized characteristics observed in the
dance, music, theater, and visual art of various cultures and time periods.
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2. Communicate
ideas reflecting on the nature and meaning of art and beauty. |
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3. Recognize works of art and art elements designed
to imitate systems in nature. |
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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 4: |
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1. Apply
basic domain-specific arts language to communicate personal responses to dance,
theater, music, and visual art. |
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2. Compare
and contrast works of art that communicate significant cultural meanings. |
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3. Apply
qualitative terms when responding to works of art |
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4. Create an arts experience that communicates a
significant emotion or feeling |
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