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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 2: |
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1. Observe the
four art forms of dance, music, theater and visual art.
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2.
Explain that dance, music, theater and visual art can generate
personal feelings |
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3. Interpret basic elements of style
in dance, music, theater and visual art as the foundation for a creative
project. |
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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 2: |
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1. Communicate observational
and emotional responses to works of art from a variety of social and historical
contexts. |
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2.
Provide an initial response when exposed to an unknown artwork. |
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3. Use imagination to create a
story based on an arts experience in each of the art forms. |
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