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Big Idea:
An understanding of the elements and principles of art is essential
to the creative process and artistic production. |
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1.3
A. Dance |
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Essential Questions |
Enduring Understandings |
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- How do underlying structures unconsciously guide the creation of
art works?
- Does art have boundaries? |
- Underlying structures in art can be found via analysis and
inference.
- Breaking accepted norms often gives rise to new forms of artistic
expression. |
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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. Identify the basic dance elements of time, space/shape, and energy in planned
and improvised dance sequences. |
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2. Identify
movement qualities such as jagged, sharp, smooth, bouncy, or jerky using the
vocabulary of dance. |
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3. Explore
arts media and themes as catalysts in the composition of dance. |
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4. Explore
personal space. |
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1.3
B. Music |
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Essential Questions |
Enduring Understandings |
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- How do underlying structures unconsciously guide the creation of
art works?
- Does art have boundaries? |
- Underlying structures in art can be found via analysis and
inference.
- Breaking accepted norms often gives rise to new forms of artistic
expression. |
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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. Identify musical elements in response to diverse aural prompts, such as rhythm, timbre,
dynamics, form, and melody. |
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2 . Recognize
ways to organize musical elements such as scales and rhythmic patterns |
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1.3
C. Theater |
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Essential Questions |
Enduring Understandings |
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- How do underlying structures unconsciously guide the creation of
art works?
- Does art have boundaries? |
- Underlying structures in art can be found via analysis and
inference.
- Breaking accepted norms often gives rise to new forms of artistic
expression. |
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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. Identify basic elements of theater such as setting,
costumes, plots, scenes, and themes. |
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2. Explore the use of voice, movement,
and facial expression in conveying emotions in creative drama and storytelling. |
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1.3
D. Visual Arts |
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Essential Questions |
Enduring Understandings |
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- How do underlying structures unconsciously guide the creation of
art works?
- Does art have boundaries? |
- Underlying structures in art can be found via analysis and
inference.
- Breaking accepted norms often gives rise to new forms of artistic
expression. |
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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. Identify the basic art
elements of color, line, shape, form, texture and space. |
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2. Discuss how
art elements are used in specific works of art. |
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