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MOVEMENT
Key Idea: Students
will express their understanding of dances they see, do and learn about.
Students will acquire the basic vocabulary to talk about a variety of
dance forms.
Performance
Indicators--Students:
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explore words and symbols (kinetic,
visual, tactile, aural and olfactory) that describe movement
• express to
others their understanding of specific dance performances
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THEATRE
Key Idea: Students
will reflect on and discuss plays and theatrical performances, both live
and recorded.
Performance
Indicators--Students:
• discuss
their understanding, interpretation, and evaluation of a theatrical
performance
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MUSIC
Key Idea:
Students
will demonstrate the capacity to listen to and comment on music.
Performance
Indicators--Students:
• through
listening, tell what they liked or disliked about specific musical works
and performances
• learn about
the basic elements of music such as melody, rhythm, harmony, dynamics,
timbre, form, style, etc.
• learn about
the basic means by which the voice and instruments can alter pitch,
loudness, duration and timbre
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VISUAL
ARTS
Key Idea: Students
will reflect on works of art. Students will learn about the visual
characteristics of the natural and man-made environment and the social,
cultural, psychological and environmental dimensions of the visual arts.
Students will learn about the ways in which a variety of ideas, themes and
concepts are expressed through the visual arts.
Performance
Indicators--Students:
• learn about the features of
selected works of art, such as the subject matter and the overall feeling
of the work
• identify a
work of art as distinguished from other kinds of objects and discuss where
works of art can be found such as in the home, in school or in a museum
• learn about
art elements (such as shape, texture, color) that are found in works of
art and what they might express in a work of art
• explore a
theme that is part of the students' experience that is found in a work of
art. Express that theme in another form such as movement or music or in
composing a class story |
