Core Knowledge

Arts Core Knowledge

Arts:	Dance	Visual Arts
Arts:	Music	Theatre
Standards
National Arts Standard	Core Knowledgeâ	McREL Standard
Dance
Standard 1-Identifying and demonstrating movement elements and skills in performing dance.		Dance Standard 1-Identifies and demonstrates movement elements and skills in performing dance.
Standard 2-Understanding choreographic principles, processes, and structures.		Dance Standard 2-Understands choreographic principles, processes, and structures.
Standard 3-Understanding dance as a way to create and communicate meaning.		Dance Standard 3-Understands dance as a way to create and communicate meaning.
Standard 4-Appling and demonstrating critical and creative thinking skills in dance.		Dance Standard 4-Applies critical and creative thinking skills in dance.
Standard 5-Demonstrating and understanding dance in various cultures and historical periods.		Dance Standard 5-Understands dance in various cultures and historical periods.
Standard 6-Making connections between dance and healthful living.		Dance Standard 6-Understands connections between dance and healthful living.
Standard 7-Making connections between dance and other disciplines.		Art Connections Standard 1-Understands connections among the various art forms and other disciplines.
National Arts Standard	Core Knowledgeâ	McREL Standard
Music
Standard 1-Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.	Kindergarten: Standard I-Elements of Music, Standard III-Songs Grade 1: Standard I-Elements of Music, Standard III-Songs Grade 2: Standard I-Elements of Music, Standard III-Songs Grade 3: Standard I-Elements of Music, Standard III-Songs Grade 4: Standard I-Elements of Music, Standard III-Songs Grade 5: Standard I-Elements of Music, Standard IV-Songs Grade 6: Standard I-Elements of Music Grade 7: Standard I-Elements of Music Grade 8: Standard I-Elements of Music	Music Standard 1-Sings, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
Standard 2-Performing on instruments, alone and with partners, a varied repertoire of music.	Kindergarten: Standard I-Elements of Music Grade 1: Standard I-Elements of Music Grade 2: Standard I-Elements of Music, Standard IIB-Keyboard Instruments Grade 3: Standard I-Elements of Music, Standard IIA-The Orchestra Grade 4: Standard I-Elements of Music Grade 5: Standard I-Elements of Music Grade 6: Standard I-Elements of Music Grade 7: Standard I-Elements of Music Grade 8: Standard I-Elements of Music, Standard II-Non-Western Music	Music Standard 2-Performs on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music
Standard 3-Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments.		Music Standard 3-Improvises melodies, variations, and accompaniments
Standard 4-Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines.		Music Standard 4-Composes and arranges music within specified guidelines
Standard 5-Reading and notating music.	Grade 1: Standard I-Elements of Music Grade 2: Standard I-Elements of Music Grade 3: Standard I-Elements of Music Grade 4: Standard I-Elements of Music Grade 5: Standard I-Elements of Music Grade 6: Standard I-Elements of Music Grade 7: Standard I-Elements of Music Grade 8: Standard I-Elements of Music	Music Standard 5-Reads and notates music
Standard 6-Listening to, analyzing, and describing music.	Kindergarten: Standard II-Listening and Understanding Grade 1: Standard IIA-Musical Terms and Concepts, Standard IIB-Music Can Tell a Story, Standard IIC-American Musical Traditions Grade 2: Standard IIA-The Orchestra, Standard IIB Keyboard Instruments, Standard IIC, Composers and Their Music Grade 3: Standard IIA-The Orchestra, Standard IIB-Composers and Their Music, Standard IIC-Musical Connections Grade 4: Standard IIA-The Orchestra, Standard IIB-Vocal Ranges, Standard IIC-Composers and Their Music, Standard IID-Musical Connections Grade 5: Standard IIA-Composers and Their Music, Standard IIB-Musical Connections, Standard III-American Musical Traditions Grade 6: Standard IIA-Baroque, Standard IIB-Classical, Standard IIC-Romantic Grade 7: Standard IIA-Romantic Composers and Works, Standard IIB-Music and National Identity, Standard III-American Musical Traditions Grade 8: Standard II-Non- Western Music, Standard IIIA-Music and National Identity, Standard IIIB-Modern Music	Music Standard 6- Knows and applies appropriate criteria to music and music performances
Standard 8-Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.	Grade 3: Standard IIC-Musical Connections Grade 4: Standard IID-Musical Connections Grade 5: Standard IIB-Musical Connections Grade 8: Standard IVA-Opera, Standard IVB-American Musical Theatre	Art Connections Standard 1-Understands connections among the various art forms and other disciplines
Standard 9- Understanding music in relation to history and culture.	Grade 1: Standard IIC-American Musical Traditions Grade 2: Standard IIC, Composers and Their Music Grade 3: Standard IIB-Composers and Their Music Grade 4: Standard IIC-Composers and Their Music Grade 5: Standard III-American Musical Traditions Grade 6: Standard IIA-Baroque, Standard IIB-Classical, Standard IIC-Romantic Grade 7: Standard IIA-Romantic Composers and Works, Standard IIB-Music and National Identity, Standard III-American Musical Traditions Grade 8: Standard IIIA-Music and National Identity, Standard IIIB-Modern Music	Music Standard 7-Understands the relationship between music and history and culture
National Arts Standard	Core Knowledgeâ	McREL Standard
Theatre
Standard 1-Script writing by planning and recording improvisations based on personal experience and heritage, imagination, literature, and history.		Theatre Standard 1-Demonstrates competence in writing scripts
Standard 2-Acting by assuming roles and interacting in improvisations.		Theatre Standard 2-Uses acting skills
Standard 3-Designing by visualizing and arranging environments for classroom dramatizations.		Theatre Standard 3-Designs and produces informal and formal productions
Standard 4- Directing by planning classroom dramatizations.		Theatre Standard 4-Directs scenes and productions
Standard 5-Researching by finding information to support classroom dramatizations.
Standard 6-Comparing and connecting art forms by describing theatre, dramatic media (such as film, television, and electronic media), and other art forms.		Art Connections Standard 1-Understands connections among the various art forms and other disciplines
Standard 7-Analyzing and explaining personal preferences and constructing meanings from classroom dramatizations and from theatre, film, television, and electronic media.		Theatre Standard 5-Understands how informal and formal theatre, film, television, and electronic media productions create and communicate meaning
Standard 8-Understanding context by recognizing the role of theatre, film, television, and electronic media in daily life.		Theatre Standard 6-Understands the context in which theatre, film, television, and electronic media are performed today as well as in the past
National Arts Standard	Core Knowledgeâ	McREL Standard
Visual Arts
Standard 1-Understanding and applying media, techniques, and processes.	Kindergarten: Standard IA-Color, Standard IB-Line Grade 1: Standard IIA-Color, Standard IIB-Line, Standard IIC-Shape, Standard IID-Texture Grade 2: Standard I-Elements of Art, Standard II-Sculpture Grade 3: Standard IA-Light, Standard IB-Space in Artworks, Standard IC-Design: How the Elements of Art Work Together Grade 5: Standard I-Art of the Renaissance Grade 6: Standard IA-Classical Art-The Art of Ancient Greece and Rome, Standard ID-Baroque, Standard IE-Rococo, Standard IF, Neoclassical, Standard IG-Romanticism	Visual Arts Standard 1-Understands and applies media, techniques, and processes related to the visual arts
Standard 2-Using knowledge of structures and functions.	Grade 1: Standard III-Kinds of Pictures: Portraits and Still Life Grade 2: Standard III-Kinds of Pictures: Landscapes	Visual Arts Standard 2-Knows how to use structures (e.g., sensory qualities, organizational principles, expressive features) and functions of art
Standard 3-Choosing and evaluating a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas.		Visual Arts Standard 3-Knows a range of subject matter, symbols, and potential ideas in the visual arts
Standard 4-Understanding visual arts in relation to history and culture.	Grade 1: Standard 1-Art from Long Ago Grade 2: Standard V-Architecture Grade 3: Standard II-American Indian Art, Standard III-Art of Ancient Rome and Byzantine Civilization Grade 4: Standard I-Art of the Middle Ages in Europe, Standard II-Islamic Art and Architecture, Standard III-Art of Africa, Standard IV-Art of China, Standard V-The Art of a New Nation: The United States Grade 5: Standard I-Art of the Renaissance, Standard II-American Art: Nineteenth-Century United States, Standard III-Art of Japan Grade 6: Standard IA-Classical Art-The Art of Ancient Greece and Rome, Standard IB-Gothic Art, Standard IC-The Renaissance, Standard ID-Baroque, Standard IE-Rococo, Standard IF, Neoclassical, Standard IG-Romanticism, Standard IH-Realism Grade 7: Standard IA-Impressionism, Standard IB-Post-Impressionism, Standard IC-Expressionism and Abstraction, Standard ID, Modern American Painting Grade 8: Standard IA-Painting Since World War II, Standard IB-Photography, Standard IC-20th Century Sculpture, Standard II-Architecture Since the Industrial Revolution.	Visual Arts Standard 4-Understands the visual arts in relation to history and cultures
Standard 5-Reflecting upon and assessing the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others.	Kindergarten: Standard III-Looking at and Talking About Works of Art	Visual Arts Standard 5-Understands the characteristics and merits of one's own artwork and the artwork of others
Standard 6-Making connections between visual arts and other disciplines.		Art Connections Standard 1-Understands connections among the various art forms and other disciplines

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