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 Standard Area ARTS: The Arts
bullet Standard ARTS3: Responding to and Analyzing Works of Art
Students will respond critically to a variety of works in the arts, connecting the individual work to other works and to other aspects of human endeavor and thought.
Dance
Key Idea Key Idea ARTS3.DA1:
Students will express through written and oral language their understanding, interpretation, and evaluation of dances they see, do, and read about. Students will acquire the critical vocabulary to talk and write about a variety of dance forms.
Music
Key Idea Key Idea ARTS3.MU2:
Students will demonstrate the capacity to listen to and comment on music. They will relate their critical assertions about music to its aesthetic, structural, acoustic, and psychological qualities. Students will use concepts based on the structure of music’s content and context to relate music to other broad areas of knowledge. They will use concepts from other disciplines to enhance their understanding of music.
Theatre
Key Idea Key Idea ARTS3.TH3:
Students will reflect on, interpret, and evaluate plays and theatrical performances, both live and recorded, using the language of dramatic criticism. Students will analyze the meaning and role of theatre in society. Students will identify ways in which drama/theatre connects to film and video, other arts, and other disciplines.
Visual Arts
Key Idea Key Idea ARTS3.VA4:
Students will reflect on, interpret, and evaluate works of art, using the language of art criticism. Students will analyze the visual characteristics of the natural and built environment and explain the social, cultural, psychological, and environmental dimensions of the visual arts. Students will compare the ways in which a variety of ideas, themes, and concepts are expressed through the visual arts with the ways they are expressed in other disciplines.
Alternate Standards
Movement
Key Idea Key Idea ARTS3.alt.MO1:
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.
Music
Key Idea Key Idea ARTS3.alt.MU2:
Students will demonstrate the capacity to listen to and comment on music.
Theatre
Key Idea Key Idea ARTS3.alt.TH3:
Students will reflect on and discuss plays and theatrical performances, both live and recorded.
Visual Arts
Key Idea Key Idea ARTS3.alt.VA4:
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.

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