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Subject - NAS: National Arts Standards
NAS: National Arts Standards
Discipline - NAS.DA: Dance
Discipline - NAS.MA: Media Arts
Discipline - NAS.MU: Music
Discipline - NAS.TH: Theatre
Discipline - NAS.VA: Visual Arts
Process - NAS.VA.Cr: Creating
Process - NAS.VA.Pr: Performing/Presenting/Producing
NAS.VA.Pr: Performing/Presenting/Producing
Process - NAS.VA.Re: Responding
Anchor Standard - NAS.VA.Re7: Perceive and analyze artistic work.
NAS.VA.Re7: Perceive and analyze artistic work.
Enduring Understanding - NAS.VA.Re7.1.EU: Individual aesthetic and empathetic awareness developed through engagement with art can lead to understanding and appreciation of self, others, the natural world, and constructed environments.
NAS.VA.Re7.1.EU: Individual aesthetic and empathetic awareness developed through engagement with art can lead to understanding and appreciation of self, others, the natural world, and constructed environments.
Essential Question - NAS.VA.Re7.1.EQ: How do life experiences influence the way you relate to art? How does learning about art impact how we perceive the world? What can we learn from our responses to art?
NAS.VA.Re7.1.EQ: How do life experiences influence the way you relate to art? How does learning about art impact how we perceive the world? What can we learn from our responses to art?
Enduring Understanding - NAS.VA.Re7.2.EU: Visual imagery influences understanding of and responses to the world.
NAS.VA.Re7.2.EU: Visual imagery influences understanding of and responses to the world.
Essential Question - NAS.VA.Re7.2.EQ: What is an image? Where and how do we encounter images in our world? How do images influence our views of the world?
NAS.VA.Re7.2.EQ: What is an image? Where and how do we encounter images in our world? How do images influence our views of the world?
Anchor Standard - NAS.VA.Re8: Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.
NAS.VA.Re8: Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.
Enduring Understanding - NAS.VA.Re8.1.EU: People gain insights into meanings of artworks by engaging in the process of art criticism.
NAS.VA.Re8.1.EU: People gain insights into meanings of artworks by engaging in the process of art criticism.
Essential Question - NAS.VA.Re8.1.EQ: What is the value of engaging in the process of art criticism? How can the viewer "read" a work of art as text? How does knowing and using visual art vocabularies help us understand and interpret works of art?
NAS.VA.Re8.1.EQ: What is the value of engaging in the process of art criticism? How can the viewer "read" a work of art as text? How does knowing and using visual art vocabularies help us understand and interpret works of art?
Anchor Standard - NAS.VA.Re9: Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.
NAS.VA.Re9: Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.
Enduring Understanding - NAS.VA.Re9.1.EU: People evaluate art based on various criteria.
NAS.VA.Re9.1.EU: People evaluate art based on various criteria.
Essential Question - NAS.VA.Re9.1.EQ: How does one determine criteria to evaluate a work of art? How and why might criteria vary? How is a personal preference different from an evaluation?
NAS.VA.Re9.1.EQ: How does one determine criteria to evaluate a work of art? How and why might criteria vary? How is a personal preference different from an evaluation?
Process - NAS.VA.Cn: Connecting