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Arts: Intermediate
Standard Two: Knowing and Using Arts Materials and Resources Students will be knowledgeable about and make use of the materials and resources available for participation in the arts in various roles.

Dance	Students will know how to access dance and dance-related material from libraries, resource centers, museums, studios, and performance spaces. Students will know various career possibilities in dance and recreational opportunities to dance. Students will attend dance events and participate as appropriate within each setting.

	PI	Students demonstrate knowledge of sources for understanding dance technologies: live, print, video, computer, etc.	The Great Migration Tappin' to My Tune
	PI	Students demonstrate knowledge of how human structure and function affect movement in parts of dances and dances that they know or have choreographed
	PI	Students demonstrate knowledge of audience/performer responsibilities and relationships in dance
	PI	Students demonstrate knowledge of differences in performance venue and the events presented in each

Music	Students will use traditional instruments, electronic instruments, and a variety of nontraditional sound sources to create and perform music. They will use various resources to expand their knowledge of listening experiences, performance opportunities, and/or information about music. Students will identify opportunities to contribute to their communities� music institutions, including those embedded in other institutions (church choirs, industrial music ensembles, etc.). Students will know the vocations and avocations available to them in music.

	PI	Students, through listening, analyze and evaluate their own and others' performances, improvisations, and compositions by identifying and comparing them with similar works and events
	PI	Students use appropriate terms to reflect a working knowledge of the musical elements
	PI	Students demonstrate a basic awareness of the technical skills musicians must develop to produce an aesthetically acceptable performance
	PI	Students use appropriate terms to reflect a working knowledge of social-musical functions and uses (appropriate choices of music for common ceremonies and other events)
	PI	Students use basic scientific concepts to explain how music-related sound is produced, transmitted through air, and perceived
	PI	Students use terminology from music and other arts to analyze and compare the structures of musical and other artistic and literary works

Theatre	Students will know the basic tools, media, and techniques involved in theatrical production. Students will locate and use school, community, and professional resources for theatre experiences. Students will understand the job opportunities available in all aspects of theatre.

	PI	Students visit theatre technology facilities, including the local high school facility, and interact with professionals and theatre students to learn about theatre technology (e.g., lighting, staging, sound, etc.)
	PI	Students use the school or community library/media centers and other resources to develop information on various theatre-related topics
	PI	Students know about local theatrical institutions, attend performances in school and in the community, and demonstrate appropriate audience behavior.
	PI	Students discuss vocations/avocations with theatre professionals and identify the skills and preparation necessary for theatre vocations/avocations

Visual Arts	Students will know and use a variety of visual arts materials, techniques, and processes. Students will know about resources and opportunities for participation in visual arts in the community (exhibitions, libraries, museums, galleries) and use appropriate materials (art reproductions, slides, print materials, electronic media). Students will be aware of vocational options available in the visual arts.

	PI	Students develop skills with a variety of art materials and competence in at least one medium
	PI	Students use the computer and other electronic media to communicate visual ideas	Murals, Memories, and Making Art Peace Poems and Picasso Doves: Literature, Art, Technology, and Poetry
	PI	Students take advantage of community opportunities and cultural institutions to learn from professional artists, look at original art, and increase their understanding of art	Murals, Memories, and Making Art
	PI	Students understand the variety of careers related to visual arts and the skills necessary to pursue some of them	Sky and Artist Seeing Geometry in Art Geometry in the World of Art: Looking Back and Moving Forward Using "Snowflake Bentley" as a Framing Text for Multigenre Writing

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	Shakespeare Stealer: Design a Set Students will design a set for the play, The Shakespeare Stealer. The class will see the play or the read the book, The Shakespeare Stealer by Gary Blackwood. Each of the settings will be identified. The settings should be historically faithful to the time period, during Elizabethan England. Students select a scene for which they can create an original setting, plan the setting on graph paper, and as a sketch, make a scale model to present to class. Students write to persuade the director (teacher) to choose the plan they submitted.


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