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Standard Four: Understanding the Cultural Dimensions and Contributions of the Arts Students will develop an understanding of the personal and cultural forces that shape artistic communication and how the arts in turn shape the diverse cultures of past and present society.

Dance	Students will know dances from many cultures and times and recognize their relationship to various cultural, social, and historic contexts. Students will recognize that dance is performed in many different cultural settings and serves many functions in diverse societies.

	PI	Students explain the interaction of performer and audience in dance as a shared cultural event
	PI	Students identify the cultural elements in a variety of dances drawn from the folk and classical repertories	Nureyev: The Unconquerable Will
	PI	Students recognize specific contributions of dance and dancers to their own lives and to people in other times and places	Nureyev: After Petipa Nureyev: Bringer of Light Graphs of the Heart

Music	Students will develop a performing and listening repertoire of music of various genres, styles, and cultures that represent the peoples of the world and their manifestations in the United States. Students will recognize the cultural features of a variety of musical compositions and performances and understand the functions of music within the culture.

	PI	Students identify from performances or recordings the cultural contexts of a further varied repertoire of folk, art, and contemporary selections from the basic cultures that represent the peoples of the world	Nureyev: The Unconquerable Will Sondheim: Creating a Context Rhythm and Art: Connections
	PI	Students identify from a performance or recording the titles and composers of well-known examples of classical concert music and blues/jazz selections	Learning from Lyrics Tchaikovsky in America Rhythm & Improv, Jazz & Poetry I've Got the Literacy Blues
	PI	Students identify from performances or recordings the titles and composers and discuss the cultural contexts of well-known examples of classical concert music and blues/jazz selections
	PI	Students relate well-known musical examples from the 17th century onward with the dominant social and historical events	Learning from Lyrics

Theatre	Students will gain knowledge about past and present cultures as expressed through theatre. They will interpret how theatre reflects the beliefs, issues, and events of societies past and present.

	PI	Students read and view a variety of plays from different cultures	One Story, Many Tales Prometheus Bound: Rebel with a Cause
	PI	Students using the basic elements of theatre (e.g., speech, gesture, costume, etc.), explain how different theatrical productions represent the cultures from which they come	Twain: Icon and Iconoclast Sondheim: Creating a Context Sondheim: Voice of Cultural Change Prometheus Bound: Rebel with a Cause Dramatizing History in Arthur Miller's the Crucible
	PI	Students articulate the social beliefs, issues and events of specific theatrical productions	Sondheim: Voice of Cultural Change Sondheim: Secret Metaphors Southern Puritanism and Tennessee Williams Arthur Miller and "The Crucible" Live from Antiquity Hamlet and the Elizabethan Revenge Ethic in Text and Film Hamlet Meets Chushingura: Traditions of the Revenge Tragedy Dramatizing History in Arthur Miller's the Crucible Propaganda Techniques in Literature and Online Political Ads

Visual Arts	Students will explore art and artifacts from various historical periods and world cultures to discover the roles that art plays in the lives of people of a given time and place and to understand how the time and place influence the visual characteristics of the art work. Students will explore art to understand the social, cultural, and environmental dimensions of human society.

	PI	Students analyze works of art from diverse world cultures and discuss the ideas, issues, and events of the culture that these works convey	Russian Icons Folk Art as Communication Inlaid Slip Decorated Tea Bowls Five Artists of the Mexican Revolution Rhythm and Art: Connections Gods, Heroes, and Other Celebrated Greeks Uncovering the Legacy of Ancient Greece Deep Roots of Ancient Greece What Portraits Reveal Life in the Floating World: Ukiyo-e Prints and the Rise of the Merchant Class in Edo Period Japan Renaissance Humanism in "Hamlet" and "The Birth of Venus" Behind the Masks: Exploring Culture and Self Through Art and Poetry The Spread of Buddhism
	PI	Students examine works of art and artifacts from United States cultures and place them within a cultural and historical context	What Makes a Hero? Deep Roots of Ancient Greece What Portraits Reveal Portraits, Pears, and Perfect Landscapes: Investigating Genre in the Visual Arts A Harlem Renaissance Retrospective: Connecting Art, Music, Dance, and Poetry
	PI	Students create art works that reflect a variety of cultural influences	Cheerful Hearts and Willing Feet Behind the Masks: Exploring Culture and Self Through Art and Poetry Seasons: Why It's Essential

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	Probing the Unknown: Artists as Explorers Explorers exist in every field of human endeavor, including geography, the arts, sciences, politics, psychology, technology, philosophy and religion. In this lesson, students will gain an understanding of humans need to explore. They will create a �journey map� depicting the accomplishments of artistic explorers, and research the influences that caused the artists to embark on these �explorations.�


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