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Standard Identifier: 6.VA:Cr2.2

Grade: 6
Discipline: Visual Arts
Artistic Process: Creating
Anchor Standard: 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work

Enduring Understanding: 2.2 Artists and designers balance experimentation and safety, freedom and responsibility while developing and creating artworks.
Essential Question(s): How do artists and designers care for and maintain materials, tools, and equipment? Why is it important for safety and health to understand and follow correct procedures in handling materials, tools, and equipment? What responsibilities come with the free
Process Component(s): Investigate

Performance Standard(s):
Explain environmental implications of conservation, care, and clean-up of arts materials, tools, and equipment.

Standard Identifier: 6.VA:Cr2.1

Grade: 6
Discipline: Visual Arts
Artistic Process: Creating
Anchor Standard: 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work

Enduring Understanding: 2.1 Artists and designers experiment with forms, structures, materials, concepts, media, and art-making approaches.
Essential Question(s): How do artists work? How do artists and designers determine whether a particular direction in their work is effective? How do artists and designers learn from trial and error?
Process Component(s): Investigate

Performance Standard(s):
Demonstrate openness in trying new ideas, materials, methods, and approaches in making works of art and design.

Standard Identifier: 6.MU:Cr2

Grade: 6
Discipline: Music
Subdiscipline: TK-8
Artistic Process: Creating
Anchor Standard: 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work

Enduring Understanding: Musicians’ creative choices are influenced by their expertise, context, and expressive intent
Essential Question(s): How do musicians make creative decisions?
Process Component(s): Plan & Make

Performance Standard(s):
a. Select, organize, construct, and document personal musical ideas for arrangements and compositions within AB or ABA form that demonstrate an effective beginning, middle, and ending, and convey expressive intent. b. Use standard and/or iconic notation and/or audio/ video recording to document personal simple rhythmic phrases, melodic phrases, and two chord harmonic musical ideas.

Standard Identifier: 6.DA:Cr2

Grade: 6
Discipline: Dance
Artistic Process: Creating
Anchor Standard: 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work

Enduring Understanding: The elements of dance, dance structures, and choreographic devices serve as both a foundation and a departure point for choreographers.
Essential Question(s): What influences choice-making in creating choreography?
Process Component(s): Plan

Performance Standard(s):
a. Explore choreographic devices and dance structures to develop a dance study that supports an artistic intent. Explain the goal or purpose of the dance. b. Determine artistic criteria to choreograph a dance study that communicates personal or cultural meaning. Based on the criteria, evaluate why some movements are more or less effective than others.

Standard Identifier: 7.DA:Cr2

Grade: 7
Discipline: Dance
Artistic Process: Creating
Anchor Standard: 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work

Enduring Understanding: The elements of dance, dance structures, and choreographic devices serve as both a foundation and a departure point for choreographers.
Essential Question(s): What influences choice-making in creating choreography?
Process Component(s): Plan

Performance Standard(s):
a. Use a variety of choreographic devices and dance structures to develop a dance study with a clear artistic intent. Articulate reasons for movement and structural choices. b. Determine artistic criteria to choreograph a dance study that communicates personal or cultural meaning. Articulate how the artistic criteria serve to communicate the meaning of the dance.

Standard Identifier: 7.MU:Cr2

Grade: 7
Discipline: Music
Subdiscipline: TK-8
Artistic Process: Creating
Anchor Standard: 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work

Enduring Understanding: Musicians’ creative choices are influenced by their expertise, context, and expressive intent
Essential Question(s): How do musicians make creative decisions?
Process Component(s): Plan & Make

Performance Standard(s):
a. Select, organize, develop and document personal musical ideas for arrangements, songs, and compositions within AB, ABA, or theme and variation forms that demonstrate unity and variety and convey expressive intent. b. Use standard and/or iconic notation and/or audio/ video recording to document personal simple rhythmic phrases, melodic phrases, and harmonic sequences.

Standard Identifier: 7.VA:Cr2.1

Grade: 7
Discipline: Visual Arts
Artistic Process: Creating
Anchor Standard: 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work

Enduring Understanding: 2.1 Artists and designers experiment with forms, structures, materials, concepts, media, and art-making approaches.
Essential Question(s): How do artists work? How do artists and designers determine whether a particular direction in their work is effective? How do artists and designers learn from trial and error?
Process Component(s): Investigate

Performance Standard(s):
Demonstrate persistence in developing skills with various materials, methods, and approaches in creating works of art or design.

Standard Identifier: 7.VA:Cr2.2

Grade: 7
Discipline: Visual Arts
Artistic Process: Creating
Anchor Standard: 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work

Enduring Understanding: 2.2 Artists and designers balance experimentation and safety, freedom and responsibility while developing and creating artworks.
Essential Question(s): How do artists and designers care for and maintain materials, tools, and equipment? Why is it important for safety and health to understand and follow correct procedures in handling materials, tools, and equipment? What responsibilities come with the free
Process Component(s): Investigate

Performance Standard(s):
Demonstrate awareness of ethical responsibility to oneself and others when posting and sharing images and other materials through the Internet, social media, and other communication formats.

Standard Identifier: 7.VA:Cr2.3

Grade: 7
Discipline: Visual Arts
Artistic Process: Creating
Anchor Standard: 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work

Enduring Understanding: 2.3 People create and interact with objects, places, and design that define, shape, enhance, and empower their lives.
Essential Question(s): How do objects, places, and design shape lives and communities? How do artists and designers determine goals for designing or redesigning objects, places, or systems? How do artists and designers create works of art or design that communicate effectively?
Process Component(s): Investigate

Performance Standard(s):
Apply visual organizational strategies to design and produce a work of art, design, or media that clearly communicates information or ideas.

Standard Identifier: 8.VA:Cr2.3

Grade: 8
Discipline: Visual Arts
Artistic Process: Creating
Anchor Standard: 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work

Enduring Understanding: 2.3 People create and interact with objects, places, and design that define, shape, enhance, and empower their lives.
Essential Question(s): How do objects, places, and design shape lives and communities? How do artists and designers determine goals for designing or redesigning objects, places, or systems? How do artists and designers create works of art or design that communicate effectively?
Process Component(s): Investigate

Performance Standard(s):
Select, organize, and design images and words to make visually clear and compelling presentations.

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