Building
upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding
grades,
by the end of Grade 8, students will:
Standard 1.3
(Elements
and Principles) All students will demonstrate
an understanding of the elements and principles
of dance, music, theater, and visual art.
Standard 1.3.8.A
Dance
Standard 1.3.8.A.1
Describe
the principles of contrast and transition, the
process of reordering and chance, and the structures
of AB, ABA, canon, call and response, and narrative.
Standard 1.3.8.A.2
Observe
and explain how different accompaniment such as
sound, music, or spoken text can affect the meaning
of a dance.
Standard 1.3.8.B
And/Or
Music
Standard 1.3.8.B.1
Analyze
the application of the elements of music in a diversity
of musical works.
Standard 1.3.8.B.2
Examine how aspects
of meter, rhythm, tonality, intervals, chords,
and harmonic progressions are organized and manipulated
to establish unity and variety in musical compositions.
Standard 1.3.8.B.3
Describe various
roles that musicians perform and identify representative
individuals and their achievements that have functioned
in each role.
Standard 1.3.8.C
And/Or
Theater
Standard 1.3.8.C.1
Investigate
the structural characteristic of plays.
Standard 1.3.8.C.2
Assess
character motivations within the construct of scripted
plays.
Standard 1.3.8.C.3
Explain
the interdependent relationship between the performance,
technical design, and management functions of production.
Standard 1.3.8.C.4
Analyze
scenes with regard to , thematic and artistic intent,
situation, character, and motivation.
Standard 1.3.8.D
And/Or
Visual Art
Standard 1.3.8.D.1
Define
the elements of art and principles of design that
are evident in everyday life.
Standard 1.3.8.D.2
Apply
the principles of design to interpret various masterworks
of art.
Standard 1.3.8.D.3
Compare
and contrast works of art in various media that
utilize the same arts elements and principles of
design.