Targeted Standards:

National Standards for Arts Education:

The standards outline what every K-12 student should know and be able to do in the arts. The standards were developed by the Consortium of National Arts Education Associations, through a grant administered by The National Association for Music Education (MENC).


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Grades 5-8 Visual Arts

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Content Standard 3

Choosing and evaluating a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas

Achievement Standard

  • Students integrate visual, spatial, and temporal concepts with content to communicate intended meaning in their artworks
  • Students use subjects, themes, and symbols that demonstrate knowledge of contexts, values, and aesthetics that communicate intended meaning in artworks

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