ARTSEDGE: K-4 Visual Arts

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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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Visual Arts

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Content Standard 2

Using knowledge of structures and functions

Achievement Standard

Students know the differences among visual characteristics and purposes of art in order to convey ideas
Students describe how different expressive features and organizational principles cause different responses
Students use visual structures and functions of art to communicate ideas

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