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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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National Standards for Other Subjects:

For more information on standards in other subject areas, refer to the Mid-Continent Regional Education Laboratory (McREL).

 

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Dance Grades K-4 Content Standard: 1: Identifying and demonstrating movement elements and skills in performing dance
Dance Grades K-4 Content Standard: 2: Understanding choreographic principles, processes, and structures
Dance Grades K-4 Content Standard: 3: Understanding dance as a way to create and communicate meaning
Dance Grades K-4 Content Standard: 4: Applying and demonstrating critical and creative thinking skills in dance
Dance Grades K-4 Content Standard: 5: Demonstrating and understanding dance in various cultures and historical periods
Dance Grades K-4 Content Standard: 6: Making connections between dance and healthful living
Dance Grades K-4 Content Standard: 7: Making connections between dance and other disciplines
Dance Grades 5-8 Content Standard: 1: Identifying and demonstrating movement elements and skills in performing dance
Dance Grades 5-8 Content Standard: 2: Understanding choreographic principles, processes, and structures
Dance Grades 5-8 Content Standard: 3: Understanding dance as a way to create and communicate meaning
Dance Grades 5-8 Content Standard: 4: Applying and demonstrating critical and creative thinking skills in dance
Dance Grades 5-8 Content Standard: 5: Demonstrating and understanding dance in various cultures and historical periods
Dance Grades 5-8 Content Standard: 6: Making connections between dance and healthful living
Dance Grades 5-8 Content Standard: 7: Making connections between dance and other disciplines
Dance Grades 9-12 Content Standard: 1: Identifying and demonstrating movement elements and skills in performing dance
Dance Grades 9-12 Content Standard: 2: Understanding choreographic principles, processes, and structures
Dance Grades 9-12 Content Standard: 3: Understanding dance as a way to create and communicate meaning
Dance Grades 9-12 Content Standard: 4: Applying and demonstrating critical and creative thinking skills in dance
Dance Grades 9-12 Content Standard: 5: Demonstrating and understanding dance in various cultures and historical periods
Dance Grades 9-12 Content Standard: 6: Making connections between dance and healthful living
Dance Grades 9-12 Content Standard: 7: Making connections between dance and other disciplines
Music Grades K-4 Content Standard: 1: Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music
Music Grades K-4 Content Standard: 2: Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music
Music Grades K-4 Content Standard: 3: Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments
Music Grades K-4 Content Standard: 4: Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines
Music Grades K-4 Content Standard: 5: Reading and notating music
Music Grades K-4 Content Standard: 6: Listening to, analyzing, and describing music
Music Grades K-4 Content Standard: 7: Evaluating music and music performances
Music Grades K-4 Content Standard: 8: Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts
Music Grades K-4 Content Standard: 9: Understanding music in relation to history and culture
Music Grades 5-8 Content Standard: 1: Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music
Music Grades 5-8 Content Standard: 2: Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music
Music Grades 5-8 Content Standard: 3: Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments
Music Grades 5-8 Content Standard: 4: Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines
Music Grades 5-8 Content Standard: 5: Reading and notating music
Music Grades 5-8 Content Standard: 6: Listening to, analyzing, and describing music
Music Grades 5-8 Content Standard: 7: Evaluating music and music performances
Music Grades 5-8 Content Standard: 8: Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts
Music Grades 5-8 Content Standard: 9: Understanding music in relation to history and culture
Music Grades 9-12 Content Standard: 1: Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music
Music Grades 9-12 Content Standard: 2: Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music
Music Grades 9-12 Content Standard: 3: Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments
Music Grades 9-12 Content Standard: 4: Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines
Music Grades 9-12 Content Standard: 5: Reading and notating music
Music Grades 9-12 Content Standard: 6: Listening to, analyzing, and describing music
Music Grades 9-12 Content Standard: 7: Evaluating music and music performances
Music Grades 9-12 Content Standard: 8: Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts
Music Grades 9-12 Content Standard: 9: Understanding music in relation to history and culture
Theater Grades K-4 Content Standard: 1: Script writing by planning and recording improvisations based on personal experience and heritage, imagination, literature, and history
Theater Grades K-4 Content Standard: 2: Acting by assuming roles and interacting in improvisations
Theater Grades K-4 Content Standard: 3: Designing by visualizing and arranging environments for classroom dramatizations
Theater Grades K-4 Content Standard: 4: Directing by planning classroom dramatizations
Theater Grades K-4 Content Standard: 5: Researching by finding information to support classroom dramatizations
Theater Grades K-4 Content Standard: 6: Comparing and connecting art forms by describing theatre, dramatic media (such as film, television, and electronic media), and other art forms
Theater Grades K-4 Content Standard: 7: Analyzing and explaining personal preferences and constructing meanings from classroom dramatizations and from theatre, film, television, and electronic media productions
Theater Grades K-4 Content Standard: 8: Understanding context by recognizing the role of theatre, film, television, and electronic media in daily life
Theater Grades 5-8 Content Standard: 1: Script writing by the creation of improvisations and scripted scenes based on personal experience and heritage, imagination, literature, and history
Theater Grades 5-8 Content Standard: 2: Acting by developing basic acting skills to portray characters who interact in improvised and scripted scenes
Theater Grades 5-8 Content Standard: 3: Designing by developing environments for improvised and scripted scenes
Theater Grades 5-8 Content Standard: 4: Directing by organizing rehearsals for improvised and scripted scenes
Theater Grades 5-8 Content Standard: 5: Researching by using cultural and historical information to support improvised and scripted scenes
Theater Grades 5-8 Content Standard: 6: Comparing and incorporating art forms by analyzing methods of presentation and audience response for theatre, dramatic media (such as film, television, and electronic media), and other art forms
Theater Grades 5-8 Content Standard: 7: Analyzing, evaluating, and constructing meanings from improvised and scripted scenes and from theatre, film, television, and electronic media productions
Theater Grades 5-8 Content Standard: 8: Understanding context by analyzing the role of theatre, film, television, and electronic media in the community and in other cultures
Theater Grades 9-12 Content Standard: 1: Script writing through improvising, writing, and refining scripts based on personal experience and heritage, imagination, literature, and history
Theater Grades 9-12 Content Standard: 2: Acting by developing, communicating, and sustaining characters in improvisations and informal or formal productions
Theater Grades 9-12 Content Standard: 3: Designing and producing by conceptualizing and realizing artistic interpretations for informal or formal productions
Theater Grades 9-12 Content Standard: 4: Directing by interpreting dramatic texts and organizing and conducting rehearsals for informal or formal productions
Theater Grades 9-12 Content Standard: 5: Researching by evaluating and synthesizing cultural and historical information to support artistic choices
Theater Grades 9-12 Content Standard: 6: Comparing and integrating art forms by analyzing traditional theatre, dance, music, visual arts, and new art forms
Theater Grades 9-12 Content Standard: 7: Analyzing, critiquing, and constructing meanings from informal and formal theatre, film, television, and electronic media productions
Theater Grades 9-12 Content Standard: 8: Understanding context by analyzing the role of theatre, film, television, and electronic media in the past and the present
Visual Arts Grades K-4 Content Standard: 1: Understanding and applying media, techniques, and processes
Visual Arts Grades K-4 Content Standard: 2: Using knowledge of structures and functions
Visual Arts Grades K-4 Content Standard: 3: Choosing and evaluating a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas
Visual Arts Grades K-4 Content Standard: 4: Understanding the visual arts in relation to history and cultures
Visual Arts Grades K-4 Content Standard: 5: Reflecting upon and assessing the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others
Visual Arts Grades K-4 Content Standard: 6: Making connections between visual arts and other disciplines
Visual Arts Grades 5-8 Content Standard: 1: Understanding and applying media, techniques, and processes
Visual Arts Grades 5-8 Content Standard: 2: Using knowledge of structures and functions
Visual Arts Grades 5-8 Content Standard: 3: Choosing and evaluating a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas
Visual Arts Grades 5-8 Content Standard: 4: Understanding the visual arts in relation to history and cultures
Visual Arts Grades 5-8 Content Standard: 5: Reflecting upon and assessing the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others
Visual Arts Grades 5-8 Content Standard: 6: Making connections between visual arts and other disciplines
Visual Arts Grades 9-12 Content Standard: 1: Understanding and applying media, techniques, and processes
Visual Arts Grades 9-12 Content Standard: 2: Using knowledge of structures and functions
Visual Arts Grades 9-12 Content Standard: 3: Choosing and evaluating a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas
Visual Arts Grades 9-12 Content Standard: 4: Understanding the visual arts in relation to history and cultures
Visual Arts Grades 9-12 Content Standard: 5: Reflecting upon and assessing the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others
Visual Arts Grades 9-12 Content Standard: 6: Making connections between visual arts and other disciplines
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