High School Fine Arts Kentucky Standards

Analyze a dance to determine the ideas expressed by the choreographer. Explain how the perspectives expressed by the choreographer may impact one's own interpretation. Provide evidence to support one's analysis.

Collaboratively identify a dance related question or problem. Conduct research through interview, research database, text, media, or movement. Analyze and apply information gathered by creating a group dance that answers the question posed. Discuss how the dance communicates new perspectives or realizations. Compare orally and in writing the process used in choreography to that of other creative, academic, or scientific procedures.

Analyze a dance that is related to content learned in other subjects and research its context. Synthesize information learned and share new ideas about its impact on one's perspective.

Use established research methods and techniques to investigate a topic. Collaborate with others to identify questions and solve movement problems that pertain to the topic. Create and perform a piece of choreography. Discuss orally or in writing the insights relating to knowledge gained through the research process, the synergy of collaboration, and the transfer of learning from this project to other learning situations.

Review original choreography developed over time with respect to its content and context and its relationship to personal perspectives. Reflect on and analyze the variables that contributed to changes in one's personal growth.

Investigate various dance related careers through a variety of research methods and techniques. Select those careers of most interest. Develop and implement a Capstone Project that reflects a possible career choice.

Analyze and discuss dances from selected genres or styles and/or historical time periods, and formulate reasons for the similarities and differences between them in relation to the ideas and perspectives of the peoples from which the dances originate.

Analyze dances from several genres or styles, historical time periods, and/or world dance forms. Discuss how dance movement characteristics, techniques, and artistic criteria relate to the ideas and perspectives of the peoples from which the dances originate.

Analyze dances from several genres or styles, historical time periods, and/or world dance forms. Discuss how dance movement characteristics, techniques, and artistic criteria relate to the ideas and perspectives of the peoples from which the dances originate, and how the analysis has expanded one's dance literacy.

Explore a variety of stimuli for sourcing movement to develop an improvisational or choreographed dance study. Analyze the process and the relationship between the stimuli and the movement.

Experiment with the elements of dance to explore personal movement preferences and strengths, and select movements that challenge skills and build on strengths in an original dance study or dance.

Synthesize content generated from stimulus materials to choreograph dance studies or dances using original or codified movement.

Apply personal movement preferences and strengths with the movement vocabulary of several dance styles or genres to choreograph an original dance study or dance that communicates an artistic intent. Compare personal choices to those made by well-known choreographers.

Synthesize content generated from stimulus material. Experiment and take risks to discover a personal voice to communicate artistic intent.

Expand personal movement preferences and strengths to discover unexpected solutions that communicate the artistic intent of an original dance. Analyze the unexpected solutions and explain why they were effective in expanding artistic intent.

Collaborate to design a dance using choreographic devices and dance structures to support an artistic intent. Explain how the dance structures clarify the artistic intent.

Develop an artistic statement for an original dance study or dance. Discuss how the use of movement elements, choreographic devices and dance structures serve to communicate the artistic statement.

Work individually and collaboratively to design and implement a variety of choreographic devices and dance structures to develop original dances. Analyze how the structure and final composition informs the artistic intent.

Develop an artistic statement that reflects a personal aesthetic for an original dance study or dance. Select and demonstrate movements that support the artistic statement.

Demonstrate fluency and personal voice in designing and choreographing original dances. Justify choreographic choices and explain how they are used to intensify artistic intent.

Construct an artistic statement that communicates a personal, cultural and artistic perspective.

Clarify the artistic intent of a dance by manipulating choreographic devices and dance structures based on established artistic criteria and feedback from others. Analyze and evaluate impact of choices made in the revision process.

Compare recognized systems to document a section of a dance using writing, symbols, or media technologies.

Clarify the artistic intent of a dance by refining choreographic devices and dance structures, collaboratively or independently using established artistic criteria, self-reflection and the feedback of others. Analyze and evaluate impact of choices made in the revision process.

Develop a strategy to record a dance using recognized systems of dance documentation (for example, writing, a form of notation symbols, or using media technologies).

Clarify the artistic intent of a dance by manipulating and refining choreographic devices, dance structures, and artistic criteria using selfreflection and feedback from others. Document choices made in the revision process and justify how the refinements support artistic intent.

Document a dance using recognized systems of dance documentation (for example, writing, a form of notation symbols, or using media technologies).

Develop partner and ensemble skills that enable contrasting level changes through lifts, balances, or other means while maintaining a sense of spatial design and relationship. Use space intentionally during phrases and through transitions between phrases. Establish and break relationships with others as appropriate to the choreography.

Use syncopation and accent movements related to different tempi. Take rhythmic cues from different aspects of accompaniment. Integrate breath phrasing with metric and kinesthetic phrasing.

Connect energy and dynamics to movements by applying them in and through all parts of the body. Develop total body awareness so that movement phrases demonstrate variances of energy and dynamics.

Dance alone and with others with spatial intention. Expand partner and ensemble skills to greater ranges and skill level. Execute complex floor and air sequences with others while maintaining relationships through focus and intentionality.

Perform dance studies and compositions that use time and tempo in unpredictable ways. Use internal rhythms and kinetics as phrasing tools. Dance "in the moment."

Initiate movement phrases by applying energy and dynamics. Vary energy and dynamics over the length of a phrase and transition smoothly out of the phrase and into the next phrase, paying close attention to its movement initiation and energy.

Modulate and use the broadest range of movement in space for artistic and expressive clarity. Use inward and outward focus to clarify movement and intent. Establish and break relationships with other dancers and audience as appropriate to the dance.

Modulate time factors for artistic interest and expressive acuity. Demonstrate time complexity in phrasing with and without musical accompaniment. Use multiple and complex rhythms (for example, contrapuntal and/or polyrhythmic) at the same time. Work with and against rhythm of accompaniment or sound environments.

Modulate dynamics to clearly express intent while performing dance phrases and choreography. Perform movement sequences expressively using a broad dynamic range and employ dynamic skills for establishing relationships with other dancers and projecting to the audience.

Embody technical dance skills (for example, functional alignment, coordination, balance, core support, clarity of movement, weight shifts, flexibility/range of motion) to retain and execute dance choreography.

Develop a plan for healthful practices in dance activities and everyday life including nutrition and injury prevention. Discuss implementation of the plan and how it supports personal performance goals.

Collaborate with peers to establish and implement a rehearsal plan to meet performance goals. Use a variety of strategies to analyze and evaluate performances of self and others (for example, use video recordings of practice to analyze the difference between the way movements look and how they feel to match performance with visual affect). Articulate performance goals and justify reasons for selecting particular practice strategies.

Dance with sensibility toward other dancers while executing complex spatial, rhythmic and dynamic sequences to meet performance goals.

Apply anatomical principles and healthful practices to a range of technical dance skills for achieving fluency of movement. Follow a personal nutrition plan that supports health for everyday life.

Plan and execute collaborative and independent practice and rehearsal processes with attention to technique and artistry informed by personal performance goals. Reflect on personal achievements.

Apply body-mind principles to technical dance skills in complex choreography when performing solo, partnering, or dancing in ensemble works in a variety of dance genres and styles. Selfevaluate performances and discuss and analyze performance ability with others.

Research healthful and safe practices for dancers and modify personal practice based on findings. Discuss how research informs practice.

Initiate, plan, and direct rehearsals with attention to technical details and fulfilling artistic expression. Use a range of rehearsal strategies to achieve performance excellence.

Demonstrate leadership qualities (for example commitment, dependability, responsibility, and cooperation) when preparing for performances. Demonstrate performance etiquette and performance practices during class, rehearsal and performance. Post-performance, accept notes from choreographer and apply corrections to future performances. Document the rehearsal and performance process and evaluate methods and strategies using dance terminology and production terminology.

Evaluate possible designs for the production elements of a performance and select and execute the ideas that would intensify and heighten the artistic intent of the dances.

Demonstrate leadership qualities (for example commitment, dependability, responsibility, and cooperation) when preparing for performances. Model performance etiquette and performance practices during class, rehearsal and performance. Implement performance strategies to enhance projection. Postperformance, accept notes from choreographer and apply corrections to future performances. Document the rehearsal and performance process and evaluate methods and strategies using dance terminology and production terminology.

Work collaboratively to produce a dance concert on a stage or in an alternative performance venue and plan the production elements that would be necessary to fulfill the artistic intent of the dance works.

Demonstrate leadership qualities (for example commitment, dependability, responsibility, and cooperation) when preparing for performances. Model performance etiquette and performance practices during class, rehearsal and performance. Enhance performance using a broad repertoire of strategies for dynamic projection. Develop a professional portfolio (resume, head shot, etc.) that documents the rehearsal and performance process with fluency in professional dance terminology and production terminology.

Work collaboratively to produce dance concerts in a variety of venues and design and organize the production elements that would be necessary to fulfill the artistic intent of the dance works in each of the venues.

Analyze recurring patterns of movement and their relationships in dance in context of artistic intent.

Analyze the use of elements of dance in a variety of genres, styles, or cultural movement practices within its cultural context to communicate intent. Use genre-specific dance terminology.

Analyze dance works and provide examples of recurring patterns of movement and their relationships that create structure and meaning in dance.

Analyze and compare the movement patterns and their relationships in a variety of genres, styles, or cultural movement practices and explain how their differences impact communication and intent within a cultural context. Use genre-specific dance terminology.

Analyze dance works from a variety of dance genres and styles and explain how recurring patterns of movement and their relationships create wellstructured and meaningful choreography.

Explain how dance communicates aesthetic and cultural values in a variety of genres, styles, or cultural movement practices. Use genre-specific dance terminology

Select and compare different dances and discuss their intent and artistic expression. Explain how the relationships among the elements of dance, use of body, dance technique, and context enhance meaning and support intent using genre specific dance terminology.

Analyze and discuss how the elements of dance, execution of dance movement principles, and context contribute to artistic expression. Use genre specific dance terminology.

Analyze and interpret how the elements of dance, execution of dance movement principles, and context contribute to artistic expression across different genres, styles, or cultural movement practices. Use genre specific dance terminology.

Analyze the artistic expression of a dance. Discuss insights using evaluative criteria and dance terminology.

Compare and contrast two or more dances using evaluative criteria to critique artistic expression. Consider societal values and a range of perspectives. Use genrespecific dance terminology.

Define personal artistic preferences to critique dance. Consider societal and personal values, and a range of artistic expression. Discuss perspectives with peers and justify views.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Develop and refine artistic technique and work for presentation.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

CONNECTING

CREATING

Analyze a dance that is related to content learned in other subjects and research its context. Synthesize information learned and share new ideas about its impact on one’s perspective.

Analyze dances from several genres or styles, historical time periods and/or world dance forms. Discuss how dance movement characteristics, techniques and artistic criteria relate to the ideas and perspectives of the peoples from which the dances originate.

Synthesize content generated from a variety of stimuli to choreograph dance studies or dances using original or codified movement.

Apply personal movement preferences and strengths with the movement vocabulary of several dance styles or genres to choreograph an original dance study or dance that communicates an artistic intent. Compare personal choices to those made by wellknown choreographers.

Work individually and collaboratively to design and implement a variety of choreographic devices and dance structures to develop original dances.

Develop an artistic statement that reflects a personal aesthetic for an original dance study or dance. Select and demonstrate movements that support the artistic statement.

Clarify the artistic intent of a dance by refining choreographic devices and dance structures, collaboratively or independently, using established artistic criteria, self-reflection and the feedback of others.

Develop a strategy to record a dance using recognized systems of dance documentation.

Dance alone and with others with spatial intention. Expand partner and ensemble skills to greater ranges and skill level. Execute complex floor and air sequences with others while maintaining relationships through focus and intentionality.

Perform dance studies and compositions that use time and tempo in unpredictable ways. Use internal rhythms and kinetics as phrasing tools.

Initiate movement phrases by applying energy and dynamics. Vary energy and dynamics over the length of a phrase and transition smoothly out of the phrase and into the next phrase, paying close attention to its movement initiation and energy.

Perform technical dance skills with artistry in concert with other dancers executing complex spatial, rhythmic and dynamic sequences to meet performance goals.

Apply anatomical principles and healthful practices to a range of technical dance skills for achieving fluency of movement. Follow a personal nutrition plan that supports health for everyday life.

Plan and execute collaborative and independent practice and rehearsal processes with attention to technique and artistry informed by personal performance goals.

Implement performance strategies to enhance projection. Post-performance, accept notes from the choreographer and apply corrections to future performances. Document the rehearsal and performance process and evaluate methods and strategies using dance and production terminology.

Work collaboratively to produce a dance concert on a stage or in an alternative performance venue and plan the production elements that would be necessary to fulfill the artistic intent of the dance works.

Analyze dance works and provide examples of recurring patterns of movement and their relationships that create structure and meaning in dance.

Analyze and compare the movement patterns and their relationships in a variety of genres, styles or cultural dance movement practices and explain how their differences impact communication and intent within a cultural context. Use genre-specific dance terminology.

Analyze and discuss how the Elements of Dance, execution of dance movement principles and context contribute to artistic expression.

Compare two or more dances using evaluative criteria to critique artistic expression.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding.

Develop and refine artistic technique and work for presentation.

Refine and complete artistic work.

PERFROMING

RESPONDING

CONNECTING

CREATING

Review original choreography developed over time with respect to its content and context and its relationship to personal perspectives.

Analyze dances from several genres or styles, historical time periods and/or world dance forms. Discuss how dance movement characteristics, techniques and artistic criteria relate to the ideas and perspectives of the people from which the dances originate and how the analysis has expanded one’s dance literacy.

Synthesize content generated from stimulus material. Experiment and take risks to discover a personal voice to communicate artistic intent.

Expand personal movement preferences and strengths to discover unexpected solutions that communicate the artistic intent of an original dance. Analyze the unexpected solutions and explain why they were effective in expanding artistic intent.

Demonstrate fluency and personal voice in designing and choreographing original dances.

Construct an artistic statement that communicates a personal, cultural and artistic perspective.

Clarify the artistic intent of a dance by manipulating and refining choreographic devices, dance structures and artistic criteria using self-reflection and feedback from others.

Document a dance using a recognized or personally developed method of documentation, which could include writing, symbols or media with annotation.

Modulate and use the broadest range of movement in space for artistic and expressive clarity. Use inward and outward focus to clarify movement and intent. Establish and break relationships with other dancers and audience as appropriate.

Modulate time factors for artistic interest and expressive acuity. Demonstrate time complexity in phrasing with and without musical accompaniment. Use multiple and complex rhythms.

Modulate dynamics to clearly express intent while performing dance phrases and choreography. Perform movement sequences expressively using a broad dynamic range and employ dynamic skills for establishing relationships with others.

Apply body-mind principles to technical dance skills in complex choreography when performing solo, partnering or dancing in ensemble works in a variety of dance genres and styles.

Research healthful and safe practices for dancers and modify personal practice based on findings.

Initiate, plan and direct rehearsals with attention to technical details and fulfilling artistic expression. Use a range of rehearsal strategies to achieve performance excellence.

Demonstrate leadership qualities when preparing for performances. Enhance performance using a broad repertoire of strategies for dynamic projection.

Work collaboratively to produce dance concerts in a variety of venues and design and organize the production elements that would be necessary to fulfill the artistic intent of the dance works in each of the venues.

Analyze dance works from a variety of dance genres and styles and explain how recurring patterns of movement and their relationships create well-structured and meaningful choreography.

Explain how dance communicates aesthetic and cultural values in a variety of genres, styles or cultural dance movement practices. Use genrespecific dance terminology.

Analyze and interpret how the Elements of Dance, execution of dance movement principles and context contribute to artistic expression across different genres, styles or cultural movement practices.

Define personal artistic preferences to critique dance. Discuss perspectives with peers and justify views while considering societal and personal values.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Develop and refine artistic technique and work for presentation.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

PERFROMING

RESPONDING

CONNECTING

CREATING

Analyze a dance to determine the ideas expressed by the choreographer.

Analyze and discuss dances from selected genres or styles and/or historical time periods. Formulate reasons for the similarities and differences between them in relation to the ideas and perspectives of the peoples from which the dances originate.

Explore a variety of stimuli for sourcing movement to develop an improvisational or choreographed dance study.

Experiment with the Elements of Dance to explore personal movement preferences and strengths, and select movements that challenge skills and build on strengths in an original dance study or dance.

Collaborate to design a dance using choreographic devices and dance structures to support an artistic intent.

Develop an artistic statement for an original dance study or dance.

Clarify the artistic intent of a dance by manipulating choreographic devices and dance structures based on established artistic criteria and feedback from others.

Compare recognized systems to document a section of a dance using writing, symbols or recording technologies.

Develop partner and ensemble skills that enable contrasting level changes through lifts, balances or other means while maintaining a sense of spatial design and relationship. Use space intentionally during phrases and through transitions between phrases.

Use syncopation and accent movements related to different tempi. Take rhythmic cues from different aspects of accompaniment. Integrate breath phrasing with metric and kinesthetic phrasing.

Connect energy and dynamics to movements by applying them in and through all parts of the body. Develop total body awareness so that movement phrases demonstrate variances of energy and dynamics.

Embody technical dance skills to retain and execute choreography.

Develop a plan for healthful practices in dance activities and everyday life including nutrition and injury prevention.

Collaborate with peers to establish and implement a rehearsal plan to meet performance goals. Use a variety of strategies to analyze and evaluate performances of self and others.

Model performance practices and etiquette during class, rehearsal and performance. Postperformance, accept notes from the choreographer and apply corrections to future performances.

Evaluate the production elements of a performance and select the elements that portray the artistic intent.

Analyze recurring patterns of movement and their relationships in dance in context of artistic intent.

Analyze the use of Elements of Dance in a variety of genres, styles or cultural dance movement practices within its cultural context to communicate intent. Use genre-specific dance terminology.

Select and compare different dances and discuss their intent and artistic expression. Explain how the relationships among the Elements of Dance, use of body, dance technique and context enhance meaning.

Analyze the artistic expression of a dance considering content, context, genre, style or cultural movement practice to convey meaning. Discuss insights using evaluative criteria and dance terminology.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Develop and refine artistic technique and work for presentation.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

PERFROMING

RESPONDING

Demonstrate how interests, knowledge and skills relate to personal choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music.

Demonstrate how interests, knowledge and skills relate to personal choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music.

Demonstrate how interests, knowledge and skills relate to personal choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music.

Demonstrate understanding of relationships between music and the other arts, other disciplines, varied contexts and daily life.

Demonstrate understanding of relationships between music and the other arts, other disciplines, varied contexts and daily life.

Demonstrate understanding of relationships between music and the other arts, other disciplines, varied contexts and daily life.

Generate melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic ideas for improvisations, compositions (forms such as theme and variation or 12-bar blues), and three-or-more-chord accompaniments in a variety of patterns (such as arpeggio, country and gallop strumming, finger picking patterns).

Generate melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic ideas for compositions (forms such as rounded binary or rondo), improvisations, accompaniment patterns in a variety of styles, and harmonizations for given melodies.

Generate melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic ideas for a collection of compositions (representing a variety of forms and styles), improvisations in several different styles, and stylistically appropriate harmonizations for given melodies.

Select, develop, and use standard notation and audio/video recording to document melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic ideas for drafts of improvisations, compositions (forms such as theme and variation or 12-bar blues), and three-or-morechord accompaniments in a variety of patterns (such as arpeggio, country and gallop strumming, finger picking patterns).

Select, develop, and use standard notation and audio/video recording to document melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic ideas for drafts of compositions (forms such as rounded binary or rondo), improvisations, accompaniment patterns in a variety of styles, and harmonizations for given melodies.

Select, develop, and use standard notation and audio/video recording to document melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic ideas for drafts of compositions (representing a variety of forms and styles), improvisations in several different styles, and stylistically appropriate harmonizations for given melodies.

Develop and apply criteria to critique, improve, and refine drafts of improvisations, compositions (forms such as theme and variation or 12-bar blues) and three-or-morechord accompaniments in a variety of patterns (such as arpeggio, country and gallop strumming, finger picking patterns).

Develop and apply criteria to critique, improve, and refine drafts of compositions (forms such as rounded binary or rondo), improvisations, accompaniment patterns in a variety of styles, and harmonizations for given melodies.

Develop and apply criteria to critique, improve, and refine drafts of compositions (representing a variety of forms and styles), improvisations in a variety of styles, and stylistically appropriate harmonizations for given melodies.

Perform final versions of improvisations, compositions (forms such as theme and variation or 12-bar blues), and three-or-more-chord accompaniments in a variety of patterns (such as arpeggio, country and gallop strumming, finger picking patterns), demonstrating technical skill in applying principles of composition/improvisation and originality in developing and organizing musical ideas.

Perform final versions of compositions (forms such as rounded binary or rondo), improvisations, accompaniment patterns in a variety of styles, and harmonizations for given melodies, demonstrating technical skill in applying principles of composition/improvisation and originality in developing and organizing musical ideas.

Perform final versions of a collection of compositions (representing a variety of forms and styles), improvisations in several different styles, and stylistically appropriate harmonizations for given melodies, demonstrating technical skill in applying principles of composition/improvisation and originality in developing and organizing musical ideas.

Explain the criteria used when selecting a varied repertoire of music for individual or small group performances that include melodies, repertoire pieces, improvisations, and chordal accompaniments in a variety of patterns (such as arpeggio, country and gallop strumming, finger picking patterns).

Develop and apply criteria for selecting a varied repertoire of music for individual and small group performances that include melodies, repertoire pieces, improvisations, and chordal accompaniments in a variety of styles.

Develop and apply criteria for selecting a varied repertoire for a program of music for individual and small group performances that include melodies, repertoire pieces, stylistically appropriate accompaniments, and improvisations in a variety of contrasting styles.

Identify and describe important theoretical and structural characteristics and context (social, cultural, or historical) in a varied repertoire of music that includes melodies, repertoire pieces, improvisations, and chordal accompaniments in a variety of patterns (such as arpeggio, country and gallop strumming, finger picking patterns).

Identify and describe important theoretical and structural characteristics and context (social, cultural, and historical) in a varied repertoire of music that includes melodies, repertoire pieces, improvisations, and chordal accompaniments in a variety of styles.

Identify and describe important theoretical and structural characteristics and context (social, cultural, and historical) in a varied repertoire of music selected for performance programs that includes melodies, repertoire pieces, stylistically appropriate accompaniments, and improvisations in a variety of contrasting styles.

Describe in interpretations the context (social, cultural, or historical) and expressive intent in a varied repertoire of music selected for performance that includes melodies, repertoire pieces, improvisations, and chordal accompaniments in a variety of patterns (such as arpeggio, country and gallop strumming, finger picking patterns).

Explain in interpretations the context (social, cultural, and historical) and expressive intent in a varied repertoire of music selected for performance that includes melodies, repertoire pieces, improvisations, and chordal accompaniments in a variety of styles.

Explain and present interpretations that demonstrate and describe the context (social, cultural, and historical) and an understanding of the creator's intent in repertoire for varied programs of music that include melodies, repertoire pieces, stylistically appropriate accompaniments, and improvisations in a variety of contrasting styles.

Develop and apply criteria to critique individual and small group performances of a varied repertoire of music that includes melodies, repertoire pieces, improvisations, and chordal accompaniments in a variety of patterns (such as arpeggio, country and gallop strumming, finger picking patterns), and create rehearsal strategies to address performance challenges and refine the performances.

Develop and apply criteria to critique individual and small group performances of a varied repertoire of music that includes melodies, repertoire pieces, improvisations, and chordal accompaniments in a variety of styles, and create rehearsal strategies to address performance challenges and refine the performances.

Develop and apply criteria, including feedback from multiple sources, to critique varied programs of music repertoire (melodies, repertoire pieces, stylistically appropriate accompaniments, improvisations in a variety of contrasting styles) selected for individual and small group performance, and create rehearsal strategies to address performance challenges and refine the performances.

Perform with expression and technical accuracy, in individual and small group performances, a varied repertoire of music that includes melodies, repertoire pieces, improvisations, and chordal accompaniments in a variety of patterns (such as arpeggio, country and gallop strumming, finger picking patterns), demonstrating sensitivity to the audience and an understanding of the context (social, cultural, or historical).

Perform with expression and technical accuracy, in individual and small group performances, a varied repertoire of music that includes melodies, repertoire pieces, improvisations, and chordal accompaniments in a variety of styles, demonstrating sensitivity to the audience and an understanding of the context (social, cultural, and historical).

Perform with expression and technical accuracy, in individual and small group performances, a varied repertoire for programs of music that includes melodies, repertoire pieces, stylistically appropriate accompaniments, and improvisations in a variety of contrasting styles, demonstrating sensitivity to the audience and an understanding of the context (social, cultural, and historical).

Apply criteria to select music for specified purposes, supporting choices by citing characteristics found in the music and connections to interest, purpose, and context.

Apply criteria to select music for a variety of purposes, justifying choices citing knowledge of the music and the specified purpose and context.

Select, describe, and compare a variety of individual and small group musical programs from varied cultures, genres, and historical periods.

Compare passages in musical selections and explain how the elements of music and context (social, cultural, or historical) inform the response.

Explain how the analysis of the structures and context (social, cultural, and historical) of contrasting musical selections inform the response.

Demonstrate and justify how the structural characteristics function within a variety of musical selections, and distinguish how context (social, cultural, and historical) and creative decisions inform the response.

Explain and support interpretations of the expressive intent and meaning of musical selections, citing as evidence the treatment of the elements of music, context (personal, social, and cultural), and (when appropriate) the setting of the text, and outside sources.

Explain and support interpretations of the expressive intent and meaning of musical selections, citing as evidence the treatment of the elements of music, context (personal, social, and cultural), and (when appropriate) the setting of the text, and varied researched sources.

Establish and justify interpretations of the expressive intent and meaning of musical selections by comparing and synthesizing varied researched sources, including reference to examples from other art forms.

Develop and apply teacherprovided and established criteria based on personal preference, analysis, and context (personal, social, and cultural) to evaluate individual and small group musical selections for listening.

Apply personally-developed and established criteria based on research, personal preference, analysis, interpretation, expressive intent, and musical qualities to evaluate contrasting individual and small group musical selections for listening.

Develop and justify evaluations of a variety of individual and small group musical selections for listening based on personally-developed and established criteria, personal decision making, and knowledge and understanding of context.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding.

Access, evaluate, and integrate personal and external resources to inform the creation of original media artworks, such as experiences, interests, and cultural experiences.

Explain and demonstrate the use of media artworks to expand meaning and knowledge, and create cultural experiences, such as learning and sharing through online environments.

Synthesize internal and external resources to enhance the creation of persuasive media artworks, such as cultural connections, introspection, research, and exemplary works.

Explain and demonstrate the use of media artworks to synthesize new meaning and knowledge, and reflect and form cultural experiences, such as new connections between themes and ideas, local and global networks, and personal influence.

Independently and proactively access relevant and qualitative resources to inform the creation of cogent media artworks.

Demonstrate and expound on the use of media artworks to consummate new meaning, knowledge, and impactful cultural experiences.

Demonstrate and explain how media artworks and ideas relate to various contexts, purposes, and values, such as social trends, power, equality, and personal/cultural identity.

Critically evaluate and effectively interact with legal, technological, systemic, and vocational contexts of media arts, considering ethics, media literacy, social media, virtual worlds, and digital identity.

Examine in depth and demonstrate the relationships of media arts ideas and works to various contexts, purposes, and values, such as markets, systems, propaganda, and truth.

Critically investigate and ethically interact with legal, technological, systemic, and vocational contexts of media arts, considering ethics, media literacy, digital identity, and artist/audience interactivity.

Demonstrate the relationships of media arts ideas and works to personal and global contexts, purposes, and values, through relevant and impactful media artworks.

Critically investigate and strategically interact with legal, technological, systemic, and vocational contexts of media arts.

Use identified generative methods to formulate multiple ideas, develop artistic goals, and problem solve in media arts creation processes.

Strategically utilize generative methods to formulate multiple ideas, refine artistic goals, and increase the originality of approaches in media arts creation processes.

Integrate aesthetic principles with a variety of generative methods to fluently form original ideas, solutions, and innovations in media arts creation processes.

Apply aesthetic criteria in developing, proposing, and refining artistic ideas, plans, prototypes, and production processes for media arts productions, considering original inspirations, goals, and presentation context.

Apply a personal aesthetic in designing, testing, and refining original artistic ideas, prototypes, and production strategies for media arts productions, considering artistic intentions, constraints of resources, and presentation context.

Integrate a sophisticated personal aesthetic and knowledge of systems processes in forming, testing, and proposing original artistic ideas, prototypes, and production frameworks, considering complex constraints of goals, time, resources, and personal limitations.

Consolidate production processes to demonstrate deliberate choices in organizing and integrating content and stylistic conventions in media arts productions, demonstrating understanding of associated principles, such as emphasis and tone.

Refine and modify media artworks, honing aesthetic quality and intentionally accentuating stylistic elements, to reflect an understanding of personal goals and preferences.

Consolidate production processes to demonstrate deliberate choices in organizing and integrating content and stylistic conventions in media arts production, demonstrating understanding of associated principles, such as continuity and juxtaposition.

Refine and elaborate aesthetic elements and technical components to intentionally form impactful expressions in media artworks for specific purposes, intentions, audiences and contexts.

Synthesize content, processes, and components to express compelling purpose, story, emotion, or ideas in complex media arts productions, demonstrating mastery of associated principles, such as hybridization.

Intentionally and consistently refine and elaborate elements and components to form impactful expressions in media artworks, directed at specific purposes, audiences, and contexts.

Integrate various arts, media arts forms, and content into unified media arts productions, considering the reaction and interaction of the audience, such as experiential design.

Integrate various arts, media arts forms, and academic content into unified media arts productions that retain thematic integrity and stylistic continuity, such as transmedia productions.

Synthesize various arts, media arts forms and academic content into unified media arts productions that retain artistic fidelity across platforms, such as transdisciplinary productions.

Demonstrate progression in artistic, design, technical, and soft skills, as a result of selecting and fulfilling specified roles in the production of a variety of media artworks.

Develop and refine a determined range of creative and adaptive innovation abilities, such as design thinking, and risk taking, in addressing identified challenges and constraints within and through media arts productions.

Demonstrate adaptation and innovation through the combination of tools, techniques and content, in standard and innovative ways, to communicate intent in the production of media artworks.

Demonstrate effective command of artistic, design, technical and soft skills in managing and producing media artworks.

Demonstrate effective ability in creative and adaptive innovation abilities, such as resisting closure, and responsive use of failure, to address sophisticated challenges within and through media arts productions.

Demonstrate the skillful adaptation and combination of tools, styles, techniques, and interactivity to achieve specific expressive goals in the production of a variety of media artworks.

Employ mastered artistic, design, technical, and soft skills in managing and producing media artworks.

Fluently employ mastered creative and innovative adaptability in formulating lines of inquiry and solutions, to address complex challenges within and through media arts productions.

Independently utilize and adapt tools, styles, and systems in standard, innovative, and experimental ways in the production of complex media artworks.

Design the presentation and distribution of collections of media artworks, considering combinations of artworks, formats, and audiences.

Evaluate and implement improvements in presenting media artworks, considering personal and local impacts, such as the benefits for self and others.

Curate and design the presentation and distribution of collections of media artworks through a variety of contexts, such as mass audiences, and physical and virtual channels.

Evaluate and implement improvements in presenting media artworks, considering personal, local, and social impacts such as changes that occurred for people, or to a situation.

Curate, design, and promote the presentation and distribution of media artworks for intentional impacts, through a variety of contexts, such as markets and venues.

Independently evaluate, compare, and integrate improvements in presenting media artworks, considering personal to global impacts, such as new understandings that were gained by artist and audience.

Analyze the qualities of and relationships between the components, style, and preferences communicated by media artworks and artists.

Analyze how a variety of media artworks manage audience experience and create intention through multimodal perception.

Analyze and synthesize the qualities and relationships of the components in a variety of media artworks, and feedback on how they impact audience.

Analyze how a broad range of media artworks manage audience experience, create intention and persuasion through multimodal perception.

Analyze and synthesize the qualities and relationships of the components and audience impact in a variety media artworks.

Survey an exemplary range of media artworks, analyzing methods for managing audience experience, creating intention and persuasion through multimodal perception, and systemic communications.

Analyze the intent, meanings, and reception of a variety of media artworks, focusing on personal and cultural contexts.

Analyze the intent, meanings, and influence of a variety of media artworks, based on personal, societal, historical, and cultural contexts.

Analyze the intent, meanings and impacts of diverse media artworks, considering complex factors of context and bias.

Evaluate media art works and production processes at decisive stages, using identified criteria, and considering context and artistic goals.

Form and apply defensible evaluations in the constructive and systematic critique of media artworks and production processes.

Independently develop rigorous evaluations of, and strategically seek feedback for media artworks and production processes, considering complex goals and factors.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Develop and refine artistic technique and work for presentation.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

CONNECTING

CREATING

Synthesize internal and external resources to enhance the creation of persuasive media artworks.

Explain and demonstrate the use of media artworks to synthesize new meaning and knowledge and reflect and form cultural experiences.

Examine in depth and demonstrate the relationships of media arts ideas and works to various contexts and purposes.

Critically investigate and ethically interact with legal, technological, systemic and vocational contexts of media arts, considering artist/audience interactivity.

Strategically use creative processes to generate original ideas and refine artistic goals.

Apply a personal aesthetic in designing, testing and refining original artistic ideas, prototypes and production strategies for media arts productions, considering artistic intentions, project constraints and presentation context.

Consolidate production processes to demonstrate deliberate choices in organizing and integrating content and stylistic conventions in media arts production.

Refine and elaborate aesthetic and technical components to intentionally form impactful expressions for specific purposes, intentions, audiences and contexts.

Integrate various arts, media arts forms and content into unified media arts productions that retain thematic integrity and stylistic continuity.

Demonstrate effective command of artistic, design, technical and soft skills in managing and producing media artworks.

Demonstrate effective creative and adaptive innovation abilities to address sophisticated challenges in media arts productions.

Demonstrate the skillful adaptation and combination of tools, styles, techniques and interactivity to achieve specific expressive goals.

Curate and design the presentation and distribution of collections of media artworks through a variety of contexts.

Evaluate and implement improvements in presenting media artworks, considering personal, local and social impacts.

Analyze and synthesize the qualities and relationships of the components in a variety of media artworks and how they impact the audience.

Analyze how a broad range of media artworks manage audience experience and create intention and persuasion through multimodal perception.

Analyze the intent, meanings and influence of a variety of media artworks, based on personal, societal, historical and cultural contexts.

Form and apply defensible evaluations in the constructive and systematic critique of media artworks and production processes.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Develop and refine artistic technique and work for presentation.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

PERFROMING

RESPONDING

CONNECTING

CREATING

Independently synthesize relevant resources to inform the creation of cogent media artworks.

Demonstrate and expound on the use of media artworks to synthesize new meaning, knowledge and impactful cultural experiences.

Demonstrate the relationships of media arts ideas and works to personal and global contexts, purposes and values, through relevant and impactful media artworks.

Critically investigate and strategically interact with legal, technological, systemic and vocational contexts of media arts.

Integrate personal aesthetic with a variety of creative processes to form and apply original ideas.

Integrate a sophisticated personal aesthetic with creative problem-solving in forming, testing and proposing original artistic ideas, prototypes and media arts production frameworks, considering complex project constraints.

Synthesize content, production processes and components to express compelling meaning in complex media arts productions.

Intentionally and consistently refine and elaborate elements and components to form impactful expressions in media artworks directed at specific purposes, audiences and contexts.

Synthesize various arts, media arts forms and content into unified media arts productions that retain artistic fidelity across platforms.

Employ artistic, design, technical and soft skills in managing and producing media artworks.

Employ creative and innovative adaptability to address complex challenges in media arts productions.

Utilize and adapt tools, styles and systems in standard, innovative and experimental ways in the production of complex media artworks.

Curate, design and promote the presentation and distribution of media artworks for intentional impacts, through a variety of contexts.

Independently evaluate, compare and integrate improvements in presenting media artworks, considering personal to global impacts.

Analyze and apply the qualities and relationships of the components in a variety of media artworks and how they impact the audience.

Survey an exemplary range of media artworks, analyzing methods for managing audience experience through multimodal perception and systemic communications.

Analyze the intent, meanings and impacts of diverse media artworks, considering complex factors of context and bias.

Independently develop rigorous evaluations of, and strategically seek feedback for media artworks and production processes, considering complex goals and factors.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Develop and refine artistic technique and work for presentation.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding.

PERFROMING

RESPONDING

CONNECTING

CREATING

Justify and apply personal and external resources to inform the creation of original media artworks.

Explain and demonstrate the use of media artworks to expand meaning and knowledge and to create cultural experiences.

Demonstrate and explain how media artworks and ideas relate to various contexts, purposes and personal/cultural identity.

Critically evaluate and effectively interact with legal, technological, systemic and vocational contexts of media arts, considering ethics, media literacy, social media, virtual worlds and digital identity.

Use creative processes to generate multiple ideas, develop artistic goals and problem solve.

Apply appropriate criteria in developing, proposing and refining artistic ideas, plans, prototypes and production processes for media arts productions, considering original inspirations, goals and presentation context.

Consolidate production processes to make informed choices in organizing and integrating content and stylistic conventions in media arts productions.

Refine media artworks with intentional use of style and aesthetic, to reflect an understanding of personal goals and preferences.

Integrate various arts, media arts forms and content into unified media arts productions, considering the reaction and interaction of the audience.

Demonstrate progression in artistic, design, technical and soft skills as a result of selecting and fulfilling specified roles.

Develop and refine a determined range of creative and adaptive innovation abilities in addressing identified challenges and constraints in media arts productions.

Demonstrate adaptation and innovation through the combination of tools, techniques and content, in standard and innovative ways, to communicate intent.

Design the presentation and distribution of collections of media artworks, considering combinations of artworks, formats and audiences.

Evaluate and implement improvements in presenting media artworks, considering personal and local impacts.

Analyze the qualities of and relationships between the components, style and preferences communicated by media artworks and artists.

Analyze how a variety of media artworks manage audience experience and create intention through multimodal perception.

Analyze the intent, meanings and reception of a variety of media artworks, focusing on personal and cultural contexts.

Evaluate media artworks and production processes at decisive stages, using identified criteria and considering context and artistic goals.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Develop and refine artistic technique and work for presentation.

PERFROMING

RESPONDING

Demonstrate how interests, knowledge, and skills relate to personal choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music.

Demonstrate how interests, knowledge, and skills relate to personal choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music.

Demonstrate how interests, knowledge and skills relate to personal choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music.

Demonstrate understanding of relationships between music and the other arts, other disciplines, varied contexts, and daily life.

Demonstrate understanding of relationships between music and the other arts, other disciplines, varied contexts, and daily life.

Demonstrate understanding of relationships between music and the other arts, other disciplines, varied contexts, and daily life.

Describe how sounds and short musical ideas can be used to represent personal experiences, moods, visual images, and/or storylines.

Describe and demonstrate how sounds and musical ideas can be used to represent sonic events, memories, visual images, concepts, texts, or storylines.

Describe and demonstrate multiple ways in which sounds and musical ideas can be used to represent extended sonic experiences or abstract ideas.

Assemble and organize sounds or short musical ideas to create initial expressions of selected experiences, moods, images, or storylines.

Identify and describe the development of sounds or short musical ideas in drafts of music within simple forms (such as one-part, cyclical, or binary).

Assemble and organize multiple sounds or musical ideas to create initial expressive statements of selected sonic events, memories, images, concepts, texts, or storylines.

Describe and explain the development of sounds and musical ideas in drafts of music within a variety of simple or moderately complex forms (such as binary, rondo, or ternary).

Assemble and organize multiple sounds or extended musical ideas to create initial expressive statements of selected extended sonic experiences or abstract ideas.

Analyze and demonstrate the development of sounds and extended musical ideas in drafts of music within a variety of moderately complex or complex forms.

Identify, describe, and apply teacher-provided criteria to assess and refine the technical and expressive aspects of evolving drafts leading to final versions.

Identify, describe, and apply selected teacher-provided or personally-developed criteria to assess and refine the technical and expressive aspects of evolving drafts leading to final versions.

Research, identify, explain, and apply personallydeveloped criteria to assess and refine the technical and expressive aspects of evolving drafts leading to final versions.

Share music through the use of notation, performance, or technology, and demonstrate how the elements of music have been employed to realize expressive intent.

Describe the given context and performance medium for presenting personal works, and how they impact the final composition and presentation.

Share music through the use of notation, solo or group performance, or technology, and demonstrate and describe how the elements of music and compositional techniques have been employed to realize expressive intent.

Describe the selected contexts and performance mediums for presenting personal works, and explain why they successfully impact the final composition and presentation.

Share music through the use of notation, solo or group performance, or technology, and demonstrate and explain how the elements of music, compositional techniques and processes have been employed to realize expressive intent.

Describe a variety of possible contexts and mediums for presenting personal works, and explain and compare how each could impact the success of the final composition and presentation.

Identify and select specific excerpts, passages, or sections in musical works that express a personal experience, mood, visual image, or storyline in simple forms (such as one-part, cyclical, binary).

Identify and select specific passages, sections, or movements in musical works that express personal experiences and interests, moods, visual images, concepts, texts, or storylines in simple forms (such as binary, ternary, rondo) or moderately complex forms.

Identify and select specific sections, movements, or entire works that express personal experiences and interests, moods, visual images, concepts, texts, or storylines in moderately complex or complex forms.

Analyze how the elements of music (including form) of selected works relate to style and mood, and explain the implications for rehearsal or performance.

Analyze how the elements of music (including form) of selected works relate to the style, function, and context, and explain the implications for rehearsal and performance.

Analyze how the elements of music (including form), and compositional techniques of selected works relate to the style, function, and context, and explain and support the analysis and its implications for rehearsal and performance.

Develop interpretations of works based on an understanding of the use of elements of music, style, and mood, explaining how the interpretive choices reflect the creators' intent.

Develop interpretations of works based on an understanding of the use of elements of music, style, mood, function, and context, explaining and supporting how the interpretive choices reflect the creators' intent.

Develop interpretations of works based on an understanding of the use of elements of music (including form), compositional techniques, style, function, and context, explaining and justifying how the interpretive choices reflect the creators' intent.

Create rehearsal plans for works, identifying repetition and variation within the form.

Using established criteria and feedback, identify the way(s) in which performances convey the elements of music, style, and mood.

Identify and implement strategies for improving the technical and expressive aspects of multiple works.

Create rehearsal plans for works, identifying the form, repetition and variation within the form, and the style and historical or cultural context of the work.

Using established criteria and feedback, identify the ways in which performances convey the formal design, style, and historical/cultural context of the works.

Identify and implement strategies for improving the technical and expressive aspects of varied works.

Create rehearsal plans for works, identifying the form, repetition and variation within the form, compositional techniques, and the style and historical or cultural context of the work.

Using established criteria and feedback, identify the ways in which performances use compositional techniques and convey the formal design, style, and historical/cultural context of the works.

Identify, compare, and implement strategies for improving the technical and expressive aspects of multiple contrasting works.

Share live or recorded performances of works (both personal and others'), and explain how the elements of music are used to convey intent.

Identify how compositions are appropriate for an audience or context, and how this will shape future compositions.

Share live or recorded performances of works (both personal and others'), and explain how the elements of music and compositional techniques are used to convey intent.

Explain how compositions are appropriate for both audience and context, and how this will shape future compositions.

Share live or recorded performances of works (both personal and others'), and explain and/or demonstrate understanding of how the expressive intent of the music is conveyed.

Explain how compositions are appropriate for a variety of audiences and contexts, and how this will shape future compositions.

Apply teacher-provided criteria to select music that expresses a personal experience, mood, visual image, or storyline in simple forms (such as one-part, cyclical, binary), and describe the choices as models for composition.

Apply teacher-provided or personally-developed criteria to select music that expresses personal experiences and interests, moods, visual images, concepts, texts, or storylines in simple or moderately complex forms, and describe and defend the choices as models for composition.

Apply researched or personally-developed criteria to select music that expresses personal experiences and interests, visual images, concepts, texts, or storylines in moderately complex or complex forms, and describe and justify the choice as models for composition.

Analyze aurally the elements of music (including form) of musical works, relating them to style, mood, and context, and describe how the analysis provides models for personal growth as composer, performer, and/or listener.

Analyze aurally and/or by reading the scores of musical works the elements of music (including form), compositional techniques and procedures, relating them to style, mood, and context; and explain how the analysis provides models for personal growth as composer, performer, and/or listener.

Analyze aurally and/or by reading the scores of musical works the elements of music (including form), compositional techniques and procedures, relating them to aesthetic effectiveness, style, mood, and context; and explain how the analysis provides models for personal growth as composer, performer, and/or listener.

Develop and explain interpretations of varied works, demonstrating an understanding of the composers' intent by citing technical and expressive aspects as well as the style/genre of each work.

Develop and support interpretations of varied works, demonstrating an understanding of the composers' intent by citing the use of elements of music (including form), compositional techniques, and the style/genre and context of each work.

Develop, justify and defend interpretations of varied works, demonstrating an understanding of the composers' intent by citing the use of elements of music (including form), compositional techniques, and the style/genre and context of each work.

Describe the effectiveness of the technical and expressive aspects of selected music and performances, demonstrating understanding of fundamentals of music theory.

Describe the way(s) in which critiquing others' work and receiving feedback from others can be applied in the personal creative process.

Explain the effectiveness of the technical and expressive aspects of selected music and performances, demonstrating understanding of music theory as well as compositional techniques and procedures.

Describe ways in which critiquing others' work and receiving feedback from others have been specifically applied in the personal creative process.

Evaluate the effectiveness of the technical and expressive aspects of selected music and performances, demonstrating understanding of theoretical concepts and complex compositional techniques and procedures.

Describe and evaluate ways in which critiquing others' work and receiving feedback from others have been specifically applied in the personal creative process.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Demonstrate how interests, knowledge and skills relate to personal choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music.

Demonstrate how interests, knowledge and skills relate to personal choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music.

Demonstrate how interests, knowledge and skills relate to personal choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music.

Demonstrate understanding of relationships between music and the other arts, other disciplines, varied contexts and daily life.

Demonstrate understanding of relationships between music and the other arts, other disciplines, varied contexts and daily life.

Demonstrate understanding of relationships between music and the other arts, other disciplines, varied contexts and daily life.

Generate melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic ideas for compositions or improvisations using digital tools.

Generate melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic ideas for compositions and improvisations using digital tools and resources.

Generate melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic ideas for compositions and improvisations that incorporate digital tools, resources, and systems.

Select melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic ideas to develop into a larger work using digital tools and resources.

Select melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic ideas to develop into a larger work that exhibits unity and variety using digital and analog tools.

Select, develop, and organize multiple melodic, rhythmic and harmonic ideas to develop into a larger work that exhibits unity, variety, complexity, and coherence using digital and analog tools, resources, and systems.

Drawing on feedback from teachers and peers, develop and implement strategies to improve and refine the technical and expressive aspects of draft compositions and improvisations. Share compositions or improvisations that demonstrate a proficient level of musical and technological craftsmanship as well as the use of digital tools and resources in developing and organizing musical ideas.

Develop and implement varied strategies to improve and refine the technical and expressive aspects of draft compositions and improvisations.

Develop and implement varied strategies and apply appropriate criteria to improve and refine the technical and expressive aspects of draft compositions and improvisations.

Share compositions and improvisations that demonstrate an accomplished level of musical and technological craftsmanship as well as the use of digital and analog tools and resources in developing and organizing musical ideas.

Share a portfolio of musical creations representing varied styles and genres that demonstrates an advanced level of musical and technological craftsmanship as well as the use of digital and analog tools, resources and systems in developing and organizing musical ideas.

Develop and explain the criteria used for selecting a varied repertoire of music based on interest, music reading skills, and an understanding of the performer's technical and technological skill.

Develop and apply criteria to select a varied repertoire to study and perform based on interest; an understanding of theoretical and structural characteristics of the music; and the performer's technical skill using digital tools and resources.

Develop and apply criteria to select varied programs to study and perform based on interest, an understanding of the theoretical and structural characteristics, as well as expressive challenges in the music, and the performer's technical skill using digital tools, resources, and systems.

Describe how context, structural aspects of the music, and digital media/tools inform prepared and improvised performances.

Describe and demonstrate how context, theoretical and structural aspects of the music and digital media/tools inform and influence prepared and improvised performances.

Examine, evaluate and critique how context, theoretical and structural aspects of the music and digital media/tools inform and influence prepared and improvised performances.

Demonstrate how understanding the context, expressive challenges, and use of digital tools in a varied repertoire of music influence prepared or improvised performances.

Demonstrate how understanding the style, genre, context, and use of digital tools and resources in a varied repertoire of music influences prepared or improvised performances and performers' ability to connect with audiences.

Demonstrate how understanding the style, genre, context, and integration of digital technologies in a varied repertoire of music informs and influences prepared and improvised performances and their ability to connect with audiences.

Identify and implement rehearsal strategies to improve the technical and expressive aspects of prepared and improvised performances in a varied repertoire of music.

Develop and implement rehearsal strategies to improve and refine the technical and expressive aspects of prepared and improvised performances in a varied repertoire of music.

Apply appropriate criteria as well as feedback from multiple sources and develop and implement varied strategies to improve and refine the technical and expressive aspects of prepared and improvised performances in varied programs of music.

Using digital tools, demonstrate attention to technical accuracy and expressive qualities in prepared and improvised performances of a varied repertoire of music.

Demonstrate an understanding of the context of music through prepared and improvised performances.

Using digital tools and resources, demonstrate technical accuracy and expressive qualities in prepared and improvised performances of a varied repertoire of music representing diverse cultures, styles, and genres.

Demonstrate an understanding of the expressive intent when connecting with an audience through prepared and improvised performances.

Integrating digital and analog tools and resources, demonstrate an understanding and attention to technical accuracy and expressive qualities of the music in prepared and improvised performances of a varied repertoire of music representing diverse cultures, styles, genres, and historical periods.

Demonstrate an ability to connect with audience members before, and engaging with and responding to them during prepared and improvised performances.

Cite reasons for choosing music based on the use of the elements of music, digital and electronic aspects, and connections to interest or purpose.

Select and critique contrasting musical works, defending opinions based on manipulations of the elements of music, digital and electronic aspects, and the purpose and context of the works.

Select, describe and compare a variety of musical selections based on characteristics and knowledge of the music, understanding of digital and electronic aspects, and the purpose and context of the works.

Explain how knowledge of the structure (repetition, similarities, contrasts), technological aspects, and purpose of the music informs the response.

Explain how an analysis of the structure, context, and technological aspects of the music informs the response.

Demonstrate and justify how an analysis of the structural characteristics, context, and technological and creative decisions, informs interest in and response to the music.

Explain and support an interpretation of the expressive intent of musical selections based on treatment of the elements of music, digital and electronic features, and purpose.

Connect the influence of the treatment of the elements of music, digital and electronic features, context, purpose, and other art forms to the expressive intent of musical works.

Examine, cite research and multiple sources to connect the influence of the treatment of the elements of music, digital and electronic features, context, purpose, and other art forms to the expressive intent of musical works.

Evaluate music using criteria based on analysis, interpretation, digital and electronic features, and personal interests.

Apply criteria to evaluate music based on analysis, interpretation, artistic intent, digital, electronic, and analog features, and musical qualities.

Develop and justify the evaluation of a variety of music based on established and personally-developed criteria, digital, electronic and analog features, and understanding of purpose and context.

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

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CREATING

Investigate how personal experiences, interests, knowledge, skills and contexts relate to choices and intent when creating, performing and responding in music.

Evaluate the effect of a musician or a group of musicians on a society and identify the factors that made their contributions possible.

Describe and demonstrate how sounds and musical ideas can be used to represent memories, visual images, concepts, texts or storylines.

Identify and organize multiple sounds or musical ideas to create initial expressive statements of selected sounds, memories, images, concepts, texts or storylines.

Categorize and explain the development of sounds and musical ideas in drafts of music within a variety of simple or moderately complex forms.

Identify, describe and apply selected teacher-provided or personally developed criteria to assess and refine the technical and expressive aspects of evolving drafts, leading to final versions.

Share music using notation, solo or group performance or technology, and demonstrate and describe how the Elements of Music and compositional techniques have been employed to realize expressive intent.

Describe the selected contexts and performance mediums for presenting personal works and explain why they successfully impact the final composition and presentation.

Identify and select specific passages, sections or movements in musical works that express personal experiences and interests, moods, visual images, concepts, texts or storylines in simple forms or moderately complex forms.

Analyze how form and other Elements of Music in selected works relate to the style, function and context, and explain the implications for rehearsal and performance.

Develop interpretations of works based on an understanding of the use of Elements of Music, style, mood, function and context, explaining and supporting how the interpretive choices reflect the intent.

Using established criteria and rehearsal feedback, identify and implement strategies for conveying the formal design, style and historical/cultural context to improve the technical and expressive aspects of varied works.

Share personal and others’ live or recorded performances of works explain how the Elements of Music and compositional techniques are used to convey intent.

Explain how compositions are appropriate for both audience and context, and how this will shape future compositions.

Apply teacher-provided or personally developed criteria to select music that expresses personal experiences and interests, moods, visual images, concepts, texts or storylines in simple or moderately complex forms. Describe and defend the choices as models for composition.

Analyze aurally and/or by reading the scores of musical works the Elements of Music, compositional techniques and procedures, relating them to personal experience, style, mood, visual imagery, storyline and/or context in moderately complex forms. Explain how the analysis provides models for personal growth as composer, performer and/or listener.

Develop and compare multiple interpretations of varied works, demonstrating an understanding of the composers’ intent by citing the use of Elements of Music, compositional techniques and the style/genre and context of each work.

Explain the effectiveness of the technical and expressive aspects of selected music and performances, demonstrating understanding of music theory as well as compositional techniques and procedures.

Describe ways in which critiquing others’ work and receiving feedback from others have been specifically applied in the personal creative process.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Develop and refine artistic technique and work for presentation.

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RESPONDING

CONNECTING

CREATING

Synthesize how personal experiences, interests, knowledge, skills, contexts and audience expectations connect to choices and intent when creating, performing and responding in music.

Explore opportunities for community connection through a musical endeavor and cite evidence of how it affects change and/or meets a need.

Demonstrate and justify multiple ways in which musical ideas can be used to represent extended sound experiences or abstract ideas.

Organize and develop multiple sounds or extended musical ideas to create initial expressive statements of selected extended sound experiences or abstract ideas.

Analyze and demonstrate the development of sounds and extended musical ideas in drafts of music within a variety of moderately complex or complex forms.

Research, identify, explain and apply personally developed criteria to assess and refine the technical and expressive aspects of evolving drafts, leading to final versions.

Share music using notation, solo or group performance or technology, and demonstrate and justify how the Elements of Music, compositional techniques and processes have been employed to realize expressive intent.

Describe a variety of possible contexts and mediums for presenting personal works, and explain and compare how each could impact the success of the final composition and presentation.

Identify and select specific sections, movements or entire works that express personal experiences and interests, moods, visual images, concepts, texts or storylines in moderately complex or complex forms.

Analyze how form and other Elements of Music and compositional techniques in selected works relate to the style, function and context, and explain and support the analysis and its implications for rehearsal and performance.

Develop interpretations of works based on an understanding of the use of Elements of Music, compositional techniques, style, function and context, explaining and justifying how the interpretive choices reflect the intent.

Using established criteria and rehearsal feedback, compare and implement strategies for conveying the compositional techniques and historical/cultural context to improve the technical and expressive aspects of multiple varied works.

Share personal and others’ live or recorded performances of and explain and/or demonstrate understanding of how the expressive intent of the music is conveyed.

Explain how compositions are appropriate for a variety of audiences and contexts, and how this will shape future compositions.

Apply researched or personally developed criteria to select music that expresses personal experiences and interests, visual images, concepts, texts or storylines in moderately complex forms or complex forms. Describe and justify the choice as models for composition.

Analyze aurally and/or by reading the scores of musical works the Elements of Music, compositional techniques and procedures, relating them to aesthetic effectiveness, style, mood, visual imagery, storyline and/or context in complex forms. Justify how the analysis provides models for personal growth as composer, performer and/or listener.

Develop and justify personal interpretations of varied works, demonstrating an understanding of the composers’ intent by citing the use of Elements of Music, compositional techniques and the style/genre and context of each work.

Evaluate the effectiveness of the technical and expressive aspects of selected music and performances, demonstrating understanding of theoretical concepts and complex compositional techniques and procedures.

Describe and evaluate ways in which critiquing others’ work and receiving feedback from others have been specifically applied in the personal creative process.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Develop and refine artistic technique and work for presentation.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

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Summarize and demonstrate how personal experiences, interests, knowledge and skills relate to choices and intent when creating, performing and responding in music.

Describe the role of music in significant and historical events.

Describe how sounds and short musical ideas can be used to represent personal experiences, moods, visual images and/or storylines.

Identify and organize sounds or short musical ideas to create initial expressions of selected experiences, moods, images or storylines.

Categorize and describe the development of sounds or short musical ideas in drafts of music within simple forms.

Identify, describe and apply teacherprovided criteria to assess and refine the technical and expressive aspects of evolving drafts, leading to final versions.

Share music using notation, performance or technology, and demonstrate how the Elements of Music have been employed to realize expressive intent.

Describe the given context and performance medium for presenting personal works and how they impact the final composition and presentation.

Identify and select specific excerpts, passages or sections in musical works that express a personal experience, mood, visual image or storyline in simple forms.

Analyze how form and other Elements of Music, in selected works, relate to style and mood and explain the implications for rehearsal or performance.

Develop interpretations of works based on an understanding of the use of Elements of Music, style and mood, explaining how the interpretive choices reflect the intent.

Using established criteria and rehearsal feedback, identify and implement strategies for conveying the Elements of Music, style and mood to improve the technical and expressive aspects of multiple works.

Share personal and others’ live or recorded performances of works and explain how the Elements of Music are used to convey intent.

Identify how compositions are appropriate for an audience or context, and how this will shape future compositions.

Apply teacher-provided criteria to select music that expresses a personal experience, mood, visual image or storyline in simple forms. Describe the choices as models for compo

Analyze aurally the elements of musical works, relating them to personal experience, style, mood, visual imagery, storyline and/or context in simple forms. Describe how the analysis provides models for personal growth as composer, performer and/or listener.

Develop and explain personal interpretations of varied works, demonstrating an understanding of the composers’ intent by citing technical and expressive aspects as well as the style/genre of each work.

Describe the effectiveness of the technical and expressive aspects of selected music and performances, demonstrating understanding of Fundamentals of Music Theory.

Describe the way(s) in which critiquing others’ work and receiving feedback from others can be applied in the personal creative process.

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding.

Develop and refine artistic technique and work for presentation.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

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CREATING

Investigate how personal experiences, interests, knowledge, skills and contexts relate to choices and intent when creating, performing and responding in music.

Evaluate the effect of a musician or a group of musicians on a society and identify the factors that made their contributions possible.

Generate melodic, rhythmic and harmonic ideas for improvisations, compositions and accompaniment patterns in a variety of styles.

Generate harmonizations for given melodies.

Select, develop and use standard notation and recording technologies to document melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic ideas for drafts of improvisations, compositions and accompaniment patterns in a variety of styles and harmonizations for given melodies.

Develop and apply selected teacherprovided and/or student-developed criteria to assess and refine drafts of improvisations, compositions and three-or-more chord accompaniments in a variety of patterns.

Share final versions of improvisations, compositions and accompaniment patterns in a variety of styles and harmonizations for given melodies, demonstrating technical skill in applying principles of improvisation/composition and originality in developing and organizing musical ideas.

Explain the criteria used in selecting a varied repertoire of music for individual and small group performances that include melodies, improvisations and chordal accompaniments in a variety of styles.

Explain important theoretical and structural characteristics and context in a varied repertoire of music that includes melodies, improvisations and chordal accompaniments in a variety of styles.

Through personal interpretation explain how context and expressive intent in a varied repertoire of music influences performances that include melodies, improvisations and chordal accompaniments in a variety of styles that include melodies, improvisations and chordal accompaniments in a variety of styles.

Explore and implement rehearsal strategies to address performance challenges and refine the performances.

Develop and apply established criteria and feedback from teacher and/or students to critique individual and small group performances of a varied repertoire of music.

Perform with expression and technical accuracy, a varied repertoire of music that includes melodies, improvisations and chordal accompaniments in a variety of styles.

Compare performance approaches to show appropriate sensitivity to the audience with an understanding of the context.

Apply criteria to select music for a variety of purposes, justifying choices and citing knowledge of the music and the specified purpose and context.

Explain how the analysis of the structures and context of contrasting musical selections inform the response.

Synthesize interpretations of the expressive intent and meaning of musical works citing as evidence the treatment of the Elements of Music, context and varied researched sources.

Apply personally developed and established criteria based on research, personal preference, analysis, interpretation, expressive intent and musical qualities to evaluate contrasting musical selections for listening.

Develop and refine artistic technique and work for presentation.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

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Synthesize how personal experiences, interests, knowledge, skills, contexts and audience expectations connect to choices and intent when creating, performing and responding in music.

Explore opportunities for community connection through a musical endeavor and cite evidence of how it affects change and/or meets a need.

Generate melodic, rhythmic and harmonic ideas for a collection of improvisations, compositions and accompaniment patterns in several different styles.

Generate stylistically appropriate harmonizations for given melodies.

Select, develop and use standard notation and recording technologies to document melodic, rhythmic and harmonic ideas for drafts of improvisations and compositions in several different styles and stylistically appropriate harmonizations for given melodies.

Justify and apply student-developed criteria to assess and refine drafts of improvisations, compositions and three-or-more chord accompaniments in a variety of styles and stylistically appropriate harmonizations for given melodies.

Share final versions of improvisations in several different styles, a collection of compositions and stylistically appropriate harmonizations for given melodies, demonstrating technical skill in applying principles of improvisation/composition and originality in developing and organizing musical ideas.

Develop and apply individually developed criteria for selecting a varied repertoire for a program of music for individual and small group performances that include melodies, improvisations and stylistically-appropriate accompaniments in a variety of contrasting styles.

Explain important theoretical and structural characteristics and context in a varied repertoire of music selected for programs that includes melodies, improvisations and stylistically appropriate accompaniments in a variety of contrasting styles.

Through personal interpretation, explain and present how context and expressive intent in varied programs of music influences performances that include melodies, stylistically appropriate accompaniments and improvisations in a variety of contrasting styles that include melodies, stylistically appropriate accompaniments and improvisations in a variety of contrasting styles.

Create and implement rehearsal strategies to address performance challenges and refine the performances.

Develop and apply criteria, including feedback from multiple sources, to critique a program of music in contrasting styles selected for individual and small group performance.

Perform with expression and technical accuracy, a varied repertoire for programs of music that includes melodies, repertoire pieces, stylistically appropriate accompaniments and improvisations in a variety of contrasting styles.

Justify performance approaches to show sensitivity to the audience and an understanding of the context.

Apply research and personally developed criteria to justify choices made when selecting music, citing knowledge of the music and individual and ensemble purpose and context.

Demonstrate and justify how the structural characteristics function within a variety of musical selections and distinguish how context and creative decisions inform the response.

Cite evidence from interpretations of the expressive intent and meaning of musical works by comparing and synthesizing varied researched sources, including reference to other arts disciplines.

Develop and justify evaluations of a variety of musical selections for listening based on personally developed and established criteria, personal decision making and knowledge and understanding of context.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Develop and refine artistic technique and work for presentation.

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

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RESPONDING

CONNECTING

CREATING

Summarize and demonstrate how personal experiences, interests, knowledge and skills relate to choices and intent when creating, performing and responding in music.

Describe the role of music in significant and historical events.

Generate melodic, rhythmic and harmonic ideas for improvisations, compositions and three-or-more-chord accompaniments in a variety of patterns.

Select, develop and use standard notation and recording technologies to document melodic, rhythmic and harmonic ideas for drafts of improvisations, compositions and three-or-more chord accompaniments in a variety of patterns.

Describe and apply established criteria to assess and refine drafts of improvisations, compositions and three-or-more chord accompaniments in a variety of patterns.

Share final versions of improvisations, compositions and three-or-more chord accompaniments in a variety of patterns, demonstrating technical skill in applying principles of improvisation/compositions and originality in developing and organizing musical ideas.

Using established criteria, select a varied repertoire of music for individual or small group performances that include melodies, improvisations and chordal accompaniments in a variety of patterns.

Explain important theoretical and structural characteristics and context in a varied repertoire of music that includes melodies, improvisations and chordal accompaniments in a variety of patterns.

Through personal interpretation, describe how the context and expressive intent in a varied repertoire of music influences performances that include melodies, improvisations and chordal accompaniments in a variety of patterns.

Identify and implement strategies to address performance challenges and refine performances.

Identify and apply established criteria and teacher feedback to critique individual and small group performances of a varied repertoire of music.

Perform with expression and technical accuracy, a varied repertoire of music that includes melodies, improvisations and chordal accompaniments in a variety of patterns.

Explore performance approaches to show sensitivity to the audience with an understanding of the context.

Apply criteria to select music for specified purposes, supporting choices by citing characteristics found in the music and connections to interest, purpose and context.

Compare passages in musical selections and explain how the Elements of Music and context inform the response.

Explore interpretations of the expressive intent and meaning of musical works, citing as evidence the treatment of the Elements of Music, context and personal researc

Apply established and teacherprovided criteria based on personal preference, analysis and context to evaluate musical selections for listening.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Develop and refine artistic technique and work for presentation.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

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RESPONDING

CONNECTING

CREATING

Investigate how personal experiences, interests, knowledge, skills and contexts relate to choices and intent when creating, performing and responding in music.

Evaluate the effect of a musician or a group of musicians on a society and identify the factors that made their contributions possible.

Compose and improvise ideas for arrangements, sections and short compositions for specific purposes that reflect characteristic(s) of music from a variety of cultures studied in rehearsal.

Select and develop arrangements, sections and short compositions for specific purposes that demonstrate understanding of characteristic(s) of music from a variety of cultures studied in rehearsal.

Preserve draft compositions and improvisations through standard notation and recording technologies.

Develop and apply selected teacherprovided and/or student-developed criteria to assess and refine drafts of arrangements, sections, short compositions and improvisations.

Share final versions of arrangements, sections and short compositions that address identified purposes.

Explain the criteria used to select varied repertoire to study based on an understanding of theoretical and structural characteristics of the music, the technical skill of the individual or ensemble and the purpose or context of the performance.

Using music reading and aural skills where appropriate, demonstrate how compositional devices and structural aspects of musical works may affect performances.

Through personal interpretation explain how context and expressive intent in a varied repertoire of music influences performances.

Develop and apply appropriate rehearsal strategies to address individual and ensemble challenges in a varied repertoire of music and evaluate their success.

Demonstrate mastery of the technical demands and an understanding of expressive qualities of the music in prepared and improvised performances of a varied repertoire representing diverse cultures, styles, genres and historical periods.

Demonstrate an understanding of intent as a means for connecting with an audience through prepared and improvised performances.

Apply criteria to select music and justify choices citing knowledge of the music and the specified purpose and context.

Explain how the analysis of musical structures and historical/cultural contexts inform the response to music.

Synthesize interpretations of the expressive intent and meaning of musical works, citing as evidence the treatment of the Elements of Music, contexts, (when appropriate) the setting of the text and varied researched sources.

Apply personally developed and established criteria based on research, personal preference, analysis, interpretation, expressive intent and musical qualities to evaluate contrasting musical selections for listening.

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding.

Develop and refine artistic technique and work for presentation.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Refine and complete artistic work.

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RESPONDING

CONNECTING

CREATING

Synthesize how personal experiences, interests, knowledge, skills, contexts and audience expectations connect to choices and intent when creating, performing and responding in music.

Explore opportunities for community connection through a musical endeavor and cite evidence of how it affects change and/or meets a need.

Compose and improvise musical ideas for a variety of purposes and context.

Select and develop composed and improvised ideas into draft musical works organized for a variety of purposes and contexts.

Preserve draft musical works through standard notation and recording technologies.

Justify and apply student-developed criteria to assess and refine drafts of varied musical works.

Share final versions of varied musical works that address identified purposes and contexts.

Develop and apply criteria to select varied programs to study and perform based on an understanding of theoretical and structural characteristics and expressive challenges in the music, the technical skill of the individual or ensemble and the purpose and context of the performance.

Using music reading and aural skills where appropriate, document and critique how compositional devices and structural aspects of musical works may affect performances.

Through personal interpretation, explain and present how context and expressive intent in varied programs of music influences performances.

Refine and apply appropriate rehearsal strategies to address individual and ensemble challenges in a varied repertoire of music.

Demonstrate an understanding and mastery of the technical demands and expressive qualities of the music through prepared and improvised performances of a varied repertoire representing diverse cultures, styles, genres and historical periods in multiple types of ensembles.

Demonstrate an ability to connect with audience members before and during the process of engaging with and responding to them through prepared and improvised performances.

Apply research and personally developed criteria to justify choices made when selecting music, citing knowledge of the music and individual and ensemble purpose and context.

Demonstrate and connect how the analysis of musical structures, contexts and performance decisions inform the response to music.

Cite evidence to interpretations of the expressive intent and meaning of musical works by comparing and synthesizing varied researched sources, including reference to other arts disciplines.

Develop and justify evaluations of a variety of musical selections for listening based on personally developed and established criteria, personal decision making and knowledge and understanding of context.

Develop and refine artistic technique and work for presentation.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation.

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RESPONDING

CONNECTING

CREATING

Summarize and demonstrate how personal experiences, interests, knowledge and skills relate to choices and intent when creating, performing and responding in music.

Describe the role of music in significant and historical events.

Compose and improvise ideas for melodies, rhythmic passages and arrangements for specific purposes that reflect characteristic(s) of music from a variety of historical periods studied in rehearsal.

Select and develop draft melodies, rhythmic passages and arrangements for specific purposes that demonstrate understanding of characteristic(s) of music from a variety of historical periods studied in rehearsal.

Preserve draft compositions and improvisations through standard notation and recording technologies.

Describe and apply established criteria to assess and refine drafts of melodies, rhythmic passages, arrangements and improvisations.

Share final versions of melodies, rhythmic passages and arrangements that address identified purposes.

Using established criteria, select varied repertoire to study based on music literacy, an understanding of formal design in the music, context and the technical skill of the individual and ensemble.

Using music reading and aural skills, identify how the form and structural aspects of a piece affect and inform performances.

Through personal interpretation, describe how the context and expressive intent in a varied repertoire of music influences performances.

Develop strategies to address expressive challenges in a varied repertoire of music and evaluate their success using feedback from ensemble, peers and other sources to refine performances.

Demonstrate attention to technical accuracy and expressive qualities in prepared and improvised performances of a varied repertoire of music representing diverse cultures, styles and genres.

Demonstrate an understanding of expressive intent by connecting with an audience through prepared and improvised performances.

Apply criteria to select music and support choices by citing characteristics found in the music and connections to interest, purpose and context.

Explain how the analysis of passages, and understanding the way the Elements of Music are manipulated, inform the response to music.

Explore interpretations of the expressive intent and meaning of musical works, citing as evidence the treatment of the Elements of Music, contexts, (when appropriate) the setting of the text and personal research.

Apply established and teacherprovided criteria based on personal preference, analysis and context to evaluate musical selections for listening.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Develop and refine artistic technique and work for presentation.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

PERFORMING

RESPONDING

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Develop and refine artistic technique and work for presentation.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Investigate how cultural perspectives, community ideas and personal beliefs impact a drama/theatre work.

Choose and interpret a drama/theatre work to reflect or question personal beliefs.

Collaborate on a drama/theatre work that examines a critical global issue using multiple personal, community, and cultural perspectives.

Explore how cultural, global, and historic belief systems affect creative choices in a drama/theatre work.

Integrate conventions and knowledge from different art forms and other disciplines to develop a cross-cultural drama/theatre work.

Develop a drama/theatre work that identifies and questions cultural, global, and historic belief systems.

Research how other theatre artists apply creative processes to tell stories in a devised or scripted drama/theatre work, using theatre research methods.

Use basic theatre research methods to better understand the social and cultural background of a drama/theatre work.

Formulate creative choices for a devised or scripted drama/theatre work based on theatre research about the selected topic.

Explore how personal beliefs and biases can affect the interpretation of research data applied in drama/theatre work.

Justify the creative choices made in a devised or scripted drama/theatre work, based on a critical interpretation of specific data from theatre research.

Present and support an opinion about the social, cultural, and historical understandings of a drama/theatre work, based on critical research.

Apply basic research to construct ideas about the visual composition of a drama/theatre work.

Explore the impact of technology on design choices in a drama/theatre work.

Use script analysis to generate ideas about a character that is believable and authentic in a drama/theatre work.

Investigate historical and cultural conventions and their impact on the visual composition of a drama/theatre work.

Understand and apply technology to design solutions for a drama/theatre work.

Use personal experiences and knowledge to develop a character that is believable and authentic in a drama/theatre work.

Synthesize knowledge from a variety of dramatic forms, theatrical conventions, and technologies to create the visual composition of a drama/theatre work.

Create a complete design for a drama/theatre work that incorporates all elements of technology.

Integrate cultural and historical contexts with personal experiences to create a character that is believable and authentic, in a drama/theatre work.

Explore the function of history and culture in the development of a dramatic concept through a critical analysis of original ideas in a drama/theatre work.

Investigate the collaborative nature of the actor, director, playwright, and designers and explore their interdependent roles in a drama/theatre work.

Refine a dramatic concept to demonstrate a critical understanding of historical and cultural influences of original ideas applied to a drama/theatre work.

Cooperate as a creative team to make interpretive choices for a drama/theatre work.

Develop and synthesize original ideas in a drama/theatre work utilizing critical analysis, historical and cultural context, research, and western or non-western theatre traditions.

Collaborate as a creative team to discover artistic solutions and make interpretive choices in a devised or scripted drama/theatre work.

Practice and revise a devised or scripted drama/theatre work using theatrical staging conventions.

Explore physical, vocal and physiological choices to develop a performance that is believable, authentic, and relevant to a drama/theatre work.

Refine technical design choices to support the story and emotional impact of a devised or scripted drama/theatre work.

Use the rehearsal process to analyze the dramatic concept and technical design elements of a devised or scripted drama/theatre work.

Use research and script analysis to revise physical, vocal, and physiological choices impacting the believability and relevance of a drama/theatre work.

Re-imagine and revise technical design choices during the course of a rehearsal process to enhance the story and emotional impact of a devised or scripted drama/theatre work.

Refine, transform, and reimagine a devised or scripted drama/theatre work using the rehearsal process to invent or re-imagine style, genre, form, and conventions.

Synthesize ideas from research, script analysis, and context to create a performance that is believable, authentic, and relevant in a drama/theatre work.

Apply a high level of technical proficiencies to the rehearsal process to support the story and emotional impact of a devised or scripted drama/theatre work.

Examine how character relationships assist in telling the story of a drama/theatre work.

Shape character choices using given circumstances in a drama/theatre work.

Discover how unique choices shape believable and sustainable drama/theatre work.

Identify essential text information, research from various sources, and the director's concept that influence character choices in a drama/theatre work.

Apply reliable research of directors' styles to form unique choices for a directorial concept in a drama/theatre work.

Apply a variety of researched acting techniques as an approach to character choices in a drama/theatre work.

Practice various acting techniques to expand skills in a rehearsal or drama/theatre performance.

Use researched technical elements to increase the impact of design for a drama/theatre production.

Refine a range of acting skills to build a believable and sustainable drama/theatre performance.

Apply technical elements and research to create a design that communicates the concept of a drama/theatre production.

Use and justify a collection of acting exercises from reliable resources to prepare a believable and sustainable performance.

Explain and justify the selection of technical elements used to build a design that communicates the concept of a drama/theatre production.

Perform a scripted drama/theatre work for a specific audience.

Present a drama/theatre work using creative processes that shape the production for a specific audience.

Present a drama/theatre production for a specific audience that employs research and analysis grounded in the creative perspectives of the playwright, director, designer, and dramaturg.

Respond to what is seen, felt, and heard in a drama/theatre work to develop criteria for artistic choices.

Demonstrate an understanding of multiple interpretations of artistic criteria and how each might be used to influence future artistic choices of a drama/theatre work.

Use historical and cultural context to structure and justify personal responses to a drama/theatre work.

Analyze and compare artistic choices developed from personal experiences in multiple drama/theatre works.

Identify and compare cultural perspectives and contexts that may influence the evaluation of a drama/theatre work.

Justify personal aesthetics, preferences, and beliefs through participation in and observation of a drama/theatre work.

Develop detailed supporting evidence and criteria to reinforce artistic choices, when participating in or observing a drama/theatre work.

Apply concepts from a drama/theatre work for personal realization about cultural perspectives and understanding.

Debate and distinguish multiple aesthetics, preferences, and beliefs through participation in and observation of drama/theatre work.

Use detailed supporting evidence and appropriate criteria to revise personal work and interpret the work of others when participating in or observing a drama/theatre work.

Use new understandings of cultures and contexts to shape personal responses to drama/theatre work.

Support and explain aesthetics, preferences, and beliefs to create a context for critical research that informs artistic decisions in a drama/theatre work.

Examine a drama/theatre work using supporting evidence and criteria, while considering art forms, history, culture, and other disciplines.

Consider the aesthetics of the production elements in a drama/theatre work.

Formulate a deeper understanding and appreciation of a drama/theatre work by considering its specific purpose or intended audience.

Analyze and assess a drama/theatre work by connecting it to art forms, history, culture, and other disciplines using supporting evidence and criteria.

Construct meaning in a drama/theatre work, considering personal aesthetics and knowledge of production elements while respecting others' interpretations.

Verify how a drama/theatre work communicates for a specific purpose and audience.

Research and synthesize cultural and historical information related to a drama/theatre work to support or evaluate artistic choices.

Analyze and evaluate varied aesthetic interpretations of production elements for the same drama/theatre work.

Compare and debate the connection between a drama/theatre work and contemporary issues that may impact audiences.

Demonstrate how interests, knowledge, and skills relate to personal choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music.

Demonstrate how interests, knowledge, and skills relate to personal choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music.

Demonstrate how interests, knowledge, and skills relate to personal choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music.

Demonstrate understanding of relationships between music and the other arts, other disciplines, varied contexts, and daily life.

Demonstrate understanding of relationships between music and the other arts, other disciplines, varied contexts, and daily life.

Demonstrate understanding of relationships between music and the other arts, other disciplines, varied contexts, and daily life.

Compose and improvise ideas for melodies, rhythmic passages, and arrangements for specific purposes that reflect characteristic(s) of music from a variety of historical periods studied in rehearsal.

Compose and improvise ideas for arrangements, sections, and short compositions for specific purposes that reflect characteristic(s) of music from a variety of cultures studied in rehearsal.

Compose and improvise musical ideas for a variety of purposes and contexts.

Select and develop draft melodies, rhythmic passages, and arrangements for specific purposes that demonstrate understanding of characteristic(s) of music from a variety of historical periods studied in rehearsal.

Preserve draft compositions and improvisations through standard notation and audio recording.

Select and develop arrangements, sections, and short compositions for specific purposes that demonstrate understanding of characteristic(s) of music from a variety of cultures studied in rehearsal.

Preserve draft compositions and improvisations through standard notation, audio, or video recording.

Select and develop composed and improvised ideas into draft musical works organized for a variety of purposes and contexts.

Preserve draft musical works through standard notation, audio, or video recording.

Evaluate and refine draft melodies, rhythmic passages, arrangements, and improvisations based on established criteria, including the extent to which they address identified purposes.

Evaluate and refine draft arrangements, sections, short compositions, and improvisations based on personally-developed criteria, including the extent to which they address identified purposes.

Evaluate and refine varied draft musical works based on appropriate criteria, including the extent to which they address identified purposes and contexts.

Share personally-developed melodies, rhythmic passages, and arrangements – individually or as an ensemble – that address identified purposes.

Share personally-developed arrangements, sections, and short compositions – individually or as an ensemble – that address identified purposes.

Share varied, personally-developed musical works – individually or as an ensemble – that address identified purposes and contexts.

Explain the criteria used to select a varied repertoire to study based on an understanding of theoretical and structural characteristics of the music, the technical skill of the individual or ensemble, and the purpose or context of the performance.

Develop and apply criteria to select a varied repertoire to study and perform based on an understanding of theoretical and structural characteristics and expressive challenges in the music, the technical skill of the individual or ensemble, and the purpose and context of the performance.

Develop and apply criteria to select varied programs to study and perform based on an understanding of theoretical and structural characteristics and expressive challenges in the music, the technical skill of the individual or ensemble, and the purpose and context of the performance.

Demonstrate, using music reading skills where appropriate, how compositional devices employed and theoretical and structural aspects of musical works impact and inform prepared or improvised performances.

Document and demonstrate, using music reading skills where appropriate, how compositional devices employed and theoretical and structural aspects of musical works may impact and inform prepared and improvised performances.

Examine, evaluate, and critique, using music reading skills where appropriate, how the structure and context impact and inform prepared and improvised performances.

Demonstrate an understanding of context in a varied repertoire of music through prepared and improvised performances.

Demonstrate how understanding the style, genre, and context of a varied repertoire of music influences prepared and improvised performances as well as performers' technical skill to connect with the audience.

Demonstrate how understanding the style, genre, and context of a varied repertoire of music informs prepared and improvised performances as well as performers' technical skill to connect with the audience.

Develop strategies to address expressive challenges in a varied repertoire of music, and evaluate their success using feedback from ensemble peers and other sources to refine performances.

Develop and apply appropriate rehearsal strategies to address individual and ensemble challenges in a varied repertoire of music, and evaluate their success.

Develop, apply, and refine appropriate rehearsal strategies to address individual and ensemble challenges in a varied repertoire of music.

Demonstrate attention to technical accuracy and expressive qualities in prepared and improvised performances of a varied repertoire of music representing diverse cultures, styles, and genres.

Demonstrate an understanding of expressive intent by connecting with an audience through prepared and improvised performances.

Demonstrate mastery of the technical demands and an understanding of expressive qualities of the music in prepared and improvised performances of a varied repertoire representing diverse cultures, styles, genres, and historical periods.

Demonstrate an understanding of intent as a means for connecting with an audience through prepared and improvised performances.

Demonstrate an understanding and mastery of the technical demands and expressive qualities of the music through prepared and improvised performances of a varied repertoire representing diverse cultures, styles, genres, and historical periods in multiple types of ensembles.

Demonstrate an ability to connect with audience members before and during the process of engaging with and responding to them through prepared and improvised performances.

Apply criteria to select music for specified purposes, supporting choices by citing characteristics found in the music and connections to interest, purpose, and context.

Apply criteria to select music for a variety of purposes, justifying choices citing knowledge of the music and the specified purpose and context.

Use research and personally-developed criteria to justify choices made when selecting music, citing knowledge of the music, and individual and ensemble purpose and context.

Explain how the analysis of passages and understanding the way the elements of music are manipulated inform the response to music.

Explain how the analysis of structures and contexts inform the response to music.

Demonstrate and justify how the analysis of structures, contexts, and performance decisions inform the response to music

Explain and support interpretations of the expressive intent and meaning of musical works, citing as evidence the treatment of the elements of music, contexts, (when appropriate) the setting of the text, and personal research.

Support interpretations of the expressive intent and meaning of musical works citing as evidence the treatment of the elements of music, contexts, (when appropriate) the setting of the text, and varied researched sources.

Justify interpretations of the expressive intent and meaning of musical works by comparing and synthesizing varied researched sources, including reference to other art forms.

Evaluate works and performances based on personally- or collaboratively-developed criteria, including analysis of the structure and context.

Evaluate works and performances based on research as well as personally- and collaboratively-developed criteria, including analysis and interpretation of the structure and context.

Develop and justify evaluations of music, programs of music, and performances based on criteria, personal decisionmaking, research, and understanding of contexts.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Document the process of developing ideas from early stages to fully elaborated ideas.

Utilize inquiry methods of observation, research, and experimentation to explore unfamiliar subjects through art-making.

Synthesize knowledge of social, cultural, historical, and personal life with art-making approaches to create meaningful works of art or design.

Describe how knowledge of culture, traditions, and history may influence personal responses to art.

Compare uses of art in a variety of societal, cultural, and historical contexts and make connections to uses of art in contemporary and local contexts.

Appraise the impact of an artist or a group of artists on the beliefs, values, and behaviors of a society.

Use multiple approaches to begin creative endeavors.

Individually or collaboratively formulate new creative problems based on student's existing artwork.

Visualize and hypothesize to generate plans for ideas and directions for creating art and design that can affect social change.

Shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present-day life using a contemporary practice of art or design.

Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices to plan works of art and design.

Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices, following or breaking established conventions, to plan the making of multiple works of art and design based on a theme, idea, or concept.

Engage in making a work of art or design without having a preconceived plan.

Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.

Experiment, plan, and make multiple works of art and design that explore a personally meaningful theme, idea, or concept.

Explain how traditional and non-traditional materials may impact human health and the environment and demonstrate safe handling of materials, tools, and equipment.

Demonstrate awareness of ethical implications of making and distributing creative work.

Demonstrate understanding of the importance of balancing freedom and responsibility in the use of images, materials, tools, and equipment in the creation and circulation of creative work.

Collaboratively develop a proposal for an installation, artwork, or space design that transforms the perception and experience of a particular place.

Redesign an object, system, place, or design in response to contemporary issues.

Demonstrate in works of art or design how visual and material culture defines, shapes, enhances, inhibits, and/or empowers people's lives.

Apply relevant criteria from traditional and contemporary cultural contexts to examine, reflect on, and plan revisions for works of art and design in progress.

Engage in constructive critique with peers, then reflect on, re-engage, revise, and refine works of art and design in response to personal artistic vision.

Reflect on, re-engage, revise, and refine works of art or design considering relevant traditional and contemporary criteria as well as personal artistic vision.

Analyze, select, and curate artifacts and/or artworks for presentation and preservation.

Analyze, select, and critique personal artwork for a collection or portfolio presentation.

Critique, justify, and present choices in the process of analyzing, selecting, curating, and presenting artwork for a specific exhibit or event.

Analyze and evaluate the reasons and ways an exhibition is presented.

Evaluate, select, and apply methods or processes appropriate to display artwork in a specific place.

Investigate, compare, and contrast methods for preserving and protecting art.

Analyze and describe the impact that an exhibition or collection has on personal awareness of social, cultural, or political beliefs and understandings.

Make, explain, and justify connections between artists or artwork and social, cultural, and political history.

Curate a collection of objects, artifacts, or artwork to impact the viewer's understanding of social, cultural, and/or political experiences.

Hypothesize ways in which art influences perception and understanding of human experiences.

Recognize and describe personal aesthetic and empathetic responses to the natural world and constructed environments.

Analyze how responses to art develop over time based on knowledge of and experience with art and life.

Analyze how one's understanding of the world is affected by experiencing visual imagery.

Evaluate the effectiveness of an image or images to influence ideas, feelings, and behaviors of specific audiences.

Determine the commonalities within a group of artists or visual images attributed to a particular type of art, timeframe, or culture.

Interpret an artwork or collection of works, supported by relevant and sufficient evidence found in the work and its various contexts.

Identify types of contextual information useful in the process of constructing interpretations of an artwork or collection of works.

Analyze differing interpretations of an artwork or collection of works in order to select and defend a plausible critical analysis.

Establish relevant criteria in order to evaluate a work of art or collection of works.

Determine the relevance of criteria used by others to evaluate a work of art or collection of works.

Construct evaluations of a work of art or collection of works based on differing sets of criteria.