Grade 4 Fine Arts PA Core Standards

Compare similar and contrasting important aspects of works in the arts and humanities based on a set of guidelines using a comprehensive vocabulary of critical response.

Analyze a work of art from its historical and cultural perspective.

Identify the attributes of various audiences' environments as they influence individual aesthetic response (e.g., Beatles' music played by the Boston Pops versus video taped concerts from the 1970s).

Know and apply appropriate vocabulary used between social studies and the arts and humanities.

Identify, explain and analyze historical and cultural differences as they relate to works in the arts (e.g., PLAYS BY Shakespeare, works by Michelangelo, ethnic dance and music).

Identify, explain and analyze common themes, forms and techniques from works in the arts (e.g., Copland and Graham's Appalachian Spring and Millet's The Gleaners).

Identify uses of expressive symbols that show philosophical meanings in works in the arts and humanities (e.g., American TV ads versus Asian TV ads).

Explain the historical, cultural and social context of an individual work in the arts.

Investigate and communicate multiple philosophical views about works in the arts.

Classify works in the arts by forms in which they are found (e.g., farce, architecture, graphic design).

Identify, explain and analyze traditions as they relate to works in the arts (e.g., story telling – plays, oral histories- poetry, work songs- blue grass).

Describe and use types of critical analysis in the arts and humanities.<ul><li>Contextual criticism</li><li>Formal criticism</li><li>Intuitive criticism</li></ul>

Relate works in the arts to varying styles and genre and to the periods in which they were created (e.g., Bronze Age, Ming Dynasty, Renaissance, Classical, Modern, Post-Modern, Contemporary, Futuristic, others).

Historical and Cultural Contexts

Describe and use knowledge of a specific style within each art form through a performance or exhibition of a unique work.

Apply traditional and contemporary technology in furthering knowledge and understanding in the humanities.

Identify, explain and analyze philosophical beliefs as they relate to works in the arts (e.g., classical architecture, rock music, Native American dance, contemporary American musical theatre).

Production, Performance and Exhibition of Dance, Music, Theatre and Visual Arts

Explain choices made regarding media, technique, form, subject matter and themes that communicate the artist's philosophy within a work in the arts and humanities (e.g., selection of stage lighting in Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story to communicate mood).

Relate works in the arts to geographic regions:<ul><li>Africa</li><li>Asia</li><li>Australia</li><li>Central America</li><li>Europe</li><li>North America</li><li>South America</li></ul>

Know and use fundamental vocabulary within each of the arts forms.

Identify critical processes in the examination of works in the arts and humanities.<ul><li>Compare and contrast</li><li>Analyze</li><li>Interpret</li><li>Form and test hypotheses</li><li>Evaluate/form judgments</li></ul>

Aesthetic Response

Describe works in the arts comparing similar and contrasting characteristics (e.g., staccato in Grieg's In the Hall of the Mountain King and in tap dance).

Know and demonstrate how arts can communicate experiences, stories or emotions through the production of works in the arts.

Describe arts events that take place in schools and in communities.

Use and maintain materials, equipment and tools safely at work and performance spaces.<ul><li>Describe some materials used.</li><li>Describe issues of cleanliness related to the arts.</li><li>Describe types of mechanical/electrical equipment usage.</li><li>Know how to work in selected physical space/environments.</li><li>Identify the qualities of safe props/stage equipment.</li><li>Describe methods for storing materials in the arts.</li></ul>

Analyze how historical events and culture impact forms, techniques and purposes of works in the arts (e.g., Gilbert and Sullivan operettas)

Identify the function and benefits of rehearsal and practice sessions.

Describe works of others through performance or exhibition in two art forms.

Know how to recognize the process of criticism in identifying and analyzing characteristics among works in the arts.

Relate works in the arts chronologically to historical events (e.g., 10,000 B.C. to present).

Recognize, know, use and demonstrate a variety of appropriate arts elements and principles to produce, review and revise original works in the arts.<ul><li>Dance: move, perform, read and notate dance, create and choreograph, improvise</li><li>Music: sing, play an instrument, read and notate music, compose and arrange, improvise</li><li>Theatre: stage productions, read and write scripts, improvise, interpret a role, design sets, direct</li><li>Visual Arts: paint, draw, craft, sculpt, print, design for environment, communication, multi-media</li></ul>

Describe a critic's position or opinion about selected works in the arts and humanities (e.g., student's presentation of a critical position on Walt Disney's Evolution of Mickey and Minnie Mouse).

Apply traditional and contemporary technologies for producing, performing and exhibiting works in the arts or the works of others.<ul><li>Experiment with traditional technologies (e.g., ceramic/wooden tools, earthen clays, masks, instruments, folk shoes, etching tools, folk looms).</li><li>Experiment with contemporary technologies (e.g., color fills on computers, texture methods on computers, fonts/point systems, animation techniques, video teleconferencing, multimedia techniques, internet access, library computer card catalogues).</li></ul>

Know and use the elements and principles of each art form to create works in the arts and humanities.<ul><li>Elements<ul><li>Dance: energy/force, space, time</li><li>Music: duration, intensity, pitch, timbre</li><li>Theatre: scenario, script/text, set design</li><li>Visual Arts: color, form/shape, line, space, texture, value</li></ul></li><li>Principles<ul><li>Dance: choreography, form, genre, improvisation, style, technique</li><li>Music: composition, form, genre, harmony, rhythm, texture</li><li>Theatre: balance, collaboration, discipline, emphasis, focus, intention, movement, rhythm, style, voice</li> <li>Visual Arts: balance, contrast, emphasis/focal point, movement/rhythm, proportion/scale, repetition, unity/harmony</li></ul></li></ul>

Identify, describe and analyze the work of Pennsylvania Artists in dance, music, theatre and visual arts.

Critical Response

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

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

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Realizing artistic ideas and work through interpretation and presentation.

Understanding and evaluating how the arts convey meaning.

Conceiving and developing new artistic ideas and work.

Relating artistic ideas and work with personal meaning and external context.

Analyze, interpret, and select artistic work for presentation.

Develop and refine artistic work for presentation.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.