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Standard 4: Understanding the Cultural Dimensions and Contributions of the Arts Students will develop an understanding of the personal and cultural forces that shape artistic communication and how the arts in turn shape the diverse cultures of past and present society.
Dance	Students will know dances from many cultures and times and recognize their relationship to various cultural, social, and historic contexts. Students will recognize that dance is performed in many different cultural settings and serves many functions in diverse societies.
	PI	Students recognize specific contributions of dance and dancers to their own lives and to people in other times and places.	Nureyev: After Petipa Nureyev: Bringer of Light Graphs of the Heart Artists as Explorers
	PI	Students explain the interaction of performer and audience in dance as a shared cultural event.
	PI	Students identify the cultural elements in a variety of dances drawn from the folk and classical repertories.	Nureyev: The Unconquerable Will Graham's Appalachian Spring: A Study

Music	Students will develop a performing and listening repertoire of music of various genres, styles, and cultures that represent the peoples of the world and their manifestations in the United States. Students will recognize the cultural features of a variety of musical compositions and performances and understand the functions of music within the culture.
	PI	Students identify from performances or recordings the cultural contexts of a further varied repertoire of folk, art, and contemporary selections from the basic cultures that represent the peoples of the world.	Nureyev: The Unconquerable Will Sondheim: Creating a Context Rhythm and Art: Connections Form and Theme in the Traditional Mexican Corrido Corridos About The Mexican Revolution
	PI	Students identify from performances or recordings the titles and composers and discuss the cultural contexts of well-known examples of classical concert music and blues/jazz selections.	Learning from Lyrics Tchaikovsky in America Rhythm & Improv, Jazz & Poetry I've Got the Literacy Blues Artists as Explorers Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn: Jazz Composers Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn: Jazz Composers
	PI	Students relate well-known musical examples from the 17th century onward with the dominant social and historical events.	Learning from Lyrics Arts of the Gilded Age "Aida" and Its Relevance to the World Today Corridos About The Mexican Revolution Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn: Jazz Composers Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn: Jazz Composers

Theatre	Students will gain knowledge about past and present cultures as expressed through theatre. They will interpret how theatre reflects the beliefs, issues, and events of societies past and present.
	PI	Students articulate the societal beliefs, issues and events of specific theatrical productions.	"Oklahoma!" and the Cultural Myth of America Sondheim: Voice of Cultural Change Sondheim: Secret Metaphors Southern Puritanism and Tennessee Williams Arthur Miller and "The Crucible" Live from Antiquity "Hamlet" and the Elizabethan Revenge Ethic in Text and Film "Hamlet" Meets Chushingura: Traditions of the Revenge Tragedy Dramatizing History in Arthur Miller's the Crucible Propaganda Techniques in Literature and Online Political Ads Artists as Explorers Arts of the Gilded Age Broken Worlds Exploring "A Streetcar Named Desire" Exploring the Expository Scenes in "Macbeth" Fractured Families in American Drama Noh Theater
	PI	Students read and view a variety of plays from different cultures.	"Oklahoma!" and the Cultural Myth of America One Story, Many Tales Prometheus Bound: Rebel with a Cause Noh Theater
	PI	Students using the basic elements of theatre (e.g., speech, gesture, costume, etc.), explain how different theatrical productions represent the cultures from which they come.	Twain: Icon and Iconoclast "Oklahoma!" and the Cultural Myth of America Sondheim: Creating a Context Sondheim: Voice of Cultural Change Prometheus Bound: Rebel with a Cause Dramatizing History in Arthur Miller's the Crucible A Question of Style Arts of the Gilded Age Greek Theater It's All in the Translation Show Business Noh Theater

Visual Arts	Students will explore art and artifacts from various historical periods and world cultures to discover the roles that art plays in the lives of people of a given time and place and to understand how the time and place influence the visual characteristics of the art work. Students will explore art to understand the social, cultural, and environmental dimensions of human society.
	PI	Students analyze works of art from diverse world cultures and discuss the ideas, issues, and events of the culture that these works convey.	What Makes a Hero? Russian Icons Folk Art as Communication Inlaid Slip Decorated Tea Bowls Five Artists of the Mexican Revolution Rhythm and Art: Connections Gods, Heroes, and Other Celebrated Greeks Uncovering the Legacy of Ancient Greece Deep Roots of Ancient Greece What Portraits Reveal Life in the Floating World: Ukiyo-e Prints and the Rise of the Merchant Class in Edo Period Japan Renaissance Humanism in "Hamlet" and "The Birth of Venus" Behind the Masks: Exploring Culture and Self Through Art and Poetry The Spread of Buddhism Ukiyo-e and the Merchant Class in Edo Period Japan: Student Interactive Picture Perfect: Student Interactive Japanese Woodblock Prints Lessons of the Indian Epic: The "Ramayana," Showing Your Dharma Chivalry and Courtly Love
	PI	Students examine works of art and artifacts from United States cultures and place them within a cultural and historical context.	Deep Roots of Ancient Greece What Portraits Reveal Portraits, Pears, and Perfect Landscapes: Investigating Genre in the Visual Arts A Harlem Renaissance Retrospective: Connecting Art, Music, Dance, and Poetry Portraits, Pears, and Perfect Landscapes: Student Interactive Artists as Explorers Pottery with Artist Kerry Moosman
	PI	Students create art works that reflect a variety of cultural influences.	Transition from Childhood to Adolescence Cheerful Hearts and Willing Feet Behind the Masks: Exploring Culture and Self Through Art and Poetry Seasons: Why It's Essential Arts of the Gilded Age Japanese Woodblock Prints Olympic Emblems Science Meets Artistry: The Work of Cai Guo-Qiang


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