Major Subjects and Standards Addressed

Select a program to see standards addressed in each discipline.

All standards are taken from the McREL Compendium of Standards and Benchmarks,

a synthesis of national standards in each of the disciplines. (http://www.mcrel.org/compendium/browse.asp)

 

	Arts Standards				Non-Arts Standards
Program Titles	Dance	Music	Theatre	Visual Arts	Language Arts	Math	Science	Social Studies*
Revealing Character				X	X
Breathing Life Into Myths			X		X
Two Dance Collaborations	X					X	X
Making Connections		X	X	X	X			X
Constructing a Community				X				X
Exploring Our Town		X	X	X	X			X
Creating a Culture — The Story Begins		X	X	X	X	X		X
Analyzing a Culture — The Story Continues				X	X			X
Folk Tales Transformed			X	X	X
Preserving a Place for the Arts	X			X	X		X
Can Frogs Dance?	X				X		X
Finding Your Voice	X	X	X	X	X			X

* Includes Geography, World History and Behavioral Studies standards

 

REVEALING CHARACTER
Visual Arts
Standard 2: Knows how to use structures (e.g., sensory qualities, organizational principles, expressive features) and functions of art

Language Arts
Standard 6: Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of literary texts

BREATHING LIFE INTO MYTHS
Theatre
Standard 1: Demonstrates competence in writing scripts

Language Arts
Standard 6: Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of literary texts

TWO DANCE COLLABORATIONS
Dance
Standard 2: Understands choreographic principles, processes, and structures

Mathematics
Standard 5: Understands and applies basic and advanced properties of the concepts of geometry

Physical Science
Standard 10: Understands forces and motion

MAKING CONNECTIONS
Music
Standard 7: Understands the relationship between music and history and culture

Theatre
Standard 6: Understands the context in which theatre, film, television, and electronic media are performed today as well as in the past

Visual Arts
Standard 3: Knows a range of subject matter, symbols, and potential ideas I the visual arts

Language Arts
Standard 5: Uses the general skills and strategies of the reading process

World History
Standard 41: Understands the causes and global consequences of World War II

CONSTRUCTING A COMMUNITY
Visual Arts
Standard 4: Understands the visual arts in relation to history and cultures

Geography
Standard 6: Understands that culture and experience influence people’s perceptions of places and regions

EXPLORING OUR TOWN
Music
Standard 7: Understands the relationship between music and history and culture

Theatre
Standard 2: Uses acting skills

Visual Arts
Standard 1: Understands and applies media, techniques, and processes related to the visual arts

Language Arts
Standard 6: Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of literary texts

Behavioral Studies
Standard 1: Understands that group and cultural influences contribute to human development, identity, and behavior

CREATING A CULTURE – THE STORY BEGINS
Music
Standard 7: Understands the relationship between music and history and culture

Theatre
Standard 6: Understands the context in which theatre, film, television, and electronic media are performed today as well as in the past

Visual Arts
Standard 2: Knows how to use structures (e.g., sensory qualities, organizational principles, expressive features) and functions of art

Language Arts
Standard 8: Uses listening and speaking strategies for different purposes

Math
Standard 4: Understands and applies basic and advanced properties of the concepts of measurement

Behavioral Studies
Standard 2: Understands various meanings of social group, general implications of group membership, and different ways that groups function

ANALYZING A CULTURE – THE STORY CONTINUES
Visual Arts
Standard 4: Understands the visual arts in relation to history and cultures

Language Arts
Standard 9: Uses viewing skills and strategies to understand and interpret visual media

World History
Standard 1 [World History]: Understands the biological and cultural processes that shaped the earliest human communities

FOLK TALES TRANSFORMED
Theatre
Standard 2: Uses acting skills

Visual Arts
Standard 1: Understands and applies media, techniques, and processes related to the visual arts

Language Arts
Standard 1: Uses the general skills and strategies of the writing process

 

PRESERVING A PLACE FOR THE ARTS
Dance
Standard 1: Identifies and demonstrates movement elements and skills in performing dance.

Visual Arts
Standard 3: Knows a range of subject matter, symbols, and potential ideas in the visual arts

Language Arts
Standard 1: Uses the general skills and strategies of the writing process

Science
Standard 8: Understands the structure and properties of matter

CAN FROGS DANCE?
Dance
Standard 1: Identifies and demonstrates movement elements and skills in performing dance

Language Arts
Standard 8: Uses listening and speaking strategies for different purposes

Science
Standard 7: Understands biological evolution and the diversity of life

FINDING YOUR VOICE
Dance
Standard 3: Understands dance as a way to create and communicate meaning

Music
Standard 7: Understands the relationship between music and history and culture

Theatre
Standard 5: Understands how informal and formal theatre, film, television, and electronic media productions create and communicate meaning

Visual Arts
Standard 3: Knows a range of subject matter, symbols, and potential ideas in the visual arts

Language Arts
Standard 9: Uses viewing skills and strategies to understand and interpret visual media

Behavioral Studies
Standard 4: Understands conflict, cooperation, and interdependence among individuals, groups, and institutions