Russell County Middle School
7 Grade Arts & Humanities Standards - 1st 9 Weeks
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Music
AH-7-SA-S-Mu1: Students will use appropriate terminology to identify and analyze the use of
elements in a variety of music (rhythm, tempo, melody, harmony, form, timbre, and dynamics).
AH-7-SA-S-Mu2: Students will use the elements of music while performing, singing, playing
instruments, moving, listening, reading music, writing music, and creating music independently
and with others.
AH-7-SA-S-Mu3: Student will listen to and explore how changing different elements results in
different musical effects.
AH-7-SA-S-Mu4: Students will recognize, describe, and compare various styles of music
(gospel, Broadway musicals, blues, popular, marches, and ballads).
AH-7-SA-S-Mu5: Students will identify instruments according to classifications (family, voices,
folk and orchestral instruments).
AH-7-PCA-S-Mu1: Students will compare and explain purposes for which music is created to
fulfill (ceremonial, recreational, artistic expression).
AH-7-PCA-S-Mu2: Students will listen to and choose music to fulfill a variety of specific
purposes.
AH-7-HA-S-Mu1: Students will describe and analyze distinguishing characteristics of music
representing a variety of world cultures (Latin America, Asia) and time periods.
AH-7-HA-S-Mu2: Students will listen to, perform, and classify music representing a variety of
world cultures and historical periods.
AH-7-HA-S-Mu3: Students will examine music from various world cultures and explain how
music reflects the culture, cultural beliefs, or blending of cultures; use examples to illustrate
how music has directly influenced society or culture.
AH-7-HA-S-Mu4: Students will examine music from various time periods and explain how the
influence of time and place are reflected in the music.
Dance
AH-7-SA-S-Da1: Students will use appropriate terminology to identify and analyze the elements
in a variety of dance (space, time, and force) to express thoughts, ideas, and feelings.
AH-7-SA-S-Da2: Students will observe, describe, and demonstrate choreographic forms in
dance.
AH-7-SA-S-Da3: Students will apply elements of dance and principles of movement (e.g.,
balance, initiation of movement, weight shift) when observing, creating, and performing
patterns of movement independently and with others.
AH-7-SA-S-Da4: Students will identify and describe themes and styles (including characteristics
of styles) of dance.
AH-7-PCA-S-Da1: Students will compare and explain purposes for which dance is created
(ceremonial, recreational, artistic expression).
AH-7-PCA-S-Da2: Students will create new, observe, choose, and perform dance to fulfill a
variety of specific purposes.
AH-7-HA-S-Da1: Students will describe and analyze distinguishing characteristics of dance
representing a variety of world cultures (Latin America, Asia) and time periods.
AH-7-HA-S-Da2: Students will classify dances representing a variety of world cultures and
historical periods.
AH-7-HA-S-Da3: Students will examine dance from various world cultures and explain how
dance reflects the culture, cultural beliefs, or blending of cultures; use examples to illustrate
how dance has directly influenced society or culture.
AH-7-HA-S-Da4: Students will examine dance from various time periods and explain how the
influence of time and place are reflected in the dance.
7th Grade Arts & Humanities Standards: 2nd 9 Weeks
Drama
AH-7-SA-S-DT1: Students will use appropriate terminology to identify and analyze the use of
elements of drama (literary, technical, performance) in a variety of dramatic works.
AH-7-SA-S-DT2: Students will use the elements of drama in creating and performing dramatic
works independently and with others.
AH-7-SA-S-DT3: Students will observe, describe, and apply creative dramatics (improvisation,
mimicry, pantomime, role playing, and storytelling) in a variety of situations.
AH-7-SA-S-DT4: Students will identify and describe how technical elements (staging, scenery,
props, costumes, make-up, lighting, sound) and performance elements (acting, speaking,
nonverbal expression) create mood and believable characters.
AH-7-SA-S-DT5: Students will describe and compare types of stages (arena, thrust,
proscenium).
AH-7-SA-S-DT6: Students will explore a variety of dramatic works (e.g., theater and dramatic
media – film, television, and electronic media).
AH-7-PCA-S-DT1: Students will compare and explain purposes for which drama/theater is
created (sharing the human experience, passing on tradition and culture, recreational, artistic
expression).
AH-7-PCA-S-DT2: Students will create or write new, observe, choose, and perform dramatic
works to fulfill a variety of specific purposes.
AH-7-HA-S-DT1: Students will describe and analyze distinguishing characteristics of dramatic
work representing a variety of world cultures (Latin America, Asia) and time periods.
AH-7-HA-S-DT2: Students will observe dramatic works representing a variety of world cultures
and historical periods.
AH-7-HA-S-DT3: Students will examine dramatic works from various world cultures and explain
how dramatic works reflect the culture, cultural beliefs, or blending of cultures; use examples
to illustrate how dramatic works have directly influenced society or culture.
AH-7-HA-S-DT4: Students will examine dramatic works from various time periods and explain
how the influence of time and place are reflected in them.
AH-7-HA-S-DT5: Students will use print and non-print sources to explore, describe, and
compare themes, characters, and situations in dramas from different cultures or time periods.
Art
AH-7-SA-S-VA1: Students will use appropriate terminology to describe and analyze the use of
elements of art (line, shape, form, texture, color) and principles of design (emphasis, pattern,
balance, contrast) in a variety of visual artworks.
AH-7-SA-S-VA2: Students will use the elements of art, principles of design, and a variety of
processes in creating artworks.
AH-7-SA-S-VA3: Students will apply organizational structures and describe what makes them
effective or not effective in communicating ideas.
AH-7-SA-S-VA4: Students will identify and analyze the use of elements of art (e.g. line, shape,
form, texture, primary and secondary colors, color schemes/groups) and principles of design
(e.g., focal point, pattern, balance, and contrast) in a variety of two and three dimensional
artworks.
AH-7-SA-S-VA5: Students will identify a variety of subject matter in visual artworks
(representational – e.g., landscape, portrait, still life, nonrepresentational – e.g., abstract, nonobjective)
AH-7-PCA-S-VA1: Students will compare and explain purposes for which visual art is created
(ceremonial, artistic expression, narrative, and functional).
AH-7-PCA-S-VA2: Students will create new, observe, choose and experience artworks created
to fulfill a variety of specific purposes.
AH-7-HA-S-VA1: Students will describe and analyze distinguishing characteristics of visual art
representing a variety of world cultures (Latin American, Asia) and time periods.
AH-7-HA-S-VA2: Students will observe, classify, and create visual art according to styles and
processes used in a variety of world cultures and historical periods.
AH-7-HA-S-VA3: Students will examine visual artworks from various world cultures and explain
how artworks reflect the culture, cultural beliefs, or blending of cultures; use examples to
illustrate how artworks have directly influenced society or culture.
AH-7-HA-S-VA4: Students will examine visual artworks from various time periods and explain
how the influence of time and place are reflected in them.
AH-7-HA-S-VA5: Students will use print and non-print sources to explore, describe, and
compare themes, characters, and situations in artworks from different cultures or time periods.