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Music
Music
Music
Music
AH-EP-1.1.1
AH-EP-2.1.1
AH-EP-4.1.4
Begin to recognize and identify
Identify music from the following
AH-EP-3.1.1
elements of music using musical
cultures and periods.
terminology.
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Elements of music:
Rhythm
Native American,
o
bar lines,
Traditional Appalachian
o
measures,
West African
o
whole notes
o
half notes,
o
quarter notes (aurally
and visually)
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Cultures:
Tempo
o
steady beat
o
slower
o
faster (aurally)
Melody
o
Notes
o
lines
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Experience music created for a
variety of purposes.
Purposes of music:
(Different roles of music)
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Ceremonial – music created
or performed for rituals or
Periods:
celebrations (e.g., patriotic
Colonial American
music, music for worship)
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Recreational - music for
entertainment
Examples
o
Music for play such
as game songs
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Music for dances
and social events
Sing and play alone simple rhythmic
or tonal patterns by reading simple
music notation.
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spaces on treble clef
o
staff (visually)
rounds
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simple 2-part songs (aurally),
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songs are major or minor (aurally)
Form –
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call and response form
AB form and ABA form (aurally)
Music for physical
activities
Harmony
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o
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Music as a hobby)
Artistic Expression - music
created with the intent to
express or communicate
one’s emotions, feelings,
ideas, experience (e.g.,
Timbre (tone color) –
music created and performed
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in a concert setting for an
recognize different qualities of
musical sounds
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instruments by family-brass,
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audience)
woodwind, string, percussion
(aurally and visually)
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human voices (aurally)
Dynamics - soft, loud (aurally)
AH-EP-1.1.2
AH-EP-4.1.5
Identify various styles of music:
Sing alone and with others a varied
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Spirituals
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game songs
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repertoire of music.
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folk songs
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work songs
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lullabies
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patriotic
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bluegrass
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Dance
Dance
Dance
Dance
AH-EP-1.2.1
AH-EP-2.2.1
AH-EP-3.2.1
AH-EP-4.2.1
Observe dance/movement and
Identify dances of the following
Experience dance created for a
With a partner or in a small group,
describe elements and movements
cultures and periods.
variety of purposes.
students will perform dances using
using dance terminology.
the elements of dance and various
Cultures:
Native American,
Traditional Appalachian
West African
Elements of dance:
Periods:
Space –
Colonial American
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Direction of dance movements
(forward, backward, right, left, up,
down)
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Pathway (straight, curved, zigzag)
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Purposes of dance: (different roles
of dance)
Ceremonial - dances created or
performed for rituals or celebrations
(e.g., dances of Native Americans
and West Africans to celebrate life
events such as harvest, ritual dances
associated with worship)
Recreational - dancing for
movements.
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Levels (high, middle, low)
entertainment, to support recreational
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Shape (individual and group
activities (e.g., ballroom, line
shapes)
dancing, aerobic dance, dance as a
Time (tempo) – dance movements that
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follow a steady beat or move faster or
slower
Artistic Expression - dance created
Force – dance movements that use
with the intent to express or
more or less energy (e.g., gentle
communicate emotion, feelings,
movements versus strong movements)
ideas, (e.g., ballet, tap dance,
modern dance, dance created and
Dance Form – beginning, middle, end
performed in a concert and/or
theatrical setting for an audience)
AH-EP-1.2.2
AH-EP-4.2.3
Observe, define and describe:
Perform traditional folk dances,
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Locomotor (e.g., walk, run, skip,
square dances and social dances of
gallop)
ethnic groups. (Native American,
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Nonlocomotor (e.g., bend,
stretch, twist, swing) movements.
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West African, African-American,
American folk)
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Drama Theatre
AH-EP-1.3.1
Observe dramatic productions and
describe literary elements, technical
elements and/or performance elements
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Drama Theatre
Drama Theatre
Drama Theatre
AH-EP-2.3.1
AH-EP-3.3.1
Experience dramatic works
created for a variety of
purposes.
AH-EP-4.3.1
Identify folktales, legends or myths
from the following cultures and
periods.
using drama/theatre terminology.
Elements of drama:
Literary elements –
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Script
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Story line (plot),
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Character
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Story organization (beginning,
middle, end)
Technical elements –
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Scenery
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Costumes
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Props

Make-up
Performance elements –
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Cultures:
Native American,
Traditional Appalachian
West African
Periods:
Colonial American
Perform in dramatic situations that
incorporate Literary, Technical and
Performance elements.
Purposes of drama/theatre
(Different roles of drama):
Sharing the human experience
- to express or communicate
emotion, feelings, ideas,
information through dramatic
works (e.g., storytelling, role
playing, narrative works)
Passing on tradition and culture
- to express or communicate
feelings, ideas, information
(e.g., narrative, storytelling,
folktales, myths and legends)
Recreational drama for
entertainment (e.g.,
drama/theatre as a hobby)
Artistic expression - dramatic
works created and performed
by actors in a theatrical setting
for an
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Acting (how speaking, moving
help to create characters)
AH-EP-1.3.3
Identify a variety of creative dramatics:
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improvisation
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mimicry
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pantomime

role playing

storytelling
Visual Arts
Visual Arts
Visual Arts
Visual Arts
AH-EP-1.4.1
AH-EP-2.4.1
AH-EP-3.4.1
AH-EP-4.4.2
Identify or describe elements of art
Identify art from the following cultures
Experience visual art works created
Choose media to create artworks
and principles of design in works of art.
and periods.
for a variety of purposes.
with a basic understanding of how to
Elements of art:
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Line
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use the media.
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Shape
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Form
Native American,
(Different roles of art)
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Texture
Traditional Appalachian
Ceremonial - ritual, celebration,
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Color
West African
artworks created to support worship
o
Cultures:
primary and secondary
hues

color schemes
Purposes of art:
ceremonies (e.g., ceremonial masks)
Periods:
Artistic expression - artwork to
Colonial American
express or communicate emotions,
o
warm
ideas, feelings (e.g., for self-
o
cool
expression, to decorate or beautify
o
neutral – black, white,
objects) Narrative - artworks that tell
gray, sometimes
stories, describe and illustrate
brown/beige as earth
experiences, or communicate ideas
tones)
or information, art to document
Principles of design:
Organization of visual compositions:
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Emphasis (focal point)
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Pattern
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Balance(symmetry)
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Contrast (e.g., black/white,
rough/smooth)
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important or historical events (e.g.,
Native American totem poles, cave
and wall paintings)
Functional - artistic objects used in
everyday life (e.g., pottery, quilts,
baskets)
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