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Alabama Course of StudyARTS EDUCATIONArts Literacy – Inspiring and Engaging Lifelong LearnersMICHAEL SENTANCE, STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATIONALABAMA STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
For information regarding theAlabama Course of Study: Arts Educationand other curriculum materials,contact the Instructional Services Division,Alabama State Department of Education,3345 Gordon Persons Building,50 North Ripley Street, Montgomery, Alabama 36104;or by mail to P.O. Box 302101, Montgomery, Alabama 36130-2101;or by telephone at (334) 353-1191.Michael Sentance, State Superintendent of EducationAlabama State Department of EducationThe Alabama State Board of Education and the Alabama State Department of Education does notdiscriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age in its programs andactivities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The followingperson has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies:Greg DeJarnett, Title IX CoordinatorP. O. Box 302101Montgomery, AL 36130(334) 242-8165
Alabama Course of StudyARTS EDUCATIONMichael SentanceState Superintendent of EducationALABAMA STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
STATE SUPERINTENDENTOF EDUCATION'S MESSAGEMEMBERSof theDear Educator:ALABAMA STATE BOARDOF EDUCATIONArts Literacy: Inspiring and Engaging Lifelong Learners isthe goal of Alabama's K-12 arts education program.Encompassing the disciplines of dance, media arts, music,theatre, and visual arts, the arts in education program providesopportunities for students to explore the artistic processes ofthese disciplines while making connections to all subjectareas. To emphasize the importance of the arts for Alabamastudents, the Alabama Course of Study: Arts Educationprovides rigorous standards for all students in Grades K-12.This document reflects national standards, providing for thedevelopment of skills in each discipline with an underlyingappreciation for the significance of the arts across societiesand cultures.Students today are bombarded with images, sounds, and textas they navigate our increasingly digital society. This dailyimmersion in multiple art forms demands that students thinkand learn in new ways as they create, interpret, explore,negotiate, and make meaning from diverse sources ofinformation and communication. National trends towardpreparing students for college and career provide untoldopportunities for students to find work in traditional andcreative industries, capitalizing on the 21st Centuryknowledge and skills imparted through the arts.Developed by educators as well as business and communityleaders, the Alabama Course of Study: Arts Educationprovides a solid foundation on which local boards of educationcan build comprehensive, sequential, and developmentallyappropriate arts education programs that contain bothtraditional and innovative components. Through theimplementation of the arts education standards within thisdocument and the use of appropriate instructional methods,arts literacy becomes fundamental in the development of allAlabama students and prepares them for a successful futuregrounded in a lifelong appreciation of the arts.Governor Kay IveyPresident of the State Board of EducationDistrictIJackie ZeiglerIIBetty PetersIIIStephanie BellIVYvette Richardson, Ed.D.Vice PresidentVElla B. BellVICynthia Sanders McCarty, Ph.D.VIIJeffrey NewmanVIIIMary Scott HunterPresident Pro TemState SuperintendentMichael SentanceSecretary and Executive OfficerMICHAEL SENTANCEState Superintendent of EducationAlabama Course of Study: Arts Educationiii
Alabama Course of Study: Arts EducationTable of ContentsPREFACE. viiiACKNOWLEDGMENTS . ixGENERAL INTRODUCTION . 1CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK . 2POSITION STATEMENTS . 4DIRECTIONS FOR INTERPRETING THE MINIMUM REQUIRED CONTENT . 7MINIMUM REQUIRED CONTENTDANCE . 8GRADES K-2 . 9Kindergarten . 10First Grade . 12Second Grade . 14GRADES 3-5 . 17Third Grade . 18Fourth Grade. 21Fifth Grade . 24GRADES 6-8 . 27Sixth Grade . 28Seventh Grade . 31Eighth Grade. 34GRADES 9-12. 37Proficient . 38Accomplished . 41Advanced . 44DANCE GLOSSARY . 47MEDIA ARTS . 50GRADES K-2 . 52Kindergarten . 52First Grade . 54Second Grade . 56GRADES 3-5 . 58Third Grade . 58Alabama Course of Study: Arts Educationiv
Fourth Grade. 61Fifth Grade . 64GRADES 6-8 . 67Sixth Grade . 67Seventh Grade . 70Eighth Grade. 72GRADES 9-12. 74Proficient . 74Accomplished . 77Advanced . 79MEDIA ARTS GLOSSARY . 81MUSIC . 84GENERAL MUSIC . 87Kindergarten . 87First Grade . 89Second Grade . 91Third Grade . 93Fourth Grade. 96Fifth Grade . 98Sixth Grade . 100Seventh Grade . 102Eighth Grade. 104TRADITIONAL AND EMERGING ENSEMBLES . 106Novice . 106Intermediate . 108Proficient . 110Accomplished . 112Advanced . 114HARMONIZING INSTRUMENTS. 116Novice . 116Intermediate . 118Proficient . 120Accomplished . 122Advanced . 124TECHNOLOGY . 126Proficient . 126Accomplished . 128Advanced . 130Alabama Course of Study: Arts Educationv
COMPOSITION AND THEORY . 132Proficient . 132Accomplished . 135Advanced . 137MUSIC GLOSSARY . 139THEATRE . 146GRADES K-2 . 148Kindergarten . 148First Grade . 150Second Grade . 152GRADES 3-5 . 154Third Grade . 155Fourth Grade. 157Fifth Grade . 159GRADES 6-8 . 161Sixth Grade . 162Seventh Grade . 164Eighth Grade. 166GRADES 9-12. 168Proficient . 169Accomplished . 172Advanced . 175THEATRE GLOSSARY . 178VISUAL ARTS . 181GRADES K-2 . 183Kindergarten . 183First Grade . 185Second Grade . 187GRADES 3-5 . 189Third Grade . 189Fourth Grade. 191Fifth Grade . 193GRADES 6-8 . 195Sixth Grade . 195Seventh Grade . 197Eighth Grade. 199Alabama Course of Study: Arts Educationvi
GRADES 9-12. 201Novice . 201Intermediate . 203Accomplished . 205Advanced . 207VISUAL ARTS GLOSSARY . 209ELEMENTS OF ARTS LITERACY . 214APPENDICESAPPENDIX A: AUDIENCE AND PERFORMANCE ETIQUETTE . 215APPENDIX B: DEVELOPMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS . 216APPENDIX C: DANCE. 220APPENDIX D: ELEMENTS OF DANCE, DANCE STRUCTURES AND DEVICES. 223APPENDIX E: MEDIA ARTS. 226APPENDIX F: MUSIC . 229APPENDIX G: MUSIC QUALITY PROGRAM GUIDELINES. 232APPENDIX H: THEATRE . 249APPENDIX I: VISUAL ARTS . 253APPENDIX J: Literacy Standards for Grades 6-12:History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects . 256APPENDIX K: Alabama High School Graduation Requirements . 263BIBLIOGRAPHY . 264Alabama Course of Study: Arts Educationvii
PREFACEThe Alabama Course of Study: Arts Education provides the framework for the K-12 arts educationprogram in Alabama’s public schools. Content standards are provided for five arts disciplines—dance,media arts, music, theatre, and visual arts. These standards are minimum and required (Code of Alabama,1975, §16-35-4). They are fundamental and specific, but not exhaustive. In developing local curriculum,school systems may include additional content standards to reflect local philosophies and addimplementatio
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