Teaching Choral Concepts

Review

     A Nation at Risk was published in 1983, it served as a national wake-up call. Six national education goals were announced in 1990. With the passage of Goals 2000: Educate America Act,  the national goals were written into law, naming the arts as a core academic subject. The standards listed in this pamphlet were prepared by the Consortium of National Arts Education Associations under grants from the U.S. Department of Education, the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Found herein are separate (1) content standards and (2) achievement standards for Grades K-4, Grades 5-8, and Grades 9-12 in the field of dance. Every parent should be well acquainted with these standards and discuss them with their children and their children's teachers, as well as encouraging their accomplishment in the home. 

Table of Contents

Summary Statement: Education Reform, Standards, and the Arts, 3
The Reform Context
The Importance of Standards
The Importance of Arts Education
The Benefits of Arts Education
The Arts and Other Core Subjects
What Must We Do?

Standards in Dance: Grades K-4, 7
Content Standards:
1. Identifying and demonstrating movement elements and skills in performing dance, 7
[8 achievement standards]
2. Understanding choreographic principles, processes, and structures, 7
[6 achievement standards]
3. Understanding dance as a way to create and communicate meaning, 8
[3 achievement standards]
4. Applying and demonstrating critical and creative thinking skills in dance, 8
[2 achievement standards]
5. Demonstrating and understanding dance in various cultures and historical periods, 9
[3 achievement standards]
6. Making connections between dance and healthful living, 9
[3 achievement standards]
7. Making connections between dance and other disciplines, 9
[2 achievement standards]

Standards in Dance: Grades 5-8, 10
1. Content Standard: Identifying and demonstrating movement elements and skills in performing dance
Achievement Standard (List)
2. Content Standard: Understanding choreographic principles, processes, and structures; Achievement Standards (List)
3. Content Standard: Understanding dance as a way to create and communicate meaning; Achievement Standards (List)
4. Content Standard: Applying and demonstrating critical and creative thinking skills in dance; Achievement Standards (List)
5. Content Standard: Demonstrating and understanding dance in various cultures and historical periods Achievement Standards (List)
6. Content Standard: Making connections between dance and healthful living
Achievement Standards (List)
7. Content Standard: Making connections between dance and other disciplines
Achievement Standards (List)

Standards in Dance: Grades 9-12, 13
1. Content Standard: Identifying and demonstrating movement elements and skills in performing dance
Achievement Standard (List)
2. Content Standard: Understanding choreographic principles, processes, and structures; Achievement Standards (List)
3. Content Standard: Understanding dance as a way to create and communicate meaning; Achievement Standards (List)
4. Content Standard: Applying and demonstrating critical and creative thinking skills in dance; Achievement Standards (List)
5. Content Standard: Demonstrating and understanding dance in various cultures and historical periods Achievement Standards (List)
6. Content Standard: Making connections between dance and healthful living
Achievement Standards (List)
7. Content Standard: Making connections between dance and other disciplines
Achievement Standards (List)

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