Content Area: Visual and Performing Arts

 

Index: 1.3D Grade 12 CPI 2

 

Standard: 1.3 - Elements and Principles

 

Strand: D - Visual Art

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 2 - The student will analyze how a literary, musical, theatrical and/or dance composition can provide inspiration for a work of art.

 

Grade: 12

 

Sample Activities:

 

A Day at the Beach - Select and play for students contrasting musical selections with the common theme of water (e.g. John Williams - Theme from Jaws, G.F. Handel's Water Music, Bedrich Smetana - The Moldau, and Johann Strauss - Blue Danube).
·        While each musical selection plays, students should use the elements and principles to illustrate what they hear.

 

Essential Questions
·        How do the sounds influence your decisions in creating the art?

 

Reflective Practice:
·        Place the completed images on display and ask students to pair each image with its motivating music.
·        What made it easier or more difficult to pair the image with the music?

 

The contents of the CPI's and Framework Activites come from the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards (NJCCCS) - CD-ROM (Version 1.0), which was developed collaboratively by the Newark Teachers Union (NTU) and Seton Hall University (SHU)

For more information on this CCCS search engine contact Mitchel Gerry - mg@ntuaft.com or Mike Maillaro - mm@ntuaft.com.

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