Making, Music & Movement
Objectives
- D07.S1.05.01 Plan and complete an artwork with a clear idea, choosing materials and techniques to fit the idea.
- D07.S1.05.02 Explain how an artwork from a specific culture reflects that culture's place, materials, or beliefs, citing what they observe.
- D07.S2.05.01 Compose a short piece or song with a clear beginning, middle, and end and perform it.
- D07.S2.05.02 Explain how music reflects the place, history, or community that made it, citing what they hear.
- D07.S3.05.01 Choreograph a short group dance or scene with a clear idea, working cooperatively to shape and perform it.
- D07.S3.05.02 Explain how dance or drama reflects the place, history, or community that made it, citing what they observe.
- D07.S4.05.01 Design and build something that solves a real problem in their class or community, and explain the choices they made.
- D07.S4.05.02 Compare designs made for different climates or resources and explain how the environment shapes design.
Essential questions
- How do I plan and carry out an artwork, song, or scene with a clear idea?
- How do the arts reflect the place, history, and community that made them?
Big ideas
- Artists plan with a clear idea and choose materials and techniques to fit it; composers shape beginnings, middles, and ends; movers choreograph together.
- The arts of every culture reflect that culture's place, materials, history, and community, and design responds to environment and need.
Lessons
- 1 Plan an Artwork with a Clear Idea 50 minutes
- 2 Complete My Planned Artwork 55 minutes
- 3 How an Artwork Reflects Its Culture's Place, Materials, and Beliefs 50 minutes
- 4 Compose a Short Piece or Song: Beginning, Middle, and End 50 minutes
- 5 Perform My Piece with Care 50 minutes
- 6 How Music Reflects Place, History, and Community 50 minutes
- 7 Choreograph a Group Dance or Scene Cooperatively 50 minutes
- 8 How Dance and Drama Reflect Place, History, and Community 50 minutes
- 9 Design and Build Something That Solves a Real Problem 55 minutes
- 10 Compare Designs for Different Climates: How Environment Shapes Design 55 minutes
Assessment plan
Observation of planned artwork, composed pieces, group choreography, and design choices; a planned artwork, a short composition, a group scene, and a designed object as portfolio artifacts.
Unit 8 — Making, Music & Movement
Overview
This unit gives craft to the imagination, building on Grade 4’s depth and space, basic notation, dance forms, and the design cycle. Learners plan and complete an artwork with a clear idea, choosing materials and techniques to fit the idea, and explain how an artwork from a specific culture reflects that culture’s place, materials, or beliefs, citing what they observe. They compose a short piece or song with a clear beginning, middle, and end and perform it, and explain how music reflects the place, history, or community that made it, citing what they hear. They choreograph a short group dance or scene with a clear idea, working cooperatively, and explain how dance or drama reflects the place, history, or community that made it. They design and build something that solves a real problem in their class or community, and compare designs made for different climates or resources, explaining how the environment shapes design. The arts of other cultures are met as living traditions to honor, never as specimens.
Essential questions
- How do I plan and carry out an artwork, song, or scene with a clear idea?
- How do the arts reflect the place, history, and community that made them?
Lessons
| Lesson | Title | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| L.05.008.01 | Plan an Artwork with a Clear Idea | D07.S1.05.01 |
| L.05.008.02 | Complete My Planned Artwork | D07.S1.05.01 |
| L.05.008.03 | How an Artwork Reflects Its Culture’s Place, Materials, and Beliefs | D07.S1.05.02 |
| L.05.008.04 | Compose a Short Piece or Song: Beginning, Middle, and End | D07.S2.05.01 |
| L.05.008.05 | Perform My Piece with Care | D07.S2.05.01 |
| L.05.008.06 | How Music Reflects Place, History, and Community | D07.S2.05.02 |
| L.05.008.07 | Choreograph a Group Dance or Scene Cooperatively | D07.S3.05.01 |
| L.05.008.08 | How Dance and Drama Reflect Place, History, and Community | D07.S3.05.02 |
| L.05.008.09 | Design and Build Something That Solves a Real Problem | D07.S4.05.01 |
| L.05.008.10 | Compare Designs for Different Climates: How Environment Shapes Design | D07.S4.05.02 |