Arts Education 3
Outcomes:
Generate a variety of alternatives and solutions in movement explorations (improvisation) using the environment (e.g., natural, constructed, imagined) as stimuli.
Create dance phrases and sequences that demonstrate understanding of the elements of dance including:
- actions (five basic jumps)
- body (zones and areas)
- dynamics (extremes of speed, duration, varying forces)
- relationships (range)
- space (create and recall combinations of pathways and directions).
Sustain roles in dramatic situations and accept/respond to others in role, using the environment (e.g., natural, constructed, imagined) as inspiration.
Use imagination, a variety of drama strategies, and reflection to further the drama's development.
Demonstrate basic skills in use of voice and a variety of sound objects and instruments (traditional and/or homemade) using the environment (e.g., natural, constructed, imagined) as inspiration.
Create and perform music (vocal and instrumental) that demonstrates knowledge of:
- form (repeated or contrasting phrases: call/response, question/answer, rounds)
- rhythm (interplay of beat, tempo, and patterns of duration)
- pitch (combining pitch and rhythm to form melody)
- dynamics (levels of loud/soft)
- texture (combining and layering sounds)
- tone colour (differentiate).
Create visual art works that express ideas about the natural, constructed, and imagined environments.
Create art works using a variety of visual art concepts (e.g., contour lines), forms (e.g., drawing, sculpture), and media (e.g., pencils, pastels, found objects).
Outcomes:
Outcomes:
Compare how arts expressions from various groups and communities may be a reflection of their unique environment (e.g., North and South Saskatchewan, urban and rural).
Demonstrate an awareness of traditional and evolving arts expressions of Saskatchewan First Nations and Métis artists in own communities or regions.