Curriculum Framework: Art

	PRODUCTION/PERFORMANCE	CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ARTS	ARTS HISTORY AND CULTURE	CONNECTIONS	ARTS CRITICISM	AESTHETICS
PK-K-1	Interact with concepts and skills while making and presenting works of art.	Identify the components in a variety of works of art.	Explore a variety of historical and cultural works of art.	Examinee the connections among the Arts and other disciplines.	Respond to different works in the Arts.
2-3	Investigate concepts and skills while designing and developing works of art.	Recognize the components in a variety of works of art.	Identify similarities and differences among cultural and historical works of art.	Identify the connections among the Arts and other disciplines.	Recognize the similarities and differences in various works of art.
4-5	Implement concepts and skills while creating and presenting works of art.	Compare and contrast the components in works of art.	Connect a work of art to a culture and/or an historical period.	Explain the connections among the Arts and other disciplines	Develop and explain personal responses to different works in the Arts.

1. Assessment:

- narrative response (self-evaluation, interpretation, etc.)

- completed basic skills and vocabulary checklist

- artifacts, as appropriate

- webbing

- note-taking

- peer evaluation

- cooperative learning

- performance

- cloze activities

- Venn diagrams

- teacher observations

- work sheets

- journals

- sketchbooks

- posters

- other

2. Rubric

Meets Standard	Exceeds Standard
	The assessment satisfies all the Meets Standard criteria. Additionally,
Assessment includes all required responses.	Additional responses are included.
Basic skills and vocabulary checklists are complete.
The response is appropriate for the intent of the task.	The response creatively relates personal experiences or ideas beyond the intent of the task.
Production/performance is appropriate for the intent.	Production/performance creatively relates personal experiences or ideas beyond the intent.
Production/performance is appropriate for the intent.	Production/performance creatively relates personal experiences or ideas beyond the intent.
Quizzes/tests are completed at an accuracy level of 80% or above.
The assessment satisfies the Meets Standard criteria on the appropriate Writing Rubric.	The assessment satisfies the Meets Standard criteria on the appropriate Writing Rubric.