The student will:

• Investigate materials, tools, structures, processes and subjects to discover how they are used by artists and the learner to create art forms.
• Discover their own cultural heritage by analyzing and comparing examples of art forms from various cultures and historical periods.
• Create and evaluate arts forms that represent a response to the environment based on the development of personal criteria.
• Discover the interdependence of the natural and human-made environment by analyzing where living and non-living forms effectively exist together.
• Provide an explanation for preferences and choices to gain an understanding of the influences impacting choice.
• Develop criteria for evaluating arts forms and assess selected works using that criteria.
• Identify various uses of the arts in daily experiences and describe characteristics that make the arts forms suitable for a specific use.

GENERAL MUSIC - GRADE 1

GOAL I: Historical, Cultural, and Social Contexts: Uderstanding the Role of the Arts in People's Lives

Student Objective

Content/Suggested Activities

The student will discover how living things influence musical compositions. The student will explore how literary works influence musical compositions. The student will compare and contrast stories, music, customs of cultures represented within the school community. The student will discover how different countries/cultures use musical dance for special days or celebrating events.

Sing songs that show an appreciation for nature - animals, love of the land, (This Land Is Your Land), love songs, etc. Listen to the Clock Striking Midnight from Prokofiev's Ballet "Cinderella." Invite family or community members to share their heritage through story, song, dance, etc. Share how countries/cultures celebrate a particular holiday (e.g., Christmas carols in our country and European countries).

GENERAL MUSIC - GRADE 1

GOAL II: Personal Expression and Production/Performance: Communicating Through the Arts

Student Objective	Content/Suggested Activities
The student will increase rhythmic melodic ability using a variety of instruments while creating/interpreting musical compositions. The student will develop criteria for their original musical composition and use them to evaluate work in progress and the final product. The student will sing songs using vocal and rhythmic accuracy and adding body movement (dance) if desired.	Experiment with instruments to accompany a given piece of music, or their composition. Simple Compositions: Introduce the theme, develop the theme, theme returns. After hearing musical examples, compose a composition as a class.

GENERAL MUSIC - GRADE 1

GOAL III: Arts Criticism: Responding to the Arts

Student Objective	Content/Suggested Activities
The student will describe how composers/performers use instruments/voices, scenery, costumes, choreography to create musical works. The student will develop and apply music terminology when discussing or identifying a specific element of music through song or instrumental example. The student will aurally and visually identify and discuss characteristics and motives in a musical work or song.	Observe various performances - ballet, opera, musical, symphony, etc., and discuss how the performer's choice influences the musical expression. Continue to build a music vocabulary to describe the elements of music: Pitch Duration Form Timbre Dynamics Texture Listen for a particular melodic pattern that repeats in a song. Aurally identify by raising hands while eyes are closed.

GENERAL MUSIC - GRADE 1

GOAL IV: Nature and Meaning of the Arts: Valuing the Arts

Student Objective	Content/Suggested Activities
The student will compare personal preferences with others. The student will recognize and practice audience behavior appropriate for the musical performances being represented.	Make a graph together, as a class, as to who likes the musical selections heard (after playing the Token Games). Describe why it is important to be a courteous listener at performances. List reasons.

Student Grade
General Music - Grade 1	Basic/ Novice	Proficient/ Competent	Advanced/Exceptional
I. HISTORY: Understanding the Role of the Arts	.	.	.
discover how living things influence musical compositions	.	.	.
explore how literary works influence musical compositions	.	.	.
compare and contrast stories, music customs of cultures represented within the school community	.	.	.
discover how different countries/cultures muse musical dance for special days or celebrating events	.	.	.
II. PRODUCTION: Personal Expression	.	.	.
increase rhythmic/melodic ability using a variety of instruments while creating/interpreting musical compositions	.	.	.
develop criteria for their original musical composition and use them to evaluate work in progress and the final product	.	..	.
sing songs using vocal and rhythmic accuracy and adding body movement (dance) if desired	.	.	.
III. CRITICISM: Responding to the Arts	.	.	.
describe how composers/performers use instruments/voices, scenery, costumes, choreography to create musical works	.	.	.
develop and apply music terminology when discussing or identifying a specific element of music through song or instrumental example	.	.	.
aurally and visually identify and discuss characteristics and motives in a musical work or song	.	.	.
IV. AESTHETICS: Valuing the Arts	.	.	.
compare personal preferences with others	.	.	.
recognize and practice audience behavior appropriate for the musical performances being represented	.	.	.