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The following 4th, 8th & 12th grade curriculum standards are met for English
Language Arts, Social Studies and Art
and Design Education. (See additional standards on Teaching
Wisconsin Folks.)
Art and Design Education
A. Visual Memory and Knowledge: Students in Wisconsin will know and
remember information and ideas about the art and design around them and
throughout the world.
- A.4.1 Develop a basic mental storehouse of images.
- A.4.2 Learn basic vocabulary related to their study of art.
- A.4.3 Learn about basic styles of art from their own and other
parts of the world.
- A.4.6 Know that art is a basic way of thinking and communicating
about the world.
- A.8.1 Develop a mental storehouse of images.
- A.8.2 Learn appropriate vocabulary related to their study of art.
- A.8.3 Know about styles of art from their own and other parts of the
world.
- A.8.4 Know about some styles of art from various times.
- A.8.6 Identify ways in which art is basic to thinking and
communicating about the world.
- A.12.1 Possess a mental storehouse of images.
- A.12.3 Know and recognize styles of art from their own and other
parts of the world.
B. Art History, Citizenship, and Environment: Students in Wisconsin will
understand the value and significance of the visual arts media and design in
relation to art history, citizenship, the environment, and social development.
- B.4.1. Understand that artists and cultures throughout history have
used art to communicate ideas and to develop functions, structures, and designs
- B.4.2 Recognize that form, function, meaning, and expressive
qualities of art and design change from culture to culture and artist to artist
- B.4.3 Know that works of art and designed objects relate to specific
cultures, times, and places
- B.4.4 Know that art is influenced by artists, designers, and cultures
- B.4.6 Know basic ways to describe, analyze, interpret, and judge art
images and objects from various cultures, artists, and designers.
- B.8.1. Explore how artists and cultures throughout history have used
art to communicate ideas and to develop functions, structures, and designs
- B.8.2 Recognize ways in which form, function, meaning, and expressive
qualities of art and design change from culture to culture and artist to artist
- B.8.3 Identify works of art and designed objects as they relate to
specific cultures, times, and places
- B.8.4 Know ways in which art is influenced by artists, designers, and
cultures
- B.8.6 Know how to describe, analyze, interpret, and judge art images
and objects from various cultures, artists, and designers.
- B.12.3 Relate works of art and designed objects to specific cultures,
times, and places.
- B.12.4 Know how artists, designers, and cultures influence art.
D. Practical Applications: Students in Wisconsin will apply their
knowledge of people, places, ideas, and language of art to their daily lives.
- D.4.1 Know basic information such as the history, public art, and
unique architecture, of their own cultural community.
- D.4.2 Know about artists and designers, such as architects, furniture
designers, critics, preservationists, museum curators, and gallery owners, in
their community.
- D.4.3 Know that the environment influences the look and use of art,
architecture, and design.
- D.4.4 Learn about basic concepts in art, such as “form follows
function,” “less is more,” balance, symmetry, and originality.
- D.4.5 Learn basic language used in art.
- D.8.1 Know about the history, public art, and unique architecture of
their cultural community.
- D.8.2 Know about artists and designers, such as architects, furniture
designers, critics, preservationists, museum curators, and gallery owners, in
their community.
- D.8.3 Know how the environment influences the look and use of art,
architecture, and design.
- D.8.4 Understand basic concepts in art, such as “form follows
function,” “less is more,” balance, symmetry, and originality.
- D.12.1 Know about the history, public art, and unique architecture of
their cultural community.
- D.12.2 Know about artists and designers, such as architects,
furniture designers, critics, preservationists, museum curators, and gallery
owners, in their community.
- D. 12.5 Know common language in art, such as abstraction,
representation, impressionism, reproduction, serigraphy, sculpture, graphic
design, construction, and aesthetics.
G. Art Criticism: Students in Wisconsin will interpret visual
experiences, such as artwork, designed objects, architecture, movies,
television, and multimedia images, using a range of subject matter, symbols, and
ideas.
- G.4.1 Know that art communicates ideas.
- G.4.2 Know that artwork has meanings.
- G.8.1 Know that visual images are important tools for thinking and
communicating.
- G.8.2 Know how to find the meanings in artwork.
- G.12.2 Know how to find the meanings in artwork.
H. Visual Thinking: Students in Wisconsin will develop perception, visual
discrimination, and media literacy skills to become visually educated people.
- H.4.1 Study the patterns and color in nature.
I. Personal and Social Development: Students in Wisconsin will use their
senses and emotions through art to develop their minds and to improve social
relationships.
- I.4.5 Understand that art is made by people from different times,
places, and cultures.
- I.4.6 Realize that creating or looking at art can bring out different
feelings.
- I.8.5 Understand that art reflects the time and place in which it was
created.
- I.12.5 Understand and recognize that art reflects the history and
culture in which it was created.
K. Cultural and Aesthetic Understanding: Students in Wisconsin will make
connections among the arts, other disciplines, other cultures, and the world of
work.
- K.4.1 & 8.1 & 12.1 Connect their knowledge and skills in art
to other areas, such as the humanities, sciences, social studies, and
technology.
L. Visual Imagination and Creativity: Students in Wisconsin will use
their imaginations and creativity to develop multiple solutions to problems,
expand their minds, and create ideas for original works of art and design.
- L.4.3 Explore the role that personal traits, such as independent
thinking, courage, integrity, insight, dedication, and patience, play in
creating quality art and design.
- L.4.4 Understand that art is created by people and changes our time
and culture.
- L.4.5 Explore nature and designs by artists as sources for new ideas
for their artwork.
- L.4.6 Understand that artists develop a personal style that reflects
who they are.
- L.8.3 Explore the role that personal traits, such as independent
thinking, courage, integrity, insight, dedication, and patience, play in
creating quality art and design.
- L.8.4 Understand that nature and other designs can be sources for new
ideas.
- L.8.5 Study ways that artists develop personal style that reflects
who they are.
- L.8.6 Understand that art is created by people of different cultures,
expresses different ideas and concepts, and changes over time.
- L.12.6 Understand that art is created by people with different world
views, expresses diverse ideas, and changes over time.
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Social Studies
A. Geography: Students in Wisconsin will learn about geography through
the study of the relationships among people, places, and environments.
- A.4.4 Describe and give examples of ways in which people interact
with the physical environment, including use of land, location of communities,
methods of construction, and design of shelters.
- A.4.7 Identify connections between the local community and other
places in Wisconsin, the United States, and the world.
- A.8.7 Describe the movement of people, ideas, diseases, and products
throughout the world.
- A.8.8 Describe and analyze the ways in which people in different
regions of the world interact with their physical environments through
vocational and recreational activities.
B. History: Students in Wisconsin will learn about the history of
Wisconsin, the United States, and the world, examining change and continuity
over time in order to develop historical perspective, explain historical
relationships, and analyze issues that affect the present and the future.
- B.4.3 Examine biographies, stories, narratives, and folk tales to
understand the lives of ordinary and extraordinary people, place them in time
and context, and explain their relationship to important historical events.
- B.4.10 Explain the history, culture, tribal sovereignty and current
status of the American Indian tribes and bands in Wisconsin.
- B.12.10 Select instances of scientific, intellectual, and religious
change in various regions of the world at different times in history and discuss
the impact those changes had on beliefs and values.
- B.12.12 Analyze the history, culture, tribal sovereignty and current
status of the American Indian tribes and bands in Wisconsin.
- B.12.14 Explain the origins, central ideas, and global influence of
religions, such as Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, Judaism, and Christianity.
E. Behavioral Sciences: Students in Wisconsin will learn about the
behavioral sciences by exploring concepts from the discipline of sociology, the
study of the interactions among individuals, groups, and institutions; the
discipline of psychology, the study of factors that influence individual
identity and learning; and the discipline of anthropology, the study of cultures
in various times and settings.
- E.4.1 Explain the influence of prior knowledge, motivation,
capabilities, personal interests, and other factors on individual learning.
- E.4.2 Explain the influence of factors such as family, neighborhood,
personal interests, language, likes and dislikes, and accomplishments on
individual identity and development.
- E.4.4 Describe the ways in which ethnic cultures influence the daily
lives of people.
- E.4.5 Identify and describe institutions such as school, church,
police, and family and describe their contributions to the well being of the
community, state, nation, and global society.
- E.4.8 Describe and distinguish among the values and beliefs of
different groups and institutions.
- E.4.9 Explain how people learn about others who are different from
themselves.
- E.4.11 Give examples and explain how language, stories, folk tales,
music, and other artistic creations are expressions of culture and how they
convey knowledge of other peoples and cultures.
- E.8.1 Give examples to explain and illustrate the influence of prior
knowledge, motivation, capabilities, personal interests, and other factors on
individual learning.
- E.8.2 Give examples to explain and illustrate how factors such as
family, gender, and socioeconomic status contribute to individual identity and
development.
- E.8.3 Describe the ways in which local, regional, and ethnic cultures
may influence the everyday lives of people.
- E.8.4 Describe and explain the means by which individuals, groups,
and institutions may contribute to social continuity and change within a
community.
- E.8.5 Describe and explain the means by which groups and institutions
meet the needs of individuals and societies.
- E.8.6 Describe and explain the influence of status, ethnic origin,
race, gender, and age on the interactions of individuals.
- E.8.9 Give examples of the cultural contributions of racial and
ethnic groups in Wisconsin, the United States, and the world.
- E.8.10 Explain how language, art, music, beliefs, and other
components of culture can further global understanding or cause
misunderstanding.
- E.8.14 Select examples of artistic expressions from several different
cultures for the purpose of comparing and contrasting the beliefs expressed.
- E.12.2 Explain how such factors as physical endowment and
capabilities, family, gender, ethnicity, religion, socioeconomic status,
attitudes, beliefs, work, and motivation contribute to individual identity and
development.
- E.12.6 Analyze the means by which and extent to which groups and
institutions can influence people, events, and cultures in both historical and
contemporary settings.
- E.12.8 Analyze issues of cultural assimilation and cultural
preservation among ethnic and racial groups in Wisconsin, the United States, and
the world.
- E.12.10 Describe a particular culture as an integrated whole and use
that understanding to explain its language, literature, arts, traditions,
beliefs, values, and behaviors.
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English Language Arts
A. Reading/Literature: Students in Wisconsin will read and respond to a
wide range of writing to build an understanding of written materials, of
themselves, and of others.
- A.4.1 & 8.1 & 12.1 Use effective reading strategies to
achieve their purposes in reading.
- A.4.3 & 8.3 & 12.3 Read and discuss literary and nonliterary
texts in order to understand human experience.
- A.4.4 & 8.4 & 12.4 Read to acquire information.
B. Writing: Students in Wisconsin will write clearly and effectively to
share information and knowledge, to influence and persuade, to create and
entertain.
- B.4.1 & 8.1 & 12.1 Create or produce writing to communicate
with different audiences for a variety of purposes.
C. Oral Language: Students in Wisconsin will listen to understand and
will speak clearly and effectively for diverse purposes.
- C.4.2 & 8.2 & 12.2 Listen to and comprehend oral
communications.
D. Language: Students in Wisconsin will apply their knowledge of the
nature, grammar, and variations of American English.
- D.4.2 & 8.2 & 12.2 Recognize and interpret various uses and
adaptations of language in social, cultural, regional, and professional
situations, and learn to be flexible and responsive in their use of English.
E. Media and Technology: Students in Wisconsin will use media and
technology critically and creatively to obtain, organize, prepare and share
information; to influence and persuade; and to entertain and be entertained.
- E.4.1 & 8.1 & 12.1 Use computers to acquire, organize,
analyze, and communicate information.
F. Research and Inquiry: Students in Wisconsin will locate, use,
and communicate information from a variety of print and nonprint materials.
- F.4.1 & 8.1 & 12.1 Conduct research and inquiry on
self-selected or assigned topics, issues, or problems and use an appropriate
form to communicate their findings.
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