Integrated Subjects:
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• Music
• Theater
• Visual Arts
• Language Arts
• Math
• Physical Education
• Science
• Social Studies

The National Standards For Arts Education:

Music (5-8)
Standard 1: Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music

Music (5-8)
Standard 4: Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines

Music (5-8)
Standard 6: Listening to, analyzing, and describing music

Theater (5-8)
Standard 1: Script writing by the creation of improvisations and scripted scenes based on personal experience and heritage, imagination, literature, and history

Theater (5-8)
Standard 2: Acting by developing basic acting skills to portray characters who interact in improvised and scripted scenes

Theater (5-8)
Standard 3: Designing by developing environments for improvised and scripted scenes

Visual Arts (5-8)
Standard 1: Understanding and applying media, techniques, and processes

Visual Arts (5-8)
Standard 2: Using knowledge of structures and functions

Visual Arts (5-8)
Standard 6: Making connections between visual arts and other disciplines

Other National Standards:

Geography III (6-8) Standard 1: Understands the characteristics and uses of maps, globes, and other geographic tools and technologies

Geography III (6-8) Standard 2: Knows the location of places, geographic features, and patterns of the environment

Geography III (6-8) Standard 4: Understands the physical and human characteristics of place

Geography III (6-8) Standard 6: Understands that culture and experience influence people's perceptions of places and regions

Geography III (6-8) Standard 10: Understands the nature and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics

Language Arts III (6-8) Standard 1: Uses the general skills and strategies of the writing process

Language Arts III (6-8) Standard 2: Uses the stylistic and rhetorical aspects of writing

Language Arts III (6-8) Standard 3: Uses grammatical and mechanical conventions in written compositions

Language Arts III (6-8) Standard 4: Gathers and uses information for research purposes

Language Arts III (6-8) Standard 5: Uses the general skills and strategies of the reading process

Language Arts III (6-8) Standard 6: Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of literary texts

Language Arts III (6-8) Standard 8: Uses listening and speaking strategies for different purposes

Mathematics III (6-8) Standard 1: Uses a variety of strategies in the problem-solving process

Mathematics III (6-8) Standard 2: Understands and applies basic and advanced properties of the concepts of numbers

Mathematics III (6-8) Standard 4: Understands and applies basic and advanced properties of the concepts of measurement

Mathematics III (6-8) Standard 9: Understands the general nature and uses of mathematics

Physical Education III (7-8) Standard 1: Uses a variety of basic and advanced movement forms

Physical Education III (7-8) Standard 2: Uses movement concepts and principles in the development of motor skills

Physical Education III (7-8) Standard 5: Understands the social and personal responsibility associated with participation in physical activity

Science III (6-8) Standard 1: Understands atmospheric processes and the water cycle

Science III (6-8) Standard 2: Understands Earth's composition and structure

Science III (6-8) Standard 3: Understands the composition and structure of the universe and the Earth's place in it