ARTSEDGE: K-4 Visual Arts

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Targeted Standards:

National Standards for Arts Education:

The standards outline what every K-12 student should know and be able to do in the arts. The standards were developed by the Consortium of National Arts Education Associations, through a grant administered by The National Association for Music Education (MENC).

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Visual Arts

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Content Standard 5

Reflecting upon and assessing the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others

Achievement Standard

Students understand there are various purposes for creating works of visual art
Students describe how people's experiences influence the development of specific artworks
Students understand there are different responses to specific artworks

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