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High School Fine Arts Minnesota Standards

143 standards - Minnesota standards

These are the official High School Fine Arts Minnesota standards — the exact codes and student expectations high school teachers are required to teach and Minnesota state test assesses. Browse every standard below, then generate a print-ready, standards-aligned worksheet, lesson plan, exit ticket, or assessment for any of them in seconds.

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1.9.2.2

Generate and develop original artistic ideas.

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1.9.2.2.1

Synthesize ideas and movement generated from a variety stimuli that supports artistic intent in an original dance study.

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1.9.2.2.2

Justify choices made in movement development to communicate intent in an original dance study.

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1.9.2.3

Create original artistic work.

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1.9.2.3.1

Implement a variety of choreographic devices and dance structures to create an original dance study.

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1.9.2.3.2

Create a dance study that communicates personal, societal, historical, or cultural meaning. Develop an artistic statement that reflects a personal aesthetic and includes appropriate attribution of source material.

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1.9.2.4

Revise and complete original artistic work.

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1.9.2.4.1

Refine choreography collaboratively or independently using established artistic criteria, self-reflection and the feedback of others, to support the artistic intent of a dance.

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1.9.2.4.2

Document a dance using self-created or recognized systems of documentation with consideration of privacy and intellectual property rights.**

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1.9.3.5

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for performance.

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1.9.3.5.1

Perform with an awareness toward other dancers while executing complex spatial, rhythmic and dynamic sequences to meet performance goals.

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1.9.3.5.2

Reflect and apply strategies for individual performance accuracy, clarity, and expressiveness.

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1.9.3.6

Make artistic choices in order to convey meaning through performance.

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1.9.3.6.1

Work collaboratively using production elements to produce a dance concert for a specific audience and location including attribution of source material and work by others. For example: Composer and/or music performer(s), roles of collaborators including technical and design support, etc.

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1.9.3.6.2

Select performance aspects to perform a nuanced interpretation of a choreographer's or community's intent in dance.

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1.9.4.7

Analyze and construct interpretations of artistic work.

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1.9.4.7.1

Justify interpretations of dance.

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1.9.4.7.2

Analyze how dance characteristics are used in a variety of genres, styles, or cultural movement practices to communicate meaning.

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1.9.4.8

Evaluate artistic work by applying criteria.

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1.9.4.8.1

Compare and contrast dances using criteria and considering a range of perspectives. For example: Personal, social, historical, cultural.

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1.9.5.10

Demonstrate an understanding that artistic works influence and are influenced by personal, societal, cultural, and historical contexts, including the contributions of Minnesota American Indian tribes and communities.

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1.9.5.10.1

Analyze how dance movement characteristics, techniques, and artistic intent relate to the ideas and perspectives of the peoples from which the dances originate, including those of Minnesota American Indian tribes and communities.

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1.9.5.10.2

Research a topic of personal interest, considering the personal, societal, historical, and cultural context of the topic. Use the information to create a dance study that communicates about the topic.

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1.9.5.9

Integrate knowledge and personal experiences while responding to, creating, and presenting artistic work.

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1.9.5.9.1

Describe content and context of choreography developed over time and its relationship to personal perspectives.

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1.9.5.9.2

Apply anatomical principles and healthful practices to a range of technical dance skills.

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1.A.1.1

Use foundational knowledge and skills while responding to, creating, and presenting artistic work.

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2.9.2.2

Generate and develop original artistic ideas.

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2.9.2.2.1

Apply aesthetic criteria in developing, proposing, and refining artistic ideas, plans, prototypes, and production processes for media artworks, considering original inspirations, audience and constraints. For example: Survey; research; design thinking; identify problem.

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2.9.2.3

Create original artistic work.

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2.9.2.3.1

Create media artworks using hybridization or multimodal perception, by integrating components and stylistic conventions, to express compelling purpose, story, or emotion. For example: Set building with light, motion or interactivity; character development, type selection considering multiple presentation formats.

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2.9.2.3.2

Create media arts productions in a variety of genres, considering critical media literacies, aesthetic criteria, communication goals, and audience using artistic foundations. For example: Magazine layout considering space and sequence specifically through typography, messaging, and audience; game world design considering narrative structure.

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2.9.2.4

Revise and complete original artistic work.

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2.9.2.4.1

Modify media artworks by improving technical quality, components, and stylistic conventions, based on consideration of purpose, audience, and place. For example: Redesign webpage based on a specific project goal.

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2.9.3.5

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

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2.9.3.5.1

Critique and justify the use of design components within a media arts presentation, considering the reaction of the audience. For example: Director Q&A; stakeholder review; SCAMPER; six thinking hats.

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2.9.3.6

Make artistic choices in order to convey meaning through presentation.

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2.9.3.6.1

Design and evaluate presentation and distribution of media artworks through multiple formats for specific contexts, market(s) and system(s). For example: Evaluate presentation modes for media artworks through virtual channels versus a multimedia theatre, considering media arts contexts.

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2.9.4.7

Analyze and construct interpretations of artistic work.

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2.9.4.7.1

Analyze how a broad range of media artworks affect experience and communicate through multimodal perception, while using artistic foundations. For example: Analyze the managed experience in augmented reality, virtual worlds or gaming that incorporates artificial intelligence.

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2.9.4.8

Evaluate artistic work by applying criteria.

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2.9.4.8.1

Construct and defend evaluations of media artworks and production processes, including criteria related to ethics. ** For example: Respond to representations of people, identity or groups in media artworks.

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2.9.5.10

Demonstrate an understanding that artistic works influence and are influenced by personal, societal, cultural, and historical contexts, including the contributions of Minnesota American Indian tribes and communities.

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2.9.5.10.1

Synthesize how media arts represent, establish, reinforce, and reflect culture or group identity.

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2.9.5.10.2

Use contexts, purposes, representations, and values to inform media artworks. For example: Develop media literacy to examine how media messages affect social trends, power, equity, bias, gender, personal or cultural identity.

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2.9.5.9

Integrate knowledge and personal experiences while responding to, creating, and presenting artistic work.

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2.9.5.9.1

Incorporate personal experiences and cultural perspectives to establish personal aesthetic in media artworks.

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2.9.5.9.2

Analyze how individually developed media messages influence local and global communities. For example: Disruption of the dominant discourse through media artworks; responsibly and irresponsibly developed media messages.

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2.A.1.1

Use foundational knowledge and skills while responding to, creating, and presenting artistic work.

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3.9.2.2

Generate and develop original artistic ideas.

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3.9.2.2.1

Improvise, arrange, or modify phrases that demonstrate understanding of musical elements.

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3.9.2.3

Create original artistic work.

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3.9.2.3.1

Select multiple musical ideas, original or existing, to create drafts of music using notation or technology, where appropriate.**

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3.9.2.4

Revise and complete original artistic work.

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3.9.2.4.1

Revise or arrange a composition to become a completed musical work using current technology (as available) to preserve the composition.**

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3.9.3.5

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for performance.

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3.9.3.5.1

Utilize multiple rehearsal strategies to refine performance, using technology where appropriate.

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3.9.3.6

Make artistic choices in order to convey meaning through performance.

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3.9.3.6.1

Perform contrasting musical selections for an audience, conveying meaning through interpretation of the musical elements and expressive qualities. For example: audience being a classmate, friend, online platform, or a large group

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3.9.4.7

Analyze and construct interpretations of artistic work.

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3.9.4.7.1

Interpret musical elements and cultural or historical contexts embedded within a musical selection to express possible meanings of the composer or performer.

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3.9.4.8

Evaluate artistic work by applying criteria.

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3.9.4.8.1

Evaluate music performances using commonly accepted standards, to demonstrate an understanding of musical elements. For example: MSHSL adjudication forms; student generated criteria; rubric; rating scale.

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3.9.5.10

Demonstrate an understanding that artistic works influence and are influenced by personal, societal, cultural, and historical contexts, including the contributions of Minnesota American Indian tribes and communities.

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3.9.5.10.1

Demonstrate an understanding of how musical selections are influenced by or impact personal, societal, cultural, or historical contexts.

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3.9.5.9

Integrate knowledge and personal experiences while responding to, creating, and presenting artistic work.

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3.9.5.9.1

Synthesize knowledge and personal experiences when responding to, creating, or performing musical work.

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3.A.1.1

Use foundational knowledge and skills while responding to, creating, and presenting artistic work.

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4.9.2.2

Generate and develop original artistic ideas.

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4.9.2.2.1

Apply research (including available technology) to construct the visual composition for a work.**

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4.9.2.2.2

Investigate the impact of technology on design choices in a work.**

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4.9.2.2.3

Analyze how a character becomes authentic in a work.

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4.9.2.3

Create original artistic work.

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4.9.2.3.1

Synthesize original ideas into an original work, utilizing critical analysis, historical and cultural context, and research.

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4.9.2.3.2

Explain the collaborative and interdependent roles of the actor, director, playwright, designers and the community.

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4.9.2.4

Revise and complete original artistic work.

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4.9.2.4.1

Rehearse and revise a devised or scripted work using theatrical staging conventions.

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4.9.2.4.2

Refine physical, vocal and physiological choices to develop a performance that is believable, authentic, and appropriate to a work.

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4.9.2.4.3

Refine a technical design (including available technology) to support the story and emotional impact of a devised or scripted work.**

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4.9.3.5

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for performance.

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4.9.3.5.1

Explain and demonstrate how character relationships and character choices assist in telling the story of a work.

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4.9.3.5.2

Analyze how different resources influence making unique character choices for a work. For example: Resources may include the script; research from various sources; the director’s concept; technical choices.

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4.9.3.6

Make artistic choices in order to convey meaning through performance.

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4.9.3.6.1

Use various acting techniques to expand skills in a rehearsal or performance.

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4.9.3.6.2

Research and apply technical elements (using available technology) to create a design for a production.**

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4.9.4.7

Analyze and construct interpretations of artistic work.

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4.9.4.7.1

Analyze and interpret a work, considering historical and cultural contexts as well as personal aesthetics, preferences, and beliefs.

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4.9.4.8

Evaluate artistic work by applying criteria.

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4.9.4.8.1

Evaluate a work using supporting evidence and criteria, while considering other art forms, history, culture, and other disciplines.

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4.9.4.8.2

Evaluate the aesthetics of the production elements displayed in a work.

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4.9.5.10

Demonstrate an understanding that artistic works influence and are influenced by personal, societal, cultural, and historical contexts, including the contributions of Minnesota American Indian tribes and communities.

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4.9.5.10.1

Determine how personal, societal, cultural, global, and historical contexts (including those of Minnesota American Indian tribes and communities) affect creative choices for a work.

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4.9.5.9

Integrate knowledge and personal experiences while responding to, creating, and presenting artistic work.

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4.9.5.9.1

Explain how cultural perspectives, community ideas, social issues, and personal beliefs are reflected or challenged in a work.

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4.A.1.1

Use foundational knowledge and skills while responding to, creating, and presenting artistic work.

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5.9.2.2

Generate and develop original artistic ideas.

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5.9.2.2.1

Collectively or individually apply inquiry methods of observation and research to investigate an idea.

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5.9.2.2.2

Explore and plan themes, ideas, concepts or styles in preparation for an artwork.

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5.9.2.3

Create original artistic work.

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5.9.2.3.1

Synthesize visual literacy strategies and conceptual intent to create artwork for a specific purpose.

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5.9.2.3.2

Balance freedom and ethical responsibility in the use of images, materials, tools, and equipment during art making.**

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5.9.2.4

Revise and complete original artistic work.

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5.9.2.4.1

Engage in constructive critique with peers, then reflect on, revise and refine works of art to improve one's original artistic intent.

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5.9.3.5

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

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5.9.3.5.1

Evaluate, select, and apply methods or processes appropriate to display artwork in a specific place, including an artist statement.

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5.9.3.6

Make artistic choices in order to convey meaning through presentation.

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5.9.3.6.1

Analyze, critique, and justify artwork in an artist statement for a collection or portfolio presentation.

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5.9.3.6.2

Analyze relationships between artists, artwork, and audience for impact of presentation.

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5.9.4.7

Analyze and construct interpretations of artistic work.

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5.9.4.7.1

Construct multiple interpretations of an artwork.

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5.9.4.8

Evaluate artistic work by applying criteria.

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5.9.4.8.1

Evaluate the impact of an artwork to influence ideas, feelings and behaviors of specific audiences.

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5.9.4.8.2

When encountering artwork(s), synthesize one's own evaluation of artwork(s) with a different evaluation of the same artwork(s).

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5.9.5.10

Demonstrate an understanding that artistic works influence and are influenced by personal, societal, cultural, and historical contexts, including the contributions of Minnesota American Indian tribes and communities.

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5.9.5.10.1

Appraise the impact of art, an artist, or a group of artists on the beliefs, values and behaviors of a society.

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5.9.5.9

Integrate knowledge and personal experiences while responding to, creating, and presenting artistic work.

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5.9.5.9.1

Synthesize knowledge of social, cultural, historical, and personal life with art making approaches to create meaningful works of art.

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5.A.1.1

Use foundational knowledge and skills while responding to, creating, and presenting artistic work.

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