Visual and Performing Arts Framework-Complete - Free Downloads (CA Dept of Education)

Grade Two Content Standards

Component Strand: 3.0 Historical and Cultural Context

Dance Music Theatre Visual Arts

Understanding the Historical Understanding the Historical Understanding the Historical Understanding the Historical

Contributions and Cultural Contributions and Cultural Contributions and Cultural Contributions and Cultural

Dimensions of Dance Dimensions of Music Dimensions of Theatre Dimensions of the Visual Arts

Students analyze the function Students analyze the role of Students analyze the role and Students analyze the role and
and development of dance in music in past and present development of theatre, film/ development of the visual arts
past and present cultures cultures throughout the video, and electronic media in in past and present cultures
throughout the world, noting world, noting cultural diver- past and present cultures throughout the world, noting
human diversity as it relates sity as it relates to music, throughout the world, noting human diversity as it relates
to dance and dancers. musicians, and composers. diversity as it relates to the- to the visual arts and artists.
Development of Dance Role of Music atre. Role and Development
3.1 Name and perform
social and traditional

3.1 Identify the uses of

specific music in daily

Role and Cultural

Significance of Theatre

of the Visual Arts

3.1 Explain how artists use

dances from various or special events. 3.1 Identify theatre and their work to share

3.2

cultures.

Explain commonalities

among basic locomotor

and axial movements in

dances from various

Diversity of Music

3.2 Sing simple songs and

play singing games from

various cultures.

storytelling forms from

different cultures.

History of Theatre

3.2 Identify universal charac­

experiences or communi­
cate ideas.
3.2 Recognize and use the
vocabulary of art to
describe art objects
countries. 3.3 Describe music from ters in stories and plays from various cultures
3.3 Name and perform
rhythms from different
cultures (e.g., through

various cultures. from different periods

and places.

and time periods.
Diversity of the Visual Arts
clapping, stamping, using 3.3 Identify and discuss how
whole body movement). art is used in events and
celebrations in various
History and Function
of Dance

cultures, past and
present, including the
3.4 Describe dances seen use in their own lives.
in celebrations and
community events.

Indicates a key content standard for the grade level. See page 23 for information on key content standards.