Describe the means people create for moving people, goods, and ideas within the local community.

Use components of culture to describe diversity in the local community.

Discuss the subject matter of artwork from particular cultures at specific times.

Debate images of a past or present culture.

Describe how art is used in everyday life.

Investigate and identify visual art careers that relate to children.

Identify similarities among the arts including vocabulary, elements of art, and principles of design.

Demonstrate connections between the visual arts and other curriculum through student artwork.

Observe that different art forms reflect upon the diversity of society.

Describe the variety of forms of live and recorded theatrical events.

Describe various types of multimedia forms used to share performances in everyday life.

Express various ideas and emotions through a variety of dramatic art forms reflecting life situations.

Identify and use various materials and techniques using a sequential process.

Demonstrate the safe use of a variety of materials, tools, and processes with environmental awareness.

Compare and explore elements of art and principles of design to communicate ideas related to personal environment.

Use revision strategies to modify personal artwork and then mount it to enhance its presentation.

Demonstrate how materials, techniques, and processes can be used creatively to communicate ideas.

Combine the use of elements of art and principles of design to communicate ideas.

Understand and recognize how artists create and construct multiple solutions to visual problems in artworks.

Use symbols to create artwork that expresses and communicates meaning.

Compare and contrast how artists convey ideas through the creation of artwork.

Demonstrate how artwork can be created using computers and electronic media as a tool for creative expression.

Develop a visual vocabulary.

Recognize that art is created to fulfill personal and/or social needs.

Share personal experiences and preferences in response to works of art.

Evaluate personal artwork using art terminology.

Reflect on how art expresses ideas, feelings, and opinions.

Compare symbols, trademarks, icons, emblems, and other visual motifs in various cultures.

Devise student created criteria for objective evaluation of performances and compositions.

Support personal aesthetic response to musical works and styles.

Identify and describe distinguishing characteristics of several different styles presented in 2nd grade.

Describe how elements of music are used in examples from world cultures using music performed and presented in 2nd grade.

Demonstrate audience appropriate behavior for the context and style of music presented and performed in 2nd grade.

Observe and identify similarities and differences in meanings of common vocabulary used in the various 2nd grade arts.

Observe and identify cross-curricular connections within the 2nd grade curriculum.

Discuss the various rationales for using music in daily experiences.

Identify and describe different characters though vocal expression.

Dramatize real and non-real characters with prompting and side-coaching.

Describe characters, environments, and situations that support the creation of a classroom dramatization.

Paraphrase dialogue from a story to show different interpretations.

Manipulate simple scenery, costumes, sound, and props in the dramatic process.

Describe the characters and setting in stories.

Convey elements of character, setting, and events after reading a story or script (The Five Ws).

Reflect upon personal preferences of music, sound, movement, dance, and design in the classroom dramatizations.

Make predictions about characters, setting, and events based on story content.

Reflect upon the role of constructive criticism for building classroom dramatizations.

Describe the character's wants and needs.

Give examples of emotions and thoughts evoked by performances.

Sing and play expressively with phrasing and appropriate dynamics.

Sing an ostinato.