Fourth Grade

CONNECT: Explore and relate artistic ideas and works to past, present, and future societies and cultures.

CREATE: Create and adapt new artistic ideas and work individually or collaboratively

PRESENT: Present, perform, produce, and develop artistic ideas and works.

RESPOND: Analyze and evaluate how the arts communicate.

4.CN.1

4.CN.1 Relate dance ideas and works with personal, societal, cultural, historical, and daily life contexts, including diverse and marginalized groups.

4.CN.2

4.CN.2 Explore advancements in the field of dance.

4.CR.1

4.CR.1 Create original dance movements and works that communicate ideas, experiences, feelings, or images, independently and collaboratively.

4.CR.2

4.CR.2 Adapt original dance ideas and works, and those of peers and other artists, independently and collaboratively.

4.PR.1

4.PR.1 Perform dance works from a variety of styles, cultures, and genres.

4.PR.2

4.PR.2 Develop dance presentations.

4.RE.1

4.RE.1 Analyze dance from a variety of styles, cultures, and genres using content-specific vocabulary.

4.RE.2

4.RE.2 Evaluate dance works using content-specific vocabulary.

4.CN.1.1

Describe styles and dancers who have inﬂuenced, or been inﬂuenced by, the customs and traditions of indigenous and other cultural groups in North Carolina.

4.CN.1.2

Compare dance concepts with concepts from other content areas.

4.CN.1.3

Demonstrate ways to address anatomical and psychological challenges encountered by dancers.

4.CN.2.1

Describe dance careers and organizations in North Carolina.

4.CN.2.2

Compare how dance has changed and remained the same with advances in technology, digital media, and other innovations.

4.CR.1.1

Improvise movement based on multiple dance elements.

4.CR.1.2

Create dance phrases incorporating abstraction of everyday movement to fulﬁll a given choreographic form.

4.CR.1.3

Depict the spatial relationships between two or more dancers in a dance phrase by drawing a picture or using symbols.

4.CR.2.1

Adapt a dance sequence by changing the spatial relationships between dancers.

4.CR.2.2

Identify how to responsibly use resources for online access of dance and musical accompaniment.

4.PR.1.1

Set personal goals for improving dance performance based on instructor and peer feedback.

4.PR.1.2

Demonstrate technical skills with stamina and coordination.

4.PR.1.3

Demonstrate focus when performing short dance phrases.

4.PR.2.1

Compare themes, topics, or music choices for a small group performance with support.

4.PR.2.2

Explain how safe and respectful behavior varies based on the dance setting and cultural context.

4.PR.2.3

Compare a variety of production elements that strengthen the artistic intent and audience experience.

4.RE.1.1

Describe dance phrases that exemplify multiple elements of dance.

4.RE.1.2

Compare a personal interpretation of a dance with the interpretation of peers.

4.RE.2.1

Contrast personal preferences for performing and viewing dance with those of peers.

4.RE.2.2