Connects to State (IDOE) and/or Common Core Curriculum Standards: Yes

SOCIAL STUDIES:
Standard 1 - History

WORLD LANGUAGES:
Standard 2 - Interpretive: Learners interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics.
Standard 4 - Culture: Learners examine, experience, and reflect on the relationships among the practices products, and perspectives of the culture studied.
Standard 5 - Connections: Learners use the target language to expand their knowledge of and make connections among multiple content areas.
Standard 6 - Connections: Learners strengthen language proficiency and cultural knowledge by using current digital media and authentic resources.
Standard 7 - Comparisons: Learners understand the nature of language and culture through comparisons of the languages and cultures studied and their own.
Standard 8 - Communities: Learners use their knowledge of the target language and culture both within and beyond the school setting for personal enrichment and civic engagement.

FINE ARTS: DANCE:
Anchor Standard 4 – Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation: Space, time, and energy are basic elements of dance.
Anchor Standard 5 – Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation: Dancers use the mind-body connection and develop the body as an instrument for artistry and artistic expression.
Anchor Standard 6 – Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work: Dance performance is an interaction between performer, production elements, and audience that heightens and amplifies artistic expression.
Anchor Standard 7 – Perceive and analyze artistic work: Dance is perceived and analyzed to comprehend its meaning.
Anchor Standard 8 – Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work: Dance is interpreted by considering intent, meaning, and artistic expression as communicated through the use of the body, elements of dance, dance technique, dance structure, and context.
Anchor Standard 9 – Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work: Criteria for evaluating dance vary across genres, styles, and cultures.
Anchor Standard 10 – Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art: As dance is experienced, all personal experiences, knowledge, and contexts are integrated and synthesized to interpret meaning.
Anchor Standard 11 – Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding: Dance literacy includes deep knowledge and perspectives about societal, cultural, historical, and community contexts.

FINE ARTS: THEATRE:
Anchor Standard 11 – Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding: Theatre artists understand and can communicate their creative process as they analyze the way the world may be understood.

FINE ARTS: GENERAL MUSIC:
Anchor Standard 1 - Connect with a varied repertoire of music by exploring the relationships between music and personal experience:
Anchor Standard 2 - Connect with a varied repertoire of music by exploring the relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.