III. National Academic and Common Core Standards
How Creative Connections’ Rainforest ArtLink Program Addresses
National Academic Standards
National Visual Arts Anchor Standards*
Anchor standards describe the general knowledge and skill that teachers expect students to demonstrate throughout
their education in the arts. These anchor standards are parallel across arts disciplines and grade levels and serve as the
tangible educational expression of artistic literacy.
Creating
#VA:Cr1.1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas
and work.
#VA:Cr1.2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and
work.
#VA:Cr3.1: Refine and complete artistic work. Responding
#VA:Re7: Perceive and analyze artistic work
#VA:Re8: Interpret intent and meaning in artistic
work
#VA:Re9: Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work
Presenting
#VA:Pr4.1: Select, analyze and interpret artistic work
for presentation.
#VA:Pr6.1: Convey meaning through the
presentation of artistic work.
*http://www.nationalartsstandards.org Connecting
#VA:Cn10.1: Synthesize and relate knowledge and
personal experiences to make art.
#VA:Cn11.1: Relate artistic ideas and works with
societal, cultural, and historical
context to deepen understanding.
US National Curriculum Standards for Social Studies*
Social studies programs should include experiences
that provide for the study of culture and cultural
diversity.
• Explore and describe similarities and differences
in the ways groups, societies, and cultures
address similar human needs and concerns
• Give examples of how experiences may be
interpreted differently by people from diverse
cultural perspectives and frames of reference
• Compare ways in which people from different
cultures think about and deal with their physical
environment and social conditions
• Give examples and describe the importance of
cultural unity and diversity within and across
groups
*http://www.socialstudies.org/standards/strands
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Social studies programs should include experiences
that provide for the study of individual development
and identity, so that the learner can:
• Identify and describe ways family, groups, and
community influence the individual’s daily life
and personal choices
• Explore factors that contribute to one’s personal
identity such as interests, capabilities, and
perceptions
Social studies programs should include experiences
that provide for the study of global connections and
independence, so that the learner can:
• Explore ways that language, art, music, belief
systems, and other cultural elements may
facilitate global understanding or lead to
misunderstanding
• Examine the effects of changing technologies on
the global community
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