Common Planner
K–12 Standards

Media Arts: By the end of grade 8

Other New Jersey Visual and Performing Arts sets

Creating

  • Anchor Standard 1

    Generating and conceptualizing ideas.

    1. a

      Generate a variety of ideas, goals and solutions for media artworks using creative processes such as sketching, brainstorming, improvising, and prototyping with increased proficiency, divergent thinking, and opportunity for student choice. 1.2.8.Cr1a

    2. b

      Organize and design artistic ideas for media arts productions.1.2.8.Cr1b

    3. c

      Critique plans, prototypes and production processes considering purposeful and expressive intent.1.2.8.Cr1c

  • Anchor Standard 2

     Organizing and developing ideas.  

    1. a

      Organize and design artistic ideas for media arts productions1.2.8.Cr2a

    2. b

      Critique plans, prototypes and production processes considering purposeful and expressive intent.1.2.8.Cr2b

  • Anchor Standard 3

    Refining and completing products

    1. a

      Experiment with and implement multiple approaches that integrate content and stylistic conventions. 1.2.8.Cr3a

    2. b

      Communicate an intentional purpose and meaning utilizing varying point of view and perspective.1.2.8.Cr3b

    3. c

      Refine and modify artistic choices to reflect an understanding of purpose, narrative structures, composition, audience, and context. 1.2.8.Cr3c

Producing

  • Anchor Standard 4

    Selecting, analyzing and interpreting work.

    1. a

      Experiment with and integrate multiple forms, approaches and content to coordinate, produce and implement media artworks that convey purpose and meaning (e.g., narratives, video games, interdisciplinary projects, multimedia theatre).1.2.8.Pr4a

  • Anchor Standard 5

    Developing and refining techniques and models or steps needed to create products.

    1. a

      Develop and demonstrate a variety of artistic, design, technical, and soft skills (e.g., self-initiative, problem solving, collaborative communication) through performing various roles in producing media artworks.1.2.8.Pr5a

    2. b

      Develop and demonstrate creativity and adaptability, through processes such as testing constraints and divergent solutions, within and through media arts productions.1.2.8.Pr5b

    3. c

      Develop and demonstrate creativity and adaptability in standard and experimental ways, to construct, achieve assigned purpose, and communicate intent in media artworks.1.2.8.Pr5c

  • Anchor Standard 6

    Conveying meaning through art.

    1. a

      Analyze and design various presentation formats and tasks in the presentation and/or distribution of media artworks.1.2.8.Pr6a

    2. b

      Analyze benefits and impacts from presenting media artworks1.2.8.Pr6b

Responding

  • Anchor Standard 7

    Perceiving and analyzing products.

    1. a

      Compare, contrast and analyze the qualities of and relationships between the components and style in media artworks.1.2.8.Re7a

    2. b

      Compare, contrast and analyze how various forms, methods and styles in media artworks affect and manage audience experience and create intention when addressing global issues including climate change.1.2.8.Re7b

  • Anchor Standard 8 

    Interpreting intent and meaning.

    1. a

      Analyze the intent and meanings and context of a variety of media artworks, focusing on intentions, forms, and detect bias, opinion, and stereotypes. 1.2.8.Re8a

  • Anchor Standard 9

    Applying criteria to evaluate products.

    1. a

      Evaluate media art works and production processes at decisive stages, using identified criteria, and considering context and artistic goals.  1.2.8.Re9a

Connecting

  • Anchor Standard 10

     Synthesizing and relating knowledge and personal experiences to create products.

    1. a

      Access, evaluate and use internal and external resources to inform the creation of media artworks, such as cultural and societal knowledge, research and exemplary works.1.2.8.Cn10a

    2. b

      Explain and demonstrate how media artworks expand meaning and knowledge and create cultural experiences, such as local and global events.1.2.8.Cn10b

  • Anchor Standard 11

    Relating artistic ideas and works within societal, cultural, and historical contexts to deepen understanding.

    1. a

      Access, evaluate and use internal and external resources and context to inform the creation of media artworks (e.g., cultural and societal knowledge, research, exemplary works)1.2.8.Cn11a

    2. b

      Explain and demonstrate how media artworks expand meaning and knowledge, and create cultural experiences (e.g., via local and global events considering fair use and copyright, ethics, media literacy).1.2.8.Cn11b

Frequently asked questions

What grade levels do these standards cover?
Grade 7, Grade 6, and Grade 8
Where can I read the official document?
New Jersey Student Learning Standards

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