Illinois K–6 media arts standards

Use personal experiences and choices in making media artworks.

Share memorable experiences of media artworks.

With guidance, share ideas in relating media artworks and everyday life (for example, daily activities).

With guidance, interact safely and appropriately with media arts tools and environments.

Discover and share ideas for media artworks through brainstorming, creative play, and experimentation.

With guidance, use ideas to form plans or models for media arts productions.

Form and capture media arts content for expression and meaning in media arts productions.

Make guided changes to the content, form, or presentation of media artworks and share results.

With guidance, combine art forms and media content (for example, dance, video) to form media artworks for presentation.

Identify and demonstrate basic skills (for example, handling tools, making choices, cooperating) in creating and presenting media artworks.

Identify and demonstrate creative skills (for example, performing) within media arts productions.

Practice, discover, and share how media arts creation tools work.

With guidance, identify and share roles in presenting media artworks.

With guidance, identify and share reactions to the presentation of media artworks.

Recognize and, with guidance, share components and messages in media artworks.

Recognize and share how a variety of media artworks create different experiences.

With guidance, share observations regarding a variety of media artworks.

Share qualities and possible changes in media artworks by using guided questioning.

Use personal experiences and choices in making media artworks.

Share meaningful experiences of media artworks.

Discuss and describe media artworks in everyday life (for example, popular media, connections with family and friends).

Interact appropriately with media arts tools and environments, considering safety, rules, and fairness.

Express and share ideas for media artworks through brainstorming, sketching, and modeling.

With guidance, use identified ideas to form plans and models for media arts productions.

Create, capture, and assemble media arts content for media arts productions, identifying basic principles (for example, pattern, repetition).

Make guided changes and Identify the effects of making changes to the content, form, or presentation, in order to refine and finish media artworks.

Combine varied content (for example, arts, media, literary, science) in media artworks for presentation (for example, an illustrated story).

Describe various artistic skills and roles (for example, technical steps, planning, collaborating) in media arts productions and presentations.

Describe and demonstrate basic creative skills within media arts productions (for example, varying techniques).

Experiment with and share different ways to use tools and techniques to construct media artworks.

With guidance, discuss presentation conditions and perform a task in presenting media artworks.

With guidance, discuss the experience of the presentation of media artworks.

Identify components and messages in media artworks.

With guidance, identify how a variety of media artworks create different experiences.

With guidance, identify the meanings of a variety of media artworks.

Identify the effective parts of, and possible changes to, media artworks.

Use personal experiences, interests, information, and models in creating media artworks.

Discuss experiences of media artworks, describing their meaning and purpose.

Discuss how media artworks and ideas relate to everyday and cultural life (for example, media messages, media environments).

Interact appropriately with media arts tools and environments, considering safety, rules, and fairness.

Discover multiple ideas for media artworks through brainstorming and improvising.

Choose ideas to create plans and models for media arts productions.

Construct and assemble content for unified media arts productions, identifying and applying basic principles (for example, positioning, attention).

Practice and describe expressive effects in altering, refining, and completing media artworks.

Practice combining varied content (for example, arts, media, literary, science) in media artworks for a unified presentation (for example, an illustrated story).

Enact roles to demonstrate basic ability in various identified artistic, design, technical, and soft skills (for example, tool use, decision making, collaboration) in media arts productions and presentations.

Demonstrate use of experimentation skills (for example, trial and error, playful practice) within and through media arts productions.

Demonstrate and explore identified methods to use tools to capture and form media artworks.

Identify and describe presentation conditions and perform task(s) in presenting media artworks.

Identify and describe the experience and share the results of presenting media artworks.

Identify and describe the components and messages in media artworks.

Identify and describe how a variety of media artworks create different experiences.

Determine the purposes and meanings of media artworks, considering their context.

Discuss the effectiveness of, and improvements for, media artworks, considering their context.

Use personal and external resources (for example, interests, information, models) to create media artworks.

Identify and show how media artworks form meanings, situations, and/or culture (for example: popular media.)

Identify how media artworks and ideas relate to everyday and cultural life and can influence values and online behavior.

Examine and interact appropriately with media arts tools and environments, considering safety, rules, and fairness.

Conceive of original artistic goals for media artworks using a variety of creative methods (for example, brainstorming and modeling).

Form, share, and experiment with ideas, plans, and models to prepare for media arts productions.

Construct and order various content into unified, purposeful media arts productions, describing and applying a defined set of principles (for example, movement).

Practice and analyze how the emphasis of elements alters effect and purpose in refining and completing media artworks.

Practice fusing varied content (for example, arts, media, literary, science) into unified media artworks for presentation (for example, animation, music, dance).

Exhibit developing ability in a variety of artistic, design, technical, and organizational roles (for example, manipulating tools, making decisions, group planning) in media arts productions and presentations.

Exhibit basic creative skills (for example, trial and error, playful practice) to invent new content and solutions within and through media arts productions.

Exhibit standard use of tools and techniques while constructing media artworks.

Identify and describe the presentation conditions and take on roles and processes in presenting or distributing media artworks.

Identify and describe the experience and share the results of, and improvements for, presenting media artworks.

Identify and describe how messages are created by components in media artworks.

Identify and describe how various forms, methods, and styles in media artworks manage audience experience.

Determine the purposes and meanings of media artworks while describing their context.

Identify basic criteria for evaluating media artworks, considering possible improvements and context.

Examine and use personal and external resources (for example, interests, research, cultural understanding) to create media artworks.

Examine and show how media artworks form meanings, situations, or cultural experiences (for example, online spaces).

Explain verbally and/or in media artworks how media artworks and ideas relate to everyday and cultural life (for example, fantasy and reality, technology use).

Examine and interact appropriately with media arts tools and environments, considering ethics, rules, and fairness.

Develop multiple ideas for media artworks using a variety of tools, methods, and/or materials.

Discuss, assemble, and experiment, with ideas, plans, and models for media arts productions, considering the artistic goals and the presentation.

Structure and arrange various content and components to convey purpose and meaning in different media arts productions, applying sets of associated principles (for example, balance, contrast).

Demonstrate the intentional use of elements in a media artwork.

Demonstrate how a variety of content (for example, arts, media, other academic curriculum forms) may be integrated into media artworks for presentation.

Enact identified roles to practice foundational artistic, design, technical, and soft skills (for example, formal technique, equipment usage, production, collaboration) in media arts productions and presentations.

Practice foundational innovative abilities (for example, design thinking) in addressing problems within and through media arts productions.

Demonstrate use of tools and techniques in standard and novel ways while constructing media artworks.

Explain the presentation conditions and fulfill a role and processes in presenting or distributing media artworks.

Explain the results of, and improvements for, presenting media artworks.

Identify, describe, and explain how messages are created by components in media artworks.

Identify, describe, and, with guidance, explain how various forms, methods, and styles in media artworks manage audience experience.

Determine and explain reactions and interpretations to a variety of media artworks, considering their purpose and context.

Identify and apply basic criteria for evaluating and improving media artworks and production processes, considering context.

Access and use internal and external resources (for example, interests, knowledge, experiences) to create media artworks.

Examine and show how media artworks form meanings, situations, and cultural experiences (for example, news, cultural events).

Research and show how media artworks and ideas relate to social and community life (for example, exploring commercial and information purposes, history, ethics).

Examine, discuss, and interact appropriately with media arts tools and environments, considering ethics, rules, and media literacy.

Envision original ideas and innovations for media artworks using personal experiences and/or the work of others.

Develop, present, and experiment with ideas, plans, models, and proposals for media arts productions, considering the artistic goals and audience.

Create content and combine components to convey expression, purpose, and meaning in a variety of media arts productions, utilizing sets of associated principles (for example, emphasis, exaggeration).

Determine how elements and components can be altered for clear communication and refine media artworks to improve clarity and purpose.

Create media artworks integrating multiple contents and forms in order to reach a given audience.

Enact various roles to practice fundamental ability in artistic, design, technical, and soft skills (for example, formal technique, production, collaboration) in media arts productions and presentations.

Practice fundamental creative and innovative abilities (for example, expanding conventions) in addressing problems within and through media arts productions.

Examine how tools and techniques could be used in standard and experimental ways in constructing media artworks

Compare qualities and purposes of presentation formats and fulfill a role and associated processes in presentation and/or distribution of media artworks.

Compare the results of, and improvements for, presenting media artworks.

Identify, describe, and differentiate how message and meaning are created by components in media artworks.

Identify, describe, and, with guidance, differentiate how various forms, methods, and styles in media artworks manage audience experience.

Determine and compare personal and group interpretations of a variety of media artworks, considering their subject matter, media characteristics, and context.

Identify relevant criteria for evaluating media artworks, considering possible improvements and context.

Access, evaluate, and use internal and external resources (for example, knowledge, experiences, interests, research) to create media artworks.

Explain and show how media artworks form new meanings, situations, and cultural experiences (for example, historical events).

Research and show how media artworks and ideas relate to social, community, and cultural situations (for example, cultural identity, history, entertainment).

Analyze and interact appropriately with media arts tools and environments, considering fair use and copyright, ethics, and media literacy.

Formulate variations of goals and solutions for media artworks by practicing chosen creative generative methods (for example, sketching, improvising, brainstorming).

Organize, propose, and evaluate artistic ideas, plans, prototypes, and production processes for media arts productions, considering purposeful intent.

Experiment with multiple approaches to produce content and components for determined purpose and meaning in media arts productions, utilizing a range of associated principles (for example, point of view, perspective).

Explain and demonstrate how elements and components can be altered for intentional effects and different audiences.

Demonstrate how integrating multiple contents and forms can support a central idea in a media artwork in order to reach a given audience.

Develop a variety of artistic, design, technical, and soft skills through performing various assigned roles in producing and presenting media artworks (for example, invention, formal technique, production, self-initiative, problem solving).

Develop a variety of creative and adaptive innovation abilities (for example, testing constraints) in developing solutions within and through media arts productions.

Demonstrate adaptability using tools and techniques in standard and experimental ways in constructing media artworks.

Analyze various presentation formats and fulfill various tasks and defined processes in the presentation and/or distribution of media artworks.

Analyze the results of, and improvements for, presenting media artworks.

Identify, describe, and analyze how message and meaning are created by components in media artworks.

Identify, describe, and analyze how various forms, methods, and styles in media artworks manage audience experience.

Interpret a variety of media artworks, using given criteria.

Identify and apply relevant criteria for evaluating and improving media artworks and production processes, considering context.