Massachusetts K–6 media arts standards

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art. Identify examples of media artworks in the student's daily life.

Relate artistic ideas and works to societal, cultural and historical contexts to deepen understanding. With support, identify different types of media artwork (e.g., animation, website, digital space).

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work. Explore moving images or interactive art using a variety of media and tools.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work. Focus on and pursue a process or idea to completion during experimentation with a variety of media and tools.

Refine and complete artistic work. With prompting and support, generate multiple ideas for a moving image or interactive piece.

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation. Describe process and choices made when generating components for a moving image or interactive piece.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation. Select a media product from play and experimentation to share.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work. Give reasons for selecting a media product to present.

Perceive and analyze artistic work. With prompting and support, identify similarities between multiple different media art pieces.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work. Share observations regarding a variety of media artworks.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work. Articulate personal responses of media artworks (e.g., “this piece made me feel…” “this piece made me think…”).

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art. Make connections between an artwork and their personal experience.

Relate artistic ideas and works to societal, cultural and historical contexts to deepen understanding. Identify examples of different contexts within media artworks.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work. Generate ideas using a variety of platforms (e.g., webpages, animation, videos).

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work. Develop plans for media arts productions (e.g., a student says before starting a media project, "I'm going to make an animation using only triangles").

Refine and complete artistic work. Refine ideas using artistic elements (e.g. color, movement) for moving imagery or interactive art.

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation. Identify different times, places, audiences, and contexts for presenting media artwork.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation. Organize artwork with artistic intent (e.g. by theme, concept, or other organizational principle).

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work. Identify one's best work or one's favorite work for sharing.

Perceive and analyze artistic work. With support, identify the basic elements of media art (collections of images and sound, technology, interactivity).

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work. Categorize artwork by subject matter and mood.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work. Demonstrate close observation of artistic work (e.g. noticing details, making connections).

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art. Distinguish personal preferences in media arts from those of others (e.g., friends, family, teachers).

Relate artistic ideas and works to societal, cultural and historical contexts to deepen understanding. Describe ways media arts can be used to express ideas in unique ways.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work. Generate media arts ideas that utilize moving imagery and interactivity.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work. Organize and plan an idea using a teacher-selected strategy (e.g., sketching, brainstorming, simplified story boarding, flow charts, or modeling).

Refine and complete artistic work. Respond to artistic challenges and hypothesize possible outcomes (e.g., How can moving images be used to teach others about endangered species?).

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation. Explain the process used when making personal art, including documenting the early stages of the creative process using a variety of methods.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation. Refine a specific technique to produce a media artwork (e.g., creating realistic interactive object like a basketball).

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work. Create a work that expresses, evokes, or communicates a directed idea (e.g., students create a work that delivers a message to a specified audience).

Perceive and analyze artistic work. Analyze how aesthetic principles impact the effect and purpose of media artworks.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work. Explain how a piece of artwork can identify multiple perspectives and diverse community ideas and can help connect oneself to a community or culture.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work. Identify how the basic technical elements of media artwork (e.g., moving image, sound, interactivity) can be used to support the artist's purpose.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art. Describe and demonstrate one’s own artistic style, and preferences in media arts.

Relate artistic ideas and works to societal, cultural and historical contexts to deepen understanding. Identify influential media works and how they impacted media arts.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work. Generate integrative approaches to produce content for different audiences.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work. Organize and plan an idea using a variety of self-selected strategies (e.g., storyboards, flowcharts, or prototypes).

Refine and complete artistic work. Refine a media arts idea by making changes in how images, interactivity, or sound are used.

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation. Explain artistic choices by developing an artist statement.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation. Develop a visual plan for displaying a media artwork, analyzing where viewers will interact with the work and other needs of the viewer.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work. Formally present a media artwork piece that makes connections to other disciplines.

Perceive and analyze artistic work. Analyze how an artwork's form supports the artist's intention.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work. Use specific vocabulary to identify details about a media arts work.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work. Apply a rubric to evaluate a media piece.