Arts Education 1
CR1.1
Demonstrate understanding that the arts are a way of expressing ideas.
Indicators for this outcome
(a) | View and listen to arts expressions with curiosity (e.g., students are intrigued and ask questions about the work and/or artists). |
(b) | Make connections between arts expressions and own lives (e.g., What do you like about this music? What does it make us think about?). |
(c) | Examine individual and collaborative problem-solving and decision-making process (e.g., How did each dancer or group represent the image of leaves falling? What shapes did you make with your body? How did you decide as a group to travel through the space? Did we see high, medium, and low levels? Why did you decide to use curved pathways instead of zig zag?). |
(d) | Discuss how arts expressions can represent feelings and ideas. |
(e) | Share thoughts and feelings evoked by works of art. |
(f) | Use grade-appropriate arts terminology when discussing the arts (e.g., bright colours, quiet sounds, fast movements). |
(g) | Identify main ideas or feelings in own arts expressions. |
(h) | Describe ways that arts expressions can have an effect on people (e.g., the music makes us feel like moving, the actors made us think about why some people act like bullies). |
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R104500
Funny Feelings with Mooky. Grades 1, 2, 3 and 4
Media and Formats :
Video
Price :
Free
Record posted/updated:
November 30, 2021
R103974
Drawing One Page Comics with Allan Dotson - Grades 1-4
Allan Dotson is a comics artist and fantasy illustrator. In this program students will be led through drawing a one-page comic. Students will learn how to pencil and ink a close-up, long shot, and action shot on paper. Follow along with Allan’s teachings and get ready to draw a one page comic of your own using the tips and templates provided in the guide.
Media and Formats :
Video
Price :
Free
Record posted/updated:
March 23, 2021
R103971
Spontaneous Story with Jayden Pfeifer. Grades 1, 2, 3 & 4
Join theatre artist Jayden Pfeifer as we explore the skills of improvisation! Jayden will work with the students to exercise their improv muscles. Practice availability, listening, accepting, supporting, and creative expression in a supportive group environment. This active and spontaneous storytelling workshop will teach the elements of basic improv story structure. You will learn how to build narrative, invent fun and unique characters, and insert plot twists into your stories!
Media and Formats :
Video
Price :
Free
Record posted/updated:
March 30, 2021
R103981
Bringing Back the Buffalo Teachings with Lorne Kequahtooway and Joely BigEagle-Kequahtooway - Grades 1-2
Artists Lorne Kequahtooway and Joely BigEagle-Kequahtooway will teach students about the history of buffalo in North America. Lorne begins the discussion with a smudge of sage and invites all students/staff/teachers to participate. They explain the purpose of smudging ceremony.
Students will then create their own buffalo flags/banners to celebrate their role in shaping the current environment, while reflecting on the lesson.
Students will then create their own buffalo flags/banners to celebrate their role in shaping the current environment, while reflecting on the lesson.
Media and Formats :
Video
Topic :
Truth and Reconciliation
Price :
Free
Record posted/updated:
July 8, 2024
R013539
Beading with Randi. Grades 1 & 2
Students are led through the process of moss bag beadwork and design. The instruction incorporates the history of the artform, including its significance and importance to Indigenous identity. Beadwork has the ability to connect and to educate people to Indigenous history and experience. By weaving together deeper connections to understanding, Indigenous cultures emerge.
Media and Formats :
Video
Price :
Free
Record posted/updated:
April 4, 2022
R013535
Métis Art and Stories in the Classroom with Leah Marie Dorion. Grades 1 & 2
Why were bison essential to people living on the plains, prior to the time of Treaty negotiations (1870s)? What does the bison represent today? This LIVE Arts broadcast features contemporary artwork and storytelling by Métis artist Leah Marie Dorion, based on her children's book, "Métis Camp Circle: A Bison Culture Way of Life." Leah reads from the book, discusses the importance of bison (past and present), explains the use of Métis symbolism and discuss the composition and design of the illustrations. Leah guides students through a live drawing activity where they learn to draw and paint a bison as inspired by Leah's particular style of creating and imagery.
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Media and Formats :
Video
Price :
Free
Record posted/updated:
April 21, 2021
R013529
Soundtracks for Adventurous Kids with Felipe Gomez. Grades 1 and 2
Felipe Gomez is an educator, award-winning musician and adventurer. His interactive music program explores the importance of music in daily life. He shares his multimedia performance, "The Adventures of the Cycling Fox," a fusion of live music, spoken word and projections of video animations. During on-air activities, students learn to observe sound waves, patterns in music, rhythm and pitch. Felipe also demonstrates body percussion. Students use what they have learned to create their own musical scenes, giving sound to their thoughts and feelings.
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Media and Formats :
Video
Price :
Free
Record posted/updated:
April 4, 2022
R013564
Roll with It, Featuring Laura Hale. Grades 1 & 2
Roll with It is a collaborative project that includes all students contributing to the final artwork. The piece organically develops and evolves in response to student creation and composition. Laura explores materials and their transformation. Students consider colour, texture, shape, form and pattern while they develop material techniques. They cut, combine, layer and roll varying sizes of tissue paper strips into paper tubes that are then cut into bead-like lengths. Students then arrange and glue the rolled paper tubes of various sizes and colours in an upright position onto a substrate or surface (plywood or framed canvas) that will eventually hang on the wall in the school. The numerous irregular sized beads in a variety of colours sprout up in different directions, creating an abstract sculptural paper collage. The final artwork brings to mind aerial landscape views, satellite imagery and/or biological and geographical patterns and microscopic cellular formations.
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Media and Formats :
Video
Price :
Free
Record posted/updated:
April 4, 2022
R013572
Poetry and Oral Stories in the Classroom with ecoaborijanelle. Grades 1 & 2
Poet and performance artist ecoaborijanelle (Janelle Pewapsconias) inspires students to work on creative expression through the theme of "wellbeing" by connecting with their senses.
Media and Formats :
Video
Price :
Free
Record posted/updated:
April 4, 2022
R014537
Adventures of the Cycling Fox with Felipe Gomez. Grades 1 & 2
Felipe Gomez shares his multimedia performance, "The Adventures of the Cycling Fox," a fusion of live music, spoken word and projections of video animations. During the video's activities, students learn to observe sound waves, patterns in music, rhythm and pitch. Felipe also demonstrates body percussion. Students then use what they have learned to create their own musical scenes, giving sound to their thoughts and feelings.
Media and Formats :
Video
Price :
Free
Record posted/updated:
June 17, 2020
R013557
Drawn to the Beat with Allan Dotson. Grades 1 & 2
Students find out how to Get On Beat for Culture Days by learning to draw a detailed scene of a dancing humanoid character. Through guided demonstrations and audio samples, fantasy illustrator and comics artist, Allan Dotson, shares tips and techniques.
Media and Formats :
Video
Price :
Free
Record posted/updated:
April 4, 2022
R053615
Deepening the Discussion: Gender and Sexual Diversity
This document will assist individuals and communities to engage in meaningful discussions and actions to respond to the experiences, perspectives and needs of students and families who are gender and/or sexually diverse (GSD). It will: assist school divisions, central office personnel, administrators, educators, First Nations and Métis organizations and community partners to develop a deeper understanding of gender and sexual diversity; assist in understanding the unique educational, health and safety needs of staff, students and their families who self-identify as gender and/or sexually diverse; provide practical strategies, suggestions and frequently asked questions to support schools and communities as they work with students to anticipate and overcome challenges related to transphobia, homophobia and heterosexism; acknowledge the shared responsibility of ensuring that all students who identify as gender and/or sexually diverse have the same opportunities for safety, socialization and success in schools; assist educators in planning curricular-based instruction and assessment to meet the unique needs of gender and/or sexually diverse students; and assist school divisions and First Nations and Métis organizations to fulfill their ethical and professional responsibilities to provide safe, equitable and inclusive learning environments for all students regardless of their actual or perceived differences.
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Download
Media and Formats :
Document
Price :
Free
Record posted/updated:
February 13, 2019