National Art Standards

Fourth Grade Content Standard #2: Using knowledge of structures and functions.
Achievement Standard:

• Students know the differences among visual characteristics and purposes of art in order to convey ideas.
• Students describe how different expressive features and organizational principles cause different responses.
• Students use visual structures and functions of art to communicate ideas.

Content Standard #6: Making connections between visual arts and other disciplines.
Achievement Standard:

• Students understand and use similarities and differences between characteristics of the visual arts and other arts disciplines.
• Students identify connections between the visual arts and other disciplines in the curriculum.