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BAIS Core Values & Beliefs
What are the foundational ideas that guide the curriculum review process for this curriculum? How do we evaluate whether or not the curriculum or the standards meet our needs?
Truth
The fine arts reflect the creative nature of God and provide a powerful means of expressing Biblical truth, exploring spiritual themes, and engaging in the pursuit of a deeper understanding of God and the world around us.
This enduring understanding recognizes that the fine arts are an essential component of human culture and are rooted in the creative nature of God. It emphasizes the importance of exploring spiritual themes and expressing Biblical truth through the arts, and the role of the arts in fostering a deeper understanding of God and our place in the world.
In addition, this enduring understanding highlights the importance of engaging with the arts in a way that is grounded in Biblical truth and values. It emphasizes the importance of using the arts as a means of expressing faith, exploring spiritual themes, and promoting a deeper understanding of the Biblical narrative and the nature of God.
Ultimately, this enduring understanding emphasizes the value of the fine arts as a means of engaging with and expressing Biblical truth, and highlights the importance of using the arts to deepen our understanding of God and the world around us. It recognizes the potential of the arts to inspire and transform individuals and communities, and encourages students to engage with the arts in a way that is grounded in a Biblical worldview.
Excellence
Excellence in fine arts is achieved through the development and application of foundational skills, disciplined practice, and creative exploration, leading to an informed understanding and expression of oneself and the world around us.
Achieving excellence in the fine arts requires more than just natural talent or creativity. It requires a commitment to the development and application of foundational skills, such as drawing, painting, music theory, dance technique, or acting technique. These skills provide a solid foundation for further exploration and experimentation in the arts.
Disciplined practice is also essential for achieving excellence. Regular and consistent practice helps artists refine their skills, build stamina, and develop the muscle memory needed to execute their craft at a high level. Practice also allows artists to explore new ideas and techniques, leading to growth and evolution in their artistic expression.
Creative exploration is another key element of achieving excellence in the fine arts. Artists must be willing to take risks, experiment with new materials or methods, and push boundaries to discover new forms of expression. This requires a willingness to embrace uncertainty and take creative risks.
Finally, achieving excellence in the fine arts requires an informed understanding of oneself and the world around us. Artists must be aware of their own perspectives and biases, as well as the social, cultural, and historical contexts in which they create. This understanding informs their creative choices and helps them to create work that is relevant, meaningful, and impactful.
Overall, excellence in the fine arts is achieved through a combination of foundational skills, disciplined practice, creative exploration, and an informed understanding of oneself and the world around us.
Growth
Through artistic exploration, creation, and reflection, individuals can cultivate personal growth, develop new perspectives, and enrich their understanding of the world around them.
Rationale: The fine arts provide a unique platform for individuals to engage in self-expression and creative problem-solving. By exploring various artistic mediums and techniques, individuals can develop their skills and expand their artistic abilities. Through the creative process, individuals also gain a deeper understanding of themselves and their relationship with the world. Artistic reflection and critique provide opportunities for individuals to analyze their work and receive feedback, which helps to cultivate their ability to accept constructive criticism and grow from it.
In addition to personal growth, the study of fine arts can also provide a broader perspective on culture and history. Through the exploration of art history and different cultural expressions, individuals can gain an appreciation for diverse perspectives and learn to view the world from different lenses. This can lead to a greater understanding of social, political, and cultural issues, and the ability to critically analyze them.
Overall, the study of fine arts offers a powerful tool for personal growth and development, as well as the ability to gain a deeper understanding of the world around us. By engaging in artistic exploration, creation, and reflection, individuals can cultivate a lifelong appreciation for the arts and continue to grow and evolve as artists and individuals.
Compassion
The fine arts have the power to inspire empathy, foster understanding, and promote compassion, and as artists and educators, we have a responsibility to use the arts to promote respect and understanding for all peoples as image-bearers of God.
This enduring understanding recognizes the potential of the fine arts to serve as a means of promoting compassion and empathy, and emphasizes the importance of using the arts to promote respect and understanding for all peoples as image-bearers of God.. It highlights the role of artists and educators in fostering understanding and promoting social understanding and change through the arts.
In addition, this enduring understanding emphasizes the importance of engaging with the arts in a way that is grounded in compassion and empathy. It encourages students to explore the human experience through the arts, and to use the arts as a means of promoting the value and dignity of all people in their communities and the world. It recognizes the potential of the arts to inspire and transform individuals and communities, and encourages students to engage with the arts in a way that is grounded in a deep sense of compassion and a commitment to social justice.
Collaboration
Collaboration in the fine arts can lead to deeper connections between artists, the creation of more complex and dynamic works, and the development of important life skills.
The fine arts provide a rich opportunity for collaboration, as artists can bring different perspectives, skills, and experiences to the creative process. Through collaboration, artists can learn from each other, challenge each other, and push the boundaries of their own artistic abilities. Collaboration can also lead to the creation of more complex and dynamic works of art that showcase the unique talents and perspectives of each individual.
Beyond the creation of art, collaboration in the fine arts can also develop important life skills such as communication, empathy, and teamwork. In order to collaborate effectively, artists must learn to communicate clearly, actively listen to others, and understand and respect different perspectives. These skills are not only important in the artistic realm, but in all aspects of life and work.
Furthermore, collaboration in the fine arts can also foster a sense of community and belonging. By working together towards a common goal, artists can develop strong relationships and connections with each other, as well as with the broader community. Collaboration can also provide opportunities for artists to engage with different communities and cultures, and to create art that reflects the diverse experiences and perspectives of these communities.
In conclusion, collaboration in the fine arts can lead to deeper connections between artists, the creation of more complex and dynamic works of art, the development of important life skills, and a greater sense of community and belonging. By embracing collaboration in the creative process, artists can expand their own artistic abilities, learn from each other, and create works of art that reflect the unique talents and perspectives of all those involved.
Gradebook Standards and Transfer Goals
Kinder-2nd Gradebook Standards
Recognize Reasons to Create Art:
Find Meaning in Art and Art Concepts:
Make Connections:
Produce Artwork:
Assess and Refine Personal Art:
3rd-5th Gradebook Standards
Examine Artwork:
Identify and Apply Themes and Processes:
Solve Art Problems:
Respond to Artwork:
Provide and Use Feedback:
Transfer Goals
Create Art: Create art and music, exploring different mediums and instruments.
Present Art: Share the meaning and inspiration behind their art and music, confidently discussing their work with others.
Respond to Art: Analyze and understand art and music as an expression of cultures, historical periods and worldviews.
Develop Artistic Literacy: Use appropriate vocabulary, concepts, and techniques when discussing, presenting, and analyzing art and music to better understand the fine arts.
Collaborate and Reflect: Work collaboratively on projects and use the reflective process to continually improve.
Enduring Understandings (Expected Student Outcomes)
Biblical Application
(Truth) Man is a creative being, he shares in the creative power of God. We cannot create as God does, that is, ex nihilo, out of nothing. But we can reshape the stuff of the world into new and wondrous forms, in imitation of the Creator of all things. In our creativity we mirror the created world, we accentuate the mark the Creator has left on His creation, we highlight the spiritual relationship that still exists between God and man.
Students will demonstrate creativity by transforming ordinary materials into meaningful works of art.
Students will explain how their artwork reflects God’s design and their role as co-creators.
Students will analyze how artistic expression can highlight God’s presence in creation.
(Truth) The great themes of resurrection and transformation, redemption and hope should shape our approach. Here we need to explore how being salt and light is worked out in practice.
Students will create artwork that visually represents themes of transformation, redemption, or hope.
Students will describe in written or verbal reflections how their artistic choices align with biblical themes.
Students will engage in discussions about how art can serve as a means of encouragement and light in the world.
(Truth) What compels us to create is something inside that needs to get out. That is why the quality of our interior life and motivation, as Jesus stressed, is so important.
Students will reflect on their personal motivations for creating art and how their faith influences their artistic decisions.
Students will demonstrate intentionality in their creative process by making choices that align with their values and beliefs.
Students will discuss how the condition of the heart affects artistic expression and the messages conveyed through art.
Active Living
Students will demonstrate growth and excellence (seen through the technical skill, originality, emotional impact, timelessness, and cultural significance of their artwork or performances).
Students will demonstrate growth and excellence (seen through the commitment to continuous improvement, commitment to collaboration and teamwork, cultural significance, and emotional expressions)
Prepare works for presentation.
Innovative & Informed Thinking
Students know the skills and can apply the skills to create original works of art that demonstrate technical skill, emotional impact, relevance, and cultural significance.
Elaborate, refine, analyze and evaluate ideas in order to improve and maximize creative efforts.
Art is a complex and dynamic form of human expression that reflects the cultural, social, and historical context in which it is created, and is constantly evolving as new ideas and perspectives emerge.
Music is a diverse and dynamic form of human expression that reflects the cultural, social, and historical context in which it is created, and can be a powerful agent for personal and social change.
Social Responsibility
Students engage in opportunities to serve others with visual and performing arts.
Students reflect on their social responsibility as they both create and analyze art around them (Philippians 4:8).
Students create and engage in a safe and inclusive space where all are encouraged to take risks, try challenging things, and collaborate in both creating art as well as improving each other’s artwork through positive feedback and critique.
A Selection of Threads (Biblical Worldview Integration Concepts)
These are concepts from Transformation by Design; Crafted Formational Learning (CEN, 2019), to be embedded in learning activities.
God is love.
We respond to God’s love by loving God in return and our neighbors as ourselves.
God is building His kingdom, His Community.
We are active contributors and encouragers of others as the community is built up.
The Earth belongs to God and it has been declared by Him to be very good.
We actively respond to God’s call to carefully manage all of creation.
God breathed life into a man and a woman - His extra special creation - and He spread out before them the full array of the rest of His creation.
We embrace the full suite of God’s provisions in life and live in such a way that all may flourish.
Our world bears the marks of sin and suffers under its burden.
We identify and critique areas impacted by sin and then discern God’s purpose.
Embedded throughout God’s created order are patterns, structures, and systems.
We explore, discover, and delight in the patterns and designs that God has woven into His world.
Every person on the planet is made in the image of God - there are no exceptions.
We respect and celebrate the built-in differences between cultures and peoples given for the enhancement of all.
Written and spoken words may carry infinite significance. Jesus, our ultimate example, used His words to speak life and truth to others.
We use words to build up, make choices, and express life.
True wisdom, which belongs to God, extends beyond understanding and knowledge and provides direction and a way of living.
We can go deeper than understanding and knowledge to seek the insight of God.
God is the designer; our chief designer.
We innovate and renew for good purposes and thereby praise the aster designer.
Humility is a key characteristic of the Kingdom and a reflection of our relationship with God. We commit ourselves to humbly serving as we imitate Jesus - the ultimate example of humility.
We gratefully accept God’s grace and respond by humbly serving Him.
Through Christ we are empowered to deal with setbacks with hope, faith, and trust.
We overcome setbacks through the strength of the spirit and live in hope and faith.
Our God is the supreme artist.
We contemplate both the Creator and His handiwork and respond tin delight and praise.
God’s love extends to all nations and His desire is for a family drawn from ‘every tribe, language, people, and nation.’
We welcome and accept others, and use our gifts to embrace others in the community.
God appointed a way where biblical pease or shalom could be found; through Jesus who pursued peace between humanity and God.
We bring heling and restoration to people and areas of brokenness.
God reveals His creativity in what He has made.
We praise God for reflecting the creator in making expressive and inspiring things and ideas.
The fear, despair, and drudgery that is so evident in the world was not God’s intention.
We have an attitude of joy-filled play as we respond to what God has provided and Christ has restored.
In the Bible, God reveals Himself as a God of justice.
We act as agents of change by identifying and responding to injustice.
Our task to manage the good creation with care and creativity shapes both the physical and cultural landscape of life. We engage with and lovingly shape our culture.
Our God is a God of mercy.
We respond to God’s mercy by likewise, being merciful to others.
We take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
We let every thought be captive to Christ so that our thinking is transformed by the renewing of our minds.
God is a worker and in our work, we can reflect our Creator.
We discover the vocational task in which God has called us to serve.
God created man in His own image.
We enrich our own lives and the lives of others by developing and using our gifts.
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