British Columbia · Grade 8

Arts Education

Creating, performing and responding in dance, drama, music and visual arts, including traditional and contemporary First Peoples arts

Outline

Lessons for this subject are being written.

Below is how the official curriculum organizes it. Each strand will get full lessons like the ones in Grade 1 Mathematics.

Curriculum strands

1Dance

Elements of dance: body, space, dynamics, time, relationships, form; also choreographic devices; movement principles and notation

2Drama

Elements of drama: character, time, place, plot; also tension; image development strategies; mood and focus; contrast; drama forms and conventions; balance

3Music

Elements of music: beat/pulse, rhythm, tempo, pitch, dynamics; also form; duration, timbre and texture; metre; notation

4Visual arts

Elements (line, shape, space, texture, colour, form, value) and principles of design; movement and proportion; notation across art forms