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Northwest Territories · Grade 8

Arts Education

Content is organized by discipline; schools choose how to combine the four 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

DADance

Dance techniques, choreographic processes and cultural dance forms

DRDrama

Drama elements and conventions; acting, scripting and production roles

MUMusic

Music elements, notation and techniques; ensemble performance and composition

VAVisual Arts

Elements and principles of design applied to 2D and 3D works; personal and cultural expression