Yukon · Grade 3

Arts Education

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

Outline

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

Curriculum strands

Elements of dance: body, space, dynamics, time, relationships, form; also choreographic devices

Elements of drama: character, time, place, plot; also tension; image development strategies

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

Elements and principles: line, shape, texture, colour; pattern and repetition; also form; rhythm and contrast; space; emphasis