2013-004 EDC-Arts -The Arts Center for Fal 2012 Art Grant Agreement $1,500

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The ArtsCenter: Ballet Folklorico Mexico School Shows—Curriculum Connections 1 2012-2013 Arts Program Grant— Fall . Orange County Arts Commission CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS FOR BALLET FOLKLORICO MEXICO From the NC Essential Standards and Common Core Standards (adopted by NC starting with the 2012-2013 school year) World Languages Essential Standards Through the exploration of Mexican art and culture in the Ballet Folklorico performances, as well as the bilingual content, students will enhance their learning, connecting with skills in the World Languages Essential Standards. Essential Standard/Skill: Understand words and concepts presented in the language. Interpretive skills involve receiving information in a situation where meaning cannot be negotiated. Students hear or see the message and respond based on their interpretation. These messages could be about any topic and come from a wide variety of sources and media: textbooks, newspapers, signs, websites, news broadcasts, television and radio programs, lectures, presentations-live and recorded, etc. Essential Standard/Skill:Compare the students' culture and the target culture. Learning about culture means building an understanding of the practices, perspectives and products of a society. The practices involve patterns of social interactions, such as how people are greeted or how respect is shown. Perspectives are the values, beliefs, ideas, and attitudes that are an integral part of life. Products are the books, foods, laws, music,games, etc., that are created and used within the society. Furthermore,the experience provided by the Ballet Folklorico performance will connect with the three main strands of the new World Languages Essential Standards: CLL: Connections to Languages & Literacy Strand The world language being studied, referred to as the target language, helps students develop a greater understanding and insight into the nature of language and culture, including their native or first language. These comparisons, along with the three communication modes, blend together to focus students on language and literacy. COD: Connections to Other Disciplines Strand Studying a world language involves making connections with other academic disciplines, formally and informally. Within the communication skills, the language arts of reading, writing, speaking, and listening are utilized. As students learn about numbers and currency, mathematics and economics are included. All of social studies is part of culture, as are the arts, health, physical education, and science. CMT: Communities Strand Students preparing for success in the 21 st Century need to access knowledge and information from other communities, and use that information to function well with people from diverse backgrounds.