Appendix 1
Pennsylvania and School District of Philadelphia Curriculum Standards
Standard: Reading #1
Apply effective reading strategies to comprehend, organize, analyze, synthesize, and evaluate texts to construct meaning.
Standard: Reading #2
Read a variety of materials including fiction and non-fiction, classic and contemporary texts from a diversity of cultures (especially African, Asian/Pacific, European, Latino, and Native American cultures), communication systems, and functional texts.
Standard: Reading #3
Read for a variety of purposes: to seek information; to apply knowledge; to enhance enjoyment; to engage in inquiry and research; to expand world views; to understand individuality, shared humanity, and the heritage of the people in our city as well as the contributions of a diversity of groups to American culture and other cultures throughout the world.
Standard: Literature
Listen to, read, recognize, and respond to literature as a record of human experience that provides individual perspective, promotes understanding of multiple perspectives, and reflects the importance of cultural influences.
Standard: Writing #1
Plan, draft, revise, and publish writing using correct grammar, sentence structure, punctuation, spelling, and effective vocabulary, appropriate to the purpose, context, and audience.
Standard: Writing #2
Write for academic, personal, social, civic, and school-to-career purposes.
Standard: Writing #3
Write in a variety of forms including journals, essays, stories, letters, plays, poems, and reports using figurative, descriptive, literary, and technical language.
Standard: Writing #4
Conduct and document inquiry-based research using oral, print, and communications systems.
Standard: Speaking #1
Speak for a variety of purposes including informing, persuading, questioning, problem solving, sharing ideas and stories, reaching consensus, and responding sensitively and respectfully using language appropriate to the context, audience, and purpose.
Standard: Speaking #2
Speak using effective communication skills including enunciation, inflection, volume, fluency, and non-verbal gestures.
Standard: Listening #1
Listen actively for a variety of purposes including comprehending, interpreting, analyzing, evaluating, responding effectively, and for enjoyment
Standard: Listening #2 - Recognize the diversity of oral English language use, patterns, and dialects, and understand its implications across social contexts, cultures, ethnic groups, and geography.
Standard: Viewing
View media, technology, and live performances for a variety of purposes including gathering information, making informed judgments, processing information, and for enjoyment.
Social Studies Standards;
Culture
Demonstrate an understanding of culture and how culture affects the individual and society.
Time, Continuity, and Change
Analyze historical events, conditions, trends and issues to understand the way human beings view themselves, their institutions, and others, now and over time, to enable them to make informed choices and decisions.
People, Places, and Environment
Apply geographic skills and knowledge to demonstrate an understanding of how geography affects people, places, movement, and environments.
Individuals, Groups and Institutions
Demonstrate an understanding of the role of individuals, groups, and institutions and how their actions and interactions exert powerful influences on society.
Art Standards;
Media, Technique, Processes
Understand and apply art media, techniques, and processes.
Elements, Principals, Features
Demonstrate knowledge of elements, principles, and expressive features from diverse historical periods and cultures, especially African, Asian/Pacific, European, Latino, and Native American cultures.
Subject Matter, Symbols, Ideas
Recognize, select, and evaluate a variety of subject matter, symbols, and ideas from diverse cultures and historical periods, especially African, Asian/Pacific, European, Latino, and Native American cultures, in making original works of art.
Reflecting on Artwork
Observe, reflect, and value the characteristics, meanings, uses, and merits of one's own artwork and artwork from diverse cultural groups and historical periods.
Historical, Social, Cultural
Understand the visual arts and artifacts in relation to historical, social, and cultural contexts, especially African, Asian/Pacific, European, Latino, and Standard: Racial, Cultural Gender - Use the visual arts and artifacts as a way of understanding ourselves and our communities through racial, cultural, and gender differences and similarities. Native American cultures.
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