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Supa Heroes The Supa Heroes task allows students to demonstrate their ability to identify and interpret particular features depicted in painting. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resource required for this task is a picture. This task is a part of the Responding to Art task series from 2007. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments. |
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Taisho Koto In the Taisho Koto task, students will explore the harmonies from Taisho Koto, a traditional Japanese instrument. They will learn about musical traditions and gain an appreciation of diverse musical traditions. |
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Talking Kites Around the World In the Talking Kites Around the World task, students will be learning about children' rights, learning about Korczak as a writer, and learning about Korczak's philosophy. They will make and fly a kite with their thoughts, fears, dreams, and/or hopes on them. The main outcome is the enhancement of important values, such as tolerance, acceptance of the "other", co-existence, listening, choosing dialog over force, universal solidarity etc. |
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Teddy The Teddy task allows students to demonstrate their ability to observe and use a drawing processes to describe the main features and form of a displayed object. Students will complete this task working independently. The resources required for this task are a teddy bear, a cork base, a pencil, a cloth, paper, and a drawing base board. This task is to be completed in ten minutes. This task is a part of the Making Art task series from 1999 by NEMP. |
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The Right Moves The The Right Moves unit includes an introduction, the learning focus, 6 teaching and learning activities, assessment criteria, and resources. Unit description from source: In The right moves students work cooperatively in teams to develop, analyze and implement group tactics. Students use cooperative learning tasks to identify, understand and develop key concepts that lead to an appreciation and demonstration of tactics in team games. Students analyse games and collect data to assess their performances. Students are introduced to European handball. They analyze a series of structured physical activities to develop basic attacking and defensive skills that are used in team games including European handball and create a media product that communicates their understanding of rules and tactics to a specific audience. |
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Triceratops Pencil Drawing The Triceratops Pencil Drawing task allows students to demonstrate their ability to use drawing processes to describe the main features and form of a displayed object. Students will complete this task working independently. The resources required for this task are a model triceratops, a block, a pencil, paper, and a drawing board. This task should be completed in thirty minutes. This task is a part of the Making Art task series from 1995 by NEMP. |
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Two Paintings (1999) The Two Paintings (1999) task allows students to demonstrate their ability to describe and interpret imagery and art making information in observed pictures, and express a personal response. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are photographs. This task is a part of the Responding to Art task series from 1999. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments. |
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Two Sculptures The Two Sculptures task allows students to demonstrate their ability to describe and interpret imagery and art making information in observed sculptures, and express a personal response. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a video recording and photographs. This task is a part of the Responding to Art task series from 1995 by NEMP. |
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UNESCO World Heritage Sites In the UNESCO World Heritage Sites task, students will explore and research the heritage of their country. In the forum, they will present their country and Unesco heritage sites, it's history, the tales about the place, and its meaning in their country's and the world's history. |
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Underwater Garden The Underwater Garden task allows students to demonstrate their ability to create an expressive painting from an imaginative idea, showing a variety of shapes, detail, color mixing and spatial effect. Students will complete this task working independently. The resources required for this task are a video recording on a laptop computer, a cur card, paper, paint brushes, a palette, a desk cover, a sponge, white chalk, water, a mixing card, plastic cups, and acrylic paints. This task should be completed in forty-five minutes. This task is a part of the Making Art task series from 2003. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments. |
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