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Art You Know The Art You Know task allows students to demonstrate their ability to identify and explain a favorite work of art. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. There are no resources required for this task. This task is a part of the Responding to Art task series from 2007 by NEMP. |
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Art in Action In Art in Action students will choreograph a solo dance based on a work of visual art. This task includes:
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Art in Social Contexts The Art in Social Contexts task allows students to demonstrate their knowledge, understandings, and ideas about art used in social contexts. 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 1995 by NEMP. |
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Be a Good Sport In Be a Good Sport students will demonstrate a sport skill through mimed movement. This task includes:
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Beauty of the Beasts In this task, students around the world will create original artwork and poetry about indigenous animals in their area. This task includes: |
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Beauty of the Beasts The Beauty of the Beasts task is a global project inviting students to capture the grandeur and magnificence of animals indigenous to their areas through original artwork and poetry. Artwork and poetry must be the student's original masterpiece... their own interpretation of the beauty and uniqueness of these marvelous creatures. All art mediums and poetry styles are acceptable. Students may participate in either art or poetry divisions, or are welcome to submit work in both. All languages welcome. Please submit English or Spanish translations if possible. |
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Bird Battle The Bird Battle task allows students to demonstrate their ability to compose a picture by creating, selecting and assembling shapes, colors and textures in ways that give expressive impact. Students will complete this task working independently. The resources required for this task a video recording on a laptop computer, paper, scissors, glue sticks, and base sheets. This task should be completed in forty 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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Birds, Insects, Balloons: Kindergarten Flight Study In this task students will explore ratio and proportions through a flight study, designing and and creating various flying objects. This task includes: |
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Body Language Intersession In this task, students will work to combat modern mass media culture and create a positive self-body image and raise self-esteem. This task includes: |
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Calligraphic Arts In this task, students will learn about the art of Calligraphy and then write their own short piece in the style. Their work will be presented through multiple mediums and in online galleries. This task includes: |
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