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TEKS CONNECTIONS
Many parents and elementary teachers do
not realize that the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills
(TEKS) directly mandates the incorporation of visual art into
such non-art disciplines as Social Studies, Mathematics, and
Language Arts and Reading. The following charts explain how
art is mandated by TEKS:
| Discipline |
K |
1 |
2 |
3 |
| Social Studies |
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| Introduction: "To support the teaching of essential
knowledge and skills, the use of a variety of rich material
such as biographies; folk-tales, myths, and legends; and
poetry, songs, and artworks is encouraged...Motivating
resources are also available from museums." |
(a)(2) |
(a)(2) |
(a)(2) |
(a)(2) |
| Introduction: "students identify the significance
of works of art in the local community." |
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(a)(1) |
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| Social Studies Skills: The student applies critical
thinking skills to organize and use information acquired
from a variety of sources including electronic technology.
The student is expected to...(B) obtain information about
a topic using a variety of visual sources
such as pictures; and...(D) identify main ideas from oral,
visual, and print sources. |
(15) |
(17) |
(17) |
(16) |
| Social Studies Skills: The student communicates in oral
and visual forms. The student is expected
to...(B) create and interpret visuals
including pictures and maps. |
(16) |
(18) |
(18) |
(17) |
| Culture: The student understands the significance of
works of art in the local community.
The student is expected to (A) identify selected ...statues,
paintings, and other examples of the local cultural heritage;
and (B) explain the significance of selected...statues,
paintings, and other examples of local cultural heritage. |
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(15) |
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| Culture: The student understands the importance of...artists
to the cultural heritage of communities. The student is
expected to (A) identify selected individual...artists
and their...statues. Paintings, and other examples of
cultural heritage from communities around the world; and
(B) explain the significance of selected...artists and
their...statues, paintings, and other examples of cultural
heritage to communities around the world. |
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(14) |
| Culture: The student understands the relationship between
the arts and the times which they were
created. The student is expected to (A) identify significant
examples of art...from various periods of U.S. history;
and (B) explain how examples of art... |
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