Grade 6 The Arts

The Ontario Grade 6 Arts course has four strands: dance, drama, music and visual arts. The museum maps parts of the drama, music and visual arts strands only.

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Strand B: Drama

Creating, responding to and understanding drama from different times and communities ⁦(expectations B1, B2, B3)⁩

  1. A play in a community's own language How drama and theatre carry the themes and traditions of a time, a community and a place ⁦(B3.1)⁩ Careers

Strand C: Music

Creating, responding to and understanding music from different cultures and periods ⁦(expectations C1, C2, C3)⁩

  1. Comparing the music of two cultures How the music of one culture or period compares with the music of another ⁦(C3.2)⁩ Invention

Strand D: Visual Arts

Making, interpreting and understanding art works from different communities and periods ⁦(expectations D1, D2, D3)⁩

  1. Pattern, repetition and the surface How designers use repeated shapes, and the surface itself, to carry meaning ⁦(D1.3, D2.2)⁩ Object × 2
  2. Letters as art: reading signs and style How a writing system and its styles can be read as signs, and how an art form can reflect the beliefs and traditions of a community ⁦(D2.3, D3.1)⁩ Story × 2Object
  3. Materials and methods of the painter How painters chose and prepared materials, tools and techniques to solve design challenges ⁦(D1.4)⁩ Object × 2

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