Grade 8 The Arts

The Ontario Grade 8 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

Understanding the place of drama and theatre in the life of communities (expectations B1, B2, B3)

  1. Drama that speaks to a community How drama and theatre can contribute to the social and cultural life of a community (B3.2) Careers

Strand C: Music

Creating, responding to and understanding music of different times and cultures (expectations C1, C2, C3)

  1. Music of the past beside music of today How music from the past can be compared and contrasted with music of the present (C3.2) InventionCareers

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 elements and principles of design, such as repetition and shape on a surface, carry a design's message (D2.2) Object
  2. Letters as art: reading signs and style How a writing system and its styles can be read as signs and style in art (D2.3) StoryObject
  3. Materials and methods of the painter How materials, tools and techniques help solve a design challenge (D1.4) Object × 2
  4. Art that travels and is borrowed How artistic traditions are maintained, adapted or borrowed as people and objects move between places (D3.1) ObjectStory
  5. Rulers, patrons and the artist's work How changes of government and patronage affect where and for whom art is made (D3.2) Careers

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