1. "Relate works in the arts (architecture, dance, music, theatre, and visual arts) of varying styles and genre according to the periods in which they were created" (I don't like the fuzzy "relate" there, and I think this is saying something more like "students should be able to identify the period in which a specific work was created"
sample periods: "Bronze Age, Ming Dynasty, Classical, Renaissance, Modern, and Contemporary"
2. "Describe how historical events, social context, and culture, [including the relationship between a government and its citizens], impact forms, techniques, and purposes of works in the arts"
sample artifacts: imperial Roman sculpture; Palace of Versailles; Picasso's Guernica; layout of Washington, DC
3. "Relate works in the arts to various cultures" (the fuzzy "relates" again)
sample cultures: "African, Asian, Oceanic, European, the Americas, Middle Eastern, Egyptian, Greek, Roman"
4. "Explain philosophical beliefs as they relate to works in the arts" (perhaps "influence" is the better verb, or see Michael Baxandall's list of better verbs)
sample artifacts: classical architecture, protest music, Native American dance, Japanese Noh
5. "Examine artistic response to social issues and new ideas in various cultures"
sample artifacts: Victor Hugo's Les Miserables, Langston Hughes' poetry, Pete Seeger's Bring 'Em Home
6. "Analyze how current events are explained by artistic and cultural trends of the past"
[no sample artifacts presented]
7. "Know terminology of art forms (narthex, apse, triforium of Gothic cathedral) within cultures and use appropriately in oral and written references."
8. "Examine the effects that works in the arts have on groups, individuals, and cultures"