Arts Program Curriculum
Resources
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Resources .......................................73
Accessible Arts Educaon
Materials .......................................73
Resource Evaluaon ......................74
Oregon District-Based Spotlight on
Resource Evaluaon ......................75
Open Educaonal Resources:
Oregon Open Learning and the
Oregon Arts Group ........................75
Oregon Instruconal Materials
Adopon Cycle .............................. 76
Oregon Standards Alignment
in Arts Curriculum ..........................76
Applied Arts Standards and Career
and Technical Educaon ................76
Standards Crosswalks ....................77
Arts Lesson Plan Template ............77
Addional Arts Lesson Materials
and Resources ...............................78
Arts Program Curriculum Resources
This resource provides arts educators:
A scope and sequence example for K-12 arts learning pathways
Instruconal materials and resources to apply in arts educaon courses and learning opportunies
Informaon around standards alignment in the arts curriculum
Through arts programs that provide high
quality, relevant, and culturally arming
content and curriculum, and K-12 pathways
for students to build on their arsc
learning in various disciplines, students gain
access to essenal skills and knowledge
needed to grow as arsts, communicate
eecvely, develop their creavity, and make
meaningful change in our complex world.
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Scope and Sequence: Pathways for Arts Learning K-12
In order to develop a full range of skills in a parcular art form, students must work on and rene their skills over me, just as in all content areas. A scope
and sequence for K-12 art programs is a crical component to ensuring that students build on their learning in developmentally appropriate ways as they
grow, and have access to a rich set of arts learning and experiences at all grade levels. It can also ensure consistency across buildings and help establish arts
pathways within a district program.
Consider providing opportunies for arts educators to connect across the district to assist in the development of pathways and a K-12 scope and sequence in
the various arts disciplines. The Chicago Public Schools Skyline Arts Educaon Scope & Sequences
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for arts educaon provides a framework for developing a
scope and sequence, addressing the areas of Dance, Music, Theatre, and Visual Arts.
1 Although these resources are aligned to the Illinois state arts standards, they are provided here as resources for educators to consider when craing Oregon arts standards aligned scope and
sequence plans.
Instructional Materials and Resources
Connecng curriculum to areas of relevance for students and authenc
learning opportunies across mulple content areas increases program
access. More students are likely to see themselves in the lesson materials,
share their stories and voice, and experience tangible examples of the
relevance of arts learning to their lives. This secon provides ideas and
resources around strengthening an arts curriculum and making connecons
to district arts pathways in service of programmac goals.
Planning is essenal in order to provide quality resources for students, and
is necessary to provide learning supports for each individual student that
comes into a program.
Students experiencing disabilies must be provided the proper
modicaons or support to parcipate fully in arts program acvies. This
can include modifying materials, tools, seang arrangements, or equipment
as necessary to meet student needs and address student Individual
Educaon Plans (IEPs). Plan in advance and discuss with the student and
Special Educaon Department.
Oregon Open Learning’s Accessible Educaon Materials Group hosts
mulple resources to explore and understand accessibility with educaonal
materials and learn about creang accessible arts instruconal materials for
all students.
Access the Oregon Open Learning’s Accessible Educaon Materials
Group
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When determining which curriculum to purchase for an art program or to evaluate the quality of a program in use, it is helpful to have an assessment
framework. The OER Quality Framework Evaluaon Tool is one example of such a tool. This framework was developed to guide the curaon and creaon of
Open Educaonal Resources to be shared with educaon networks.
Access the OER Quality Framework Evaluaon Tool
The basic criteria highlighted in the assessment of content through the OER
Quality Framework are:
Alignment to Standards
Aligns to Oregon State Standards and CTE Oregon Skill Sets
Equitable and Socially Responsible Material
Cultural and Linguisc Responsiveness
Accessibility
Student Agency
Guidance and Purpose for Instrucon
Dierenaon
Culturally and Linguiscally Responsive Teaching
Mental, Social & Emoonal Well-Being
Disciplinary Literacy and Content Area Literacy
Formave Assessment Process
Opportunies for Self and Peer Assessment
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The Portland Public Schools Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) team
developed evaluaon resources to assist arts educators in choosing high-
quality arts instruconal materials. The PPS Music Literature and Sheet
Music Evaluaon Tool can assist music educators in choosing high-quality
resources for the music classroom.
Photo credit: Portland Art Museum.
The Cleveland High School Saxophone quartet performing at the
Portland Art Museum.
The Oregon Open Learning Hub (‘the Hub’)
is an online resource database to nd and
share open educaonal resources (OER) that
are curated and created for and by Oregon
educators. The Hub features both local
resources such as the Tribal History/Shared
History lessons developed in partnership
with the nine federally recognized Tribes in
Oregon, as well as naonal resources from
organizaons like the Smithsonian.
The Oregon Arts Group is a working space for arts educators to share, remix,
and curate lessons to ulize in their classrooms. Anyone can view the group
to access resources and search for lessons by age group and arts domain to
ulize or remix for their curriculum. Educators that join the group will be
able to curate and submit lessons and connect on the group message board.
This group connues to grow as new resources are added.
Access the Oregon Arts Group on the Oregon Open Learning Hub
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Oregon conducts a seven-year, content-area-specic adopon schedule.
Currently, there are no adopted instruconal materials for the arts, and
the next evaluaon of arts instruconal materials is due to occur in 2026.
Find more informaon for publishers of instruconal materials on Oregon
Department of Educaon’s Announcements & Noces page, where
informaon related to upcoming instruconal materials adopons will be
published.
Oregon Standards Alignment in Arts
Curriculum
The Oregon Arts Standards, adopted by the State Board of Educaon, are
Oregon’s guide to what students should be able to know and do in their
arts courses throughout their learning journey. Academic Standards and
Requirements for the Arts in Oregon provides more informaon about
teaching the Oregon Arts Standards, and requirements to provide access to
learning aligned to these standards in Oregon schools.
Access the Academic Standards and Requirements for the Arts in Oregon
Resource
EDUCATION
Some arts courses may be oered through Career and Technical Educaon
(CTE) Programs. Oregon’s Career and Technical Educaon Skill Sets provide
a framework for what students should learn in these courses. Arts courses
including ne and performing arts and digital arts, align to the Oregon Skill
Set for the Arts, A/V Technology and Communicaons Pathway. CTE courses
have further guidance around what students should learn and be able to do
when engaging in arts-related CTE courses, that are specic to many disnct
technical courses such as Technical Theatre and Audio/Visual Design.
For more informaon about the Arts, A/V Technology and Communicaons
CTE Pathway, and iniang and supporng CTE programs in this pathway,
contact Je Rhoades, Arts, Informaon and Communicaon Technology
Educaon Specialist.
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Individual sets of academic standards are divided by content area, but
this does not mean that learning naturally occurs in a compartmentalized
fashion. The arts standards are focused on students learning specic arsc
languages, expressing themselves eecvely through them, and engaging
in inquiry around the use and place of the arts in human society. For this
reason, connecons exist between the Oregon Arts Standards to standards
in virtually all other subjects.
Educators can tap into this potenal. For example, plenful opportunies for
social-emoonal learning (SEL) exist within arts content. This Arts and SEL
crosswalk from the Center for Arts Educaon and Social Emoonal Learning
highlights common learning goals in the CASEL competencies and arsc
processes of the Naonal Core Arts Standards.
The Arts Educaon Program Models resource provides addional examples
of arts content integrated with various addional subject standards.
The Oregon Department of Educaon’s Oregon Arts and Ethnic Studies
Standards Crosswalk highlights connecons between arts content and the
newest 2021 Integrated Social Science and Ethnic Studies standards.
Access the Oregon Arts and Ethnic Studies Standards
Crosswalk
This editable lesson plan template, developed to share on the Oregon Open
Learning Plaorm, can guide the creaon of lessons that address the Oregon
Arts Standards, are culturally and linguiscally responsive, and incorporate
Universal Design for Learning Guidelines. Make a copy of the template to
begin creang and customizing lessons.
Access the Oregon Open Learning Art Lesson Plan Template
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This work is funded by the Expanding
Access to Well-Rounded Courses Grant,
a 5-year, 9.8 million dollar Federal grant
that ODE received from the US
Department of Educaon in 2020. The
Arts Access Toolkit is a poron of the
work of the Well-Rounded Access
Program, along with supporng access
projects for courses in the arts and
STEAM across the state. Over me, the
Well-Rounded Access Program team
hopes to connue to develop and
rene this resource with the
collaboraon of administrators and
educators statewide. If districts or
schools have addional resources,
examples, or success stories to
contribute, please contact the Well-
Rounded Access Program team at
ODE.WRCoursesGr[email protected]ate.or.us.
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2 Note: These curricular resources have not been endorsed by ODE, but are being shared as relevant resources for arts educaon professionals
to consider.
Arts Impact oers free arts integraon curriculum
for mulple arts disciplines
Ok You provides free lessons for all ages, with a
focus on learning about and caring for mental
health through the arts
Carnegie Hall Music Educators Toolbox features
free lesson materials for music educators
The Oregon Game Project has compiled a list of
free media arts and game design programs for
students
Instute for Arts Integraon and STEAM oers
free content geared towards cross-curricular
instrucon in the arts
The Oregon Open Learning Arts Group is an
evolving set of open educaonal resources for
K-12 arts educators, sorted by arts discipline and
grade level
FilmEd Lesson Plans are a lm-based K-8
curriculum designed to provide meaningful arts
engagement and support media literacy
Portland Art Museum Poster Project provides
lesson plans based around artwork found in the
Portland Art Museum collecon
Kennedy Center: Digital Resources Library oers
online lessons and teaching arst resources for
mulple arts disciplines
Praccing Musician is a free plaorm that oers
curriculum to provide a ipped classroom model
in music courses.
Music Will features free downloadable music
teacher resources including charts, songbooks
and lessons
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Educaon
Resources oers a multude of resources for
educators based on the arts collecons at the
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Naonal Dance Instute ndiLIVE! oers online
dance lessons from NDI teaching arsts
Stage Partners Free Classroom Resources provide
free monologues, scenes, and lesson plans for
theatre educators
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