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What does a student learn in ?

This is the year students start making short media projects on purpose, not just by clicking around. Students plan a simple idea, then build it into a short video, slideshow, or audio piece using pictures, sounds, and words. They also talk about what makes a media piece work and tweak their own to make the message clearer. By spring, students can share a finished project and explain what they wanted viewers to feel or learn.

  • Media projects
  • Planning ideas
  • Pictures and sound
  • Sharing work
  • Talking about media
Source: Maryland Maryland College and Career-Ready Standards
Year at a glance
How the year usually goes. Every school and district set their own curriculum, so treat this as a guide, not official pacing.
  1. 1

    Getting started with media art

    Students explore what media art is, from photos and short videos to digital drawings and sound clips. They share ideas from their own lives and try out the tools they will use all year.

  2. 2

    Building and shaping projects

    Students plan small projects and put the pieces together, like images, sounds, or words on a screen. They learn to organize their work and make changes as they go.

  3. 3

    Polishing work to share

    Students pick which project to share and clean it up for an audience. They practice small fixes that make a piece clearer, like cropping a picture or adjusting how loud a sound is.

  4. 4

    Looking at and talking about media

    Students watch, listen to, and talk about media made by classmates and others. They notice what the maker was trying to say and decide what makes a piece work well.

Mastery Learning Standards
The required skills a student should display by the end of Grade 2.
Connecting

  • Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art

    MA:Cn10.2

    Students connect something they already know or have lived through to a media arts project they create. Personal experience shapes the choices they make.

  • Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural

    MA:Cn11.2

    Students look at a piece of media art and talk about where, when, or why someone made it. Connecting a work to its real-world context helps students understand what the creator was trying to say.

Creating

  • Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work

    MA:Cr1.2

    Students brainstorm and sketch out ideas for a media project, like a short video, a digital drawing, or a photo, before they start making it.

  • Organize and develop artistic ideas and work

    MA:Cr2.2

    Students choose images, sounds, or movement to build a simple media project and arrange the pieces so the idea comes through clearly.

  • Refine and complete artistic work

    MA:Cr3.2

    Students revisit a media art project, make changes to improve it, and decide when it is finished and ready to share.

Performing/Presenting/Producing

  • Analyze, interpret, and select artistic work for presentation

    MA:Pr4.2

    Students choose which of their media projects to share and explain why that piece best shows what they were trying to make.

  • Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation

    MA:Pr5.2

    Students practice and improve a media arts project (like a short video or digital image) until it's ready to share with an audience.

  • Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work

    MA:Pr6.2

    Students share a finished media project (a drawing, short video, or digital image) and explain what idea or feeling they wanted the audience to take away from it.

Responding

  • Perceive and analyze artistic work

    MA:Re7.2

    Students look closely at a media artwork, like a photo, video, or digital image, and describe what they notice. Then they explain why certain choices, like color, sound, or layout, stand out to them.

  • Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work

    MA:Re8.2

    Students look at a piece of media art and explain what they think the creator was trying to say. They use details from the work to back up their thinking.

  • Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work

    MA:Re9.2

    Students look at a piece of media art and decide what makes it work well or fall short, using a simple set of questions or rules to explain why.