Explore alternatives, develop an intention and revise artistic work.
9th Grade Arts & Music Worksheets
4 original resources are available here. Choose by the learning goal below rather than assuming a full curriculum is covered. Default PDFs are free for classroom and family use; supported activities can also be customized.
THE ARTS & MUSIC ATLAS
Every idea has a place to grow.
Connect artistic skills with creating, performing or presenting, responding and making meaning in context. Visual arts and music have existing activities; other arts remain visible knowledge directions.
22 unique goals · 3 with linked activities
Linked activities No activities yetNCAS uses discipline-specific grade targets through Grade 8 and high-school proficiency levels. The reference grade bands here organize topics; they do not equate Grade 9–12 with Proficient, Accomplished or Advanced.
Scroll across grade contexts. Shared targets can appear in several years.
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Visual arts4 unique goals
Music7 unique goals
Dance & movement3 unique goals
Theatre3 unique goals
Media arts3 unique goals
Arts in context2 unique goals
Practices & dimensions across the map4 framework lenses
Prepare and share work through purposeful interpretive and presentation choices.
Analyze features, interpret meaning and evaluate with appropriate evidence and criteria.
Relate art to personal experience, cultural context and knowledge from other areas.
What this map covers · sources & resource gaps
All five NCAS disciplines and four artistic processes are represented by original topic chains, with visual-art and music techniques, ensemble/composition/technology directions and cross-disciplinary context.
- Individual NCAS performance standard codes are not yet indexed item by item. This is a framework and topic inventory, not a full NCAS standards transcription.
- Dance, theatre and media arts currently have knowledge outlines without corresponding activity units.
- Advanced conservatory, specialized instrument and art-history survey syllabi require separate course planning.
110 unique goals · 12 with linked units · 98 without linked units. Shared goals may have several year positions; they are counted once.
National Core Arts Standards (2014) ↗
Five arts disciplines and four artistic processes. High-school achievement levels are independent of grade; topic outlines do not reproduce every performance standard.
MakeWorksheet authored knowledge sequence ↗
Original topics, observation prompts, reference grade positions and activity associations. These are planning choices, not official nationwide requirements.
Navigation labels, teaching outlines, observation prompts and activity associations are authored by MakeWorksheet. Source references checked 2026-10-04.
Skills in this collection
- Support an Interpretation of a Composition — Use described visual evidence to support an interpretation.
- Support an Interpretation of a Composition: Apply and Create — Use described visual evidence to support an interpretation.
- Support an Interpretation of a Composition: Explore and Explain — Use described visual evidence to support an interpretation.
- Support an Interpretation of a Composition: Practice Independently — Use described visual evidence to support an interpretation.
Preview the example and prerequisite skills on a resource page before assigning it. Start with a modeled example when the task is new, and use incorrect answers to identify which concept to revisit.
Practice previewGrade 9
Key
Support an Interpretation of a Composition
Practice · Independent · 25 min
Use described visual evidence to support an interpretation. A complete set with exploration, practice and application. Use the linked unit for the learning sequence and teaching guide.
Printable activity
Practice previewGrade 9
Key
Support an Interpretation of a Composition: Apply and Create
Apply · Independent · 15 min
Use described visual evidence to support an interpretation. A focused apply activity. Use the linked unit for the learning sequence and teaching guide.
Printable activity
Practice previewGrade 9
Key
Support an Interpretation of a Composition: Explore and Explain
Explore · Independent · 10 min
Use described visual evidence to support an interpretation. A focused learn activity. Use the linked unit for the learning sequence and teaching guide.
Printable activity
Practice previewGrade 9
Key
Support an Interpretation of a Composition: Practice Independently
Practice · Independent · 10 min
Use described visual evidence to support an interpretation. A focused practice activity. Use the linked unit for the learning sequence and teaching guide.
Printable activity