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Indiana Academic Standards

The Rapids, Sister Island, Niagara, William Morris Hunt, 1878, Frank C. Ball Collection, partial gift and promised gift of the Ball Brothers Foundation, 1995.035.076
The Rapids, Sister Island, Niagara, William Morris Hunt, 1878, Frank C. Ball Collection, partial gift and promised gift of the Ball Brothers Foundation, 1995.035.076

The following is a list of Indiana Academic Standards that correspond to the Ball State University Museum of Art's materials for teachers and related activities and museum tours. You may find this information helpful in planning a field trip to the museum. Click on the headings below to learn more about each classroom packet.

America in Art 
Packet Title: America in Art: Landscape Painting in the Ball State University Museum of Art, Materials for the Classroom

Relevant Standards for Grades 4 and 5:

  • Geography: 5.3.7, 5.3.2, 5.3.5
  • Social Studies: 5.5.4
  • Art: 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.2.2, 4.3.3, 4.1.1, 4.11.2, 4.12.2

American History and American Art
Packet Title: American History and American Art in the Ball State University Museum of Art

Relevant Standards for Grades 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12:

  • History: 5.1.19
  • Art: 5.1.1, 5.1.2, 5.2.1, 5.2.3, 5.4.1, 5.11.2, 5.12.3
  • Social Studies: 8.1.26, 8.5.10
  • Art: 8.1.1, 8.1.2, 8.2.2, 8.2.3, 8.5.2, 8.6.1, 8.11.1
  • Art: H.1.2, H.2.1, H.2.2, H.2.3, H.3.1, H.12.2, H.14.1

Native Art of North America
Packet Title: Native Art of North America in the Ball State University Museum of Art, Materials for the Classroom 

Relevant Standards for Grade 5:

  • History: 5.1.1, 5.1.3, 5.1.7
  • Geography: 5.3.2, 5.3.7
  • Social Studies: 5.5.1, 5.5.4
  • Art: 5.1.1, 5.1.3, 5.2.3, 5.11.2

Relevant Standards for Grade 3:

  • History: 3.1.1
  • Social Studies: 3.5.3, 3.5.5, 3.5.4

African Art
Packet Title: African Art in the Ball State University Museum of Art, Materials for the Classroom

Relevant Standards for Grade 7:

  • History: 7.1.1, 7.1.7, 7.1.14, 7.1.15
  • Geography: 7.3.1, 7.3.4, 7.3.5, 7.3.8
  • Social Studies: 7.5.1, 7.5.2
  • Art: 7.1.1, 7.1.3, 7.3.1, 7.12.2, 7.13.2

Relevant Standards for Art: 1-10, 13-14