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K–12 Standards

Theatre: By the end of grade 5

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Creating

  • 1

    Generating and conceptualizing ideas. 

    1. a

      Create roles, imagined worlds and improvised stories in a drama/theatre work articulating the physical qualities of characters, visual details of imagined worlds, and given circumstances, of improvised stories in a drama/theatre work.1.4.5.Cr1a

    2. b

      Imagine, articulate, and design ideas for costumes, props and sets that support the story, given circumstances, and characters in a drama/theatre work.1.4.5.Cr1b

    3. c

      Imagine how a character's inner thoughts impact their actions and collaborate to determine how characters might move and speak to support the story and given circumstances in drama/theatre work. 1.4.5.Cr1c

  • 2

    Organizing and developing ideas.

    1. a

      Devise original ideas for a drama/theatre work that reflect collective inquiry about characters, plots and their given circumstances. 1.4.5.Cr2a

    2. b

      Participate and identify defined responsibilities required to present a drama/theatre work informally to peers/audience and participate in the process.1.4.5.Cr2b

  • 3

    Refining and completing products.

    1. a

      Collaborate with peers to revise, refine, adapt and improve ideas to fit the given parameters of an improvised or scripted drama/theatre work through self and collaborative review.1.4.5.Cr3a

    2. b

      Use and adapt sounds and movements in a guided drama experience.1.4.5.Cr3b

    3. c

      Refine technical choices by creating innovative solutions to design and technical problems that arise in rehearsal for a drama/theatre work.1.4.5.Cr3c

Performing

  • 4

    Selecting, analyzing, and interpreting work. 

    1. a

      Participate in, propose, and practice a variety of physical, vocal, and cognitive exercises that can be used in a group setting for drama/theatre work. 1.4.5.Pr4a

    2. b

      Identify and utilize basic technical/design elements that can be used in drama/theatre work to demonstrate an understanding of the elements. 1.4.5.Pr4b

  • 5

    Developing and refining techniques and models or steps needed to create products.

    1. a

      Describe and apply dramatic elements of dialogue, action, character emotion, and theme in the performance and/or creation of a drama/theatre work.1.4.5.Pr5a

    2. b

      Physically and intellectually investigate how movement and vocal choices are incorporated and make meaning in drama/theatre work. 1.4.5.Pr5b

  • 6

    Conveying meaning through art. 

    1. a

      Practice drama/theatre work and share reflections individually and in small groups, and informally with an audience.1.4.5.Pr6a

Responding

  • 7

    Perceiving and analyzing products. 

    1. a

      Identify, explain and demonstrate an understanding of both artistic choices and personal reactions made in a drama/theatre work through participation and observation.  1.4.5.Re7a

  • 8

    Interpreting intent and meaning.

    1. a

      Develop and implement a plan to evaluate drama/theatre work. 1.4.5.Re8a

    2. b

      Analyze technical elements from multiple drama/theatre works and assess how the technical elements may support or represent the themes or central ideas of drama/theatre works.1.4.5.Re8b

    3. c

      Evaluate and analyze how a character’s choices and character's circumstances impact an audience’s perspective in a drama/theatre work.1.4.5.Re8c

  • 9

    Applying criteria to evaluate products

    1. a

      Compare and contrast multiple personal experiences when participating in or observing a drama/theatre work and justify responses to drama/theatre work based on personal experience. 1.4.5.Re9a

    2. b

      Explain responses to characters based on cultural perspectives when participating in or observing drama/theatre work. 1.4.5.Re9b

    3. c

      Identify and discuss physiological changes connected to emotions on posture, gesture, breathing, and vocal intonation in a drama/theatre work.1.4.5.Re9c

Connecting

  • 10

    Synthesizing and relating knowledge and personal experiences to create products.

    1. a

      Explain how drama/theatre connects oneself to a community or culture and identify the ways drama/theatre work reflects the perspectives of a community or culture. 1.4.5.Cn10a

  • 11

    Relating artistic ideas and works within societal, cultural and historical contexts to deepen understanding.

    1. a

      Identify, respond to and investigate connections to global issues including climate change and other content areas in a dramatic/theatrical work.  1.4.5.Cn11a

    2. b

      Compare the drama/theatre conventions of a given time period with those of the present. 1.4.5.Cn11b

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Grade 3, Grade 4, and Grade 5

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