State Curriculum - Theatre

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Standard 1.0 Perceiving and Responding: Aesthetic Education: Students will demonstrate the ability to perceive, interpret, perform, and respond to the development of a variety of dramatic forms over time and the aesthetic qualities they reflect.: Standard 1.0 Perceiving and Responding: Aesthetic Education: Students will demonstrate the ability to perceive, interpret, perform, and respond to the development of a variety of dramatic forms over time and the aesthetic qualities they reflect.: Standard 1.0 Perceiving and Responding: Aesthetic Education: Students will demonstrate the ability to perceive, interpret, perform, and respond to the development of a variety of dramatic forms over time and the aesthetic qualities they reflect.: Standard 1.0 Perceiving and Responding: Aesthetic Education: Students will demonstrate the ability to perceive, interpret, perform, and respond to the development of a variety of dramatic forms over time and the aesthetic qualities they reflect.: Standard 1.0 Perceiving and Responding: Aesthetic Education: Students will demonstrate the ability to perceive, interpret, perform, and respond to the development of a variety of dramatic forms over time and the aesthetic qualities they reflect.: Standard 1.0 Perceiving and Responding: Aesthetic Education: Students will demonstrate the ability to perceive, interpret, perform, and respond to the development of a variety of dramatic forms over time and the aesthetic qualities they reflect.: Standard 1.0 Perceiving and Responding: Aesthetic Education: Students will demonstrate the ability to perceive, interpret, perform, and respond to the development of a variety of dramatic forms over time and the aesthetic qualities they reflect.: Standard 1.0 Perceiving and Responding: Aesthetic Education: Students will demonstrate the ability to perceive, interpret, perform, and respond to the development of a variety of dramatic forms over time and the aesthetic qualities they reflect.: Standard 1.0 Perceiving and Responding: Aesthetic Education: Students will demonstrate the ability to perceive, interpret, perform, and respond to the development of a variety of dramatic forms over time and the aesthetic qualities they reflect.: Standard 1.0 Perceiving and Responding: Aesthetic Education: Students will demonstrate the ability to perceive, interpret, perform, and respond to the development of a variety of dramatic forms over time and the aesthetic qualities they reflect.:
1. Describe ways that theatre depicts themes and stories
1. Describe ways that theatre depicts themes and stories
1. Describe ways that theatre depicts themes and stories
1. Describe ways that theatre depicts themes and stories
1. Describe ways that theatre depicts themes and stories
1. Describe ways that theatre depicts themes and stories
1. Describe ways that theatre depicts themes and stories
1. Describe and interpret characteristics of dramatic forms
1. Describe and interpret characteristics of dramatic forms
1. Describe and interpret characteristics of dramatic forms
a. Listen to and perform nursery rhymes and finger plays, popular children's books, and other media
a. Listen to and perform nursery rhymes and finger plays, popular children's books, and other media
a. Listen to, read, observe, and perform stories and dramas from a variety of cultures
a. Compare two versions of the same story by identifying similarities and differences in emphasis
a. Identify characteristics of comedy and tragedy
a. Describe and compare characteristics of comedy and tragedy
a. Identify characteristics of melodrama and farce
a. Describe and compare the characteristics of melodrama and farce
a. Analyze the characteristics of melodrama, farce, tragedy, and comedy
a. Compare the characteristics of melodrama, farce, tragedy, comedy, and mixed forms
b. Explore themes and ideas about people and events through improvisational play
b. Tell stories based on imagination and real life that use traditional storytelling elements
b. Identify storytelling elements common to a variety of cultures
b. Identify themes by listening to and reading stories and dramas from a variety of cultures
b. Identify themes and issues addressed in dramatic works
b. Identify themes and issues addressed in dramatic works
b. Describe themes and issues addressed in dramatic works
b. Compare themes and issues addressed in two or more dramatic works
b. Compare the rendering of themes by analyzing dramatic form in a variety of dramatic works
b. Interpret themes and issues addressed in dramatic works and compare them to personal experiences or historical events
c. Explore roles and behaviors associated with family and community
c. Explore roles and behaviors associated with different professions
c. Identify roles and behaviors of characters in children's literature
c. Identify and describe roles and behaviors associated with characters in children's literature
c. Explore roles and behaviors of characters in dramatic works
c. Identify elements that typify traditional narrative structure
c. Identify and describe how conflict (problem/solution) is depicted in dramatic works and improvised scenes
c. Analyze sources of conflict in improvisations and dramatic works
c. Explain ways in which conflict and action are used to develop characters and plot in dramatic works
c. Use selected forms, themes, conflicts, and action to create improvised and scripted dramatic works
2. Identify and describe the visual, aural, oral, and kinesthetic elements of dramatic performances
2. Identify and describe the visual, aural, oral, and kinesthetic elements of dramatic performances
2. Identify and describe the visual, aural, oral, and kinesthetic elements of dramatic performances
2. Identify and describe the visual, aural, oral, and kinesthetic elements of dramatic performances
2. Identify describe, and apply the visual, aural, oral, and kinesthetic elements (literary, technical, and performance) of dramatic performances
2. Identify, describe, and apply the visual, aural, oral, and kinesthetic elements (literary, technical, and performance) of dramatic performances
2. Identify, describe, and apply the visual, aural, oral, and kinesthetic elements (literary, technical, and performance) of dramatic performances
2. Describe ways that the manipulation of theatrical elements influences aesthetic response
2. Describe ways that the manipulation of theatrical elements influences aesthetic response
2. Describe ways that the manipulation of theatrical elements influences aesthetic response
a. Explore expressive qualities in dance, music, theatre, and visual arts
a. Explore basic properties of dance, music, theatre, and visual arts
a. Select elements of dance, music, theatre, and visual arts to enhance performances of stories and dramas
a. Combine elements of dance, music, theatre, and visual arts to create dramatic activities
a. Create multiple versions of a familiar story by interpreting the story in dance, in music, and in visual art forms
a. Compare elements and processes common to theatre, dance, music, and visual arts
a. Describe ways in which other art forms contribute to theatrical efforts, effects, and structures
a. Compare the communication of ideas and themes in theatre, dance, music, and visual arts
a. Describe the visual, aural, or kinesthetic elements of a theatrical production using vocabulary from dance, music, and visual arts
a. Apply vocabulary from dance, music, and visual arts, to discuss the visual, aural, or kinesthetic elements of a theatrical production
        b. Identify ways in which the script, properties, scenery, and costumes communicate character, time, and place in productions and improvised scenes
b. Describe ways in which the script, properties, scenery, costumes, and sound communicate character, time, and place in productions and improvised scenes
b. Compare ways in which the script, properties, scenery, costumes, lighting, and sound communicate character, time, place, and mood in productions and improvised scenes
b. Identify ways in which the script, properties, scenery, costumes, lighting, and sound communicate character, time, place, mood, and theme in theatrical productions
b. Explain and demonstrate ways in which the script, properties, scenery, costumes, lighting, and sound communicate character, time, place, mood, and theme in theatrical productions
b. Analyze and illustrate ways in which the script, properties, scenery, costumes, lighting, and sound are manipulated to communicate character, time, place, mood, and theme in theatrical productions
            c. Describe cultural and historical contexts of representative plays by selected playwrights that are read, performed, and attended
c. Identify ways in which dramatic forms, characters, settings, and action are communicated in theatre, film, video, television, and radio
c. Describe techniques and conventions used in the presentation of characters, settings, and action in film, video, television, and radio
c. Interpret the application of techniques and conventions used in the presentation of characters, settings, and action in film, video, television, and radio
 

 

November 5, 2008