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Using the State Curriculum: Theatre, Grade 6

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Perceiving and Responding: Aesthetic Education:

Theatre:

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.

Indicator

Objectives
  1. Describe and compare the characteristics of melodrama and farce
  2. Compare themes and issues addressed in two or more dramatic works
  3. Analyze sources of conflict in improvisations and dramatic works

Indicator

Objectives
  1. Compare the communication of ideas and themes in theatre, dance, music, and visual arts
  2. Identify ways in which the script, properties, scenery, costumes, lighting, and sound communicate character, time, place, mood, and theme in theatrical productions
  3. Identify ways in which dramatic forms, characters, settings, and action are communicated in theatre, film, video, television, and radio

November 5, 2008