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Using the State Curriculum: Theatre, Grade 8

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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.

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Objectives
  1. Compare the characteristics of melodrama, farce, tragedy, comedy, and mixed forms
  2. Interpret themes and issues addressed in dramatic works and compare them to personal experiences or historical events
  3. Use selected forms, themes, conflicts, and action to create improvised and scripted dramatic works

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Objectives
  1. Apply vocabulary from dance, music, and visual arts, to discuss the visual, aural, or kinesthetic elements of a theatrical production
  2. 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
  3. 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