Courses of Study

1) Create roles, imagined worlds, and improvised stories in a drama/theatre work.

2) Explore and articulate ideas for costumes, props, and sets for the environment and characters in a drama/theatre work.

3) Collaborate to determine how characters might move and speak to support the story and given circumstances in drama/theatre work.

4) Participate in methods of investigation to devise original ideas for a drama/theatre work.

5) Compare ideas with peers and make selections that will enhance and deepen group drama/theatre work.

6) Collaborate with peers to revise, refine, and adapt ideas to fit the given parameters of a drama/theatre work.

7) Participate in and contribute to physical and vocal exploration in an improvised or scripted drama/theatre work.

8) Practice and refine design and technical choices to support a devised or scripted drama/theatre work.

9) Apply the elements of dramatic structure to a story and create a drama/theatre work.

10) Investigate how movement and voice are incorporated into drama/theatre work.

11) Participate in a variety of physical, vocal, and emotional/mental exercises that can be used in a group setting for drama/theatre work.

12) Identify the basic technical elements that can be used in drama/theatre work.

13) Practice drama/theatre work and share reflections individually and in small groups.

14) Make observations explaining why artistic choices are made in a drama/theatre work.

15) Identify multiple personal experiences when participating in or observing a drama/theatre work.

16) Consider multiple ways to develop a character using physical characteristics and prop or costume design choices that reflect appropriate cultural perspectives in drama/theatre work.

17) Examine how connections are made between oneself and a character's emotions in drama/theatre work.

18) Recognize how and why audiences evaluate drama/theatre work.

19) Consider and analyze technical elements from multiple drama/theatre works.

20) Evaluate and analyze problems and situations in a drama/theatre work from an audience perspective.

21) Use personal experiences and knowledge to make connections to community and culture in a drama/theatre work.

22) Identify connections to community, social issues, and other content areas in drama/theatre work.

23) Explore how stories are adapted from literature to drama/theatre work.

24) Examine how artists have historically presented the same stories using different art forms, genres, or drama/theatre conventions.