Standard set
Grade 2 - Drama (2022)
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Drama
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Foundational Elements: Drama literacy is developed through knowledge and application of dramatic processes.
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Creating and Presenting: Ideas can be represented dramatically through artworks that draw upon foundational knowledge
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Appreciation: Recognizing beauty, goodness, and truth in drama can be developed by understanding the complexity and richness of great dramatic works, the artists who create and perform them, and the historical and cultural contexts from which they originate
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Students relate play and the body as a means to understand dramatic process.
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Students experiment with how messages can be expressed through the body using dramatic play.
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Students investigate culture in relation to drama from ancient Greece and present day.
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Students examine culture through First Nations, M�tis, and Inuit drama and storytelling
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Knowledge
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Understanding
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Skills & Procedures
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Knowledge
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Understanding
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Skills & Procedures
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Knowledge
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Understanding
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Skills & Procedures
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Dramatic play can be based upon fictional or non-fictional characters, events, and situations.
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Dramatic forms can give structure to dramatic play, including choral speech, puppetry, and tableau
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Tableau is a dramatic form that utilizes the body to create still images
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Play can foster symbolic thinking by using tools and materials in different ways to represent an object or idea.
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Play can contribute to an individual's well-being through the development of confidence, resiliency, and motivation.
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Dramatic play allows participants to experience other perspectives when exploring roles, characters, and situations.
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Play can support demonstration of knowledge in other areas of learning through creative expression, including creative movement singing storytelling make-believe
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Dramatic play can include rules that foster collaboration and trust.
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Dramatic play requires listening to understand one another
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The body communicates when still or moving.
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Where and how the body moves contributes to expression
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Character can be represented through the body.
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Speaking skills can be used to develop character and include speaking with appropriate volume and ease.
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Imitation can be a method for exploring how the body can reproduce movement and vocal sounds in the development of a character
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The body is emotionally sensitive and is supported when drama experiences foster collaboration and trust.
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The way in which a body moves and expresses is unique to each person
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Physical safety includes an understanding of the capabilities and limitations of the body and voice.
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The expressive capabilities of the body can be developed through warm-up activities and relaxation techniques
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Dramatic play can represent new and imagined worlds.
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Play is a means by which individuals can learn about themselves, others, and the world
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The body is mobile, expressive, and sensitive.
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The body, as a dramatic tool, needs exercise to be healthy and flexible
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Maintaining a healthy body includes a knowledge of personal and physical safety.
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Experiment with a variety of characters and events upon which to base dramatic play
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Experiment with various dramatic forms as a way to structure play
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Use dramatic play as a way to explore a character or situation.
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Explore and discuss how everyday objects can be used symbolically within drama activities.
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Discuss how play can develop awareness of others' feelings or perspectives
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Explore how play can be used to demonstrate knowledge in other areas of learning.
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Consider and respond to others' ideas in dramatic play.
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Create criteria that outline rules of play.
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Explore how stillness and movement can contribute to dramatic play
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Determine how body movements can change what the body is expressing.
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Experiment with various ways the body can communicate meaning when moving individually or as a group.
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Participate in activities that explore expressivity of the body and voice
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Incorporate body movements and voice to explore character development.
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Extend speaking skills to include variations in volume and speaking with ease.
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Participate in drama activities and warmups that prepare the body and voice for expression.
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Demonstrate how to safely use the body and voice.
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Identify personal strengths and areas for growth in drama.
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A performer makes artistic choices about how to communicate a message verbally and non-verbally
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The meaning of a message can change as it is passed along from one performer to another
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Non-verbal communication of a message can include the use of dramatic forms body position gestures and movement body language facial expressions use of space, including proximity
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Non-verbal communication can require an awareness of moving the body safely through personal and shared spaces.
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A message in drama can be generated, sent, received, and interpreted.
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Improvisation can be used to generate and send a message in drama.
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Structure in dramatic play can help an audience know when the dramatic expression begins and ends.
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Empathy and perspectives can be gained through creating, viewing, and performing.
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Expectations for participating in drama, known as artistic protocols and etiquette, can change depending on the context in which the dramatic work is experienced.
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Creative processes can include practice generating an idea receiving feedback reflection
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Problems or challenges related to creating a message in drama can be solved by asking for feedback and by rehearsing
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Practice and rehearsal can help clarify roles and refine skills and techniques in drama.
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Verbal and non-verbal communication of a message can be shared in a variety of ways in drama.
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Feelings and experiences of a character or situation can be communicated verbally and nonverbally.
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The sharing of a message involves a relationship between the performer and the audience
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Audience members can have different feelings about dramatic works.
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Development of a message in drama can involve creative processes.
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Express a message in drama using verbal and non-verbal communication.
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Play a variety of drama activities that explore opportunities for nonverbal and verbal expression
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Create ways to communicate nonverbally when moving through self space and shared space.
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Make artistic choices to shape the development of a message in drama
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Represent a character, feeling, or situation verbally and nonverbally.
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Experiment with dramatic forms to express a message individually and with others
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Participate as an audience member and as a performer in a variety of drama experiences.
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Demonstrate an understanding of artistic protocols and etiquette within various dramatic experiences.
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Use improvisation to communicate a message.
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Express a message that has a clear beginning and ending in dramatic play.
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Share interpretations or feelings about dramatic works with one another.
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Apply creative processes to develop a message within dramatic play.
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Rehearse dramatic expressions before performing for an audience
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Experiences with drama can include learning about drama from the past and the people who created and performed plays.
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Theatre was created in ancient Greece as a way to stage a dramatic performance.
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Theatre in ancient Greece evolved from religious rituals.
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The culture of Greek theatre was known for outdoor performances the use of masks of exaggerated expressions two types of plays called comedy and tragedy a chorus of actors who spoke and sung in unison
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Dramatic plays included topics that were important to the people of ancient Greece and part of community life
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First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities have specific protocols related to how, when, or with whom stories are shared
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First Nations, Métis, and Inuit storytelling includes oral traditions that can be passed on between and among individuals and communities with proper protocol.
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Storytelling can reflect cultural beliefs history relationship ways of life intergenerational knowledge
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First Nations, Métis, and Inuit storytelling is holistic in nature and can have individual and collective benefits, including social well-being physical health spiritual connection emotional and mental well-being intellectual development
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Culture is what people do and a way of thinking.
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Drama from various times and places can be representative of a culture
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Culture can be revealed through First Nations, Métis, and Inuit storytelling.
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First Nations, Métis, and Inuit storytelling can establish a sense of community and wellbeing among participants
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Discuss how culture may be communicated through drama.
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Participate in dramatizations based on comedies and tragedies
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Examine how culture is communicated through First Nations, Métis, and Inuit storytelling.
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Experience First Nations, Métis, or Inuit storytelling.
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Discuss how storytelling can contribute to personal well-being.
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