Theater/Drama: Grades K, 1

Theatre/Drama

Learn and develop the essential skills and meet technical demands unique to dance, music, theatre/drama and visual arts.

Use dance, music, theatre/drama and visual arts to express ideas.

Integrate understanding of visual and performing arts by seeking connections and parallels among arts disciplines as well as other content areas.

Demonstrate an understanding of the dynamics of the creative process.

Observe, discuss, analyze and make critical judgments about artistic works.

Show increased awareness of diverse peoples and cultures through visual and performing arts.

Demonstrate knowledge about how technology and invention have historically influenced artists and offered new possibilities for expression.

Contribute to communities by sharing expertise in dance, music, theatre/drama and visual arts and by participating in the activities of cultural institutions.

Use body and voice to portray character.

Design and construct technical elements for classroom dramatizations (e.g., simple sets, props, costumes, make-up and sound effects).

Develop classroom dramatizations that express various moods or emotions (e.g., happy/sad, funny, scary, mysterious, etc.).

Develop classroom dramatizations that express various moods or emotions (e.g., happy/sad, funny, scary, mysterious, etc.).

Describe theatrical elements (visual, aural, oral, kinetic, ideas, emotions and mood) and compare them with other art forms and content areas.

Explore connections between the elements of dance and other content areas.

Select movement, music or visual elements to enhance a dramatization.

Collaborate to design, plan, rehearse and perform dramatizations.

Identify and describe visual, aural, oral and kinetic elements of dramatic performances.

Explain how the wants and needs of characters are different from those of the actors.

Describe one's emotional response and personal preferences, and give constructive feedback about dramatic performances.

Communicate information to peers about people, events, time and place related to dramatizations.

Identify and compare similar characters and situations in dramas and stories from various cultures.

Describe how scientific and technological developments have impacted career choice and availability in theatre, TV, film, video and other electronic media.

Explore the impact of video, film and computer on theatrical endeavor.

Explore the importance of lighting, costumes, set/scenery, properties, sound effects and make-up for dramatic presentation.

Assume roles for an audience that demonstrate characterization and tell a story.

Express various characters, ideas and emotions through gestures, movement and voice.

Speak and act within the full range of current abilities.

Construct simple props appropriate to a grade-level dramatization.

Create dialogue to retell stories.

Explore the use of the voice to express feelings and moods.

Collaborate to create and present original stories.

Dramatize stories using improvisation and creative drama games.

Discuss basic similarities and differences between art forms.

Describe ways that other art forms enhance a dramatic piece.

Generate inventive movement suggested by other content areas (e.g., math, language arts, science or social studies).

Apply sound, movement and drawing in dramatic play.

Use pantomime in simple characterizations.

Retell stories through guided dramatic play.

Relay a sequence of events, through verbal and non-verbal communication, in a simple drama.

Discuss what makes theatre arts unique.

Explain how the wants and needs of characters are different from those of the actors.

Use age-appropriate theatre vocabulary to critique what is seen, heard and understood.

Discuss the likes and dislikes of audience members.

Discuss drama as an expression and record of the human experience.

Use family, school and community resources to gather information about the characters and settings of a story.

Discuss various cultural traditions found in stories, songs, fairy tales, fables and nursery rhymes.

Discuss the role that film and television have played in one's personal life.

Identify what actors and other members of a dramatic production do.

List qualities of various types of live or recorded presentations (film, television and electronic technology).

Interact through use of visual aids, props and costumes to establish characters and setting.

Create various ways of staging classroom dramatizations.

Participate in creative drama and informal presentations.

Adapt movement to include audience focus.