Seventh Grade

CONNECT: Explore and relate artistic ideas and works to past, present, and future societies and cultures.

CREATE: Create and adapt new artistic ideas and work individually or collaboratively.

PRESENT: Present, perform, produce, and develop artistic ideas and works.

RESPOND: Analyze and evaluate how the arts communicate.

Relate theatrical ideas and works with personal, societal, cultural, historical, and daily life contexts, including diverse and marginalized groups.

Explore advancements in the field of theatre arts.

Create original theatrical ideas and works, independently and collaboratively.

Adapt original theatrical ideas and works, and those of peers and other artists, independently and collaboratively.

Perform theatrical works from a variety of styles, cultures, and genres.

Develop theatrical presentations.

Analyze theatrical works from a variety of styles, cultures, and genres using content-specific vocabulary.

Evaluate theatrical works using content-specific vocabulary.

Analyze how theatre influenced various developing cultures around the world from the 1400s to the present.

Identify how theatrical skills and processes are connected to other content areas and daily life.

Identify theatrical skills, characteristics, and behaviors that contribute to success in post-secondary education and career readiness.

Analyze various theatre tools and innovations used in creative, technical, and business roles.

Improvise characters and situations for developing original scripts or devised theatre.

Create original works using elements of dramatic structure.

Create a variety of simple props and set pieces to support and enhance dramatic presentations.

Adapt stories using a variety of theatrical styles or genres for theatre.

Identify the legal and ethical issues for creating works inspired by other artists.

Refine choices in devised or scripted performances based on objective feedback and criteria.

Communicate character and story using physical and vocal control, observation, and concentration during theatrical performances.

Apply dramatic styles to formal or informal performances.

Compare the expectations of an audience in different venues.

Present a variety of simple technical elements to reflect dramatic styles and choices in theatrical productions.

Compare the theatrical modifications needed by performers in different venues.

Compare dramatic structures in various genres and styles.

Recognize the creative choices made in theatrical works crafted by peers and others.

Compare personal preferences in theatrical works as it relates to social or cultural background.

Evaluate choices made in devised or scripted performance, based on objective criteria.