Grade 12 - Drama

DRAMA 12

Curricular Competency

Content

Big Ideas

Explore and create

Reason and reflect

Communicate and document

Connect and expand

Drama is a way of sharing and understanding traditions, perspectives, cultures, and worldviews.

Drama offers dynamic ways to express our identity and sense of belonging.

Growth as an artist requires perseverance, resilience, and reflection.

Aesthetic experiences have the power to transform our perspective.

Drama provides opportunities for creativity, innovation, and collaboration.

Explore and create dramatic works to express ideas, meaning, and emotions

Create, rehearse, and refine dramatic works through collaborative and individual presentation or performance

Develop a repertoire of dramatic skills, vocabulary, and techniques through presentation or performance

Develop and refine performance skills in a variety of contexts

Intentionally select and combine dramatic elements and conventions

Experiment with a range of props, processes, and technologies to create and refine innovative dramatic works

Develop dramatic works for an intended audience

Improvise and take creative risks using imagination, exploration, and inquiry

Describe, analyze, and evaluate ways in which props, technologies, and environments are used in drama, using discipline-specific language

Receive, provide, and apply constructive feedback to refine dramatic works

Use self-reflection and awareness of audience to refine ideas

Reflect on dramatic works and make connections with personal experiences

Evaluate the social, cultural, historical, environmental, and personal contexts of dramatic works

Reflect on aesthetic experiences and how they relate to a specific place, time, and context

Document, share, and collaborate on dramatic works and experiences in a variety of contexts

Communicate about and respond to environmental and social issues through drama

Experience and express emotions through dramatic conventions

Express personal voice, cultural identity, and perspectives using dramatic techniques

Demonstrate personal and social responsibility associated with creating, performing, and responding to dramatic works

Analyze the role of story and narrative in expressing First Peoples perspectives, values, and beliefs, including protocols related to ownership of First Peoples oral texts

Demonstrate respect for self, others, and audience

Explore educational, personal, and professional opportunities in the performing arts

Examine the impacts of dramatic works on culture and society

Explore First Peoples perspectives and knowledge, other ways of knowing, and local cultural knowledge to gain understanding through dramatic works

Make connections through drama with family and community on local, national, and global scales

dramatic elements, principles, vocabulary, and symbols

strategies and techniques to support creative processes

character development

dramatic forms and conventions

skills specific to a dramatic genre and/or style

roles of performer, audience, and venue

movement, sound, image, and form

influences of time and place on dramatic works

contributions of innovative artists from a variety of genres, cultures, and periods

a range of local, national, and intercultural performers and movements

traditional and contemporary First Peoples worldviews, history, and stories communicated through dramatic works

history and theory of a variety of dramatic genres, including their roles in historical and contemporary societies

ethics of cultural appropriation and plagiarism

health and safety protocols and procedures