Field Guide: Dramatic Do's and Don'ts
Everything you need to know before you go to a play or musical theater performance
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Article: Advice for First-time Theater Goers
Tips to minimize the fuss and maximize the fun of your theater experience
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Lesson: Arthur Miller and The Crucible
This lesson examines the consequences of personal conscience in conflict with rigid societal perceptions of what is "right" in human behavior as articulated in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible.
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Everyday Arts Challenge: Shout it Out
You overheard your friends are throwing you a surprise party. Practice the perfect surprise party squeal so they won’t know the secret’s out.
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Everyday Arts Challenge: Think Big
Pretend you’re eight feet tall. What do you see from up there? How does moving around change? Remember, be careful not to hit your head!
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Everyday Arts Challenge: Smiley Face
Look in a mirror and try out different smiles. Can you make a smile that’s silly? Scary?
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Content & Achievement Standard: Grade 5-8 Theater Standard 6
Comparing and incorporating art forms by analyzing methods of presentation and audience response for theatre, dramatic media (such as film, television, and electronic media), and other art forms
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Content & Achievement Standard: Grade 5-8 Theater Standard 5
Researching by using cultural and historical information to support improvised and scripted scenes
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Content & Achievement Standard: Grade 5-8 Theater Standard 8
Understanding context by analyzing the role of theatre, film, television, and electronic media in the community and in other cultures
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Content & Achievement Standard: Grade 5-8 Theater Standard 7
Analyzing, evaluating, and constructing meanings from improvised and scripted scenes and from theatre, film, television, and electronic media productions
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Content & Achievement Standard: Grade 5-8 Theater Standard 2
Acting by developing basic acting skills to portray characters who interact in improvised and scripted scenes
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Content & Achievement Standard: Grade 5-8 Theater Standard 1
Script writing by the creation of improvisations and scripted scenes based on personal experience and heritage, imagination, literature, and history
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Content & Achievement Standard: Grade 5-8 Theater Standard 4
Directing by organizing rehearsals for improvised and scripted scenes
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Content & Achievement Standard: Grade 5-8 Theater Standard 3
Designing by developing environments for improvised and scripted scenes
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Content & Achievement Standard: Grade 9-12 Theater Standard 6
Comparing and integrating art forms by analyzing traditional theatre, dance, music, visual arts, and new art forms
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Content & Achievement Standard: Grade 9-12 Theater Standard 5
Researching by evaluating and synthesizing cultural and historical information to support artistic choices
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Content & Achievement Standard: Grade 9-12 Theater Standard 8
Understanding context by analyzing the role of theatre, film, television, and electronic media in the past and the present
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Content & Achievement Standard: Grade 9-12 Theater Standard 7
Analyzing, critiquing, and constructing meanings from informal and formal theatre, film, television, and electronic media productions
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Content & Achievement Standard: Grade 9-12 Theater Standard 2
Acting by developing, communicating, and sustaining characters in improvisations and informal or formal productions
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Content & Achievement Standard: Grade 9-12 Theater Standard 1
Script writing through improvising, writing, and refining scripts based on personal experience and heritage, imagination, literature, and history
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Content & Achievement Standard: Grade 9-12 Theater Standard 4
Directing by interpreting dramatic texts and organizing and conducting rehearsals for informal or formal productions
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Content & Achievement Standard: Grade 9-12 Theater Standard 3
Designing and producing by conceptualizing and realizing artistic interpretations for informal or formal productions
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Content & Achievement Standard: Grade K-4 Theater Standard 6
Comparing and connecting art forms by describing theatre, dramatic media (such as film, television, and electronic media), and other art forms
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Content & Achievement Standard: Grade K-4 Theater Standard 5
Researching by finding information to support classroom dramatizations
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Content & Achievement Standard: Grade K-4 Theater Standard 8
Understanding context by recognizing the role of theatre, film, television, and electronic media in daily life
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