Targeted Standards:

National Standards for Arts Education:

The standards outline what every K-12 student should know and be able to do in the arts. The standards were developed by the Consortium of National Arts Education Associations, through a grant administered by The National Association for Music Education (MENC).


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Content Standard 7

Analyzing and explaining personal preferences and constructing meanings from classroom dramatizations and from theatre, film, television, and electronic media productions

Achievement Standard

  • Students identify and describe the visual, aural, oral, and kinetic elements of classroom dramatizations and dramatic performances
  • Students explain how the wants and needs of characters are similar to and different from their own
  • Students articulate emotional responses to and explain personal preferences about the whole as well as the parts of dramatic performances
  • Students analyze classroom dramatizations and, using appropriate terminology, constructively suggest alternative ideas for dramatizing roles, arranging environments, and developing situations along with means of improving the collaborative processes of planning, playing, responding, and evaluating

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