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 2

Acting by developing, communicating, and sustaining characters in improvisations and informal or formal productions

Achievement Standard

    Proficient:
  • Students analyze the physical, emotional, and social dimensions of characters found in dramatic texts from various genres and media
  • Students compare and demonstrate various classical and contemporary acting techniques and methods
  • Students in an ensemble, create and sustain characters that communicate with audiences

    Advanced:
  • Students demonstrate artistic discipline to achieve an ensemble in rehearsal and performance
  • Students create consistent characters from classical, contemporary, realistic, and nonrealistic dramatic texts in informal and formal theatre, film, television, or electronic media productions

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