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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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Theater Grades 9-12 Content Standard: 1: Script writing through improvising, writing, and refining scripts based on personal experience and heritage, imagination, literature, and history
Theater Grades 9-12 Content Standard: 2: Acting by developing, communicating, and sustaining characters in improvisations and informal or formal productions
Theater Grades 9-12 Content Standard: 3: Designing and producing by conceptualizing and realizing artistic interpretations for informal or formal productions
Theater Grades 9-12 Content Standard: 4: Directing by interpreting dramatic texts and organizing and conducting rehearsals for informal or formal productions
Theater Grades 9-12 Content Standard: 5: Researching by evaluating and synthesizing cultural and historical information to support artistic choices
Theater Grades 9-12 Content Standard: 6: Comparing and integrating art forms by analyzing traditional theatre, dance, music, visual arts, and new art forms
Theater Grades 9-12 Content Standard: 7: Analyzing, critiquing, and constructing meanings from informal and formal theatre, film, television, and electronic media productions
Theater Grades 9-12 Content 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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