 Standard 4 Students will develop an understanding of the personal and cultural forces that shape artistic communication and how the arts in turn shape the diverse cultures of past and present society. |
Understanding The Cultural Key Idea: Students will Gain knowledge about past and present cultures as expressed through theatre. They will interpret how theatre reflects the beliefs, issues, and events of societies past and present.
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| Elementary | Intermediate |
Commencement |
| • dramatize stories and folk tales from various cultures • engage in drama/theatre activities including music, dance, and games which reflect other cultures and ethnic groups • discuss how classroom theatre activities relate to their lives |
• improvise scenes
based on information about various cultures • create intercultural celebrations using props, settings, and costumes • explain how drama/theatre experiences relate to themselves and others |
• read and view a variety of plays from different cultures • using the basic elements of theatre (e.g., speech, gesture, costume, etc.), explain how different theatrical productions represent the cultures from which they come • articulate the societal beliefs, issues and events of specific theatrical productions |
Commencement Major Sequence |
| • conduct an in-depth investigation
of the works of a given culture or playwright
• create a multicultural theatre festival of excerpts from plays representing various cultures |