AE17.TH.2.15

Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 2 - Theatre

AE17.TH.2.15
Explain how personal preferences and emotions affect an observer’s response in a guided drama experience or age-appropriate theatre performance.

Unpacked Content

Essential Questions

EU: Theatre artists' interpretations of drama/theatre work are influenced by personal experiences and aesthetics
EQ: How can the same work of art communicate different messages to different people?

Skills Examples

Point out the artistic and technical choices made during a chosen piece (movement, props, and other technical elements).
Students observe or participate in a dramatic/ theatrical work with appropriate behavior (e.g., applauding, remaining attentive, avoiding distracting behaviors, etc.).
Identify multiple personal experiences when participating in or observing a dramatic/ theatrical work.
Explain one's own personal preferences in regard to theatre, and analyze how that preference might color one's judgment of a theatrical work.
Explain how a theatre performance affects one's emotions.
Identify cause and effect in a chosen drama or story.
Discuss and compare the feelings a scene might bring forth. Are those feelings the same as the feelings of the characters? How might alternative feelings affect the scene?
Identify a character's emotions in a dramatic/ theatrical work (e.g., excitement by bouncing in a seat, anger in slamming a door or yelling, etc.).
Make connections between oneself and the character's emotions in a dramatic/ theatrical work and be able to explain how those connections are made (e.g., being able to connect the work to a personal memory or being able to explain how the student might respond similarly or differently in a similar situation in the student's own life).
Recognize why audiences evaluate dramatic/ theatrical works (e.g., to determine whether or not to see it again or suggest it to a friend, to influence sales, to inspire their own work, etc.).
Analyze the props and costumes from multiple drama/theatrical works. Be able to explain how they contribute to the story or characters in the work.

Vocabulary

Research
Analysis

cause and effect
personal preferences

Voice
Movement
Characterization
Directing
Design
Theatrical production

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 8: Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.