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K–12 Standards

Grade 4

Other Ohio Fine Arts: Drama/Theatre sets

Creating: Artists/students use creative thinking and reasoning skills to perceive concepts and ideas to develop works.CR

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    Use vivid, descriptive language to create a script around one or more elements of theatre (character, action, plot, setting).4.1CR

  • 2

    Improvise movements and voices for characters to convey each character’s decisions and motivations within a dramatic theme.4.2CR

Performing: Artists/students employ personal processes and skills to solve problems creatively and present work in various contexts.PE

  • 1

    Manipulate voice, movement, space, design, and physical objects to communicate thoughts, feelings, and ideas in both improvised and scripted activities.4.1PE

  • 2

    Use various design components used in different productions of the same work.4.2PE

  • 3

    Direct peers in performing a dramatic task or action.4.3PE

Responding: Artists/students engage in analysis and interpretation to understand and evaluate artistic works.RE

  • 1

    Explain, through appropriate theatrical vocabulary, how manipulation of technical elements brings about changes in performances.4.1RE

  • 2

    Analyze how a playwright uses conflict to communicate an idea or theme.4.2RE

  • 3

    Explain how a theatrical experience (live theatre production, film, video and media) impacts its audience through the integration of plot, character, theme, and setting.4.3RE

  • 4

    Implement and assess strategies that develop character by adjusting posture, gesture, breath, and vocal intonation.4.4RE

  • 5

    Identify methods used by actors, directors and designers to make connections with an audience in a theater with a thrust or arena stage.4.5RE

Connecting: Artists/students understand and communicate the value of creative expressions in internal and external contexts.CO

  • 1

    Describe how theatrical performances can elicit thought and feeling from an audience individually and collectively.4.1CO

  • 2

    Explore dramatic, theatrical, and storytelling traditions in the cultures or ethnic groups throughout Ohio’s history.4.2CO

  • 3

    Use the elements of theatre in combination with art elements from at least two other art forms.4.3CO

  • 4

    Use elements and processes of theatre to integrate information from other academic content areas.4.4CO

  • 5

    Recognize and describe the roles of designers in live theatre and other media arts.4.5CO

  • 6

    Use problem-solving and cooperative skills to dramatize stories, historical events, or concepts from Ohio history.4.6CO

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