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Grade: Primary
Curriculum Standards:
collaborate to select interrelated characters, environments, and situations for classroom dramatizations;
improvise dialogue to tell stories, then formalize their improvisations by writing or recording the dialogue
imagine and clearly describe characters, their relationships, and their environments
use variations of locomotor and nonlocomotor movement and vocal pitch, tempo, and tone for different characters
assume roles in classroom dramatizations based on personal experience and heritage, imagination, literature, and history
visualize environments and construct designs to communicate locale and mood
organize available materials that suggest scenery, properties, lighting, sound, costumes, and makeup in a collaborative group
collaboratively plan and prepare improvisations
demonstrate various ways of staging classroom dramatizations such as using storytelling, video cameras, or movement
communicate information to peers about people, events, time, and place related to classroom dramatizations
describe visual, aural, oral, and kinetic ( involving movement) elements in theatre, dramatic media, dance, music, and visual arts
compare how ideas and emotions are expressed in theatre, dramatic media, dance, music, and visual arts
select movement, music, or visual elements to enhance the mood of a classroom dramatization
identify connections between theatre and other disciplines in the curriculum
identify and describe the visual, aural, oral, and kinetic elements of classroom dramatizations and dramatic performances
explain how the wants and needs of characters are similar to, and different than, their own
articulate emotional responses to and explain personal preferences about the whole as well as the parts of dramatic performances
analyze classroom dramatizations and, using appropriate terminology, constructively suggest alternative ideas for dramatizing roles, arranging environments, and developing situations also suggest means of improving the collaborative processes of planning, playing, responding, and evaluating
identify and compare similar characters and situations in stories and dramas from and about various cultures, illustrate with classroom dramatizations, and discuss how theatre reflects life
identify and compare the various settings and reasons for creating drama and attending theatre, film,television, and electronic media productions
articulate the ways in which participation in theatre arts enhances daily lives
discuss how creating theatre takes the efforts of many people with many different skills
describe a variety of professions in the field of theatre and identify careers that are associated with theatre
identify New Hampshire theatre resources (play groups, theatres, playhouses)