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 Content Standards:: VIII. Relating to History and Culture: Understanding context by analyzing the role of theatre, film, television, and electronic media in the community and in other cultures.
Standards:
A. Describe the societal beliefs, issues, and events that are represented in specific theatrical productions. B. Analyze and explain how theatrical productions can use the basic elements of theatre (e.g., speech, gesture, costume) to reflect different cultures. C. Create a multicultural theatre festival using excerpts from plays representing various cultures. D. Identify ways in which theatre practitioners in different cultures and historical periods have used concepts, motifs, and themes that remain appropriate and prominent today.