National Core Arts Standards
VVHS Drama Department adheres to the National Core Arts Theatre Standards, ensuring all lessons, units, projects, and performances align to these rigorous and engaging standards.
VVHS Drama Department adheres to the National Core Arts Theatre Standards, ensuring all lessons, units, projects, and performances align to these rigorous and engaging standards.
CREATE
1. Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.
What happens when theatre artists use their imaginations and/or learned theatre skills while engaging in creative exploration and inquiry?2. Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.
How, when, and why do theatre artists' choices change?3. Refine and complete artistic work.
How do theatre artists transform and edit their initial ideas?PERFORM
1. Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.
Why are strong choices essential to interpreting a drama or theatre piece?2. Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.
What can I do to fully prepare a performance or technical design?3. Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.
What happens when theatre artists and audiences share a creative experience?RESPOND
1. Perceive and analyze artistic work.
How do theatre artists comprehend the essence of drama processes and theatre experiences?2. Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.
How can the same work of art communicate different messages to different people?3. Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.
How are the theatre artist's processes and the audience's perspectives impacted by analysis and synthesis?CONNECT
1. Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.
What happens when theatre artists foster understanding between self and others through critical awareness, social responsibility, and the exploration of empathy?2. Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding.
What happens when theatre artists allow an understanding of themselves and the world to inform perceptions about theatre and the purpose of their work?In what ways can research into theatre histories, theories, literature, and performances alter the way a drama process or production is understood?