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Enduring Understanding: Theatre artists’ interpretations of drama/theatre work are influenced by personal experiences, culture, and aesthetics.
Essential Question(s): How can the same work of art communicate different messages to different people?
Process Component(s): Interpret

Performance Standard(s):
a. Compare and contrast multiple personal experiences when participating in or observing a drama/theatre work. b. Compare and contrast the qualities of characters in a drama/theatre work through physical characteristics and prop or costume design choices that reflect cultural contexts. c. Identify and discuss physiological changes connected to emotions in drama/ theatre work.

Enduring Understanding: Interpretation and appreciation require consideration of the intent, form, and context of the media and artwork.
Essential Question(s): How do people relate to and interpret media artworks?
Process Component(s): Interpret

Performance Standard(s):
Determine and explain reactions and interpretations to a variety of media artworks, considering their purpose and context.

Enduring Understanding: Interpretation and appreciation require consideration of the intent, form, and context of the media and artwork.
Essential Question(s): How do people relate to and interpret media artworks?
Process Component(s): Interpret

Performance Standard(s):
Determine and compare personal and group interpretations of a variety of media artworks, considering their intention and context.

Enduring Understanding: Theatre artists’ interpretations of drama/theatre work are influenced by personal experiences, culture, and aesthetics.
Essential Question(s): How can the same work of art communicate different messages to different people?
Process Component(s): Interpret

Performance Standard(s):
a. Justify responses based on personal experiences when participating in or observing a drama/theatre work. b. Explain responses to characters based on cultural contexts when participating in or observing drama/theatre work. c. Investigate the effects of emotions on posture, gesture, breathing, and vocal intonation in a drama/theatre work.

Enduring Understanding: Theatre artists’ interpretations of drama/theatre work are influenced by personal experiences, culture, and aesthetics.
Essential Question(s): How can the same work of art communicate different messages to different people?
Process Component(s): Interpret

Performance Standard(s):
a. Explain how artists make choices based on personal experience in a drama/theatre work. b. Identify cultural contexts that may influence the evaluation of a drama/theatre work. c. Identify personal aesthetics, preferences, and beliefs through participation in or observation of drama/ theatre work.

Enduring Understanding: Interpretation and appreciation require consideration of the intent, form, and context of the media and artwork.
Essential Question(s): How do people relate to and interpret media artworks?
Process Component(s): Interpret

Performance Standard(s):
Analyze the intent of a variety of media artworks, using given criteria.

Enduring Understanding: Interpretation and appreciation require consideration of the intent, form, and context of the media and artwork.
Essential Question(s): How do people relate to and interpret media artworks?
Process Component(s): Interpret

Performance Standard(s):
Analyze the intent and meaning of a variety of media artworks, using self-developed criteria.

Enduring Understanding: Theatre artists’ interpretations of drama/theatre work are influenced by personal experiences, culture, and aesthetics.
Essential Question(s): How can the same work of art communicate different messages to different people?
Process Component(s): Interpret

Performance Standard(s):
a. Identify the artistic choices made based on personal experience in a drama/theatre work. b. Describe how cultural contexts can influence the evaluation of drama/theatre work. c. Interpret how the use of personal aesthetics, preferences, and beliefs can be used to discuss drama/theatre work.

Enduring Understanding: Theatre artists’ interpretations of drama/theatre work are influenced by personal experiences, culture, and aesthetics.
Essential Question(s): How can the same work of art communicate different messages to different people?
Process Component(s): Interpret

Performance Standard(s):
a. Recognize and share artistic choices when participating in or observing a drama/theatre work. b. Analyze how cultural contexts influence the evaluation of a drama/theatre work. c. Apply personal aesthetics, preferences, and beliefs to evaluate a drama/theatre work.

Enduring Understanding: Interpretation and appreciation require consideration of the intent, form, and context of the media and artwork.
Essential Question(s): How do people relate to and interpret media artworks?
Process Component(s): Interpret

Performance Standard(s):
Analyze the intent and meanings of a variety of media artworks, focusing on intentions, forms, and various contexts.