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Enduring Understanding: People evaluate art based on various criteria.
Essential Question(s): How does one determine criteria to evaluate a work of art? How and why might criteria vary? How is a personal preference different from an evaluation?
Process Component(s): Evaluate

Performance Standard(s):
Apply one set of criteria to evaluate more than one work of art.

Enduring Understanding: Theatre artists apply criteria to understand, explore, and assess drama and theatre work.
Essential Question(s): How do analysis and synthesis impact the theatre artist’s process and audience’s perspectives?
Process Component(s): Evaluate

Performance Standard(s):
a. Develop and implement a plan to evaluate drama/theatre work. b. Analyze and evaluate characters’ choices in a drama/theatre work from an audience perspective. c. Explore how technical theatre elements may support a theme or idea in a drama/theatre work.

Enduring Understanding: Theatre artists apply criteria to understand, explore, and assess drama and theatre work.
Essential Question(s): How do analysis and synthesis impact the theatre artist’s process and audience’s perspectives?
Process Component(s): Evaluate

Performance Standard(s):
a. Develop multiple criteria to evaluate drama/theatre work. b. Analyze and evaluate a character’s circumstances in a drama/theatre work from an audience perspective. c. Assess how technical theatre elements represent the theme of a drama/theatre work.

Enduring Understanding: People evaluate art based on various criteria.
Essential Question(s): How does one determine criteria to evaluate a work of art? How and why might criteria vary? How is a personal preference different from an evaluation?
Process Component(s): Evaluate

Performance Standard(s):
Recognize differences in criteria used to evaluate works of art depending on styles, genres, and media as well as historical and cultural contexts.

Enduring Understanding: People evaluate art based on various criteria.
Essential Question(s): How does one determine criteria to evaluate a work of art? How and why might criteria vary? How is a personal preference different from an evaluation?
Process Component(s): Evaluate

Performance Standard(s):
Develop and apply relevant criteria to evaluate a work of art.

Enduring Understanding: Theatre artists apply criteria to understand, explore, and assess drama and theatre work.
Essential Question(s): How do analysis and synthesis impact the theatre artist’s process and audience’s perspectives?
Process Component(s): Evaluate

Performance Standard(s):
a. Use supporting evidence and criteria to evaluate drama/theatre work. b. Identify a specific audience or purpose for a drama/theatre work. c. Identify the technical theatre elements used in a drama/theatre work to justify aesthetic choices.

Enduring Understanding: Theatre artists apply criteria to understand, explore, and assess drama and theatre work.
Essential Question(s): How do analysis and synthesis impact the theatre artist’s process and audience’s perspectives?
Process Component(s): Evaluate

Performance Standard(s):
a. Explain preferences using supporting evidence and criteria to develop a personal aesthetic to evaluate drama/theatre work. b. Identify how the intended purpose of a drama/theatre work appeals to a specific audience. c. Analyze and evaluate the aesthetics of the technical theatre elements in a drama/theatre work.

Enduring Understanding: People evaluate art based on various criteria.
Essential Question(s): How does one determine criteria to evaluate a work of art? How and why might criteria vary? How is a personal preference different from an evaluation?
Process Component(s): Evaluate

Performance Standard(s):
Compare and explain the difference between an evaluation of an artwork based on personal criteria and an evaluation of an artwork based on a set of established criteria.

Enduring Understanding: People evaluate art based on various criteria.
Essential Question(s): How does one determine criteria to evaluate a work of art? How and why might criteria vary? How is a personal preference different from an evaluation?
Process Component(s): Evaluate

Performance Standard(s):
Create a convincing and logical argument to support an evaluation of art.

Enduring Understanding: Theatre artists apply criteria to understand, explore, and assess drama and theatre work.
Essential Question(s): How do analysis and synthesis impact the theatre artist’s process and audience’s perspectives?
Process Component(s): Evaluate

Performance Standard(s):
a. Respond to a drama/ theatre work using supporting evidence, personal aesthetics, and artistic criteria. b. Assess the impact of a drama/theatre work on a specific audience. c. Differentiate the effect of technical theatre elements used in a drama/theatre work to assess aesthetic choices.