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Enduring Understanding: Theatre artists reflect to understand the impact of drama processes and theatre experiences.
Essential Question(s): How do theatre artists comprehend the essence of drama processes and theatre experiences?
Process Component(s): Reflect

Performance Standard(s):
With prompting and supports, recall an emotional response in dramatic play or a guided drama experience.

Enduring Understanding: 7.1 Individual aesthetic and empathetic awareness developed through engagement with art can lead to understanding and appreciation of self, others, the natural world, and constructed environments.
Essential Question(s): How do life experiences influence the way you relate to art? How does learning about art impact how we perceive the world? What can we learn from our responses to art?
Process Component(s): Perceive

Performance Standard(s):
Recognize art in one’s environment.

Enduring Understanding: 7.2 Visual imagery influences understanding of and responses to the world.
Essential Question(s): What is an image? Where and how do we encounter images in our world? How do images influence our views of the world?
Process Component(s): Perceive, Analyze

Performance Standard(s):
Distinguish between images and real objects.

Enduring Understanding: 7.2 Visual imagery influences understanding of and responses to the world.
Essential Question(s): What is an image? Where and how do we encounter images in our world? How do images influence our views of the world?
Process Component(s): Perceive, Analyze

Performance Standard(s):
Describe what an image represents.

Enduring Understanding: 7.1 Individual aesthetic and empathetic awareness developed through engagement with art can lead to understanding and appreciation of self, others, the natural world, and constructed environments.
Essential Question(s): How do life experiences influence the way you relate to art? How does learning about art impact how we perceive the world? What can we learn from our responses to art?
Process Component(s): Perceive

Performance Standard(s):
Identify uses of art within one’s personal environment.

Enduring Understanding: Theatre artists reflect to understand the impact of drama processes and theatre experiences.
Essential Question(s): How do theatre artists comprehend the essence of drama processes and theatre experiences?
Process Component(s): Reflect

Performance Standard(s):
With prompting and supports, express an emotional response to characters in dramatic play or a guided drama experience.

Enduring Understanding: Theatre artists share and present stories, ideas, and envisioned worlds to explore the human experience in diverse cultures.
Essential Question(s): What happens when theatre artists and audiences share a creative experience?
Process Component(s): Share, Present

Performance Standard(s):
With prompting and supports, use voice and sound in dramatic play or a guided drama experience and share with others.

Enduring Understanding: Theatre artists develop personal processes and skills for a performance or design.
Essential Question(s): What can I do to fully prepare a performance or technical design?
Process Component(s): Prepare

Performance Standard(s):
a. With prompting and supports, understand that voice and sound are fundamental to dramatic play and guided drama experiences. b. With prompting and supports, explore and experiment with various technical theatre elements in dramatic play or a guided drama experience.

Enduring Understanding: 7.2 Response to music is informed by analyzing context (social, cultural, and historical) and how creators and performers manipulate the elements of music.
Essential Question(s): How do individuals choose music to experience?
Process Component(s): Analyze

Performance Standard(s):
With guidance, demonstrate how a specific music concept (such as beat or melodic direction) is used in music.

Enduring Understanding: 7.1 Individuals' selection of musical works is influenced by their interests, experiences, understandings, and purposes.
Essential Question(s): How do individuals choose music to experience?
Process Component(s): Select

Performance Standard(s):
With guidance, list personal interests and experiences and demonstrate why they prefer some music selections over others.