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Enduring Understanding: People develop ideas and understandings of society, culture, and history through their interactions with and analysis of art.
Essential Question(s): How does art help us understand the lives of people of different times, places, and cultures? How is art used to impact the views of a society? How does art preserve aspects of life?
Process Component(s): Relate

Performance Standard(s):
Through observation, infer information about time, place, and culture in which a work of art was created.

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: Artists and other presenters consider various techniques, methods, venues, and criteria when analyzing, selecting, and curating objects artifacts, and artworks for preservation and presentation.
Essential Question(s): How are artworks cared for and by whom? What criteria, methods, and processes are used to select work for preservation or presentation? Why do people value objects, artifacts, and artworks, and select them for presentation?
Process Component(s): Select, Analyze

Performance Standard(s):
Explore how past, present, and emerging technologies have impacted the preservation and presentation of artwork.

Enduring Understanding: 11.2 Theatre artists critically inquire into the ways others have thought about and created drama processes and productions to inform their own work.
Essential Question(s): In what ways can research into theatre histories, theories, literature, and performances alter the way a drama process or production is understood?
Process Component(s): Research

Performance Standard(s):
a. Investigate cross-cultural approaches to storytelling in drama/theatre work. b. Compare the drama/theatre conventions of a given time period with those of the present.

Enduring Understanding: 11.1 Theatre artists understand and can communicate through their creative process as they analyze the way the world may be understood.
Essential Question(s): What happens when theatre artists allow an understanding of themselves and the world to inform perceptions about theatre and the purpose of their work?
Process Component(s): Interrelate

Performance Standard(s):
a. Respond to community and social issues and incorporate other content areas in drama/theatre work. b. Use responsible practices for creating and adapting drama/theatre works.

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 make strong choices to effectively convey meaning.
Essential Question(s): Why are strong choices essential to interpreting a drama or theatre piece?
Process Component(s): Select

Performance Standard(s):
a. Adapt the dialogue and action to change the story in a drama/theatre work. b. Make physical choices to develop a character in a drama/theatre work.

Enduring Understanding: Musicians connect societal, cultural, and historical contexts when creating, performing, and responding.
Essential Question(s): How do musicians make meaningful connections to societal, cultural, and historical contexts when creating, performing, and responding?
Process Component(s): Relate

Performance Standard(s):
Describe and demonstrate connections between music and societal, cultural, and historical contexts.

Enduring Understanding: The personal evaluation of musical work(s) and performance(s) is informed by analysis, interpretation, and established criteria.
Essential Question(s): How do we judge the quality of musical work(s) and performance(s)?
Process Component(s): Evaluate

Performance Standard(s):
Evaluate musical works and performances, applying established criteria, and explain appropriateness to the context.

Enduring Understanding: 4.3 Performers make interpretive decisions based on their understanding of context and expressive intent.
Essential Question(s): How do performers interpret musical works?
Process Component(s): Interpret

Performance Standard(s):
Demonstrate and explain how intent is conveyed through interpretive decisions and expressive qualities (such as dynamics, tempo, and timbre).