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- Course content should introduce or continue to build skills in physical, vocal, emotional and interpretative training; theatre history and dramatic literature for analysis of structure, style and theme; an understanding of the impact of language, mood, rhythm, light, color and sound upon an audience; the conventions of theatre as an art form, including the elements of technical theatre; and the art of criticism.
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EdTA's Theatre Curriculum Framework offers a framework for connecting the standards with the elements and principles of theatre to help guide instruction in acting, dramaturgy, writing, producing, directing and more.
Theatre & Creativity: Examine and define the skills, considerations and tasks associated with the creation of theatre, both individually and as a collective whole. Theatre & Society: Evaluate and articulate how theatre is a socially-responsive artform that creates meaning and fosters discussion, debate and community.
This narrative document outlines the philosophy, primary goals, dynamic processes, structures, and outcomes that shape student learning and achievement in dance, media arts, music, theatre, and visual arts, as articulated in the National Core Arts Standards. To view the National Core Arts Standards go to www.nationalartsstandards.org. FOREWORD.
- Introduction
- Definitions
- Theatre in The High School
- Goals
- Curricula
- Learning and Performance Spaces
- Play Selection and Production
- Teacher Preparation
The University Interscholastic League affirms that theatre contributes to the total development of the adolescent and is essential to the basic education of all high school students. Young persons at this level of intellectual and social development are changing from the self-centered focus of childhood to the socially conscious focus of adulthood....
In many instances the terms theatre and drama are used interchangeably at the high school level. For purposes of uniformity, this policy uses the term theatre throughout. Play production refers to the development, rehearsal and performance of plays for an audience. High school refers to grades 9–12.
Theatre in the high school is both an academic discipline and a performing art. A study of theatre motivates students to study and develop ideas, insights and values. The primary component of theatre– dialogue– provides a uniquely effective method for studying the communicative functions of human language. Theatre also provides a unique kind of lea...
In order to fulfill the requirements of an academic discipline and a performing art, every high school theatre program should enable students to apply to their own lives the ideas, insights and values gained through interaction with theatre as an art. It should offer student audiences opportunities to experience artistic, high-quality productions o...
Well-planned theatre curricula must present the study of theatre as an aesthetic experience which reflects the cultural diversity of our pluralistic society. The high school theatre classroom should be a laboratory in which students may safely explore, experiment and take risks. Course content should introduce or continue to build skills in physica...
Production facilities and equipment are essential to a highly successful high school theatre curricular and performance program. Two physical facilities are needed: a laboratory space for theatre class activities which may include studio performances, and a performing space (theatre or auditorium) with adequate theatrical equipment for staging publ...
The value and success of the high school theatre program rely heavily upon the quality of plays selected for production. The limited number of productions available to students, both as participants and auditors, makes it important that selected plays have educational as well as entertainment value: they should expand the aesthetic experience. From...
The quality of theatre education in high schools is directly dependent upon the quality of teacher training offered in higher education today. Institutions of higher learning, therefore, must take the responsibility for achieving this quality and for conducting research essential for continuing improvement of the field. The Texas Education Agency a...
This sample High School Arts Syllabus Framework is for an introductory course in theater. These high school arts frameworks are standards aligned (New York State Arts Standards and the New York City Blueprints for Teaching and Learning in the Arts) and provide clear expectations for student learning in each art form upon the completion of the ...
Identify and discuss cultural and historical sources of American theatre and musical theatre. Explain ways in which various disciplines outside the arts are interrelated with theatre. Write dramatic scenes that reflect personal experience, heritage, imagination, literature, and history.
