FCPS Competency Assurance

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Arts and Humanities Competency Assurance Documents

PRIMARY DRAMA: KINDERGARTEN

PRIMARY DRAMA: KINDERGARTEN // ELEMENTS

PROGRAM OF STUDIES:

Performance Standard

Students will experience dramatic works with attention given to the elements of drama

ACADEMIC EXPECTATION(S):

2.22 – Students create products and make presentations that convey concepts and feelings

in the human experience through their productions, performance, or interpretations

Core Content for Assessment:

AH-E-3.1.31 Identify and discuss the dramatic elements (plot or story line, beginning, middle, end, dialogue, monologue, conflict) in plays

Demonstrators:

Explore the elements and principles of dramatic forms

Create or perform original or existing dramatic pieces

Specific Activities:

AH-E-3.1.43 – Improvise to tell stories that show action and have a clear beginning middle and end

Suggested Activities:

Use of warm-up activities that allow students to become comfortable moving through space and assuming characters

Practice in assuming animal and human characters in varying contexts

Observing and discussing short scenes with attention given to dramatic elements

Reading and discussing short stories with attention given to dramatic elements

Critical Vocabulary:

Plot, story line, beginning, middle, end, dialogue, monologue, conflict, improvise, action

PRIMARY DRAMA: KINDERGARTEN // HISTORICAL/CULTURAL CONTEXT

PROGRAM OF STUDIES:

Performance Standard

Students experience dramatic works from different cultures, periods and styles

ACADEMIC EXPECTATION(S):

2.24 – Students appreciate creativity and the values of the arts and the humanities

2.26 – Students recognize differences and commonalities in the human experience through their productions, performances or interpretations

Core Content for Assessment:

AH-E-3.2.31 – Discuss the effects of time and place on dramatic works

Demonstrators:

Explore a variety of art forms in drama

Experience and perform a variety of art forms in drama from diverse cultures

Express openness to differences and commonalities among diverse cultures

Specific Activities:

AH-E-3.1.43 – Improvise to tell stories that show action and have a clear beginning, middle and end

Suggested Activities:

Watching and discussing dramatic works from diverse culutres

Critical Vocabulary:

Culture, dramatic works, beginning, middle, end

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