Colorado Academic Standards Online

Use the options below to create customized views of the Colorado Academic Standards. For all standards resources, see the Office of Standards and Instructional Support.

Drama and Theatre Arts - 2022

Sixth Grade, Standard 1. Create

| Read the Colorado Essential Skills | Expand Set of GLEs Below

Prepared Graduates:

1. Theatre artists rely on intuition, curiosity, and critical inquiry.

Grade Level Expectation:

1. Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Evidence Outcomes:

Students Can:

Identify possible solutions to staging challenges in a drama/theatre work.
Identify possible solutions to design challenges in a drama/theatre work.
Explore a scripted or improvised character by imagining the given circumstances in a drama/theatre work.

Academic Contexts and Connections:

Colorado Essential Skills:

Interpersonal Communication
Creativity and Innovation
Self-Advocacy and Initiative

Inquiry Questions:

Why does the location of the audience matter when telling a story in theatre? (Aligns with EO a.)
What seems like it would be the hardest technical part of doing this show? (Aligns with EO b.)
What is your character thinking? How do you know? (Aligns with EO c.)

Prepared Graduates:

2. Theatre artists work to discover different ways of communicating meaning.

Grade Level Expectation:

2. Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Evidence Outcomes:

Students Can:

Analyze to improve, refine, and evolve original ideas and artistic choices in a devised or scripted drama/theatre work.
Contribute ideas and accept and incorporate the ideas of others in preparing or devising a drama/theatre work.

Academic Contexts and Connections:

Colorado Essential Skills:

Interpersonal Communication
Creativity and Innovation
Collaboration and Teamwork

Inquiry Questions:

What makes a “good” story? (Aligns with EO a.)
In how many ways can one story be told? (Aligns with EO a.)
What role does imagination play in a scene or story? (Aligns with EO b.)

Prepared Graduates:

3. Theatre artists seek awareness of interrelationships between self and others to influence and inform their work.

Grade Level Expectation:

3. Connect artistic ideas to personal experience and varied perspectives.

Evidence Outcomes:

Students Can:

Explain how the actions and motivations of characters in a drama/theatre work impact perspectives of self, community, or culture.
Investigate the time period and place of a drama/theatre work to better understand performance and design choices.

Academic Contexts and Connections:

Colorado Essential Skills:

Interpersonal Communication
Critical Thinking and Analysis
Adaptability and Flexibility

Inquiry Questions:

In what way do the actions of a character reflect those of self, community, or culture? (Aligns with EO a.)
How did performance and design choices help tell the story? (Aligns with EO b.)

Prepared Graduates:

4. Theatre artists refine their work and practice their craft through rehearsal.

Grade Level Expectation:

4. Refine towards completion of artistic work.

Evidence Outcomes:

Students Can:

Examine and articulate choices to refine a devised or scripted drama/theatre work.
Identify and employ effective physical and vocal traits of characters in an improvised or scripted drama/theatre work.
Explore a planned technical design during the rehearsal process for a devised or scripted drama/theatre work.

Academic Contexts and Connections:

Colorado Essential Skills:

Interpersonal Communication
Collaboration and Teamwork
Perseverance and Resilience

Inquiry Questions:

Why is a theatre artist’s focus important? (Aligns with EO a.)
How do you select physical and vocal traits to improve the story? (Aligns with EO b.)
What part of a technical design helps tell the story? (Aligns with EO c.)

Drama and Theatre Arts - 2022

Sixth Grade, Standard 2. Perform

| Read the Colorado Essential Skills | Expand Set of GLEs Below

Prepared Graduates:

5. Theatre artists make strong choices to effectively convey meaning.

Grade Level Expectation:

1. Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Evidence Outcomes:

Students Can:

Identify the essential events in a story or script that make up the dramatic structure in a drama/theatre work.
Experiment with various physical and vocal choices to communicate character in a drama/theatre work.

Academic Contexts and Connections:

Colorado Essential Skills:

Critical Thinking and Analysis
Self-Advocacy and Initiative
Perseverance and Resilience

Inquiry Questions:

Why is it important to understand the dramatic structure in drama/theatre work? (Aligns with EO a.)
How does experimenting with character choices improve your performance? (Aligns with EO b.)

Prepared Graduates:

6. Theatre artists develop personal processes and skills for a performance or design.

Grade Level Expectation:

2. Develop and refine artistic techniques, choices, and work for presentation.

Evidence Outcomes:

Students Can:

Participate in a variety of acting exercises and techniques that can be applied in a rehearsal or drama/theatre performance.
Articulate how technical elements are integrated into a drama/theatre work.

Academic Contexts and Connections:

Colorado Essential Skills:

Digital Literacy
Adaptability and Flexibility
Self-Advocacy and Initiative

Inquiry Questions:

How do theatre games help you in your life? (Aligns with EO a.)
How can you connect our theatre games to our rehearsals? (Aligns with EO a.)
What technical elements do you notice in a show? (Aligns with EO b.)

Prepared Graduates:

7. Theatre artists understand and can communicate their creative process as they analyze the way the world may be understood.

Grade Level Expectation:

3. Connect artistic work with audience, community, and ensemble.

Evidence Outcomes:

Students Can:

Establish a relationship with the audience and the ensemble during a performance of a drama/theatre work.

Academic Contexts and Connections:

Colorado Essential Skills:

Adaptability and Flexibility
Social Awareness
Civic Engagement

Inquiry Questions:

In what ways was the relationship established? (Aligns with EO a.)

Prepared Graduates:

8. Theatre artists share and present stories, ideas, and envisioned worlds to explore the human experience.

Grade Level Expectation:

4. Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Evidence Outcomes:

Students Can:

Adapt a drama/theatre work and present it for an audience.

Academic Contexts and Connections:

Colorado Essential Skills:

Interpersonal Communication
Media Literacy
Social Awareness

Inquiry Questions:

How did it feel to have an audience? (Aligns with EO a.)
What would you do differently next time? (Aligns with EO a.)

Drama and Theatre Arts - 2022

Sixth Grade, Standard 3. Critically Respond

| Read the Colorado Essential Skills | Expand Set of GLEs Below

Prepared Graduates:

9. Theatre artists reflect to understand the impact of drama processes and theatre experiences.

Grade Level Expectation:

1. Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Evidence Outcomes:

Students Can:

Describe and record personal reactions to artistic choices in a drama/theatre work.

Academic Contexts and Connections:

Colorado Essential Skills:

Media Literacy
Critical Thinking and Analysis
Self-Awareness

Inquiry Questions:

How is experiencing theatre live different from sitting in a movie theater or watching a movie in your living room? (Aligns with EO a.)

Prepared Graduates:

10. Theatre artists' interpretations of drama/theatre work are influenced by personal experiences and aesthetics.

Grade Level Expectation:

2. Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Evidence Outcomes:

Students Can:

Explain how artists make choices based on personal experience in a drama/theatre work.
Identify cultural perspectives that may influence the evaluation of a drama/theatre work.
Identify personal aesthetics, preferences, and beliefs through participation in or observation of drama/theatre work.

Academic Contexts and Connections:

Colorado Essential Skills:

Media Literacy
Critical Thinking and Analysis
Global and Cultural Awareness

Inquiry Questions:

What would the experience have been like if costumes, scenery, etc. were not there? (Aligns with EO a.)
How do the technical elements make you feel? (Aligns with EO a.)
How does someone else’s point of view differ from yours? (Aligns with EO b.)
How would you have performed that character differently? (Aligns with EO c.)

Prepared Graduates:

11. Theatre artists critically inquire into the ways others have thought about and created drama processes and productions to inform their own work.

Grade Level Expectation:

3. Connect artistic experiences to our world; past, present, and future.

Evidence Outcomes:

Students Can:

Research the story elements of a staged drama/theatre work and compare them to another production of the same work.

Academic Contexts and Connections:

Colorado Essential Skills:

Critical Thinking and Analysis
Global and Cultural Awareness
Career Awareness

Inquiry Questions:

What stood out to you in the differences of the two stories? (Aligns with EO a.)

Prepared Graduates:

12. Theatre artists apply criteria to investigate, explore, and assess drama and theatre work.

Grade Level Expectation:

4. Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Evidence Outcomes:

Students Can:

Use supporting evidence and criteria to evaluate drama/theatre work.
Analyze the production elements used in a drama/theatre work to assess aesthetic choices.
Identify a specific audience or purpose for a drama/theatre work.

Academic Contexts and Connections:

Colorado Essential Skills:

Media Literacy
Data Literacy

Inquiry Questions:

How do you know what went well? (Aligns with EO a.)
How can the use of a prop, costume, piece of music, or other technical elements transport the audience to another time period? (Aligns with EO b.)
What did the technical aspects remind you of from your life? (Aligns with EO c.)
Why is storytelling important? (Aligns with EO c.)

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