Texas Administrative Code
Title 19 - EDUCATION
Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY
Chapter 117 - TEXAS ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS FOR FINE ARTS
Subchapter A - ELEMENTARY, ADOPTED 2013
Section 117.107 - Theatre, Grade 1, Adopted 2013
Universal Citation: 19 TX Admin Code § 117.107
Current through Reg. 50, No. 26; June 27, 2025
(a) Introduction.
(1) The fine arts incorporate
the study of dance, music, theatre, and the visual arts to offer unique
experiences and empower students to explore realities, relationships, and
ideas. These disciplines engage and motivate all students through active
learning, critical thinking, and innovative problem solving. The fine arts
develop cognitive functioning and increase student academic achievement,
higher-order thinking, communication, and collaboration skills, making the fine
arts applicable to college readiness, career opportunities, workplace
environments, social skills, and everyday life. Students develop aesthetic and
cultural awareness through exploration, leading to creative expression.
Creativity, encouraged through the study of the fine arts, is essential to
nurture and develop the whole child.
(2) Four basic strands--foundations: inquiry
and understanding; creative expression; historical and cultural relevance; and
critical evaluation and response--provide broad, unifying structures for
organizing knowledge and skills students are expected to acquire. Through the
foundations: inquiry and understanding strand, students develop a perception of
self, human relationships, and the world using elements of drama and
conventions of theatre. Through the creative expression strand, students
communicate in a dramatic form, engage in artistic thinking, build positive
self-concepts, relate interpersonally, and integrate knowledge with other
content areas in a relevant manner. Through the historical and cultural
relevance strand, students increase their understanding of heritage and
traditions in theatre and the diversity of world cultures as expressed in
theatre. Through the critical evaluation and response strand, students engage
in inquiry and dialogue, accept constructive criticism, revise personal views
to promote creative and critical thinking, and develop the ability to
appreciate and evaluate live theatre.
(3) Statements that contain the word
"including" reference content that must be mastered, while those containing the
phrase "such as" are intended as possible illustrative examples.
(b) Knowledge and skills.
(1) Foundations: inquiry and understanding.
The student develops concepts about self, human relationships, and the
environment using elements of drama and conventions of theatre. The student is
expected to:
(A) develop confidence and
self-awareness through dramatic play;
(B) develop spatial awareness in dramatic
play using expressive and rhythmic movement;
(C) imitate actions and sounds; and
(D) imitate and create animate and inanimate
objects in dramatic play.
(2) Creative expression: performance. The
student interprets characters using the voice and body expressively and creates
dramatizations. The student is expected to:
(A) demonstrate safe use of movement and
voice;
(B) create roles through
imitation;
(C) dramatize simple
stories; and
(D) dramatize poems
and songs.
(3) Creative
expression: production. The student applies design, directing, and theatre
production concepts and skills. The student is expected to:
(A) discuss aspects of the environment for
use in dramatic play such as location or climate;
(B) adapt the environment for dramatic play
using common objects such as tables or chairs;
(C) rehearse dramatic play; and
(D) cooperate with others in dramatic
play.
(4) Historical and
cultural relevance. The student relates theatre to history, society, and
culture. The student is expected to:
(A)
imitate life experiences from school and community cultures in dramatic play;
and
(B) explore diverse cultural
and historical experiences through fables, myths, or fairytales in dramatic
play.
(5) Critical
evaluation and response. The student responds to and evaluates theatre and
theatrical performances. The student is expected to:
(A) discuss, practice, and display
appropriate audience behavior;
(B)
discuss dramatic activities; and
(C) discuss the use of music, creative
movement, and visual components in dramatic play.
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