Texas Administrative Code
Title 19 - EDUCATION
Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY
Chapter 117 - TEXAS ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS FOR FINE ARTS
Subchapter B - MIDDLE SCHOOL, ADOPTED 2013
Section 117.213 - Theatre, Middle School 3, Adopted 2013
Universal Citation: 19 TX Admin Code ยง 117.213
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(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) evaluate
characterization using emotional and sensory recall;
(B) explore preparation and warm-up
techniques;
(C) create expressive
movement and mime to define space and characters;
(D) demonstrate an increased understanding of
the mechanisms of vocal production;
(E) apply knowledge of theatrical vocabulary
and terminology; and
(F) explore
and evaluate the structure and form of dramatic literature.
(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 the voice and
body;
(B) portray characters
through familiar movements and dialogue;
(C) create characters, dialogue, and actions
that reflect dramatic structure in improvised and scripted scenes, individually
and collaboratively; and
(D)
express thoughts and feelings using effective voice and diction.
(3) Creative expression:
production. The student applies design, directing, and theatre production
concepts and skills. The student is expected to:
(A) recognize and select specific technical
elements to suggest environment, establish mood, and support character and
actions for performance;
(B) create
theatrical elements such as scenery, properties, lighting, sound, costume,
makeup, and publicity using the principles of design;
(C) explore the director's role as a unifying
force, problem solver, interpreter of script, and collaborator; and
(D) use technology in theatrical applications
such as live theatre, video, and film.
(4) Historical and cultural relevance. The
student relates theatre to history, society, and culture. The student is
expected to:
(A) demonstrate theatre as a
reflection of life in particular times, places, and cultures through
performance;
(B) explore theatre
heritage such as historical and cultural influences as it is preserved in
dramatic text, traditions, and conventions; and
(C) explore the roles of theatre, film,
television, and electronic media such as key developments, figures, and works
on American society.
(5)
Critical evaluation and response. The student responds to and evaluates theatre
and theatrical performances. The student is expected to:
(A) understand and demonstrate appropriate
audience etiquette at various types of live performances;
(B) develop a knowledge of the terminology
and process of evaluation such as intent, structure, effectiveness, and value
and apply this process to performances using appropriate theatre
vocabulary;
(C) demonstrate
knowledge of production elements in theatre, film, television, and other media;
and
(D) explore career and
vocational opportunities in theatre.
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