Last Updated on Saturday, September 20, 2008 at 10:01 PM
Christian County Schools shared their 6th grade drama curriculum map and the description below.
Christian County Schools
8th Grade Drama
The Christian County School District has created curriculum maps for grades K through 12 for all of the arts forms. The maps were last revised in June 2003.
The maps feature a time frame for each unit or topic, references to Arts and Humanities Core Content, Program of Studies, and Key Concepts in the arts. A column for Activities/Demonstrators/Technology is completed at some grade levels that offers suggestions in these areas.
To view curriculum maps from kindergarten through high school, please visit the Christian County web site. Individual grade level maps are listed as separate files.
Standards based lesson plans and units are available at the Arts Toolkit Web site that can be used to teach the concepts and topics included in these maps. (You may be asked to register in order to view the lessons.)
For more information about this map, contact Deb Fowler at Christian County Schools.
Christian County Curriculum Map Grade: 8 Revised: June 2003
Arts and Humanities: Drama
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Month |
Topic |
Key Concepts |
Activities/Demonstrators/Technology |
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August/
Week 1 |
Elements of Drama & Greek Theater |
Plot Development
Rising Action
Turning Point
Falling Action
Suspense
Theme
Language
Empathy
Motivation
Discovery
Greek Theater |
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September/
Week 2 |
Elements Production & Elizabethan Theater |
Staging
Scenery
Props
Lighting
Sound
Costumes
Make-up
Elizabethan Theater |
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October/
Week 3 |
Elements of Performance |
Breath Control
Diction
Body Alignment
Control of Isolated Parts of the Body
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November/
Week 4 |
Vocabulary |
Compare and contrast the use of the elements of drama in a variety of works using appropriate vocabulary |
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December/
Week 5 |
Scripted Scene |
Identify the elements of production for a scripted scene using appropriate vocabulary |
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January/
Week 6 |
Setting, mood, characters |
Describe, using appropriate vocabulary, how the elements of production communicate setting and mood.
Describe characters' use of elements of performance, using appropriate vocabulary |
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February/
Week 7 |
Stages, Cultures, Periods, Styles |
Arena, thrust, proscenium
Planning a performance
Playing
Responding to a performance
Evaluating a performance |
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March/
Week 8 |
Careers |
Playwright
Director
Actor/Actress
Designer-scenery, props, lighting, sound, costumes, make-up
Modern Theater |
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April/
Week 9 |
Styles |
Musical Theater
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May/
Week 10 |
Forms of theater/ Personal experiences |
TV
Film
Dancing
Relate the theme of a theatrical work to personal experiences |
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Note: If you'd like to use this map or amend it to suit your needs, please check below for a handy Microsoft Word version. Just click on the Word icon to open it on your computer, then choose Word's Save As command to save it locally.
