Indiana State Standards for Arts Education: Grade 10

IN.H.1. Dance (Proficient): Learning Dance Skills and the Creative Process: Students demonstrate knowledge and skills of dance elements.

H.1.1. Analyze the ways our individual cultural experiences impact our work in the theatre.

H.1.2. Create informal performances which reveal universal, cross-cultural issues and themes.

H.1.3. Perform complex, lengthy combinations and variations with technical skill in a broad dynamic range.

H.1.4. Perform complex, lengthy combinations and variations with technical skill and with attention to musical nuances.

H.1.5. Demonstrate knowledge of all the dance elements by combining kinesthetic awareness, spatial awareness, force components, and time components.

H.1.6. Demonstrate the ability to quickly learn and retain complex, lengthy movement combinations and variations.

IN.H.2. Dance (Proficient): Learning Dance Skills and the Creative Process: Students understand and demonstrate choreographic principles, processes, and structures.

H.2.1. Adapt various dramatic forms, production practices, and theatrical traditions across cultures and historical periods to contemporary theatre.

H.2.2. Demonstrate understanding and application of choreographic processes by creating solo or group dances.

H.2.3. Demonstrate understanding and application of choreographic structures or forms, through examining and defining the movement content in a dance.

IN.H.3. Dance (Proficient): Learning Dance Skills and the Creative Process: Students understand and demonstrate dance as a way to create and communicate.

H.3.1. Differentiate dramatic works in terms of their form and style, such as Greek Tragedy, French Neoclassical, Theatre of the Absurd, and others.

H.3.2. Analyze the way in which the theme or meaning of a play represents a view or comment on life, using textual evidence to support the claim.

H.3.3. Create and present a completed dance work based on abstract movement.

IN.H.4. Dance (Proficient): Analysis, Culture and History: Students reflect upon, evaluate, and analyze dance experiences.

H.4.1. Evaluate how well the text or production succeeded based on a developed set of personal aesthetic criteria.

H.4.2. Analyze and evaluate critical comments about personal dramatic work explaining which points are most appropriate to realize further development of the work.

H.4.3. Refine and clarify personal aesthetic criteria for evaluating the art of dance.

IN.H.5. Dance (Proficient): Analysis, Culture and History: Students understand and demonstrate dance from diverse cultures and historical periods.

H.5.1. Support emotional and intellectual responses to a variety of classroom, traditional, and non-traditional performances and articulate an individual point of view.

H.5.2. Research the development of dance in various cultures throughout history, and demonstrate understanding through a presentation to the class.

IN.H.6. Dance (Proficient): Healthy Practices: Students demonstrate connections between dance and healthy living.

H.6.1. Synthesizing research of a given period or historical event, create an original monologue or script that includes original characters with unique dialogue that motivates action.

H.6.2. Demonstrate, through practice, a healthy diet for peak athletic dance performance.

H.6.3. Demonstrate knowledge of anatomy for injury prevention.

IN.H.7. Dance (Proficient): Integration: Students integrate dance with the other arts and disciplines outside the arts.

H.7.1. Formulate a design concept from an existing play that reflects an apt interpretation of its text, style, and atmosphere.

H.7.2. Create, analyze, and document an integrated dance project based on curricular subject matter such as psychology, physics, geometry, literature, or history.

IN.H.8. Dance (Proficient): Community and Careers: Students value the role of dance in the life of the community and identify its associated careers.

H.8.1. Convey character through specific physical and vocal choices.

H.8.2. Employ a careful process of script analysis in the creation of a character.

IN.H.1. Dance (Advanced): Learning Dance Skills and the Creative Process: Students demonstrate knowledge and skills of dance elements.

H.1.1. Demonstrate a high level of consistency and reliability in performing technical dance steps and movements from two different styles or traditions.

H.1.2. Accurately demonstrate spatial awareness and pathways in the classroom.

H.1.3. Perform complex, lengthy combinations and variations with technical skill in a broad dynamic range.

H.1.4. Perform complex, lengthy combinations and variations with technical skill and with attention to musical nuances.

H.1.5. Demonstrate knowledge of all the dance elements by combining kinesthetic awareness, spatial awareness, force components, and time components.

H.1.6. Demonstrate the ability to quickly learn and retain complex, lengthy movement combinations and variations.

IN.H.2. Dance (Advanced): Learning Dance Skills and the Creative Process: Students understand and demonstrate choreographic principles, processes, and structures.

H.2.1. Demonstrate understanding and application of choreographic principles by creating solo or group dances.

H.2.2. Demonstrate understanding and application of choreographic processes by creating solo or group dances.

H.2.3. Demonstrate understanding and application of choreographic structures or forms, through examining and defining the movement content in a dance.

IN.H.3. Dance (Advanced): Learning Dance Skills and the Creative Process: Students understand and demonstrate dance as a way to create and communicate.

H.3.1. Create, present, and explain a dance composition utilizing larger social issues.

H.3.2. Demonstrate the knowledge of theatrical elements through the creation of a dance piece utilizing costumes, lighting, props, and scenery to enhance its interpretation.

H.3.3. Create and present a completed dance work based on abstract movement.

IN.H.4. Dance (Advanced): Analysis, Culture and History: Students reflect upon, evaluate, and analyze dance experiences.

H.4.1. Develop and maintain a weekly journal of dance experiences that reflects and evaluates self-progression.

H.4.2. Evaluate the art of dance using established and personal aesthetic criteria.

H.4.3. Refine and clarify personal aesthetic criteria for evaluating the art of dance.

IN.H.5. Dance (Advanced): Analysis, Culture and History: Students understand and demonstrate dance from diverse cultures and historical periods.

H.5.1. Evaluate and document the role of dance in history.

H.5.2. Research the development of dance in various cultures throughout history, and demonstrate understanding through a presentation to the class.

IN.H.6. Dance (Advanced): Healthy Practices: Students demonstrate connections between dance and healthy living.

H.6.1. Demonstrate an understanding of performance psychology relating to dance.

H.6.2. Demonstrate, through practice, a healthy diet for peak athletic dance performance.

H.6.3. Demonstrate knowledge of anatomy for injury prevention.

IN.H.7. Dance (Advanced): Integration: Students integrate dance with the other arts and disciplines outside the arts.

H.7.1. Create and present a dance that integrates various art forms (visual art, music, theatre).

H.7.2. Create, analyze, and document an integrated dance project based on curricular subject matter such as psychology, physics, geometry, literature, or history.

IN.H.8. Dance (Advanced): Community and Careers: Students value the role of dance in the life of the community and identify its associated careers.

H.8.1. Through active participation, support local dance events and communicate the value of dance on both regional and national levels.

H.8.2. Demonstrate a thorough understanding of potential careers in dance.

IN.H.1. Music: Singing alone and with others: Students identify vocal characteristics. They sing a varied repertoire of vocal literature.

H.1.1. Describe various aspects of vocal sounds, including different vocal ranges and the desirable or undesirable aspects of vocal quality.

H.1.2. Sing songs or song excerpts in a style appropriate to each.

H.1.3. Sing alone or with a group, on pitch and in tempo, with clear diction, consistent breath control, and appropriate posture for singing.

H.1.4. Sing expressively a variety of vocal literature, utilizing dynamic contrasts, phrasing that fits the musical work, a variety of articulations, and a style appropriate to the piece being sung.

H.1.5. Sing an independent vocal part while maintaining a balance of volume and a blend of vocal quality with other members of the ensemble.

H.1.6. Follow the cues of a conductor.

H.1.7. Sing musical works arranged for a variety of voicings, such as SSATBB or SSAATTBB.

IN.H.2. Music: Playing an instrument alone and with others: Students play by ear simple melodies or accompaniments on an instrument.

H.2.1. Echo melodic, rhythmic or harmonic patterns.

H.2.2. Play a rhythmic or melodic instrument, maintaining tempo, balancing the sound with the rest of the ensemble, and following the conductor.

H.2.3. Perform on an instrument with appropriate posture, playing positions, and control of breath, bow, stick, or fingers.

H.2.4. Play accurately and in tune while maintaining a steady tempo and following the director.

H.2.5. Maintain an independent instrumental part while others play different parts.

H.2.6. Play expressively, incorporating appropriate contrasts of dynamics, phrasing, and articulations in the style of the music being performed.

H.2.7. Students participate in chamber music ensembles and perform exemplary literature of a professional level.

IN.H.3. Music: Reading, notating and interpreting music: Students identify and define standard notation symbols for pitch, rhythm, dynamics, tempo, articulation, and expression.

H.3.1. Name and explain the meaning of symbols found on a musical score.

H.3.2. Demonstrate the correct use of musical terminology when discussing music.

H.3.3. Accurately perform a musical score by observing all symbols pertaining to pitch, rhythm, dynamics, tempo, articulation, and expressive details.

H.3.4. Read and perform musical excerpts never before seen, in the necessary clefs, in major and minor keys.

H.3.5. Notate rhythms and melodies in simple and compound meters.

H.3.6. Read and accurately perform the contents of a full musical score of four or more staves, demonstrating accurate counting of rhythms, pitch identification, and symbols for articulation or expression.

H.3.7. Accurately interpret nonstandard notation symbols used by some contemporary composers.

IN.H.4. Music: Improvising melodies and accompaniments: Students improvise stylistically appropriate melodies or harmonies.

H.4.1. Create a melody that is compatible with a given chord progression.

H.4.2. Create a harmony for a given melody.

H.4.3. Embellish a melody by means of adding notes or by varying a portion of the rhythmic structure of the melody.

H.4.4. Upon hearing a series of chords being played, invent a melody that will match the chords and the style in which they are being played.

H.4.5. Create a harmony part or chord progression for melodies in styles from various musical eras or cultural traditions.

IN.H.5. Music: Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines: Students compose music creatively and expressively, using elements of music as they do so.

H.5.1. Create short musical works, with assistance by the instructor as needed, to convey an original idea.

H.5.2. Arrange a piece of music or a song in a different manner than originally written.

H.5.3. Create an original composition that skillfully utilizes melodic, harmonic, rhythmic, and formal properties found in exemplary musical works.

H.5.4. Arrange a known work in a new way, using appropriate interpretive effects, and articulations so that the expressive content of the work is preserved.

H.5.5. Compose a work using more than one type of voice or instrument, in a way that fits the range of capabilities for each instrument.

IN.H.6. Music: Listening to, analyzing, and describing music: Students identify basic music forms when heard. They also demonstrate knowledge of vocal and instrumental sounds from different cultures. Students describe specific music events in a given aural example, using appropriate terminology that demonstrates knowledge of the technical vocabulary of music.

H.6.1. Identify musical forms such as AB, ABA, rondo, fugue, or theme and variations when heard.

H.6.2. Use the correct terms when describing events, musical devices, or instruments used within an example from a musical work.

H.6.3. Compare and contrast music of different styles, genres, and time-periods.

H.6.4. Listen to two recordings of a choral work being learned and compare similarities and differences in tempo, dynamic levels, tone quality, and use of accents or articulations for purposes of expression.

H.6.5. Identify compositional devices and musical events heard in choral works being studied, such as cadences, tempo, points of tension and release, and changes of key.

H.6.6. Describe in musical terms the unique features of a choral work.

H.6.7. Identify and describe similar use of formal devices such as key relations, repetition, augmentation and diminution found in choral works including the mass, oratorio, opera chorus, or song cycle.

H.6.8. Compare two performances of a piece being learned and discuss differences in choices of tempo, dynamic variety, balance of instruments, and uses of expressive features.

H.6.9. Describe the musical and compositional features of a piece being studied, including its orchestration, use of various instruments for effect, and use of melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic elements within the work.

H.6.10. Describe in musical terms the unique features of an instrumental work.

H.6.11. Identify and describe similar formal devices as multiple examples of one genre such as string quartet, symphony, serenade, march, tone poem, or suite are heard.

IN.H.7. Music: Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts: All Courses: Students describe similarities among different disciplines and the arts. They describe similarities among different art forms across cultures.

H.7.1. Compare and contrast the processes of analysis, inquiry, and creativity used in the arts to their use in other subject areas such as mathematics, literature, and the physical or social.

H.7.2. Compare and contrast artistic processes and principles as they are used within two or more fine arts areas.

H.7.3. List several skills learned in ensembles and relate them to those skills needed in areas such as the work force, church or community group, and other school groups.

H.7.4. Analyze another art form for its use of form, texture, contrast, or use of thematic material, and compare it to a similar analysis of a work of music.

H.7.5. Explain how the roles of creators, performers, and others involved in the arts resemble and differ from one another in the various arts disciplines.

IN.H.8. Music: Understanding music in relation to history and culture: All Courses: Students classify by historical context, genre, and style a varied body of exemplary musical works. They identify sources of American music genres and identify various roles that musicians perform within the surrounding culture. Students also identify the uses of music in daily life as well as within various eras.

H.8.1. Upon hearing works that have been studied, name the genre (such as 'opera'), style, (such as Classical or Jazz) and historical background (period in history, country, and culture) for each, including the composer.

H.8.2. Describe the origins and development of American genres such as jazz, the Broadway musical, and rock music, including well-known composers and performers within each genre.

H.8.3. Create a character by combining, modifying, or adapting various observations.

H.8.4. Improvise a sustainable, original scene with believable characters in recognizable situations.

IN.H.9. Music: Evaluating music and music performances: Students define the concept of musical quality. They evaluate a performance, composition, arrangement, or improvisation by comparing it to similar or exemplary models. Students also demonstrate understanding of the importance of appropriate concert behavior.

H.9.1. Document and create a theatre arts career plan based on a portfolio and investigation of educational possibilities.

H.9.2. Develop a plan for employment or further education through audition, interview, or presentation of a portfolio.

H.9.3. Take part in a class discussion of appropriate concert behavior, attend a concert, and evaluate your own behavior as well as that of the audience.

H.9.4. Apply specific criteria for musical quality to your personal participation in music.

IN.H.1. Visual Arts (Proficient): Responding to Arts: History: Students understand the significance of visual art in relation to historical, social, political, environmental, technological, and economic issues.

H.1.1. Identify connections between major world events and issues and the ways artists have responded to these through their work.

H.1.2. Identify function and how it relates to the history, aesthetics, and culture of the work.

H.1.3. Identify iconography in an artist's work or a body of work and analyze the meaning.

IN.H.2. Visual Arts (Proficient): Responding to Arts: History: Students recognize significant works of Western and non-Western art and understand how art developed over time.

H.2.1. Recognize works of art and identify them by artist, period, style, and geographic location.

H.2.2. Identify characteristics of style in the work of an artist or movement and describe how style is influenced by the culture and time.

H.2.3. Identify works from major movements and time-periods and place them upon a time line.

IN.H.3. Visual Arts (Proficient): Responding to Arts: Criticism: Students describe, analyze, and interpret works of art and artifacts.

H.3.1. Analyze the effective use of symbols, elements, principles, and media in works of art.

H.3.2. Construct well-supported interpretations of works of art using problem solving and critical inquiry (reflecting on various interpretations, evidence presented in the work, and its cultural context).

H.3.3. Use appropriate art terminology when discussing their own works and the works of others.

IN.H.4. Visual Arts (Proficient): Responding to Arts: Criticism: Students identify and apply standards to make informed judgments about art.

H.4.1. Examine established criteria and develop personal criteria for determining excellence in the work.

H.4.2. Demonstrate the ability to make informed about the characteristics, functions, meaning, and purposes of art and artifacts, and defend these judgments

IN.H.5. Visual Arts (Proficient): Responding to Art: Aesthetics: Students reflect on the nature of art and aesthetic issues concerning the meaning and significance of art.

H.5.1. Identify subtle problems in works of art, form theories about these works, and evaluate alternative hypotheses.

H.5.2. Engage in philosophical inquiry into the nature of art or aesthetic issues alone or with others.

IN.H.6. Visual Arts (Proficient): Responding to Art: Aesthetics: Students theorize about art and make informed judgments.

H.6.1. Identify and apply theories of art when making informed judgments about works of art.

H.6.2. Listen to and read alternative responses to works of art from peers, artists, and philosophers.

H.6.3. Analyze the views of an aesthetician.

IN.H.7. Visual Arts (Proficient): Creating Art: Production: Students observe, select, and use a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas.

H.7.1. Demonstrate skill in observation from real life (not photographs or flat imagery) to present convincing, accurately rendered objects or subject matter.

H.7.2. Make informed choices about specific subject matter or concepts and defend those choices when given a range of objects or spaces.

H.7.3. Identify the origin, function, and meaning of symbols used in their work.

IN.H.8. Visual Arts (Proficient): Creating Art: Production: Students understand and apply elements and principles of design effectively.

H.8.1. Evaluate the effectiveness of elements and principles in works of art and use this evaluation to inform their own work.

H.8.2. Create works of art that use specific principles to solve visual problems.

IN.H.9. Visual Arts (Proficient): Creating Art: Production: Students develop and apply skills using a variety of two dimensional and three dimensional media, tools, and processes to create works that communicate personal meaning.

H.9.1. Create artworks that demonstrate skill and understanding of different media, processes, and techniques.

IN.H.10. Visual Arts (Proficient): Creating Art: Production: Students reflect on, revise, and refine work using problem solving and critical thinking skills.

H.10.1. Attend and critique theatrical productions and analyze the effects of these experiences on one's individual growth and critical aesthetic.

H.10.2. Identify service opportunities for supporting theatre in the community and become actively involved.

H.10.3. Demonstrate respect for one's own work and the work of others.

IN.H.11. Visual Arts (Proficient): Careers and Community: Students recognize a variety of art-related professions and careers in our society.

H.11.1. Associate the creative and analytical principles and techniques of theatre with other disciplines.

H.11.2. Integrate disciplines to create works (scenes, debates, critiques, or journals) that persuasively communicate in-depth knowledge and understanding of a concept.

IN.H.12. Visual Arts (Proficient): Careers and Community: Students understand how art experiences affect daily life and identify opportunities for involvement in the arts.

H.12.1. Synthesize the creative and analytical principles, themes, and techniques of theatre and other art forms.

H.12.2. Create works that integrate media, processes, and concepts of other art forms to persuasively convey comprehensive knowledge gained through integration.

H.12.3. Know the responsibilities of and the need for individual art patrons in the community.

IN.H.13. Visual Arts (Proficient): Integrated Studies: Students identify and make connections between students' knowledge and skill in art and all other subject areas including humanities, sciences, and technology.

H.13.1. Compare characteristics of visual arts within a particular historical period or style with similar ideas, issues, or themes in other disciplines.

H.13.2. Demonstrate ability to create works (such as artwork, debates, critiques, or journals) that communicate in-depth knowledge gained through the power of integrated study.

IN.H.14. Visual Arts (Proficient): Integrated Studies: Students understand the ways art forms (visual arts, dance, music, theater, and media arts) are related to each other.

H.14.1. Compare the materials, technologies, media, and processes of the visual arts with those of dance, music, media arts, or theater.

H.14.2. Demonstrate the ability to create works that integrate media, processes, concepts, or sign systems (i.e., sound images or words) of other art forms.

IN.H.1. Visual Arts (Advanced): Responding to Arts: History: Students understand the significance of visual art in relation to historical, social, political, environmental, technological, and economic issues.

H.1.1. Hypothesize about future developments in the arts based on current political, economic, technological, environmental, and historical trends.

H.1.2. Compare works of art for function and identify relationships in terms of history, aesthetics, and culture.

H.1.3. Analyze how forms and icons have been borrowed and modified through the ages.

IN.H.2. Visual Arts (Advanced): Responding to Arts: History: Students recognize significant works of Western and non-Western art and understand how art developed over time.

H.2.1. Analyze common characteristics of works of art and artifacts across time and among cultural groups to analyze and identify influences.

H.2.2. Assign works to time-periods or movements based upon style.

H.2.3. Analyze issues related to chronology and discuss or debate these issues in relation to historical perspective.

IN.H.3. Visual Arts (Advanced): Responding to Arts: Criticism: Students describe, analyze, and interpret works of art and artifacts.

H.3.1. Analyze how the visual organization of the work affects the communication of ideas and suggest alternatives.

H.3.2. Construct insightful, convincing interpretations of works of art by identifying problematic features, forming theories, and evaluating alternative theories.

H.3.3. Use appropriate art terminology when discussing their own works and the works of others.

IN.H.4. Visual Arts (Advanced): Responding to Arts: Criticism: Students identify and apply standards to make informed judgments about art.

H.4.1. Compare and contrast statements about a work of art from people in the art world (historians, critics, artists, curators) with personal criteria.

H.4.2. Demonstrate the ability to make convincing, informed judgments about the characteristics, functions, meaning, and purposes of art and artifacts, and present well-supported defenses of these judgments.

IN.H.5. Visual Arts (Advanced): Responding to Art: Aesthetics: Students reflect on the nature of art and aesthetic issues concerning the meaning and significance of art.

H.5.1. Demonstrate reflection and sustained attention to complex problems in works of art by articulating well-supported hypotheses and judging the adequacy of other hypotheses.

H.5.2. Engage in philosophical inquiry into the nature of art or aesthetic issues alone or with others.

IN.H.6. Visual Arts (Advanced): Responding to Art: Aesthetics: Students theorize about art and make informed judgments.

H.6.1. Identify works of art that are not congruent with established art theories, and explore other theories that could explain them.

H.6.2. Research puzzling works of art that challenge one's personal artistic preferences and identify personal criteria for judging excellence in art.

H.6.3. Analyze and compare writings of aestheticians.

IN.H.7. Visual Arts (Advanced): Creating Art: Production: Students observe, select, and use a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas.

H.7.1. Demonstrate skill in observation from real life (not photographs or flat imagery) to present convincing, accurately rendered objects or subject matter and demonstrate personal style.

H.7.2. Select subject matter, symbols, and ideas to communicate personal statements and describe the origin of symbols and why they are of value in artworks.

H.7.3. Borrow symbols from art and describe the origin, function, and value of these functions in their personal work.

IN.H.8. Visual Arts (Advanced): Creating Art: Production: Students understand and apply elements and principles of design effectively.

H.8.1. Create multiple solutions in works that demonstrate competence in producing effective relationships between elements, media, and function.

H.8.2. Create works that use specific elements, principles, and functions to solve problems and communicate ideas.

IN.H.9. Visual Arts (Advanced): Creating Art: Production: Students develop and apply skills using a variety of two dimensional and three dimensional media, tools, and processes to create works that communicate personal meaning.

H.9.1. Begin, define, and solve challenging visual problems, demonstrating skill and in-depth understanding of media and processes.

IN.H.10. Visual Arts (Advanced): Creating Art: Production: Students reflect on, revise, and refine work using problem solving and critical thinking skills.

H.10.1. Finalize an artistic idea by demonstrating fluency, flexibility, elaboration, and originality.

H.10.2. Initiate and define multiple solutions to visual arts problems by means of reflection, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.

H.10.3. Demonstrate respect for one's own work and the work of others.

IN.H.11. Visual Arts (Advanced): Careers and Community: Students recognize a variety of art-related professions and careers in our society.

H.11.1. Document and create a visual arts career plan based on portfolio, shadowing of an artist, and an investigation of educational possibilities.

H.11.2. Develop and refine a portfolio based on critiques by oneself, teachers, peers, and through research.

IN.H.12. Visual Arts (Advanced): Careers and Community: Students understand how art experiences affect daily life and identify opportunities for involvement in the arts.

H.12.1. Identify the knowledge and skills gained in art experiences that transfer to daily life.

H.12.2. Visit and critique art at local and state museums, exhibits, movie theaters, and other arts-related establishments and analyze the effect of these experiences upon daily life.

H.12.3. Identify service opportunities for supporting the arts in the community and become actively involved.

IN.H.13. Visual Arts (Advanced): Integrated Studies: Students identify and make connections between students' knowledge and skill in art and all other subject areas including humanities, sciences, and technology.

H.13.1. Synthesize the creative and analytical principles and techniques of the visual arts and selected other disciplines.

H.13.2. Demonstrate ability to create works (artwork, debates, critiques, or journals) that powerfully communicate in-depth knowledge and understanding of a concept through integrated study.

IN.H.14. Visual Arts (Advanced): Integrated Studies: Students understand the ways art forms (visual arts, dance, music, theater, and media arts) are related to each other.

H.14.1. Synthesize the creative and analytical principles, themes, and techniques of the visual arts and other disciplines.

H.14.2. Demonstrate the ability to create works that integrate media, processes, concepts or sign systems of other art forms in a way that powerfully communicates in-depth knowledge gained through integration.

IN.H.1. Theatre (Proficient): History and Culture: Students understand the significance of theatre and its relationship to history and cultures.

H.1.1. Discover how our individual cultural experiences affect an artist's work in the theatre.

H.1.2. Compare how similar dramatic themes are treated from various cultures and periods.

IN.H.2. Theatre (Proficient): History and Culture: Students recognize significant works of the theatre and comprehend various performance styles.

H.2.1. Identify various dramatic forms, production practices, and theatrical traditions.

IN.H.3. Theatre (Proficient): Analysis and Response: Students understand and analyze the dramatic structure of plays and performances.

H.3.1. Articulate understanding of a play using elements of dramatic structure (plot, character, theme, language, music, and spectacle).

H.3.2. Analyze the central action of the play and discuss its cause and effect.

IN.H.4. Theatre (Proficient): Analysis and Response: Students identify, develop, and apply criteria to make informed judgments about theatre.

H.4.1. Evaluate how well the text or production met its intended objectives.

H.4.2. Evaluate the artistic choices of self and the collaborative efforts of peers in classroom dramatizations and formal productions and suggest constructive alternatives.

IN.H.5. Theatre (Proficient): Analysis and Response: Students reflect on and interpret the nature of the theatre experience and its personal and artistic significance.

H.5.1. Construct social meanings from classroom dramatizations and formal productions from a variety of cultures and historical periods and relate these to current personal, national, and international issues.

IN.H.6. Theatre (Proficient): Creative Process: Students create scripts and theatre pieces through collaboration, inquiry, and improvisation.

H.6.1. Construct imaginative scripts and collaborate with actors to refine scripts so that the story and meaning are conveyed to an audience.

IN.H.7. Theatre (Proficient): Creative Process: Students utilize imagination and research to design and implement the elements of a visual environment.

H.7.1. Respond to an existing play and translate that response into viable design elements (lights, sound, set, costume, makeup).

IN.H.8. Theatre (Proficient): Creative Process: Students develop acting skills through observation, improvisation, and script analysis.

H.8.1. Recognize and develop the voice and body as the actor's primary instruments.

H.8.2. Analyze a script to discover the clues about inner life of a character.

H.8.3. Utilize observation as a tool in the process of creating a character.

H.8.4. Build characters and portray situations through improvisation.

IN.H.9. Theatre (Proficient): Careers and Community: Students recognize a variety of theatrical careers.

H.9.1. Identify connections between theatre arts education and potential job opportunities in the community.

H.9.2. Identify criteria for admission into various theatre-related professions.

IN.H.10. Theatre (Proficient): Careers and Community: Students develop a lifelong commitment to theatre arts and value their importance in the life of the community.

H.10.1. Attend and critique theatrical productions and analyze the effects of these experiences.

H.10.2. Recognize the responsibilities and the importance of individual theatre patrons in the community.

IN.H.11. Theatre (Proficient): Integrated Studies: Students identify and make connections between theatre and other disciplines such as language arts, social studies, humanities, science, and technology.

H.11.1. Compare characteristics of theatre within a particular historical period or style with similar ideas, issues, or themes in other disciplines.

H.11.2. Create works (scenes, debates, critiques, or journals) that demonstrate knowledge of other disciplines through theatre activities.

IN.H.12. Theatre (Proficient): Integrated Studies: Students understand the integrative nature of theatre that includes dance, music, visual art, and media arts.

H.12.1. Compare the materials, technologies, media, and processes of theatre with those of dance, music, or visual arts.

H.12.2. Create works that integrate media, processes, and concepts of other art forms.

IN.H.1. Theatre (Advanced): History and Culture: Students understand the significance of theatre and its relationship to history and cultures.

H.1.1. Analyze the ways our individual cultural experiences impact our work in the theatre.

H.1.2. Create informal performances which reveal universal, cross-cultural issues and themes.

IN.H.2. Theatre (Advanced): History and Culture: Students recognize significant works of the theatre and comprehend various performance styles.

H.2.1. Adapt various dramatic forms, production practices, and theatrical traditions across cultures and historical periods to contemporary theatre.

IN.H.3. Theatre (Advanced): Analysis and Response: Students understand and analyze the dramatic structure of plays and performances.

H.3.1. Differentiate dramatic works in terms of their form and style, such as Greek Tragedy, French Neoclassical, Theatre of the Absurd, and others.

H.3.2. Analyze the way in which the theme or meaning of a play represents a view or comment on life, using textual evidence to support the claim.

IN.H.4. Theatre (Advanced): Analysis and Response: Students identify, develop, and apply criteria to make informed judgments about theatre.

H.4.1. Evaluate how well the text or production succeeded based on a developed set of personal aesthetic criteria.

H.4.2. Analyze and evaluate critical comments about personal dramatic work explaining which points are most appropriate to realize further development of the work.

IN.H.5. Theatre (Advanced): Analysis and Response: Students reflect on and interpret the nature of the theatre experience and its personal and artistic significance.

H.5.1. Support emotional and intellectual responses to a variety of classroom, traditional, and non-traditional performances and articulate an individual point of view.

IN.H.6. Theatre (Advanced): Creative Process: Students create scripts and theatre pieces through collaboration, inquiry, and improvisation.

H.6.1. Synthesizing research of a given period or historical event, create an original monologue or script that includes original characters with unique dialogue that motivates action.

IN.H.7. Theatre (Advanced): Creative Process: Students utilize imagination and research to design and implement the elements of a visual environment.

H.7.1. Formulate a design concept from an existing play that reflects an apt interpretation of its text, style, and atmosphere.

IN.H.8. Theatre (Advanced): Creative Process: Students develop acting skills through observation, improvisation, and script analysis.

H.8.1. Convey character through specific physical and vocal choices.

H.8.2. Employ a careful process of script analysis in the creation of a character.

H.8.3. Create a character by combining, modifying, or adapting various observations.

H.8.4. Improvise a sustainable, original scene with believable characters in recognizable situations.

IN.H.9. Theatre (Advanced): Careers and Community: Students recognize a variety of theatrical careers.

H.9.1. Document and create a theatre arts career plan based on a portfolio and investigation of educational possibilities.

H.9.2. Develop a plan for employment or further education through audition, interview, or presentation of a portfolio.

IN.H.10. Theatre (Advanced): Careers and Community: Students develop a lifelong commitment to theatre arts and value their importance in the life of the community.

H.10.1. Attend and critique theatrical productions and analyze the effects of these experiences on one's individual growth and critical aesthetic.

H.10.2. Identify service opportunities for supporting theatre in the community and become actively involved.

IN.H.11. Theatre (Advanced): Integrated Studies: Students identify and make connections between theatre and other disciplines such as language arts, social studies, humanities, science, and technology.

H.11.1. Associate the creative and analytical principles and techniques of theatre with other disciplines.

H.11.2. Integrate disciplines to create works (scenes, debates, critiques, or journals) that persuasively communicate in-depth knowledge and understanding of a concept.

IN.H.12. Theatre (Advanced): Integrated Studies: Students understand the integrative nature of theatre that includes dance, music, visual art, and media arts.

H.12.1. Synthesize the creative and analytical principles, themes, and techniques of theatre and other art forms.

H.12.2. Create works that integrate media, processes, and concepts of other art forms to persuasively convey comprehensive knowledge gained through integration.