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• The Arts | Drama: Learning in Drama

  Learning in Drama involves students making, performing, analysing and responding to drama, drawing on human experience as a source of ideas. Students engage with the knowledge of drama, develop skills, apply techniques and process and use materials and technologies as they explore a range of forms...

  Overview material | Drama

• VCADRR024

  Respond to drama, expressing what they enjoy and why, and why people in their local area make and perform drama, including drama of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

  Elaborations

  • identifying where they might experience drama in their community, for example, sharing experiences of attending a Tanderrum, or taking part in a drama performance in their community and considering how drama sustains and communicates cultural knowledge
  • talking about how voices, movement and space are used in drama they make and see
  • connecting to and sharing drama experiences through available digital access
  • discussing ways drama can show people’s different feelings about the world, based on their experiences of the environment and other people

  VCADRR024 | The Arts | Drama | Levels 1 and 2 | Respond and Interpret

• VCADRR039

  Identify and connect specific features and purposes of drama from contemporary and past times, including the drama of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to explore viewpoints and enrich their drama making

  Elaborations

  • identifying contexts, for example, social, historical or cultural relevant to the forms and styles represented in their drama
  • locating and exploring specific examples of contemporary Australian, Asian and other world drama
  • describing the role of drama in different cultures and use this information when planning their own drama
  • considering the cultural context in which the drama they view was made, for example, what are the protocols for viewing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander drama and other culturally specific performances? What historical forces and influences are evident in the drama? How does this style of drama vary from drama that is typical of other traditions or other locations?

  VCADRR039 | The Arts | Drama | Levels 7 and 8 | Respond and Interpret

• VCADRD014

  Use voice, facial expression, movement and/or space to express ideas and feelings about their world

  Elaborations

  • communicate a character’s feelings at specific points in a familiar story
  • provided with a variety of learning experience that encourage them to express and communicate experiences, observations, ideas and feelings about themselves and their world
  • participate in simple drama activities and use gesture, sound and facial expression to communicate a character’s feelings
  • communicating verbally by using the voice to explore and show role and situation
  • communicating non-verbally by using facial expression and movement to explore and show role and situation

  VCADRD014 | The Arts | Drama | Level D | Drama Practices

• Drama: Level A description

  In Level A students are exposed to drama to assist them to attend to and explore the world around them with as much independence as possible. They experience how drama can represent the world and represent ideas about the world. They experience dance and are encouraged to use gestures and body...

  Level description | The Arts | Drama

• VCADRP023

  Present drama that communicates ideas, including stories from their community, to an audience

  Elaborations

  • presenting scenes in which they apply story structures to set the scene, link action and create an ending, such as re-telling a cultural or community story with the assistance of representatives from the community
  • following cues and using voice and movement to link action, ideas and stories in their drama
  • considering meanings and interpretations when rehearsing and performing sequences of ideas to communicate stories through drama, for example, ‘what do they want the audience to think about their drama?
  • enhancing ideas and stories in their drama by using available software and technologies, for example, using a mobile device to add sound effects to a performance

  VCADRP023 | The Arts | Drama | Levels 1 and 2 | Present and Perform

• Drama: Level B description

  In Level B, students experience and respond to drama. They explore how drama can represent the world and make drama to represent elements of the world. They share their drama with peers and experience drama as audiences.

  Students experience different roles and situations related to real life and...

  Level description | The Arts | Drama

• Drama: Level C description

  In Level C, students explore drama. They learn about how drama can represent the world and that they can make drama to represent their ideas about the world. They share their drama with peers and experience drama as audiences.

  Students become aware of role and situation as they listen and respond...

  Level description | The Arts | Drama

• Drama: Level D description

  In Level D, students explore drama. They learn about how drama can represent the world and that they can make drama to represent their ideas about the world. They share their drama with peers and experience drama as audiences.

  Students become aware of role and situation as they listen and respond...

  Level description | The Arts | Drama

• VCADRR028

  Identify intended purposes and meaning of drama, including the drama of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

  Elaborations

  • discussing the planning, developing or refining of aspects of drama they are making and how their drama has been influenced by drama they have viewed or performed
  • comparing the expectations and requirements of performers and audience in different cultural settings and apply learning in their own performances
  • comparing drama in their community to drama of other people, times and locations, for example talking with local Koorie community members about how Koorie people told traditional stories through drama in earlier times and how the same stories are communicated now
  • using drama terminology, write about and discuss the meaning and intentions of their own drama, for example, responding to questions such as ‘what are the stories and the ideas in the drama they watch and listen to, which characters do they identify with, what relationships and situations do they recognise in the drama?’

  VCADRR028 | The Arts | Drama | Levels 3 and 4 | Respond and Interpret

• VCADRP027

  Shape and perform dramatic action using narrative structures and tension in devised and scripted drama

  Elaborations

  • considering ideas from drama they watch such as contemporary drama written/performed by an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander drama practitioner when shaping own drama, for example, which characters they identify with, and what relationships and situations do they recognise?
  • applying story structures in their drama, including roles and events linked through cause and effect and dramatic tension, for example, exploring local Aboriginal stories and how they are dramatically portrayed as a reference for shaping their own drama
  • performing their improvised sections of process drama and play-building
  • planning and rehearsing their drama for a live or virtual performance, for example, a short scripted drama with a sense of role, situation and dramatic tension
  • evaluating drama they perform, for example, ‘How well did they collaborate to make drama? What worked best in the drama?’

  VCADRP027 | The Arts | Drama | Levels 3 and 4 | Present and Perform

• The Arts | Drama: Rationale and Aims

  Rationale

  Drama is the expression and exploration of personal, cultural and social worlds through role and situation that engages, entertains and challenges. Students create meaning as drama makers, performers and audiences as they enjoy and analyse their own and others’ stories and points...

  Overview material | Drama

• VCADRR046

  Analyse a range of drama from contemporary and past times, including the drama of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to explore differing viewpoints and develop understanding of drama practice across local, national and international contexts

  Elaborations

  • evaluating conventions from past forms and styles to consider how these can be incorporated into own drama and contemporary practice, for example, ‘How successful were the actors and director in conveying the playwright’s stated intent? How successfully have the design elements been incorporated into the drama?
  • identifying and describing the actor-audience relationship in different dramatic contexts, forms and styles
  • linking conventions from different forms with purposes, origins and contexts
  • identifying the impact of media, and social and technological changes on drama practice, for example, interactions between kinaesthetic and visual aspects of dance in forms that incorporate digital components
  • interrogating the cultural and social roles and responsibilities of the theatre industry, recognising the power of drama in advocating for, and being a catalyst of change, for example, investigating how the work by contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers and performers for television, film, circus and comedy is impacting on community understanding about issues such as land rights and reconciliation

  VCADRR046 | The Arts | Drama | Levels 9 and 10 | Respond and Interpret

• VCADRR032

  Explain how the elements of drama and production elements communicate meaning by comparing drama from different social, cultural and historical contexts, including in the drama of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

  Elaborations

  • reviewing their own drama, outlining how they used elements of drama and narrative structures and the consequences of collaborative processes
  • identifying and discussing different performance styles and the portrayal of different roles and relationships in the drama
  • talking and writing about drama from other places and times and how it may contribute to their own drama, and how cultural understandings shape meanings in drama
  • identify the features of drama from different times and places, for example, investigate ways that drama created by contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander drama practitioners and drama created by contemporary drama practitioners based in a school’s/region’s sister city in Asia, communicate stories

  VCADRR032 | The Arts | Drama | Levels 5 and 6 | Respond and Interpret

• The Arts | Drama: Scope and Sequence

  The curriculum sets out what students are expected to learn and is designed as a continuum of learning. The curriculum is being presented in a scope and sequence chart to support teachers to easily see the progression and assist in planning teaching and learning programs to meet the diverse needs...

  Overview material | Drama

• VCADRD010

  Use voice, facial expression and/or movement to imagine a role and situation

  Elaborations

  • expressing and communicate experiences, observations, ideas and feelings about themselves and their world
  • communicating verbally by using the voice to explore and show role and situation
  • communicating non-verbally by using facial expression and movement to explore and show role and situation
  • practising movement within a space
  • manipulating objects, puppets, 2D images and available technologies to create stories

  VCADRD010 | The Arts | Drama | Level C | Drama Practices

• VCADRE017

  Explore ideas for characters and situations through dramatic play

  Elaborations

  • taking part in purposeful dramatic play
  • using stimuli such as stories, poems, music and images to explore ideas and feelings, for example, working with a local Koorie person to explore the way characters in a story might move or feel
  • experimenting with dramatic forms such as mime and puppetry
  • using own experiences and observations as a basis for creating imaginary worlds and characters using available objects as props, responding to questions such as what voice and movement have you noticed in others’ performances that could be used in their drama

  VCADRE017 | The Arts | Drama | Foundation Level | Explore and Express Ideas

• VCADRR012

  Share responses to drama by answering yes/no questions and explore where and why people make drama

  Elaborations

  • responding to a dramatization
  • participating as an audience by modelling the clapping of others
  • communicating about aspects of their own performance, by pointing to them self, pointing to and name some of their costumes or characters
  • participating in class discussion about how voices and movement were used in a drama
  • experiencing drama that show that people have different feelings about the world based on their experiences of the environment and other people

  VCADRR012 | The Arts | Drama | Level C | Respond and Interpret

• The Arts | Drama: Resources

  A range of resources to assist with implementing the Victorian Curriculum F – 10 are available. Please visit the following websites to access these resources (links open in a new window):

  • Victorian Curriculum F – 10 Resources and Support (VCAA)

  Includes general advice and information...

  Overview material | Drama

• VCADRE029

  Explore dramatic action, empathy and space in improvisations, play-building and scripted drama, to develop characters and situations

  Elaborations

  • experimenting with empathy to develop characters and relationships in drama including considering perspectives, exploring responses and challenging stereotypes
  • exploring physical, fictional and emotional spaces to create characters and situations and imagined feelings, for example, considering questions such as ‘How is the voice, movement, gesture and the body used to represent a character, situation or idea?’
  • manipulating dramatic action and use of available technologies to create different meanings
  • comparing different ways improvisation and scripted drama create characters and action, and evaluating drama from other cultures including considering how they can use specific techniques relating to voice, movement, situation, space and time, and tension in their own work

  VCADRE029 | The Arts | Drama | Levels 5 and 6 | Explore and Express Ideas