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Florida K–6 theatre standards

Florida writes its own theatre standards. They are published as Fine Arts Next Generation Sunshine State Standards, adopted 2014 and are not a version of a national framework. 145 of 230 are matched to a national standard.

Framework
Fine Arts Next Generation Sunshine State Standards
Adopted
2014
Source last checked
July 23, 2026
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230 standards, kindergarten through 6th grade

  • TH.K.C.1.1K
    Create a story about an everyday event involving family members and/or pets using body movements, sounds, and imagination.
  • TH.K.C.2.1K
    Respond to a performance and share personal preferences about parts of the performance.
  • TH.K.C.3.1K
    Recognize that individuals may like different things about a selected story or play.
  • TH.K.C.3.2K
    Share reactions to a live theatre performance.
  • TH.K.F.1.1K
    Pretend to be an animal by imitating its movements and sounds.
  • TH.K.F.3.1K
    Exhibit age-appropriate dramatic play behaviors.
  • TH.K.H.2.1K
    Identify how the elements of place and time can change a story.
  • TH.K.H.3.1K
    Describe feelings related to watching a play.
  • TH.K.O.1.1K
    Share opinions about a story with classmates.
  • TH.K.O.2.1K
    Draw a picture of a favorite scene from a play.
  • TH.K.O.3.1K
    Compare a story that is read to one that is acted out.
  • TH.K.S.1.1K
    Demonstrate appropriate audience behavior at a live performance.
  • TH.K.S.1.2K
    Describe play-acting, pretending, and real life.
  • TH.K.S.1.3K
    Describe personal preferences related to a performance.
  • TH.K.S.2.1K
    Pretend to be a character from a given story.
  • TH.K.S.3.1K
    Use imagination to show a person at work, using the body and voice to communicate ideas.
  • TH.K.S.3.2K
    Describe the concept of beginning, middle, and ending in stories using dramatic play.
  • TH.K.S.3.3K
    Demonstrate use of the stage space using dramatic play.
  • TH.1.C.1.11
    Create a story and act it out, using a picture of people, animals, or objects as the inspiration.
  • TH.1.C.1.21
    Draw a picture from a favorite story and share with the class why the scene was important to the story.
  • TH.1.C.2.11
    Discuss what worked well and what didn't work well after acting out a story.
  • TH.1.C.2.21
    Identify elements of an effective performance.
  • TH.1.C.3.11
    Share opinions about selected plays.
  • TH.1.F.1.11
    Pretend to be an animal or person living in an imagined place.
  • TH.1.F.3.11
    Describe and discuss how to work together as actors.
  • TH.1.H.1.11
    Identify characters in stories from various cultures.
  • TH.1.H.1.21
    Describe how people respond to special events in the community.
  • TH.1.H.2.11
    Re-tell a story, demonstrating respect, from a culture other than one's own.
  • TH.1.H.3.11
    Identify similarities between plays and stories.
  • TH.1.O.1.11
    Demonstrate how the parts of the story go together by acting out a story with a beginning, middle, and end.
  • TH.1.O.2.11
    Describe in words or by drawing a picture, the most exciting part in the story line of a play.
  • TH.1.O.3.11
    Compare a play to an animated movie that tells the same story.
  • TH.1.S.1.11
    Exhibit appropriate audience etiquette and response.
  • TH.1.S.1.21
    Demonstrate the differences between play-acting, pretending, and real life.
  • TH.1.S.1.31
    Explain personal preferences related to a performance.
  • TH.1.S.2.11
    Collaborate with others to present scenes from familiar stories.
  • TH.1.S.3.11
    Use simple acting techniques to portray a person, place, action, or thing.
  • TH.1.S.3.21
    Describe characters and plot development discovered during dramatic play.
  • TH.1.S.3.31
    Distinguish stage space from audience space to show understanding of the physical relationship between audience and actor in performance.
  • TH.2.C.1.12
    Describe a character in a story and tell why the character is important to the story.
  • TH.2.C.1.22
    Respond to a play by drawing and/or writing about a favorite aspect of it.
  • TH.2.C.2.12
    Discuss the purpose of a critique.
  • TH.2.C.2.22
    Describe how an actor in a play, musical, or film creates a character.
  • TH.2.C.3.12
    Identify important characteristics to discuss when sharing opinions about theatre.
  • TH.2.F.1.12
    Create and sustain a character inspired by a class reading or activity.
  • TH.2.F.2.12
    Identify the jobs people can have in a theater.
  • TH.2.F.3.12
    Identify what was successful about a collaborative theatre activity.
  • TH.2.H.1.12
    Read and dramatize stories with similar themes to show developing knowledge of, and respect for, cultural differences.
  • TH.2.H.1.22
    Explain how to respond as an audience member in a different way, depending on the style of performance.
  • TH.2.H.2.12
    Identify universal characters in stories from different cultures.
  • TH.2.H.3.12
    Create dialogue for characters from a story.
  • TH.2.O.1.12
    Compare the differences between reading a story and seeing it as a play.
  • TH.2.O.1.22
    Explain the difference between the stage, backstage, and audience areas.
  • TH.2.O.2.12
    Re-tell what happened in the beginning, middle, and end of a story after viewing a play.
  • TH.2.O.3.12
    Identify theatrical elements and vocabulary found in everyday life.
  • TH.2.S.1.12
    Exhibit the behavior necessary to establish audience etiquette, response, and constructive criticism.
  • TH.2.S.1.22
    Compare, explain, and exhibit the differences between play-acting, pretending, and real life.
  • TH.2.S.1.32
    Explain, using specific examples, why some individuals may or may not like a particular performance.
  • TH.2.S.2.12
    Collaborate with others to perform a scene and solve challenges.
  • TH.2.S.3.12
    Create imagined characters, relationships, and environments using basic acting skills.
  • TH.2.S.3.22
    Communicate with others the concept of dramatic conflict and resolution in stories using dramatic play.
  • TH.2.S.3.32
    Create the stage space to communicate character and action in specific locales.
  • TH.3.C.1.13
    Create an imaginative costume piece or prop out of everyday items found around the classroom or at home and use it as the basis to tell an original story.
  • TH.3.C.1.23
    Watch a play and describe how the elements of light, costumes, props, and sound influence the mood of the production.
  • TH.3.C.2.13
    Revise a formal or informal performance after receiving a critique.
  • TH.3.C.2.23
    Discuss the meaning of an artistic choice to support development of critical thinking and decision-making skills.
  • TH.3.C.3.13
    Discuss the techniques that help create an effective theatre work.
  • TH.3.F.1.13
    Create and/or collect appropriate props and costumes and use them to help tell a story.
  • TH.3.F.1.23
    Arrange classroom furniture to create an environment for a story.
  • TH.3.F.2.13
    Identify non-theatre professions that require the same skills as are used in theatre.
  • TH.3.F.3.13
    Participate in a collaborative project to create a theatrical performance and reflect on the experience.
  • TH.3.H.1.13
    Understand how cultural differences are expressed through character, environment, and theme.
  • TH.3.H.1.23
    Interview an adult and create a story from his or her life using any theatrical form.
  • TH.3.H.2.13
    Identify geographical or cultural origins of stories.
  • TH.3.H.2.23
    Create and tell a story, fable, or tale.
  • TH.3.H.3.13
    Identify interpersonal skills that are learned through participation in a play.
  • TH.3.H.3.23
    Discuss differences between stories that are presented in different modes or time periods.
  • TH.3.H.3.33
    Plan and perform a simple performance based on a theme from another content area.
  • TH.3.O.1.13
    Describe how an actor creates a character.
  • TH.3.O.1.23
    Discuss why we use costumes and makeup in a play.
  • TH.3.O.2.13
    Describe what happened in a play, using age-appropriate theatre terminology.
  • TH.3.O.2.23
    Collaborate to create a collage to show the emotion(s) of a particular story or play.
  • TH.3.O.3.13
    Compare the characteristics of theatre to television and movies.
  • TH.3.S.1.13
    Demonstrate effective audience etiquette and constructive criticism for a live performance.
  • TH.3.S.1.23
    Compare a theatrical performance with real life and discuss how theatre makes pretense seem like real life.
  • TH.3.S.1.33
    Evaluate a performance, using correct theatre terms, and give specific examples to support personal opinions.
  • TH.3.S.2.13
    Discuss the process and responsibilities in creating a play and then apply them to collaborate and create a simple production.
  • TH.3.S.3.13
    Create and sustain imagined characters and relationships, using basic acting skills, to tell a simple story.
  • TH.3.S.3.23
    Use information gained from research to shape the creation of a character.
  • TH.3.S.3.33
    Describe elements of dramatic performance that produce an emotional response in oneself or an audience.
  • TH.3.S.3.43
    Describe the relationships between scenery, properties, lighting, sound, costumes, and makeup in dramatic scenes and informal play productions.
  • TH.4.C.1.14
    Devise a story about an age-appropriate issue and explore different endings.
  • TH.4.C.1.24
    Describe choices made to create an original pantomime based on a fable, folk tale, or fairy tale.
  • TH.4.C.2.14
    Provide a verbal critique to help strengthen a peer's performance.
  • TH.4.C.2.24
    Reflect on the strengths and needs of one's own performance.
  • TH.4.C.2.34
    Describe the choices perceived in a peer's performance or design.
  • TH.4.C.3.14
    Identify the characteristics of an effective acting performance.
  • TH.4.C.3.24
    Create an original scene or monologue based on a historical event or person.
  • TH.4.C.3.34
    Define the elements of a selected scene that create an effective presentation of an event or person.
  • TH.4.F.1.14
    Create a character based on a historical figure and respond to questions, posed by the audience, about that character.
  • TH.4.F.1.24
    Create sound and lighting effects to suggest the mood of a story.
  • TH.4.F.2.14
    Identify the types of jobs related to putting on a theatre production and compare them with other arts-related and non-arts performances or events.
  • TH.4.F.3.14
    Identify the leadership qualities of directors, actors, and/or technicians.
  • TH.4.H.1.14
    Re-create a famous character from Florida history.
  • TH.4.H.1.24
    Define how a character might react to a new set of circumstances in a given story.
  • TH.4.H.1.34
    Identify playwrights whose lives or careers have a connection with Florida.
  • TH.4.H.2.14
    Discover how the same idea or theme is treated in a variety of cultural and historic periods.
  • TH.4.H.2.24
    Re-tell stories, fables, and/or tales from cultures that settled in Florida.
  • TH.4.H.3.14
    Describe how individuals learn about themselves and others through theatre experiences.
  • TH.4.H.3.24
    Compare a historical play with actual historical events.
  • TH.4.H.3.34
    Create an original story after listening to music or viewing a work of art.
  • TH.4.O.1.14
    Describe what a designer and director do to support the actor in creating a performance.
  • TH.4.O.1.24
    Identify common audience conventions used when viewing a play.
  • TH.4.O.2.14
    Write a summary of dramatic events after reading or watching a play.
  • TH.4.O.2.24
    Create a mask to show a comic or tragic character.
  • TH.4.O.3.14
    Explain how theatre and its conventions are used to communicate ideas.
  • TH.4.O.3.24
    Explore how theatre is used to understand different cultures.
  • TH.4.S.1.14
    Exhibit proper audience etiquette, give constructive criticism, and defend personal responses.
  • TH.4.S.1.24
    Discuss the concept of "willing suspension of disbelief" used in theatre to help create the illusion of real life in performances.
  • TH.4.S.1.34
    Use theatre terms to evaluate a live performance and discuss the qualities that directly impacted the audience's response to the production.
  • TH.4.S.2.14
    Collaborate with others to share responsibilities for a production.
  • TH.4.S.3.14
    Create and sustain imagined characters and relationships, using basic acting skills, to re-tell a well-known fairy tale, fable, or story.
  • TH.4.S.3.24
    Use information gained from research to shape acting choices in a simple, historically based scene.
  • TH.4.S.3.34
    Describe elements of dramatic and technical performance that produce an emotional response in oneself or an audience.
  • TH.4.S.3.44
    Manipulate the relationships between scenery, properties, lighting, sound, costumes, and makeup in dramatic scenes and informal play productions to create different environments for a classroom piece.
  • TH.5.C.1.15
    Devise an original performance piece based on an age-appropriate theme or social issue relevant to the school climate and explore different solutions and endings.
  • TH.5.C.1.25
    Create an original pantomime using instrumental music created or found to set the mood.
  • TH.5.C.2.15
    Change and strengthen one's own performance based on coaching from a director.
  • TH.5.C.2.25
    Write a self-critique of a performance.
  • TH.5.C.2.35
    Defend an artistic choice for a theatrical work.
  • TH.5.C.2.45
    Identify correct vocabulary used in a formal theatre critique.
  • TH.5.C.3.15
    Discuss alternate performance possibilities of the same character in the same play.
  • TH.5.C.3.25
    Use a photograph, sculpture, or two-dimensional work of art to inspire creation of an original scene or monologue.
  • TH.5.C.3.35
    Define the visual elements that must be conveyed dramatically to make a scene effective.
  • TH.5.F.1.15
    Create a character based on a literary figure and respond to questions, posed by the audience, using information inferred in the story.
  • TH.5.F.1.25
    Create a new ending for a familiar story.
  • TH.5.F.1.35
    Take creative risks through improvisation, using sensory skills to explore characters' feelings and environments.
  • TH.5.F.2.15
    Identify jobs in the community that are associated with or impacted by having a theater in the neighborhood.
  • TH.5.F.3.15
    Examine and discuss the characteristics displayed by directors, actors, and technicians that can be applied to jobs outside the theatre classroom.
  • TH.5.H.1.15
    Research and describe the context in which a specified playwright wrote a particular dramatic work.
  • TH.5.H.1.25
    Participate in a performance to explore and celebrate a variety of human experiences.
  • TH.5.H.2.15
    Recognize theatre works as a reflection of societal beliefs and values.
  • TH.5.H.2.25
    Identify types of early American theatre.
  • TH.5.H.3.15
    Identify symbolism in a play that is found in other art forms.
  • TH.5.H.3.25
    Compare theatre to other modes of communication.
  • TH.5.H.3.35
    Demonstrate how the use of movement and sound enhance the telling of a story.
  • TH.5.H.3.45
    Act out a character learned about in another content area.
  • TH.5.O.1.15
    Explain an actor's choices in the creation of a character for a scene or play.
  • TH.5.O.1.25
    Make a list of the types of props that might be found in a play.
  • TH.5.O.1.35
    Evaluate how an actor or designer's choices about a character affect the audience's understanding of a play.
  • TH.5.O.2.15
    Create a story board of the major events in a play.
  • TH.5.O.2.25
    Make a list of types of props that might be found in a play.
  • TH.5.O.2.35
    Predict the ending of a play or performance.
  • TH.5.O.2.45
    Collaborate with others to develop and refine original scripts, and justify writing choices.
  • TH.5.O.3.15
    Describe a variety of theatrical methods and/or conventions that a group of individuals can use to communicate with audiences.
  • TH.5.O.3.25
    Explore how theatre can communicate universal truths across the boundaries of culture and language.
  • TH.5.S.1.15
    Describe the difference in responsibilities between being an audience member at live or recorded performances.
  • TH.5.S.1.25
    Weigh the use of "fourth wall" and "willing suspension of disbelief" in effectively creating the illusion of real life in specified theatre performances.
  • TH.5.S.1.35
    Evaluate a performance, using theatre terminology, and articulate emotional responses to the whole and parts of dramatic performances.
  • TH.5.S.2.15
    Collaborate with others to create productions and solve challenges.
  • TH.5.S.3.15
    Create and sustain imagined characters and relationships, using basic acting skills, to tell an original story based on historical, literary, or everyday situations.
  • TH.5.S.3.25
    Use information gained from research to shape acting choices in the re-telling of a favorite scene from a well-known literary piece.
  • TH.5.S.3.35
    Use elements of dramatic and technical performance designed to produce an emotional response in an audience.
  • TH.5.S.3.45
    Manipulate, based on research, the relationships between scenery, properties, lighting, sound, costumes, and makeup in dramatic scenes and informal play productions to create an environment.
  • TH.68.C.1.16
    Devise an original work based on a community issue that explores various solutions to a problem.
  • TH.68.C.1.26
    Develop a character analysis to support artistic portrayal.
  • TH.68.C.1.36
    Determine the purpose(s), elements, meaning, and value of a theatrical work based on personal, cultural, or historical standards.
  • TH.68.C.1.46
    Create and present a design, production concept, or performance and defend artistic choices.
  • TH.68.C.1.56
    Describe how a theatrical activity can entertain or instruct an audience.
  • TH.68.C.1.66
    Analyze selections from the canon of great world drama as a foundation for understanding the development of drama over time.
  • TH.68.C.2.16
    Use group-generated criteria to critique others and help strengthen each other's performance.
  • TH.68.C.2.26
    Keep a rehearsal journal to document individual performance progress.
  • TH.68.C.2.36
    Ask questions to understand a peer's artistic choices for a performance or design.
  • TH.68.C.2.46
    Defend personal responses to a theatre production.
  • TH.68.C.3.16
    Discuss how visual and aural design elements communicate environment, mood, and theme in a theatrical presentation.
  • TH.68.C.3.26
    Compare a film version of a story to its original play form.
  • TH.68.C.3.36
    Determine personal strengths and challenges, using evaluations and critiques to guide selection of material for a portfolio.
  • TH.68.F.1.16
    Manipulate various design components to imagine the world of the character.
  • TH.68.F.1.26
    Use vocal, physical, and imaginative ideas, through improvisation, as a foundation to create new characters and to write dialogue.
  • TH.68.F.1.36
    Demonstrate creative risk-taking by incorporating personal experiences in an improvisation.
  • TH.68.F.1.46
    Survey an aspect of theatre to understand the ways in which technology has affected it over time.
  • TH.68.F.2.16
    Research careers in the global economy that are not directly related to the arts, but include skills that are arts-based or derive part of their economic impact from the arts.
  • TH.68.F.2.26
    Identify industries within the state of Florida that have a significant impact on local economies, in which the arts are either directly or indirectly involved in their success.
  • TH.68.F.2.36
    Identify businesses that are directly or indirectly associated with school and community theatre, and calculate their impact on the local and/or regional economy.
  • TH.68.F.3.16
    Practice safe, legal, and responsible use of copyrighted, published plays to show respect for intellectual property and the playwright.
  • TH.68.F.3.26
    Develop a list of line items that would typically be found in a production budget for a performance.
  • TH.68.H.1.16
    Explore potential differences when performing works set in a variety of historical and cultural contexts.
  • TH.68.H.1.26
    Analyze the impact of one's emotional and social experiences when responding to, or participating in, a play.
  • TH.68.H.1.36
    Identify significant contributions of playwrights, actors, and designers and describe their dramatic heritage.
  • TH.68.H.1.46
    Create a monologue or story that reflects one's understanding of an event in a culture different from one's own.
  • TH.68.H.1.56
    Describe one's own personal responses to a theatrical work and show respect for the responses of others.
  • TH.68.H.1.66
    Discuss how a performer responds to different audiences.
  • TH.68.H.2.16
    Compare western theatre traditions with those of other cultures.
  • TH.68.H.2.26
    Identify examples of American musical theatre productions that reflect specific correlations to American history and culture.
  • TH.68.H.2.36
    Analyze theatre history and dramatic literature in the context of societal and cultural history.
  • TH.68.H.2.46
    Discuss the differences between presentational and representational theatre styles.
  • TH.68.H.2.56
    Compare decorum, environments, and manners from a variety of cultures and historical periods to discover and influence historical acting styles and design choices.
  • TH.68.H.2.66
    Describe historical and cultural influences leading to changes in theatre performance spaces and technology.
  • TH.68.H.2.76
    Define theatre genres from different periods in history, giving examples of each.
  • TH.68.H.2.86
    Identify and describe theatrical resources in the community, including professional and community theatres, experts, and sources of scripts and materials.
  • TH.68.H.3.16
    Identify principles and techniques that are shared between the arts and other content areas.
  • TH.68.H.3.26
    Read plays from a variety of genres and styles and compare how common themes are expressed in various art forms.
  • TH.68.H.3.36
    Use brainstorming as a method to discover multiple solutions for an acting or technical challenge.
  • TH.68.H.3.46
    Describe the importance of wellness and care for the actor's physical being as a performance instrument.
  • TH.68.H.3.56
    Describe how social skills learned through play participation are used in other classroom and extracurricular activities.
  • TH.68.H.3.66
    Discuss ways in which dance, music, and the visual arts enhance theatrical presentations.
  • TH.68.O.1.16
    Compare different processes an actor uses to prepare for a performance.
  • TH.68.O.1.26
    Discuss how color, line, shape, and texture are used to show emotion in technical theatre elements.
  • TH.68.O.1.36
    Explain the impact of choices made by directors, designers, and actors on audience understanding.
  • TH.68.O.1.46
    Discuss how the whole of a theatre performance is greater than the sum of its parts.
  • TH.68.O.2.16
    Diagram the major parts of a play and their relationships to each other.
  • TH.68.O.2.26
    Explain how a performance would change if depicted in a different location, time, or culture.
  • TH.68.O.2.36
    Write alternate endings for a specified play.
  • TH.68.O.2.46
    Perform a scene or pantomime to demonstrate understanding of blocking and stage movement.
  • TH.68.O.2.56
    Explain how the contributions of significant playwrights, performers, directors, designers, and producers from various cultures and historical periods have influenced the creative innovations of theatre.
  • TH.68.O.3.16
    Compare theatre and its elements and vocabulary to other art forms.
  • TH.68.O.3.26
    Explore how theatre and theatrical works have influenced various cultures.
  • TH.68.O.3.36
    Discuss the collaborative nature of theatre and work together to create a scene or play, respecting group members' ideas and differences.
  • TH.68.S.1.16
    Describe the responsibilities of audience members, to the actors and each other, at live and recorded performances and demonstrate appropriate behavior.
  • TH.68.S.1.26
    Invent a character with distinct behavior(s) based on observations of people in the real world and interact with others in a cast as the invented characters.
  • TH.68.S.1.36
    Describe criteria for the evaluation of dramatic texts, performances, direction, and production elements.
  • TH.68.S.1.46
    Discuss the ways in which theatre experiences involve empathy and aesthetic distance.
  • TH.68.S.2.16
    Discuss the value of collaboration in theatre and work together to create a theatrical production.
  • TH.68.S.2.26
    Discuss and apply the theatrical production process to create a live performance.
  • TH.68.S.2.36
    Analyze the relationships of plot, conflict, and theme in a play and transfer the knowledge to a play that contrasts in style, genre, and/or mood.
  • TH.68.S.2.46
    Memorize and present a character's lines from a monologue or scene.
  • TH.68.S.3.16
    Develop characterizations, using basic acting skills, appropriate for selected dramatizations.
  • TH.68.S.3.26
    Use the elements of dramatic form to stage a play.
  • TH.68.S.3.36
    Lead rehearsals of improvised and scripted scenes, communicating with cast and crew to create appropriate characterization and dramatic environments.
  • TH.68.S.3.46
    Lead small groups to safely select and create elements of technical theatre to signify a character or setting.

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