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Maine K–6 theatre standards

Maine writes its own theatre standards. They are published as Maine Learning Results: Visual and Performing Arts (2022), adopted 2022 and are not a version of a national framework. 114 of 143 are matched to a national standard.

Framework
Maine Learning Results: Visual and Performing Arts (2022)
Adopted
2022
Source last checked
July 25, 2026
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143 standards, kindergarten through 6th grade

  • TH.A1.K.aK
    Recall the ideas and details used in the development of a story, including the development of its characters and/or environment.
  • TH.A1.K.bK
    Recall the ways in which tools and techniques may be used to create or tell a story.
  • TH.A2.K.aK
    Recall the collaborative and interdependent roles involved in the creation or retelling of a story.
  • TH.A2.K.bK
    Recall the original ideas used in the creation and development of a story.
  • TH.A3.K.aK
    Recall ways to revise, refine, and adapt ideas to fit the given parameters of a story.
  • TH.A3.K.bK
    Recall the ways that stories may be changed or revised.
  • TH.B1.K.aK
    Describe elements in a storytelling experience.
  • TH.B1.K.bK
    Use tools and techniques to communicate meaning in a storytelling experience.
  • TH.B2.K.aK
    Identify tools artists use to tell stories.
  • TH.B2.K.bK
    Use tools to express various elements of storytelling.
  • TH.B3.K.aK
    Collaborate in storytelling experiences.
  • TH.B3.K.bK
    Identify artistic choices that impact storytelling and theatrical work.
  • TH.C1.K.aK
    Compare personal reactions to artistic choices made in a theatrical work with the personal reactions of peers.
  • TH.C1.K.bK
    Apply criteria to the evaluation of artistic choices in theatrical work. Grades 9-Diploma Proficient Grades 9-Diploma Accomplished Grades 9-Diploma Advanced
  • TH.C2.K.aK
    Identify preferences in storytelling.
  • TH.C2.K.bK
    Identify and describe settings in storytelling.
  • TH.C3.K.aK
    Build on others’ ideas in a storytelling experience.
  • TH.C3.K.bK
    Identify elements in a storytelling experience.
  • TH.C3.K.cK
    Compare and contrast characters’ experiences in a storytelling experience.
  • TH.D2.K.aK
    Identify stories that are different from one another in dramatic play or a guided drama experience.
  • TH.D2.K.bK
    Tell a short story in dramatic play or a guided drama experience.
  • TH.E1.K.aK
    Identify areas and elements of storytelling and theatre.
  • TH.E1.K.bK
    Illustrate and interact with dramatic elements.
  • TH.A1.1.a1
    List the ideas and details used in the development of a story, including the development of its characters and/or environment.
  • TH.A1.1.b1
    List the ways in which tools and techniques may be used to create or tell a story.
  • TH.A2.1.a1
    Identify the collaborative and interdependent roles involved in the creation or retelling of a story.
  • TH.A2.1.b1
    Identify the original ideas used in the creation and development of a story.
  • TH.A3.1.a1
    Identify ways to revise, refine, and adapt ideas to fit the given parameters of a story.
  • TH.A3.1.b1
    Identify the ways that stories may be changed or revised.
  • TH.B1.1.a1
    Interpret elements in a storytelling experience.
  • TH.B1.1.b1
    Use tools and techniques to communicate meaning in a storytelling experience.
  • TH.B2.1.a1
    Identify tools and techniques artists use to tell stories.
  • TH.B2.1.b1
    Use tools and techniques that enhance the storytelling experience.
  • TH.B3.1.a1
    Collaborate in guided storytelling experiences.
  • TH.B3.1.b1
    Explain how artistic choices impact storytelling and theatrical work.
  • TH.C2.1.a1
    Explain preferences and emotions in storytelling.
  • TH.C2.1.b1
    Identify causes of character actions in storytelling.
  • TH.C2.1.c1
    Describe how personal emotions and choices compare to the emotions of characters in storytelling.
  • TH.C3.1.a1
    Collaborate with peers in storytelling.
  • TH.C3.1.b1
    Identify and use technical elements in storytelling.
  • TH.C3.1.c1
    Describe how characters respond to challenges in storytelling.
  • TH.D2.1.a1
    Identify similarities and differences in stories from one’s own community in a guided drama experience.
  • TH.D2.1.b1
    Dramatize a short scene based on a fictional literary source in a guided drama experience.
  • TH.E1.1.a1
    Recognize a variety of dramatic devices used to create an existing story or piece of theatrical work.
  • TH.E1.1.b1
    Use dramatic devices to Imagine a new story or piece of theatrical work.
  • TH.A1.2.a2
    Define the ideas and details used in the development of a story, including the development of its characters and/or environment.
  • TH.A1.2.b2
    Define the ways in which tools and techniques may be used to create or tell a story.
  • TH.A2.2.a2
    Define the collaborative and interdependent roles involved in the creation or retelling of a story.
  • TH.A2.2.b2
    Define the original ideas used in the creation and development of a story.
  • TH.A3.2.a2
    Define ways to revise, refine, and adapt ideas to fit the given parameters of a story.
  • TH.A3.2.b2
    Define the ways that stories may be changed or revised.
  • TH.B3.2.a2
    Share or present an artistic work to an audience.
  • TH.B3.2.b2
    Explain how the creator’s choices impact the artistic work.
  • TH.C2.2.a2
    Explain how personal preferences and emotions affect an observer’s response in storytelling.
  • TH.C2.2.b2
    Identify causes and consequences of character actions in storytelling.
  • TH.C2.2.c2
    Describe how other’s emotions and choices may compare to the emotions of characters in storytelling.
  • TH.D2.2.a2
    Identify similarities and differences in stories from multiple cultures in a guided drama experience.
  • TH.D2.2.b2
    Dramatize a short scene based on a non-fiction literary source in a guided drama experience.
  • TH.E1.2.a2
    Summarize a story piece of theatrical work.
  • TH.E1.2.b2
    Relate, compare, and contrast a summarized piece to another existing piece of theatrical work.
  • TH.A1.3.a3
    Describe the ideas and details used in the development of a story or theatrical work, including the development of its characters and/or environment.
  • TH.A1.3.b3
    Describe the ways in which tools and techniques may be used to create or tell a story or theatrical work.
  • TH.A2.3.a3
    Describe the collaborative and interdependent roles involved in the creation or retelling of a story or theatrical work.
  • TH.A2.3.b3
    Describe the original ideas used in the creation and development of a story or theatrical work.
  • TH.A3.3.a3
    Describe ways to revise, refine, and adapt ideas to fit the given parameters of a story or theatrical work.
  • TH.A3.3.b3
    Describe the ways that choices may be revised during the course of writing, designing, or rehearsing to support a story or theatrical work.
  • TH.B1.3.a3
    Identify elements of a story.
  • TH.B1.3.b3
    Use tools and techniques to create a storytelling or theatrical work.
  • TH.B2.3.a3
    Identify tools, techniques and processes artists use to tell stories.
  • TH.B2.3.b3
    Use tools, techniques and processes that enhance the storytelling experience
  • TH.C2.3.a3
    Describe multiple personal experiences when participating in or observing storytelling or theatrical work.
  • TH.C2.3.b3
    Describe multiple ways to develop a character using physical characteristics and design choices that reflect cultural perspectives in storytelling/theatrical work.
  • TH.C2.3.c3
    Examine how connections are made between oneself and a character’s emotions in storytelling or theatrical work.
  • TH.C3.3.a3
    Recognize how and why groups evaluate storytelling or theatrical work.
  • TH.C3.3.b3
    Describe theatrical elements from multiple storytelling or theatrical works.
  • TH.C3.3.c3
    Identify problems and situations in a storytelling or theatrical work from an audience’s perspective.
  • TH.D2.3.a3
    Explore how stories are adapted from literature to theatrical work.
  • TH.D2.3.b3
    Examine how artists have historically presented the same stories using a variety of art forms, genres, tools, and techniques.
  • TH.E1.3.a3
    Discover individual, societal, and/or cultural aspects that influence a story or piece of theatrical work.
  • TH.E1.3.b3
    Choose an individual, societal, or cultural aspect to Use as an inspiration for a new story or piece of theatrical work.
  • TH.A1.4.a4
    Explain the ideas and details used in the development of a story or theatrical work, including the development of its characters and/or environment.
  • TH.A1.4.b4
    Explain the ways in which tools and techniques may be used to create or tell a story or theatrical work.
  • TH.A2.4.a4
    Explain the collaborative and interdependent roles involved in the creation or retelling of a story or theatrical work.
  • TH.A2.4.b4
    Explain the original ideas used in the creation and development of a story or theatrical work.
  • TH.A3.4.a4
    Explain ways to revise, refine, and adapt ideas to fit the given parameters of a story or theatrical work.
  • TH.A3.4.b4
    Explain the ways that choices may be revised during the course of writing, designing, or rehearsing to support a story or theatrical work.
  • TH.B1.4.a4
    Interpret dialogue in a storytelling or theatrical work.
  • TH.B1.4.b4
    Develop a character in a storytelling or theatrical work.
  • TH.B2.4.a4
    Apply appropriate tools and techniques to a theatrical work to communicate ideas, feelings and meaning.
  • TH.B2.4.b4
    Explain how an artist’s choices to communicate ideas, feelings and meaning.
  • TH.C2.4.a4
    Compare and contrast multiple personal experiences when participating in or observing storytelling or theatrical work.
  • TH.C2.4.b4
    Compare and contrast the qualities of characters that reflect cultural perspectives in storytelling/theatrical work.
  • TH.C2.4.c4
    Identify and discuss physiological changes connected to emotions in storytelling or theatrical work.
  • TH.C3.4.a4
    Develop a plan to evaluate a storytelling or theatrical work.
  • TH.C3.4.b4
    Investigate how technical elements may support a theme or idea in storytelling or theatrical work.
  • TH.C3.4.c4
    Explain how a character’s choices may impact an audience’s perspective.
  • TH.D2.4.a4
    Identify cross-cultural approaches used in storytelling.
  • TH.D2.4.b4
    Compare theatre tools and techniques of two different time periods.
  • TH.E1.4.a4
    Extract essential components of dramatic elements and appraise a piece of theatrical work.
  • TH.E1.4.b4
    Invent a modification to an existing piece of theatrical work.
  • TH.A1.5.a5
    Compare the ideas and details used in the development of a story or theatrical work, including the development of its characters and/or environment.
  • TH.A1.5.b5
    Compare the ways in which tools and techniques may be used to create or tell a story or theatrical work.
  • TH.A2.5.a5
    Compare the collaborative and interdependent roles involved in the creation or retelling of a story or theatrical work.
  • TH.A2.5.b5
    Compare the original ideas used in the creation and development of a story or theatrical work.
  • TH.A3.5.a5
    Compare ways to revise, refine, and adapt ideas to fit the given parameters of a story or theatrical work.
  • TH.A3.5.b5
    Compare the ways that choices may be revised during the course of writing, designing, or rehearsing to support a story or theatrical work.
  • TH.B1.5.a5
    Describe the subtext in dialogue and action in a storytelling or theatrical work.
  • TH.B1.5.b5
    Use tools and techniques to create meaning in a storytelling or theatrical work.
  • TH.B2.5.a5
    Apply appropriate tools and techniques to a theatrical work.
  • TH.B2.5.b5
    Analyze tools, techniques, and processes in a theatrical piece of work.
  • TH.C2.5.a5
    Justify responses to storytelling/theatrical work based on personal experiences.
  • TH.C2.5.b5
    Explain responses to storytelling or theatrical elements based on cultural perspectives.
  • TH.C2.5.c5
    Investigate the effects of emotions on physical responses in storytelling/theatrical work.
  • TH.C3.5.a5
    Select criteria with which to evaluate a storytelling or theatrical work.
  • TH.C3.5.b5
    Assess and explain how technical elements represent the theme of a story or theatrical work.
  • TH.C3.5.c5
    Recognize and describe how a character’s circumstances impact an audience’s perspective.
  • TH.D2.5.a5
    Identify similarities and differences between stories set in different cultures.
  • TH.D2.5.b5
    Identify sources of theatre terminology, tools, and techniques.
  • TH.E1.5.a5
    examine a piece of theatrical work and distinguish ways in which dramatic elements correlate to create a unified production.
  • TH.E1.5.b5
    Collaborate and integrate a variety of dramatic elements to create a piece of unified, theatrical work.
  • TH.A1.6.a6
    Examine and experiment with the ideas and details used in the development of a theatrical work, including the development of its characters and/or environment.
  • TH.A1.6.b6
    Examine and experiment with the tools and techniques that may be used to create or retell a theatrical work.
  • TH.A2.6.a6
    Examine and experiment with the collaborative and interdependent roles involved in the creation or retelling of a theatrical work.
  • TH.A2.6.b6
    Examine and experiment with the original ideas used in the creation and development of a theatrical work.
  • TH.A3.6.a6
    Examine and experiment with ways to revise, refine, and adapt ideas and choices in a devised or scripted theatrical work.
  • TH.A3.6.b6
    Examine and experiment with the ways that character, design, and/or technical choices may be revised during the course of a rehearsal process to enhance the story and emotional impact of a devised or scripted theatrical work.
  • TH.B1.6.a6
    Identify elements of theatrical storytelling.
  • TH.B1.6.b6
    Create, adapt, or interpret a piece of theatrical work. Grades 9-Diploma Proficient Grades 9-Diploma Accomplished Grades 9-Diploma Advanced
  • TH.B2.6.a6
    Identify appropriate elements that impact a theatrical work.
  • TH.B2.6.b6
    Apply tools, techniques, and processes to communicate meaning in a theatrical work.
  • TH.B2.6.c6
    Justify choices that impact the theatrical work. Grades 9-Diploma Proficient Grades 9-Diploma Accomplished Grades 9-Diploma Advanced
  • TH.B3.6.a6
    Share or present an artistic work to an audience.
  • TH.B3.6.b6
    Evaluate how choices impact the artistic work. Grades 9-Diploma Proficient Grades 9-Diploma Accomplished Grades 9-Diploma Advanced
  • TH.C2.6.a6
    Identify, explain, and share how artists make choices based on personal experience.
  • TH.C2.6.b6
    Identify, analyze, and describe how cultural perspectives can influence the evaluation of a theatrical work.
  • TH.C2.6.c6
    Identify and apply personal aesthetics, preferences, and beliefs to evaluate a theatrical work. Grades 9-Diploma Proficient Grades 9-Diploma Accomplished Grades 9-Diploma Advanced
  • TH.C3.6.a6
    Evaluate and respond to a theatre work using supporting evidence, personal aesthetics, and artistic criteria.
  • TH.C3.6.b6
    Describe the aesthetics of production elements used in a theatrical work.
  • TH.C3.6.c6
    Identify the audience and purpose of a theatrical work.
  • TH.D2.6.a6
    Research and analyze ways similar theatrical works have been produced.
  • TH.D2.6.b6
    Research a theatre work to better understand how design choices affect a production.
  • TH.E1.6.a6
    Explain, analyze, and interpret various pieces of theatrical work.
  • TH.E1.6.b6
    Devise original pieces of theatrical work using improvisation, experimentation, and research.

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