Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 117 - TEXAS ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS FOR FINE ARTS › Subchapter C - HIGH SCHOOL › Section 117.324 - Technical Theatre, Level II, Adopted 2013

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) General requirements. Students may
				  fulfill fine arts and elective requirements for graduation by successfully
				  completing one or more of the following theatre courses: Technical Theatre,
				  Level II (one credit), Lighting and Sound (one-half to one credit), Stagecraft,
				  Costume Construction (one-half to one credit), Makeup for the Theatre (one-half
				  to one credit), Design for the Theatre (one-half to one credit), and Theatre
				  Management (one-half to one credit). Technical Theatre, Level I is suggested as
				  a prerequisite for Technical Theatre, Level II courses.
(b) Introduction.
(1) The fine arts incorporate the study of
				  dance, music, theatre, and the visual arts to offer unique experiences and
				  empower students to explore realities, relationships, and ideas. These
				  disciplines engage and motivate all students through active learning, critical
				  thinking, and innovative problem solving. The fine arts develop cognitive
				  functioning and increase student academic achievement, higher-order thinking,
				  communication, and collaboration skills, making the fine arts applicable to
				  college readiness, career opportunities, workplace environments, social skills,
				  and everyday life. Students develop aesthetic and cultural awareness through
				  exploration, leading to creative expression. Creativity, encouraged through the
				  study of the fine arts, is essential to nurture and develop the whole
				  child.
(2) Four basic
				  strands--foundations: inquiry and understanding; creative expression;
				  historical and cultural relevance; and critical evaluation and
				  response--provide broad, unifying structures for organizing knowledge and
				  skills students are expected to acquire. Through the foundations: inquiry and
				  understanding strand, students develop a perception of self, human
				  relationships, and the world using elements of drama and conventions of
				  theatre. Through the creative expression strand, students communicate in a
				  dramatic form, engage in artistic thinking, build positive self-concepts,
				  relate interpersonally, and integrate knowledge with other content areas in a
				  relevant manner. Through the historical and cultural relevance strand, students
				  increase their understanding of heritage and traditions in theatre and the
				  diversity of world cultures as expressed in theatre. Through the critical
				  evaluation and response strand, students engage in inquiry and dialogue, accept
				  constructive criticism, revise personal views to promote creative and critical
				  thinking, and develop the ability to appreciate and evaluate live
				  theatre.
(3) Through a variety of
				  experiences with technical theatre, Technical Theatre II will afford students
				  the opportunity to continue to study and develop their knowledge of technical
				  theatre arts on a more challenging level. Students explore and apply a myriad
				  of technical theatre concepts and skills. Students will exercise and develop
				  creativity, intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, problem solving, and
				  collaborative skills. Participation and evaluation in a variety of theatrical
				  experiences will afford students opportunities to develop an understanding of
				  self and their role in the world.
(4) Statements that contain the word
				  "including" reference content that must be mastered, while those containing the
				  phrase "such as" are intended as possible illustrative examples.