Government of Manitoba
Understanding Drama in Context

Understanding Drama in Context (DR-U3) »
Students demonstrate understanding of the roles, purposes, and meanings of drama in the lives of individuals and in communities.

 

Students who have achieved expectations for this grade are able to

Kindergarten Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4
identify when and why people use drama in daily life (e.g., for storytelling, celebrating, learning, communicating ideas, selling, entertaining)

K-2 DR-U3.1

explain a variety of purposes and roles for drama in own community and in other places and times )

3-4 DR-U3.1

demonstrate awareness of the intended meanings and/or purposes of drama encountered in own performance and viewing experiences

K-4 DR-U3.3

demonstrate appreciation of drama as a means of experiencing and exploring own and others’ lives (e.g., feelings, values, stories, events, cultures)

K-4 DR-U3.4

demonstrate awareness that different groups of people may have their own characteristic dramatic forms or traditions
(ideally, this awareness extends to the drama of own cultural or social groups)

K-4 DR-U3.5

demonstrate understanding of ways to interact appropriately in dramatic situations as participants, audience members, and performers

K-4 DR-U3.7