Academic content standards for fine arts reflected in Mark's shows

Overview of Mark Wade’s ventriloquism shows:

Mark has worked very hard to not only educate but to entertain young audiences through his puppetry and ventriloquism.  Although Mark’s shows focus on character education, he also makes sure his shows fit with the Academic Content Standards for Fine Arts.  Listed below are several points that Mark is using or has already used in his performances.

Because the shows not only teach but reflect these core Fine Arts concepts, his programs are not time wasted out of class, but  have an impact on your students on several different levels.  Character education is at the base of everything, and when Mark performs these shows AND utilizes the Academic Content Standards for Fine Arts, it is well spent time.

Things you will find in a Mark Wade show (behind each concept listed is the grade level for which it was intended:

Creative Expression and Communication

• Imitate movement, voices and feelings of people, animals and objects
    through dramatic play (Kindergarten)

•  Create the movement and voice of a character to communicate           
    feelings, ideas and activities in various drama/theatre experiences
    (Grades 1-2)

•  Use voice, movement, space and / or physical objects to express or
    communicate thoughts, feelings and ideas both in improvised and
    scripted activities (Grade 3)

•  Create the movement and voice of a character and predict/explain      
   the consequences of the character’s decisions and  actives (Grade 4)
 
•  Create the movement of the character in both comedic and dramatic
   situations (Grade 5)

•  Create a character using appropriate voice, posture, movement and
   language (Grade 6)

Social Concepts

• Explain when to observe and listen, and when to speak (Kindergarten)

•  Demonstrate appropriate audience behavior ( Grade 1)

•  Demonstrate audience behavior appropriate for participatory and
   and traditional experiences ( Grade 2)

Analyzing and Responding Standards

•  Identify the characters, place and time in a story (Kindergarten)

•  Explain a character’s choices and decisions  (Grade 1)

•  Describe the consequences of a character’s decisions and actions in a
   a theatrical work  (Grade 2)

•  Identify and defend their own (student’s) interpretations of a
  character (Grades 3)

•  Identify character types and relationships (Grades 4-5)

•  Differentiate between character types and relationships (Grade 6)

Please Note:  These standards listed by grade level come directly from the Academic Content Standards for Fine Arts book available from the State Department Of Education.