New Brunswick – Creative Arts 120

Strand: Create

Big Idea: Impact of Regulation in Creating Art

Skill Descriptor:

Appraise the impact of economics on creative industry.

Achievement Indicators:

  • Debate the balance between censorship and freedom of expression.

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Free Speech and the Internet

Outcome Chart – New Brunswick – Dramatic Arts 110 (Grade 11)

Strand: Connect

Big Idea: Deconstruction and Analysis

Skill Descriptor:

Examine the role of drama in historical, contemporary, and cultural contexts.

Achievement Indicators:

  • Identify bias and cultural relativism, cultural appropriation, blind casting, and stereotypes in dramatic works.

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Outcome Chart – New Brunswick – Dramatic Arts 120 (Grade 12)

Strand: Connect

Big Idea: Deconstruction and Analysis

Skill Descriptor:

Examine the role of drama in historical, contemporary, and cultural contexts.

Achievement Indicators:

  • Challenge bias and cultural relativism, cultural appropriation, blind casting, and stereotypes in dramatic works and justify their responses.

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Outcome Chart – New Brunswick – Digital Production 120

Overall Expectations:

GCO 1: Demonstrate an awareness of the ethical and copyright implications of media creation

Specific Expectations:

SCO 1.1 Students understand the ethical implications and responsibilities of media creation

SCO 1.2 Students understand and comply with Canadian copyright law

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French Immersion Language Arts

The British Columbia Français langue seconde – Immersion program aims “to motivate all students to become educated citizens capable of questioning the world around them.”

Outcome Chart – British Columbia – French Immersion Language Arts (FILA) 1

Big Ideas

  • Readers must not only decode words but also understand the meaning of a text.
  • Texts follow specific structures, depending on their type.

Curricular Competencies

Exploring and Reflecting

  • Make predictions and connections based on a text
  • Use text elements to understand a text
  • Make the distinction between an informational text and a narrative text

Content

Students are expected to be able to know and understand the following in various contexts:

Outcome Chart – British Columbia – French Immersion Language Arts (FILA) 2

Big Ideas

  • Awareness of other cultures helps us discover our own culture and build our own identity.
  • The task and its context determine the strategies of comprehension and expression that are chosen.
  • Organizing and connecting our ideas in a logical fashion helps others better understand our message.

Curricular Competencies

Exploring and Reflecting

Outcome Chart – British Columbia – French Immersion Language Arts (FILA) 3

Big Ideas

  • Making connections between personal experiences and the experiences of others can help us to better understand and respond to a message.
  • Texts present cultural elements that allow us to experience or understand different viewpoints.
  • The structure and textual cues, as well as the words, all help to convey the message.

Curricular Competencies

Exploring and Reflecting