Viewing the video of The Road and using some or all of the guide activities will enable students and teachers to address many of the Core Curriculum Requirements in the Arts and Humanities. These projects were developed with students and teachers in the classroom. Some examples of those students' writing are included in the guide.

In particular, guide activities can be used to address the following goals:

• Analyze and discuss how an individual's cultural experiences affect creating and performing in theatre. (2.22, 2.23, 2.26)
  
• Compare how similar themes are treated in drama from various cultures and historical periods and discuss how theatre can reveal universal themes. (2.23, 2.24, 2.25, 2.26)
  
• Describe how different media, techniques, and processes used in theatre production can create different effects and cause different personal responses for the audience. (2.22, 2.23)
  
• Describe how the use of different space, time, and force elements contribute to the meaning of dance. (2.22, 2.23)
  
• Describe and analyze the effect music, costumes, lighting, and props/scenery have on the choreographic idea of a dance. (1.15, 2.23)
  
• Describe how the choreographer's movement choices in a live or video performance communicate ideas throughout the dance. [PE] (2.23, 2.24)
  
• Analyze and describe how factors such as time, place, and belief systems are reflected in music. (2.25)
  
• Recognize that artists choose to express themselves in different styles. (2.23, 2.24, 2.25, 2.26)
  
• Analyze the reasons for a character's actions, taking into account the situation and basic motivation of the character. (1.2, 2.24, 2.25)
  
• Know how media, processes, subject matter, symbols, ideas, and themes communicate cultural and aesthetic values. (2.22, 2.25, 2.26)
  
• Defend personal interpretations of works of art by using reasoned arguments. (2.23, 2.24)