Unpacked Content
Essential Questions
EU: Theatre artists work to discover different ways of communicating meaning.
EQ: How, when, and why do theatre artists' choices change?
EQ: How, when, and why do theatre artists' choices change?
Skills Examples
- Use "make believe games" and create ideas for roles, imaginary worlds, and stories.
- Define props and costumes and explain how they are used in a given theatrical work.
- Use a costume chest to play improvised scenes with collaborating class members.
- Use puppets to help build an understanding of characterization and improvise a short scene.
- Use recyclable materials (such as toilet paper rolls) to create props (such as a telescope) for a particular scene.
- Use the props created to improvise a short scene with partners. Each partner should be encouraged to express an original idea during the improvisation.
- Watch a children's theatre piece and ask and answer questions.
Vocabulary
Research
Movement
Design
- Videos
- Real
- Imaginary
Movement
- Puppetry
- Gesture
Design
- Sets
- Props
- Rehearse
Anchor Standards
Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.
