Unpacked Content
Essential Questions
EU: Theatre artists understand and can communicate their creative process as they analyze the way the world may be understood.
EQ: What happens when theatre artists allow an understanding of themselves and the world to inform perceptions about theatre and the purpose of their work?
EQ: What happens when theatre artists allow an understanding of themselves and the world to inform perceptions about theatre and the purpose of their work?
Skills Examples
- Identify personal experiences and knowledge that relate to character experiences in a dramatic work.
- Connect personal experiences and knowledge to experiences of characters in a dramatic/ theatrical work (e.g., a commercial, a video, a skit, etc.).
- Identify connections to community in a dramatic/ theatrical work.
- Identify connections to social issues in a dramatic/ theatrical work.
- Perform problem-solving activities with students to prepare them for character roles.
- Familiarize oneself with a classic story such as Cinderella then explore versions of the tale as told by different cultures.
- Note the differences and similarities between the fairytales of different cultures, such as German, Japanese, and Dutch fairytales.
- Collaborate to improvise a short scene based on a non-fiction literary source.
Vocabulary
Research
Voice
Movement
Characterization
Directing
Design
- community
- society
- social issues
- culture
Voice
Movement
Characterization
Directing
Design
- improvisation
Anchor Standards
Anchor Standard 11: Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding.
