Unpacked Content
Essential Questions
EU: Theatre artists critically inquire into the ways others have thought about and created drama processes and productions to inform their own work.
EQ: In what ways can research into theatre histories, theories, literature, and performances alter the way a drama process or production is understood?
EQ: In what ways can research into theatre histories, theories, literature, and performances alter the way a drama process or production is understood?
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.
