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 pertain to community and culture.
- Connect personal experiences and knowledge to community and culture 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.
- Identify connections to other content areas in a dramatic/ theatrical work (e.g., art in set or prop design, science in making machines, literature in Reader's Theater, history in plot and costuming, etc.).
- Read or familiarize oneself with a particular story (e.g., "Jack and the Beanstalk", paying close attention to characterization and plot.
- Explore how the story is adapted and presented historically in different art forms, genres, or dramatic/ theatrical conventions (e.g., the original Cornish version of" Jack and the Beanstalk" from the 1700s, wood engravings of the tale, and other illustrations through the centuries and decades, scenes in film from Abbott and Costello to Disney to the scene in the musical Into the Woods).
- Explain how the plot and the depictions of the main characters have changed through the years. Suggest reasons why stories might have changed.
Vocabulary
Research
Movement
Characterization
Directing
Design
Theatrical production
- adaptation
- depiction
- personal experience
- community
- culture
- social issues
Movement
Characterization
Directing
Design
Theatrical production
- commercial
- skit
Anchor Standards
Anchor Standard 11: Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding.
