Curriculum Unit
Jamett Garlick
Storytelling that Develops Change Makers
Title Author
KEY LEARNING, ENDURING UNDERSTANDING, ETC.
Students will use theatre art techniques of tableau, pantomime, puppetry to demonstrate their understanding of social studies concepts of responsibility, respect and economics while developing empathy for the social problem of poverty.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION(S) for the UNIT
What happens when students use their imagination and/or learned theatre skills, while developing cooperative learning skills, in order to express learning of responsibility, wants, needs, and services, then transfer those skills to demonstrate the key components of a school wide service project?
CONCEPT A CONCEPT B CONCEPT C
Community Service and creative drama story
Wants, needs, services and puppetry
Responsibility and pantomime
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS A ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS B ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS C
How do students comprehend the essence of drama processes and the theatre experience when using a drama techniques to demonstrate the meaning and impact of a community service project?
Why are strong student choices essential to interpreting a drama when demonstrating explanations of the idea of why can’t I have everything I want?
What happens when students use their imagination and/or learned theatre skills while considering the concepts of respect and the benefits of working together
VOCABULARY A VOCABULARY A VOCABULARY A
community service project
needs, wants, resources, scarcity, services, puppetry, puppet, puppet movement, puppet theatre, voice and dialogue and puppet
respect, participate, group, cooperate, and responsibility, tableau, pantomime, movement story, body, space and time, force, time, responsibility and empathy
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/MATERIAL/TEXT/FILM/RESOURCES
Various book by Julia Cook