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Course Details:
Course Details:
Grades: 9-12
Length: one semester
Prerequisites: teacher recommendation
Course Description:
Course Description:
This course is designed to introduce learners to the technical aspects of performance: costuming, scenery, lighting, sound and stage design, stage management, house management, and publicity.
Required Activities
Required Activities
Reading:
Reading:
Recommended books include:
The Backstage Handbook: An Illustrated Almanac of Technical Information (Carter)
Technical Theater for Nontechnical People (Campbell)
Read and design such plays or musicals as:
Trifles (Glaspell)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare)
Into the Woods (Sondheim)
The Mousetrap (Christie)
Once on This Island (Ahrens/Flaherty)
A Raisin in the Sun (Hansberry)
The Importance of Being Earnest (Wilde)
Endgame (Beckett)
Antigone (Anouilh)
Read other plays used in Theatre Production I & II.
Writing:
Writing:
Write a manual for a process or piece of theatre equipment.
Written critique of the technical aspects of a performance.
Write and present for one of the following:
technical theatre career field.
design proposal for a play.
Article for a theatre magazine.
Speaking and Listening:
Speaking and Listening:
Present a constructed/created item from one of the design areas (set piece, painting finish, costume, makeup, soundscape, light plot, etc.).
Verbal response to presentations.
Oral presentations.
Literature
Literature
Graduate - Level Competency:
Graduate - Level Competency:
Literature
GS.2 Learners will demonstrate the ability to comprehend, analyze, and engage with a variety of complex print and non-print literary texts, both teacher and self-selected.
Course/Grade Competency:
Course/Grade Competency:
HS.2 The learner will demonstrate the ability to comprehend, analyze, and engage with a variety of increasingly complex print and non-print literary texts.
Content Objectives:
Content Objectives:
The learner will:
Read complete plays, which encompass conflict, cause and effect sequences, protagonists, and antagonists.
Analyze a play for design and identify given circumstances.
Understand Aristotle’s elements of drama.
Understand the principals and elements of design.
Learn basic technical theatre terminology.
Become familiar themselves with design and implementation in at least three areas: costumes, scenic, lighting, props, sound, or makeup/hair.
Become familiar with one of the business areas: stage management, house management, or publicity.
Become familiar with available career fields in technical theatre.
Standards:
Standards:
AKSS
E/LA.B.1-3
Performance: R4.1-9
Cultural: CS.E.3
Arts: A.3,4,7, C.1–3
Writing
Writing
Graduate - Level Competency:
Graduate - Level Competency:
Writing
GS.3 Learners will write in a variety of modes, including analytical, narrative, explanatory, and expressive, using complex reasoning, structure, and language.
Course/Grade Competency:
Course/Grade Competency:
HS.3 The learner will write in a variety of modes (including analytical, narrative, explanatory, and expressive), and use increasingly complex reasoning, structure, and language.
Content Objectives:
Content Objectives:
The learner will:
Learn to write critical analyses of theatrical writings and presentations from a design and technical standpoint.
Write a manual for a theatre process or piece of equipment.
Write a design proposal for one technical area based on analysis of the script.
Standards:
Standards:
AKSS
E/LA.A.1-8, B.2, D.3, C.1-3
Performance: W4.1-5
AK Digital Literacy
6-12.ID.3, 6-12.ID.4
AASL
I.B1-3, II.B.1-3, III.B.1-2, IV.B.1-4, V.B.1-3, VI.B.1-2, I.C.1-4, II. .1-2, III.C.1-2, IV.C.1-3, V.C.1-3, VI.C.1-2, I.D.1-4,.II.D.1-3, III.D.1-2, IV.D.1-3, V.D.1-3, VI.D.1-3
ISTE
4.c-d
Speaking and Listening
Speaking and Listening
Graduate - Level Competencies:
Graduate - Level Competencies:
Speaking
GS.4 Learners will demonstrate the ability to speak purposefully and effectively, strategically making complex decisions about content, language use, and discourse style.
Listening
GS.5 Learners will demonstrate the ability to listen critically and reflectively in a variety of settings and purpose.
Course/Grade Competency:
Course/Grade Competency:
HS.4 The learner will demonstrate the ability to speak purposefully and effectively, strategically making increasingly complex decisions about content, language use, and discourse style.
Content Objectives:
Content Objectives:
The learner will:
Present and defend a design proposal.
Prepare scenes for effective performance.
Investigate music’s impact on design.
Standards:
Standards:
AKSS
E/LA.D.1-4
Cultural: CS.A.5,7
AK Digital Literacy
6-12.EL.1, 6-12.DC.3
AASL
I.A.1-2, II.A.1-3, III.A.1-3, IV. A.1-3, V.A.2-3, VI.A.1-3, I.B.1-3, II.B.1-3, III.B.1-2, IV.B.1-4, V.B.1-3, VI.B.1-2, I.C.1-4, II.C.1-2, III.C.1-2, IV.C.1-3, V.C.1-3, VI.C.1-2, I.D.1-4, II.D.1-3, III.D.1-2, IV.D.1-3, V.D.1-3, VI.D.1-3
ISTE
1.a, 6.a,c-d
Course/Grade Competency:
Course/Grade Competency:
HS.5 The learner will demonstrate the ability to listen critically and thoughtfully in a variety of settings and purposes.
Content Objectives:
Content Objectives:
The learner will:
Provide written and/or verbal feedback for performers.
Watch and critique at least one live performance.
Standards:
Standards:
AKSS
E/LA.D.1-4
Cultural: CS.A.5,7
Research
Research
Graduate - Level Competency:
Graduate - Level Competency:
Research
GS.6 Learners will demonstrate the ability to conduct research to investigate self-selected and given topics, evaluate sources, utilize databases, and synthesize information independently and collaboratively.
Course/Grade Competency:
Course/Grade Competency:
HS.6 The learner will demonstrate the ability to conduct research to investigate topics, evaluate sources, utilize databases, and synthesize information in an increasingly complex manner.
Content Objectives:
Content Objectives:
The learner will:
Create an essay, presentation, or project that incorporates research.
Standards:
Standards:
AKSS
W.6, SL.5
AASL
I.A.1-2, II.A.1-3, III.A.1-3, IV. A.1-3, V.A.1-3, VI.A.1-3, I.A.1-3, II.B.1-3, III.B.1-2, IV.B.1-4, V.B.1-3, VI.B.1-2, I.C.1-4, II.C.1-2, III.C.1-2, IV.C.1-3, V.C.1-3, VI.C.1-2, I.D.1-4, II.D.1-3, III.D.1-2, IV.D.1-3, V.D.1-3, VI.D.1-3
AK Digital Literacy
6-12.DC.3
ISTE
1.c, 2.b, 3, 4.b, 5.c, 6, 7.b-c
Technology
Technology
Graduate - Level Competencies:
Graduate - Level Competencies:
Technological
GS.7 Learners will demonstrate the ability to appropriately use the tools of technology to gather, interpret, collaborate, and analyze information and create shareable products.
Media Literacy
GS.8 Learners will engage in independent critical thinking through accessing, analyzing, evaluating, and creating a complex variety of media.
Course/Grade Competency:
Course/Grade Competency:
HS.7 The learner will demonstrate the ability to appropriately use the tools of technology (including digital media and the Internet) to gather, interpret, and analyze information and create shareable products.
Content Objectives:
Content Objectives:
The learner will:
Understand the uses and limitations of search engines.
Use library and professional databases with teacher guidance.
Make choices from a limited range about technology platforms, and use the appropriate tools (e.g., an app or program) to present material.
Select technology from a curated list to demonstrate learning and present material.
Standards:
Standards:
AKSS
RI.5, 6, and 7, RL.7
SL.3 and 5, L.5
ISTE
1.d, 3, 4, 5.c, 6
AK Digital Literacy
6-12.EL.4, 6-12.KC.1-4, 6-12.ID.1-4, 6-12.CT.3, 6-12.CC.1-4
AASL
I.A.1-2, II.A.1-3, III.A.1-3, IV. A.1-3, V.A.1-3, VI.A.1-3, I.B.1-3, II.B.1-3, III.B.1-2, IV.B.1-4, V.B.1-3, VI.B.1-2, I.C.1-4, II.C.1-2, III. .1-2, IV.C.1-3, V.C.1-3, VI.C.1-2, I.D.1-4, II.D.1-3, III.D.1-2, IV.D.1-3, V.D.1-3, VI.D.1-3
Media Literacy
Media Literacy
Graduate - Level Competency:
Graduate - Level Competency:
Media Literacy
GS.8 Learners will engage in independent critical thinking through accessing, analyzing, evaluating, and creating a complex variety of media.
Course/Grade Competency:
Course/Grade Competency:
HS.8 The learner will engage in critical thinking through accessing, analyzing, evaluating, and creating an increasingly complex variety of media. (The term “media” refers to all electronic or digital means and print or artistic visuals used to transmit messages.)
Content Objectives:
Content Objectives:
The learner will:
Write about, present on, discuss, or create his/her own media.
Standards:
Standards:
AKSS
RI.5, 6, 7, RL.7 SL.3, 5 L.5
AASL
I.A.1-2, II.A.1-3, III.A.1-3, IV. A.1-3, V.A.1-3, VI.A.1-3, I.B.1-3, II.B.1-3, III.B.1-2, IV.B.1-4, V.B.1-3, VI.B.1-2, I.C.1-4, II.C.1-2, III.C.1-2, IV.C.1-3, V.C.1-3, VI.C.1-2, I.D.1-4, II.D.1-3, III.D.1-2, IV.D.1-3, V.D.1-3, VI.D.1-3
AK Digital Literacy
6-12.DC.3
ISTE
1.c, 2.b, 3, 4.b, 5.c, 6, 7.b-c5
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