Explore themes of discrimination - tensions affecting love, friendship, family through art
Explore how the story of Romeo and Juliet can be expressed through different artistic mediums
Highlighted Activities:
Analyze different media representations of Romeo/Juliet - how do different representations change the impact of the story? Do you get different things from different portrayals? Are some more powerful than others?
Pick a scene in Romeo & Juliet and act it out, exploring how different ways of using language (tone, emphasis, etc.) can change meaning
Look at two pieces of art (both displaying conflict) and analyze what about the artwork shows these signs of conflict. What are techniques that artists use to show discrimination across different art pieces?
Have students visually draw out the timeline of Romeo and Juliet, and then another version of their own that includes how they would write the story if given the chance. Then, they can act out this new version.
Theatrical and Visual Arts Standards:
Theatrical Standards
2.0 Creative Expression - Development of Theatrical Skills
2.1 Make acting choices, using script analysis, character research, reflection, and revision to create characters from classical, contemporary, realistic, and nonrealistic dramatic texts. Creation/Invention in Theatre
2.2 Improvise or write dialogues and scenes, applying basic dramatic structure (exposition, complication, crises, climax, and resolution) and including complex characters with unique dialogue that motivates the action.
Visual Arts Standards
4.0 Aesthetic Valuing
Derive Meaning
4.1Describe the relationship involving the art maker (artist), the making (process), the artwork (product), and the viewer.
4.2 Identify the intentions of artists creating contemporary works of art and explore the implications of those intentions.
4.3 Analyze and articulate how society influences the interpretation and message of a work of art.