National Core Arts Standards
Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding - Grade 8
1 unit • 2 professional development courses aligned to
TH:Cn11.1.8.a - Use different forms of drama/theatre work to examine contemporary social, cultural, or global issues.
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TH:Cn11.1.8.a Use different forms of drama/theatre work to examine contemporary social, cultural, or global issues.
This page lists 1 unit and 2 professional development courses aligned to TH:Cn11.1.8.a from the National Core Arts Standards. Designed for drama teachers, these resources directly address TH:Cn11.1.8.a - Use different forms of drama/theatre work to examine contemporary social, cultural, or global issues.
Unit
8
of
8
in
Middle School
Curriculum
UNIT
Unit Eight: Theatre of the Oppressed
by Lindsay Johnson
10 lessons
Students will have a chance to merge their understanding of scene elements with their improvisation skills in this final unit based on Augusto Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed. Theatre of the Oppressed is a style of theatre specifically created to highlight the injustices of power and oppression in society and to problem-solve ways to bring about change.
Starting with image theatre techniques to identify issues of power and oppression, students will then use forum theatre to create scenarios of oppression taken from their own lives and improvise realistic solutions.
The unit culminates in a performance in which students participate as both actors in a scene they create themselves and spect-actors in scenes created by their peers.
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