Theatre 1 · Week 25 · Theatre and Community
Theatre for Our Community
Students adapt a short scene for a specific audience, such as younger students, and adjust their choices to meet that audience's needs.
- Students will
- Students adapt a short scene for a specific audience of younger students by changing voice, pace, and staging, and explain each change.
- SEL skill
- Adjust performance choices after thinking about what a specific audience needs
- What it looks like
- Students practice social awareness by thinking about what an audience needs and adjusting their choices with care.
- Content focus
- Theatre for Our Community
- Format
- Partner exchange
Social awareness
Social awareness means understanding other people's perspectives and caring about them, including people whose backgrounds differ from yours. More social awareness activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- TH:Pr6.1.HSI: Theatre, Performing, Presenting, or Producing, Anchor Standard 6 (Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work), High School Proficient
- Artistic process: Performing, Presenting, or Producing
- Level: High School Proficient
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More social awareness activities for Theatre 1
- Yes, And Social awarenessThrough short improv scenes, students practice accepting and building on a partner's offer.
- Walking in Someone Else's Shoes Social awarenessStudents shape a character from given circumstances and write a short diary entry from that character's point of view.
- Listening on Stage Social awarenessPartners perform an open scene twice and respond the second time only to what they truly hear.
- Stories From Our Families Social awarenessStudents gather a family, community, or imagined story and explore how personal beliefs shape the way it might be staged.
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RoseThread Connect activities are drafted with the help of AI and shaped by educators. Students never have to share anything personal. Our five SEL skills are informed by CASEL's SEL Framework; RoseThread Learning is not affiliated with or endorsed by CASEL.