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Introduction to Musical Theater (SCP) 921
Broadway History
TIME FRAME: 3 Weeks
GRADE: 9-12
CONTACT:
MAP LEVEL: 1
01.3 THE ARTS - THEATRE
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-- Students will identify cultural and historical sources of American theatre and musical theatre
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-- Students will identify and compare the lives, works and influence of representative theatre artists in various cultures and historical periods
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-- Students will compare similar themes in drama from various cultures and historical periods, create informal and formal performances using these themes, and discuss how theatre can reveal universal concepts
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-- Students will explain how culture affects the content and design elements of dramatic performances.
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-- Students will analyze the emotional and social impact of dramatic events in their lives, in the community and in other cultures
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-- Students will describe and compare universal characters and situations in dramas from and about various cultures and historical periods, create improvised and scripted scenes based on these universal characters and situations, and discuss how theatre reflects a culture.
01.1 THE ARTS - DANCE
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-- Students will describe the characteristics of a particular choreographer's movement vocabulary.
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-- Students will describe and analyze the choreographic structure of dance viewed in class, in the theatre, or on video.
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-- Students will describe how a choreographer manipulated and developed the basic movement content in a dance.
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-- Students will take an active role in a class discussion about interpretations of and reactions to dances that are either produced in class or viewed in the theatre or on video; and
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-- Students will compare the work of two contrasting choreographers using a given set of artistic criteria
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-- Students will formulate and answer their own aesthetic questions (such as: What is it that makes a particular dance that dance? What makes a successful dance successful?).
01.2 THE ARTS - MUSIC
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-- Students will identify by genre or style aural examples of music from various historical periods and cultures
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-- Students will describe in simple terms how elements of music are used in music examples from various cultures of the world
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-- Students will identify sources of American music genres, trace the evolution of those genres, and cite well-known musicians associated with them
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-- Students will identify various roles musicians perform, cite representative individuals who have functioned in each role, and describe their activities and performances.
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-- Students will compare, in several cultures of the world, the functions music serves, roles of musicians, and conditions under which music is typically performed.
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-- Students will identify by genre or style aural examples of music from various historical periods and cultures
08.1 SOCIAL STUDIES - HISTORY
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-- Students will demonstrate a familiarity with peoples, events and places from a broad spectrum of human experiences through selected study from historical periods and from the various regions (e.g., East Asia, Europe, the Americas, Africa, South Asia, West Asia)
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-- Students will demonstrate an in-depth understanding of major events and trends of United States history (e.g., the American Revolution, the Civil War, industrialization, the Great Depression, the cold war)
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-- Students will demonstrate an in-depth understanding of selected events representing major trends of world history (e.g., emergence of new centers of agrarian society in the 3rd and 2nd millennia BCE, the Black Death, the Columbian voyages, the French Revolution, World War II)
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-- Students will explain relationships among the events and trends studied in local, national and world history.
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-- Students will recognize that people develop traditions that transmit their beliefs and ideals
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-- Students will examine family life and cultures of different peoples at different times in history
08.1 SOCIAL STUDIES - HISTORY
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-- Students will identify and analyze the various causes and effects of movements of groups of people
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-- Students will give examples of the visual arts, dance, music, theater and architecture of the major periods of history and explain what they indicate about the values and beliefs of various societies
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-- Students will demonstrate an understanding of the ways race, gender, ethnicity and class issues have affected individuals and societies in the past
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-- Students will analyze the causes and consequences of major technological turning points in history, e.g., their effects on people, societies and economies
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-- Students will recognize relationships between events and people of the past and present circumstances, concerns and developments.
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-- Students will describe relationships between historical subject matter and other subjects they study, current issues and personal concerns.
What is the American Musical?
How did world events influence the musical?
Who were the composers/chorepgraphers/librettists that had major influences on the musical?
In this unit, the history of the American Musical, often referred to as the Broadway Musical, will be traced from the birth of this art form up to modern day productions. Students will learn how the musical has evolved and changed since the early days of the Ziegfeld Follies. In this unit, students will learn and discuss how the following changed influenced and continually changed the musical:
*Immigration and the construction of New York City
*The changing roles of women and minorities in society during the 20th Century *Influential composers and librettists of musicals
*Influential choreographers of musicals
*Influences of world events such as The Great Depression, WW I and WW II, The Hippie Movement, Vietnam War, Racial Segregation and Civil unrest, AIDS health Crisis
*Invention of television and other audio recording devices
In this unit, students will:
*Discuss the evolution of the musical libretto starting with the Ziegfeld Follies up to Modern Day.
*Identify influential composers and choreographers of the 20th Century Musical including up to modern day.
*Discuss the changing roles of minorities and women in the theater and society during the 20th Century up to modern day.
*Examine how the "melting pot" enviornment of NYC influenced the musical and music in general during the early 20th C.
*Describe how "modern inventions" such as the subway, microphones, recording devices, television and electronic instruments helped shape the modern day musical
*Examine and discuss how world events influenced the musical-i.e. WW I, WW II, The Great Depression, Segregation, Vietnam War, Hippie Movement, AIDS Crisis
During this unit, the student will:
*Watch the PBS DVD Series- Broadway:The American Musical
*Write a report on an influential composer and choreographer
*Listen to music from many different musicals and eras
*Research historical events such as WWI, WWII, The Great Depression, etc. to gain a better understanding of how such events influenced the world and the arts.
*Watch performances of well known musicals from many different time eras-(NOTE: This is on-going throughout the semester)
*Have class discussions
The student will be assessed through the following means:
*Quizes and tests
*Written research papers
*Class discussions
PBS DVD Series-Broadway:The American Musical:
PBS CD-Broadway:The American Musical
DVD's
Oklahoma!
Into the Woods
The King and I
Once Upon a Mattress
Evita
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat
Guys and Dolls
Chicago
My Fair Lady
Westside Story
The Sound of Music
RENT
Broadway's Lost Treasures vol.
Books-
Broadway:The American Musical