Instructions for Activities

KKey Terms: Use these terms as 'key words' in your internet search. All terms must be included in final presentation.
	American Company	the Baryymores	David Douglass	Ira Aldridge	John Street Theatre
	Charlotte Cushman	Edwin Boothe	Eugene O'Neill	Arthur Miller	Thorton Wilder
		Neil Simon	Wendy Wasserstein

Instructions for Activities Activity 1 Use at least 3 of the Internet links below to research your section of theatre history. As you research, organize your findings in an Excel spreadsheet. Column one will be for the term (key terms listed above), column two for information (paraphrase your findings), and column three will be the URL of your source. Make sure you find information about all supplied terms. Your group will become the expert group for the class on this section of history. (Application, Analysis and Evaluation)

Theatre Database	Theatre History	Wikipedia Theatre History	Theatre History on the Web
Theatre History on the Web	Origins of Theatre	Roman Theatre	Shakespeare's Theatre
Elizabethan Theatres	Greek Theatre	Method Acting and Stanislavsky	Theatre of the Absurd
	Google Image Search	An Introduction to the World of Bunraku

Activity 2

Design a PowerPoint presentation with the information you have found so you can teach the class about your section of theatre history. This PowerPoint will include pictures, videos or some form of a visual aide. Your last slide should be a bibliography slide detailing all sources used. (Knowledge Comprehension, Analysis and Synthesis)

PowerPoint could include:

At minimum of 6 slides

Information about:

Theatres

Play writes / Plays

Popular theatre styles

'Technology' of the day

Anything else interesting you find in your research.

Activity 3

Using Word, create a notes worksheet for the class. Include all of the required terms. The class will use this as a study sheet in order to prepare for the assessment over this chapter. Your fill in the blank notes worksheet will include a minimum of 10 facts or vocabulary words. It will be neat and easy to follow. (Use minimum of 12-point font.) You will turn in a blank copy so copies can be made for the class and a key for the teacher. (Tip: do your notes worksheet last so that it will follow along with the PowerPoint for easier note taking.) (Synthesis)