Unit 07: Histry f Bradway and the American Theatre Wing Cntent Area: Perfrming Arts Curse(s): Perfrming Arts Time Perid: Week 18 Length: 3 Weeks Status: Published Unit Overview In this unit, students will explre hw Bradway came t be. Students will understand the impact f the rle f Bradway and hw we have influenced ther areas t have their wn "versin". Students will learn abut The American Theatre Wing and hw the Tny's were created. Standards VPA.1.1.8.C.CS4 VPA.1.2.8.A.1 VPA.1.2.8.A.CS2 VPA.1.2.8.A.3 VPA.1.4.8.A.1 VPA.1.4.8.A.3 A team f artists, technicians, and managers wh cllabrate t achieve a cmmn gal uses a brad range f skills t create theatrical perfrmances. Map histrical innvatins in dance, music, theatre, and visual art that were caused by the creatin f new technlgies. Tracing the histries f dance, music, theatre, and visual art in wrld cultures prvides insight int the lives f peple and their values. Analyze the scial, histrical, and plitical impact f artists n culture and the impact f culture n the arts. Generate bservatinal and emtinal respnses t diverse culturally and histrically specific wrks f dance, music, theatre, and visual art. Distinguish amng artistic styles, trends, and mvements in dance, music, theatre, and visual art within diverse cultures and histrical eras. Essential Questins Hw did Bradway develp? Hw des theatre influence lives? Applicatin f Knwledge: Students will knw that... histry f the American Theatre wing and its beginnings in the 1800's.
ther areas f the wrld that cmpare t Bradway NYC are; Lndn, Paris, Italy, Japan. the map f Bradway stages includes; Marritt, Music Bx, Lyceum, Amsterdam, Richard Rgers, Schubert, Hirschfeld, Bradhurst the theatre District was develped in 1836. the Tny's were named after Mary Antinette Perry wh was an actress, directr, and c-funder f the American Theatre Wing.. Applicatin f Skills: Students will be able t... identify key peple invlved with the Theatre District's renvatin. identify majr Bradway theatres. identify sectins f Bradway and Theatre Districts n maps. recgnize and define a Tny Award. trace a timeline f the develpment f the Bradway Stage. Assessments Written Quiz n the develpment f Bradway Theatre District map Tny Award Prject- (Create Tny and New Catagry) Suggested Activities Create a timeline f Bradway with the class Create classrm Tny Awards with descriptins and ratinale fr selectin f the recipient View excerpts frm the Tny Awards Identify Bradway stages n theatre maps Teacher lead discussin n imprtance f live theatre Activities t Differentiate Instructin
Differentiatin fr special educatin: General mdificatins may include: Mdificatins & accmmdatins as listed in the student s IEP Assign a peer t help keep student n task Mdified r reduced assignments Reduce length f assignment fr different mde f delivery Increase ne-t-ne time Wrking cntract between yu and student at risk Priritize tasks Think in cncrete terms and prvide hands-n-tasks Psitin student near helping peer r have quick access t teacher Anticipate where needs will be Break tests dwn in smaller increments Cntent specific mdificatins may include: Wrk with Theatre buddy n Map Prject Reduce size f Tny Prject Differentiatin fr ELL's: General mdificatins may include: Strategy grups Teacher cnferences Graphic rganizers Mdificatin plan Cllabratin with ELL Teacher Cntent specific vcabulary imprtant fr ELL students t understand include: theatre district, Tny Award Differentiatin t extend learning fr gifted students may include:
Inventing wn Bradway theatre and naming it n Theatre District Map. Incrpratin f engineering in designing a theater and researching and taking int cnsideratin cncepts such as acustics and sund prfing. Integrated/Crss-Disciplinary Instructin Perfrming Arts can wrk with Music and Art n Tny Prject intergrating all f the Arts Classes Resurces sptlightbradway.cm The Curtain Rises Vlume: A Histry f Eurpean Theatre frm the Eighteenth Century t the Present, by Paula Gaj Sitarz TnyAwards.cm Teacher generated handuts/wrksheets 21st Century Skills CRP.K-12.CRP5.1 CRP.K-12.CRP6.1 Career-ready individuals understand the interrelated nature f their actins and regularly make decisins that psitively impact and/r mitigate negative impact n ther peple, rganizatin, and the envirnment. They are aware f and utilize new technlgies, understandings, prcedures, materials, and regulatins affecting the nature f their wrk as it relates t the impact n the scial cnditin, the envirnment and the prfitability f the rganizatin. Career-ready individuals regularly think f ideas that slve prblems in new and different ways, and they cntribute thse ideas in a useful and prductive manner t imprve their rganizatin. They can cnsider uncnventinal ideas and suggestins as slutins t issues, tasks r prblems, and they discern which ideas and suggestins will add greatest value. They seek new methds, practices, and ideas frm a variety f surces and seek t apply thse ideas t their wn wrkplace. They take actin n their ideas and understand hw t bring innvatin t an rganizatin.