PROJECT DESCRIPTION
INSTRUCTORS
SCHOOL SITE
LEVEL
SUBJECTS
What happens when we listen well? What happens when we don’t?
How do members of a community create healing after conflict?
How can we be agents of positive change?
Theme: History of Police Brutality & Civil Rights
Products: A student created play
Humanities
Students will write A PLAY. The components of the play will derive from: verbatim scripts from interviews, scenes from important Civil Rights events in history, speeches from Civil Rights activists, scenes depicting current events, and personal stories and social media related to questions about police interactions in communities. There will be a variety of perspectives from history and current events explored and expressed in the performance, looking to find themes and storylines. We NEED VARIETY! We will weave the various scripts together for one performance that answers the essential question(s).
Engineering
Students will also design visual soundscapes and coded images to go with scenes in engineering that complement the performance. Singers, songwriters, dancers and choreographers are encouraged to think of ways to incorporate their disciplines into the final production too. Perhaps borrowing from Greek Tragedy’s chorus structure? The sky’s the limit!
Excerpts
Whole text/ small group
Exhibitions: Performance at Chula Vista Black Box Theater Nov. 30 & Dec. 1, 2016
Skills:
September
| Mon | Tues | Wed | Thurs | Fri |
| 29
Team Time: Norms/ Hopes & Fears |
30
Team Time: Personal Stories for performance & the 6 Cs (introductions) |
31 | 1
Performance day! |
2
Team Beach Day (?) |
| 5
Personal Statement workshop #1: What makes writing hard? The Many formats of 2016’s Personal Statement Journaling, sharing stories |
6
SAT and college entrance Essays Unpacked Practice w/ New York Times Op-Ed **ACT |
7
Project Launch Interviews Off and on campus (?) |
8
Whole class text #1
Interviews continued *Chula Vista High Theater Performance (7 pm?) |
9
Literature circle launch
Interview wrap ups and begin transcription *Chula Vista High Theater Performance (7 pm?) |
| 12
Talking about race: Video, journal perform exercise Transcription cont. |
13
Literature circles SAT Practice #2 Interview transcription complete |
14
Twighlight, Anna DeVeare Smith (Watch 30 minute, unpack, and continue writing/ rehearsing interview performance) |
15
Literature circles Personal statement workshop #2: Memories Prepare for Friday performances |
16
Performing verbatim scenes Class text #2 |
| 19
Excerpt: Theater of the Oppressed Catherine Hanna Workshop Intro to Acting/ Stories on the Stage/ Theater as Social Justice Work |
20
Lit. circles Greek Tragedy: Sophocles in class read looking at “the chorus” as a tool in playwriting |
21
Playwriting 101 workshop with The Playwrights Project |
22
Following News Stories Chula vista black box theater performance 8 pm (mandatory assignment) |
23
Lit circles Writing scenes |
| 26
More News More playwriting |
27
Lit circles CLASS TEXT #3 |
28
Lyceum Theater: Manifest Destinitus 10:30 am |
29
Personal Statement workshop |
30
Lit circles Writing |
October
| Mon | Tues | Wed | Thurs | Fri |
| 3
scene writing continued |
4
Lit circles sat |
5
Acting out scenes |
6
CLASS TEXT #4 |
7
Refining scenes |
| 10
Writing workshop ROUND 1: peer critique & combining |
11
Play Writing workshop putting it all together: with Catherine after lunch 12:30 |
12
LIT circles Finish full play construction |
13 | 14 |
| 17
Writing workshop Critique-WHOLE PLAY– Round 1 |
18
Choosing Roles |
19
Final draft complete |
20
Rehearsals/ Read Through |
21
Rehearsals/ Read Through |
| 24
Writing Workshop Final Round |
25
Catherine: Acting & Directing 12:30-2:00 |
26
Refining through doing/ |
27 | 28
Final playwriting complete |
| 31 |
November
| Mon | Tues | Wed | Thurs | Fri |
| Casting & Project Jobs | 1
Rehearsals and Performance prep |
2 | 3
Personal Statements complete for round 1 of early decisions applications |
4
SAT this weekend! |
| 7 | 8
UC App Essay Prompts |
9 | 10 | 11
Lit circle final assessment |
| 14
rehearsal |
15
rehearsal |
16
rehearsal |
17
rehearsal |
18
School performance/ dry run |
| 21 Thanksgiving | 22 Break | 23 no | 24 school | 25 L |
| 28
Rehearsal at Black Box Theater in downtown Chula Vista |
28
Rehearsal at Black Box Theater in downtown Chula Vista |
30
Performance! EXHIBITION! Attendance required |
1
Final Performance! EXHIBITION! Attendance required |
2
Theater clean up |
December
| Mon | Tues | Wed | Thurs | Fri |
| 1
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2
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| 5
Reflections & DP Update |
6
Personal Statement |
7
Senior Project Planning |
8
Personal Statement |
9
Senior Project Planning |
| 12
POLS Honors research papers due |
13 | 14 | 15 | 16
End Semester 1 |
| 19
Winter Break |
20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| 26
Winter break |
27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
