Drama: Tableau in the Classroom

 

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Sweden: Lessons for America?

 

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It’s been suggested that Americans would be better off if the United States was more like Sweden. Do the Swedes know something that we don’t? Sweden: Lessons for America? A Personal Exploration by Johan Norberg delves into the economic and social landscape of the Swedish scholar’s homeland. Join him to see that the lessons to be learned from Sweden may not be the ones you expect. The one-hour documentary follows Norberg on a journey through the history of Sweden’s economic rise, from one of the poorest countries in the world to one of the most prosperous. The program illuminates key ideas and enterprises that sparked the reform and continue to help Sweden maintain its lofty economic position, including freedom of the press, free trade, new technology companies, crazy jobs and even an old Swedish superhero.

 

 

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 Unit: Drama

Theme: Tableau in the Classroom

 

Introduction

A tableau vivant, French for "living picture", is a static scene containing one or more actors or models. They are stationary and silent, usually in costume, carefully posed, with props and/or scenery, and may be theatrically lit. It thus combines aspects of theatre and the visual arts.

 

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Learning Objectives

 

  • Understand the use of tableau in the classroom
  • Explain in which way is tableau useful to students
  • Gain an awareness of the elements of tableau necessary to tell a story
  • Experience the performance of a fairy tail using tableau


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Main Lesson


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 Teacher Toolkit: Tableau

 

Question 1

Based on this video; how can we use tableaux to teach subjects other than theater?


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 Santa Monica Repertory Theater: How to Create a Tableau

 

 Question 2

Based on this video; why are tableaux useful for young students?

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 Review Concept

 


 What Makes an Effective Tableau

 

 Question 3

Which elements of tableaux are emphasized in this  video?

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 A Note to Remember

A tableau is a living picture used to tell a story.
 
 
 
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Case Study
 
 

Student Project




 Question 4

How effective is a tableau in telling a fairy tale?
 
 

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ACTIVITY 1
 
Students  are divided into groups of 6. They choose a fairy tale they want to turn into a tableau. They plan how to create the frames that will tell the story.


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 Activity 2
 
  
 
 
 Fairy Tale Tableau Project How To
 
 Using the project above as a model, create a fairy tale tableau project in which you post your 10 pictures and the corresponding scene descriptions.

 

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