Introduction
Um....Why are we learning this?
Safety - Why is it important? What must we do to keep ourselves and our patron’s safe in the theatre? You don't think it's a big deal? Think again. Before you may step onto the stage, build a set, create makeup, costume, lighting or sound designs, you need to understand the safety rules of the theatre. If not appropriatly applied, you may put yourself and others in danger.
Through this webquest, you will learn the history of theatre safety, discover tragedies, learn how to create and promote a safety campaign and use high-level computer skills through MSWord, Publisher, and PowerPoint or use technology to create a comic strip, photoshop pictures for messages, create animated cartoons or videos - the possibilities are limitless.
Remember to visit all pages, save your work to your network folder or the website you are utilizing, and complete your daily work form when required. Check out Products and Presentations for the requirements and look at the Rubric for how you will be graded.
So What Do I have To Do?
You and your group are creating a safety campaign for one of the theatre safety topics. Your next step will be to go to the Safety Topics page and choose a topic. A safety campagin MUST consist of a slogan, and/or any one of these products: A PowerPoint Presentation, a Web-Page, or an Animated Movie or a Comic Strip or a Rap song or a skit. Also, you will need to hand out a test for the class to complete after your presentation. Group participation is key. A successful group knows how to delegate the work. Student A may be better a creating posters, while Student B is better at research and Student C really knows how to create PowerPoints. You have one week in the lab to complete the assignment. Presentations begin on Tuesday, September 18. 
EVERYONE MUST PARTICIPATE
- You must turn in your daily work form when required.
- There is limited time in the computer lab. You will not and cannot return to the lab to complete this assignment after the due date. I will monitor your activity on the computer.
- You will only be allowed to operate certain programs and visit certain sites.
- The first time you visit a site not relevant to the project's task, you will receive a warning
- The second time you visit an irrelvant site, you will receive 10 points off your final grade.
- The third time, you will recbe written up and sent to the office.
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Task
PRODUCTS - The Expectations
What You Need To Actually Do
Your group is required to create a Public Awareness Theatre Safety Campaign. You are requried to:
What you must create in the lab:
- A PowerPoint or
- A Wiki Page or
- A Facebook Page or
- An Animated Movie or
- A blog with at least five participants or
- A Safety Poster AND
- A Quiz for the class over your presentation
- What you must turn in:
- An uploaded link or file to http://hhstheatre-upload.wikispaces.com/home
- A Quiz for the class to take over your presentation.
- Test Key (the solution or answers to your quiz)
- Copies for everyone in the class
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What you must do:
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Your group must present their product to the classs
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All group members must participate
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You must upload your project file or a working link to your project at http://hhstheatre-upload.wikispaces.com/home
- Inappropriate use of this webquest site or the wiki site WILL result in disciplinary consequences.
Presentations
Your Presentations. All presentations must be uploaded to the HHS-Theatre-Upload Page - links and/or files!
http://hhstheatre-upload.wikispaces.com/
Navigate to your class page.
Ensure you name your project with your groups name and class period. Instructions are listed below.
Use this format. 1st_LastName - This works for either a file or a web link.
Example, John Smith has theatre first period. His group creates a PowerPoint. His group names the file 1st_Smith.
Or John's group has created their project on a website- they need to rename the link in the same format. Renaming links are very easy. Chose the LINK Icon, choose web address on the left side menu. Type in as follows: 1st_Smith, then paste the actual web address into the address box.
See Ms. King if you have any challenges or issues with this process.
Puzzle Links - Did you communicate well enough for others to learn?
You must create and execute a quiz for your fellow students. This could be a word-find, crossword puzzle. For sites where you may create these:http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/CrissCrossSetupForm.html
Daily Work Form
Don't forget to fill out your work form when required. This is your daily work grade (and, between you and me - you need it!)
Group Work
Your Group's Project and Presentation:
Everyone in the group must participate in the project and the presentation. Each group member will grade the participation level of their group members. Here are some examples of how your group could delegate the work:
Team A has 5 members.
Member 1 creates the main project components. This could be from creating the Powerpoint, Xtranormal Film, or Web page. During the class presentation, Member 1 runs the computer
Member 2 reserachs topics, pictures, or creates script for movie. Member 2 narrates and introduces the project
Member 3 also researchs the topic and works on the poster design. Member 3 shares the narration and introduction of the project
Member 4 creates the class quiz and during presentation hands out and takes up the quiz
Member 5 manages all forms, daily work, and oversees the work progress. Member 5 displays the posters and hands in the required hard copies for the group
Members share grading the quiz
The Test
You must create and execute a quiz for your fellow students. This could be a word-find, crossword puzzle. For sites where you may create these:http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/CrissCrossSetupForm.html
Project Sources
Today you should begin on your project. Xtranormal, WikiSpaces,and other online tools require you to join their sites. They are free. If you have to have an email , username, and password, WRITE DOWN your Username and password. The UN and PW for your project must be turned into Ms. King immediately so they can be logged and used by any member of your team, including Ms. King. Publisher and PowerPoint are both products of the MicroSoft Office Suite. If you understand MSWord, you will easily be able to use Publisher. Save all files to your H;/drive or on the website you have created your project on.
REMEMBER You can create anything to get your message across - a Poster (Word Clouds are fun), a Photograph on the Poster (create site to manipulate (for free) yours or someone else's photo to get your message across, an online comic, video, website, etc.....
Below are a sample of websites you can use to create or spice up your project:
http://www.wikispaces.com/ - JOIN AND CREATE YOUR OWN FREE WEBPAGE (requires a valid email address)
http://perkupprojects.wikispaces.com/ Hey a great resource for perking up your project with shiney letters, animations and more!!!!
http://www.animoto.com/ - Make a 30 second presentation using your images and photos and music!
http://www.xtranormal.com/ - Make an animated video about your topic
http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/ Make a comic strip about your topic
http://www.pixton.com/create Free site for creating a comic strip about your topic (requires a valid email address)
http://www.toondo.com/ Another free stite for creating a comic strip about your topic (requires a valid email address)
Thinking of a Poster - How about a Word cloud
Starting a Publisher Document
Launch Publisher from either the Programs or Desktop shortcut Icon.
Start with the Quick Publications.
Look over the available templates.
When you have chosen a style your group likes, raise your hand and Ms. King will be available to being your group.
Public Service Announcements - Inform and Protect
Links and guidance on how to create a successful Public Service Announcement (PSA). The purpose of a PSA is to both inform and protect the public.
Links
- The top 100 campaigns - Do you agree? http://adage.com/century/campaigns.html
- What is an advertising campaign? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advertising_campaign
- Historic Advertising Campaigns - PSA which made a difference http://www.adcouncil.org/default.aspx?id=61
- Advertising History in World War II
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/adaccess/wwad-history.html - Tips for an effective campaign
http://www.allbusiness.com/marketing/advertising/3983-1.html - IAB and how it works
http://www.iab.net/standards/measurement.asp
Got Milk
Successful - Simple
Process
Safety Topics - Choose Your Campaign's Concern
First, you need to choose a topic for your campaign's concern. Then you need to visit all these websites to answer the questions on your daily form. REMEMBER TO SAVE ALL WORK TO YOUR FOLDER!!!!
TOPICS:
Stage Construction - Makeup - General Theatre Safety - Stage Fighting - First Aid - Fire Regulations
You will find information regarding your daily form and these topics on the following website:
http://web.princeton.edu/sites/ehs/theatersafety/toc.htm
Okay, now here are some specific topics your group may choose one.
General Construction Safety - Wearing Safety Glasses, PowerCords, Power Tools, Wearing Safety Shoes, storage, the possibilities are endless
Lighting - Electric Safety, plugs, frayed wires, instruments, water on the floor, etc.
Fire Safety - Evacuation, Storage, pyrotechniques, fire exits, etc.
Make-Up what can happen, diseases, infections, etc.
The Ghost Lamp - why, etc.
General Safety rules, first aid, etc.
Safety & PR Campaign Sites
O.H.S.A.Expert guidance regarding safety in all occupations. Tons of free information!A.C.T.S.ACTS is a not-for-profit corporation that provides health, safety, industrial hygiene, technical services, and safety publications to the arts, crafts, museums, and theater communities.ISETSAOur Association is totally dedicated to the health and safety of the students, administrators and instructors (directors, technicians, choreographers, scene designers, lighting designers, and makeup artists) who work in the secondary private and public schools (middle, junior, and senior highs) in the performing arts(drama, theatre, music, dance, television, broadcast) programs, productions and activities.High School TechGreat site dedicated to High School Technical TheatreUSITT
Another theatre safety site.
What is a PSA? Found the answer here!
The Society of American Fight DirectorsFind out about the rules and regulations of stage and screen combat!
Safety Slogans & Poster Examples
Look and read these examples of award-winning safety campaigns. Notice that simple is best!
Can you make one of these slogans mutable for your purpose? Extra points if you write the definition of mutable on your daily work!
And More safety slogans!
Safety Posters - Take a look at what the experts in safety sell to American businesses.
Have Fun!
These Links Can Help
The following is a list useful links that I have compiled. They cover topics from stage fighting to makeup to set construction. You may use these in your presentations. You must credit the source. Use MLA formatting: www.easybib.com and turn in the Work Cited with your hard copies. The link for forms and handouts is located at the bottom of this page.
Favorite Sites
History
Stage Fighting Safety Techniques
The Name Says It All
Here's a little history
Video on Make Up History
Costumes, Makeup, Set Construction, Lighting - Lots of links to information.
Just what it says
Make an Animated Movie!
The above link will take you to Xtranormal so you may make an animated movie of your project if you wish.
Need Images, Information, Inspiration - Google It, Then Wow-IT
Yahoo!With over half a million sites, divided into more than 25,000 categories, Yahoo! is both browseable and searchable.Wiki
Create a Web-Page!!!! Go to Wikispaces.com and have your group create a Safety Web Page
Have Fun!
Iroquois Theater Fire
The following links discuss the ill-fated Iroquois Theatre and the disaster which occurred there. You will need to answer a Daily Form about this as well as learn some details which may be on the test. You will be able to use your daily form on the test. Your theatre test is the week of September 29!
Iroquois Theater Fire
The details and facts concerning the ill-fated fire.
How many people does this document source as perishing in the fire? Who got into trouble over this? What is an indictment?
Check out this harrowing account of survial!
http://www.nfpa.org/assets/files/PDF/iroquois.pdfAnd more info
What happened to the people who caused this fire?
Ages not recorded indicate children under the age of six. Some children's parents did have their ages recorded, but it is said the ages were so small, that publishing the actual ages would've caused the entire city of Chicago to weep.
http://www.eastlandmemorial.org/iroquois.shtml
The above site to find the singular act as well as victims:
What is written on the memorial and where is it?
Read and learn about what happened from one of the few lucky enough to get out.
Here's another tale of Stupidity.
Can you believe it?
Search Engines
What is the link between the Titantic and the Iroqois Fire?
All the facts you still don't know
And, yes, there's even more.
Pictures of the disaster, victims, and public officials.
How did this disaster change fire safety regulations in public places?
And here is the complete book from 1904 online with pictures and testimony
http://archive.org/stream/chicagosawfulthe00ever#page/n5/mode/2up
Here are some links to check out
The following is a list useful links that I have compiled. If you wish to be added to this list, please send me an e-mail.
Favorite Sites
Blog on and learn about theatre safety issues around the US!
A short documentary featuring commentary and pictures of the catastrophic event.
Theatre Safety ChecklistBe sure to place a description of your link for your viewers here!MLA Formatting At Your Fngertips
Use this site to create your Work Cited Page.
The Wiki Site where you can find your forms, handouts, teams, etc.
MP3Largest collection of free MP3s to play or download, free MP3 softwareCheck Out Xtranormal
Make a Movie!
Search Engines
Make A Slogan!Make A Slogan Here!!!LycosOne of the most visited hubs on the Internet, reaching one out of every two Web users.Yahoo!With over half a million sites, divided into more than 25,000 categories, Yahoo! is both browseable and searchable.InfoSeekGO Network is a new brand that brings together the very best of the Internet in one, easy-to-use place.