History of Drama/Theatre

Welcome: History of Theatre
Description: Students will identify the historical movements throughout the history of theatre and how those movements affect eachother. 
Grade Level: 7-8 
Curriculum: Theatre/Drama
Keywords: Theatre, Drama, Classical, Medieval, Renaissance, Restoration, Romanticism

Author: Kaitlin (Reed) Hoyle 

Your assignment is to summarize and categorize the different historical movements in theatre. Following completion of the webquest, you and your table group will create a one-pager outlining the elements of one specific movement. (Teacher will assign movement to each group)

Your one-pager must include:
1) Name of Historical Period

2) Years and duration of period 

3) Characteristics of time period (What made that time period in theatre special?)

4) Major "players" (Who was involved?) 

5) Types of costumes, stage development, and specific plays

1. The student will go to the links provided and read and look at the information provided below.
2. The student will complete handout (provided by teacher) 
3. The student will then highlight key elements of each movement to summarize the historical affect on theatre

By researching each link associated with the theatre movement, answer the questions on your handout. 

CLASSICAL PERIOD

GREEK THEATRE:

http://www.pkwy.k12.mo.us/homepage/mmccracken/File/6th_Grade/Greek_Theater_Worksheet.pdf

http://www.cwu.edu/~robinsos/ppages/resources/Theatre_History/Theahis_2.html

http://www.ancientgreece.com/s/Theatre/

ROMAN THEATER:

http://www.dl.ket.org/latin2/mores/activities/theater.htm

http://novaonline.nvcc.edu/eli/spd130et/roman.htm#roth

MEDIEVAL PERIOD 

http://novaonline.nvcc.edu/eli/spd130et/medieval.htm

RENNAISANCE PERIOD  

http://ada1o1.weebly.com/uploads/5/7/4/7/5747752/the_renaissance.pdf

COMMEDIA DELL' ARTE:

http://theatrehistory.com/italian/commedia_dell_arte_001.html

http://italian.about.com/library/weekly/aa110800d.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commedia_dell%27arte

JACOBEAN THEATER:

http://www.elizabethanenglandlife.com/Jacobean-Era/jacobean-theatre.html

http://www.elizabethanenglandlife.com/Jacobean-Era/jacobean-and-elizabethan-compare.html

ELIZABETHAN THEATER:

 http://elizabethanenglandlife.com/Elizabethan-Theatre-History.html

 http://www.shakespeareinamericancommunities.org/education/elizabethan-age

ROMANTICISM

 http://novaonline.nvcc.edu/eli/spd130et/romanticism.htm

http://theatrehistory.com/french/romanticism001.html

RESTORATION

http://www.theatrehistory.com/british/restoration_drama_001.html

http://novaonline.nvcc.edu/eli/spd130et/restor.htm

20TH CENTURY

http://novaonline.nvcc.edu/eli/spd130et/earlytwentieth.htm

At the end of this WebQuest you will have learned the history of theatre across the world as well as the literature movements associated with each type of theatre!