Overview
| Program Description: | This two-day spoken word workshop uses easy improv games and writing prompts to write and present a spoken word poem based on an important topic learned in class. Great for current events, history, a... Read more
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| Available to Grade(s): | 6, 7, 8 |
Logistics
| Program Format: | In-School Workshop |
| Program Format Details: | Program intended for individual classes of a grade level to experience separately. |
| Cost Per Student: | $10 |
| Number of Visits: | 2 |
| Length of Visit: | 45 minutes |
| Availability: | All Year |
Requirements
| Length Info: | Day One: Get CreativeFocus: Writing and imaginationImprov Games:Fun, fast-paced games to help students open up and think creatively.Brainstorm & Write:S... Read more
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| Program Requires Prior Meeting: | yes |
| Meeting Method: | Email, Phone, Virtual Meeting |
| Materials Arts Provider Provides: | I could provide all the above if needed |
| Materials School Provides: | Pens Pencils journal or notebook |
| Space: | Classroom |
| Space and/or Set Up Requirements for Program: | Chairs in a half moon with an open performance space for students to circle up comfortably. |
Learning Standards
| Curriculum Focus: | Social Studies |
| Common Core Standard: | Grade 8: United States History II Civil Unrest, Civil War, and Reconstruction |
| Art Form: | Theater |
| Core Art Standard: | Connecting Anchor Standard 11: Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding. |
| Program Learning Targets: | Students will create an original spoken word poem Students will integrate knowledge of the class curriculum in their artwork Students will perform with confidence and pride |
