Essential QuestionHow did theatre begin?

3 Week Grading Period

Projects: Survey, mask, Prof. Journal, Current Events

Daily Work: Activity 1 and 2

Quiz: 1 (Prim/Egyp, Roman, Terms)

Notebook: Check 1

Tues• Turn in Survey

• Theatre History: Prim Man

• Tomorrow: Notebook Check and mask making project supplies and plan

Outline for Theatre History(do not copy this)

• Period Name

• Dates

• Significant People

• Architecture

• Terms

• Events

History of Theatre

Primitive ManVarious dates

Significant People

• A. Medicine man, shaman, witch doctor, priest

• B. Wearing of masks gave magical powers

Theatre Architecture

•Campfire

Important Terms• A. Ritual-repetition of

something until it becomes a tradition

• B. Drama-from Greek meaning to do or to act

Significant Events

• A. Development of dance and ritual

• B. Instinctive movement evolved into pantomime that told (oral tradition, showed or mimicked something

Significant Events Cont.• C. Types of Dances

1. initiation

2. war

3. story

4. religious

D. Today-South African, South America, Australian aborigines, Hawaiian hulas, American Indian dances

Textbook•Table of Contents

•Intro: Pages 1-4

Wed• Mask Project Begins with plan and supplies

• Grade Notebooks with gradesheet.

Summarize

How did theatre begin?

Assignment• Complete mask description

• Bring supplies for building a mask to class

• Be sure that notebook is organized and in correct order

–20 points physical notebook

–10 points syllabus signed

–10 points dividers

–10 points correctly organized