Fancy fencing
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators/lessons/grade-6-8/Fancy_Fencing.aspx
A lesson plan for grades 7–8
In this ARTSEDGE lesson, students explore the art of stage-fighting. After learning basic ballet and stage-fight moves, students view several versions of a fight scene in Hamlet.
Students will:
- identify and practice several ballet positions and movements;
- identify and practice several sword fighting movements and stances;
- create a 16-beat movement combining the sword fighting moves;
- present their 16-beat sword fight to the class;
- read Hamlet (Act V, scene ii);
- observe three different film versions of an excerpt from Hamlet; and
- write an analysis of the three film versions indicating similarities and differences in movement.
ARTSEDGE provides detailed instructions for completing the lesson, a supply list, suggestions for assessment and extension activities, and links to related web resources and an assessment rubric.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Theatre Arts Education (2001)
Grade 7
- Goal 6: The learner will compare and integrate art forms by analyzing traditional theatre, dance, music, visual arts, and new art forms.
- Objective 6.02: Integrate other art forms into dramatic presentations.
- Goal 7: The learner will analyze, critique, and construct meaning from informal and formal theatre, film, television, and electronic media productions.
- Objective 7.03: Analyze, critique and express meaning perceived from works of informal and formal theatre, film, television, and electronic media productions from various cultures.
- Objective 7.05: Communicate emotions and thoughts evoked by performances and dramatic material.
Grade 8
- Goal 5: The learner will research by finding information to support informal or formal productions.
- Objective 5.03: Reference a script to design and implement technical theatre requirements.
- Objective 5.05: Analyze given circumstances in a script to make artistic choices.
- Goal 6: The learner will compare and integrate art forms by analyzing traditional theatre, dance, music, visual arts, and new art forms.
- Objective 6.01: Analyze other art forms and how they relate to theatre.
- Objective 6.02: Synthesize several art forms into dramatic presentations.
- Objective 6.03: Compare and contrast how society and various art forms impact each other.
