Daren Blanck

Introductory Materials

MYP 6 Overview 2011.pdf
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Movement Activity

Choose and animal and find a clip that allows you to observe your animal's movement.

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/category/episodes/by-animal/

Unit 1: Rituals

In the movie Dances with Wolves (1990) Kicking Bird and Lt. Dunbar are married in a traditional Lakota Sioux ritual.

http://youtu.be/HVO43igq5Io

Mati Waiya, a Chumash ceremonial leader from the west coast of North America, shares a ritual blessing and dance. The condor, a large bird of prey is an important animal-spirit in Chumash religious belief. Can you find connections in his body paint, costume, or action that evokes the image of the condor?

"High Church" Christian Ritual

The first clip is a re-enactment of a marriage mass in the Catholic church from a major motion picture. The second is a video on the Lutheran Liturgy from a Lutheran Church in the US.

Depiction of Sabbath Prayer

From the film "Fiddler on the Roof", a story about a small Jewish village in the Russian empire in about 1905.

The Sin Eater Ritual

The ancient Welsh ritual of the "Sin Eater" arose from the time Wales was separated from the rest of Christian Europe during the early middle ages. It probably came to be as a corruption of the Catholic Mass or communion celebration. In communion Christians remember that Christ took away our sins by taking our sins unto himself on the cross. In the middle ages the priest often ate and drank the bread and wine rather than it being a shared meal. The Welsh remembered parts of these catholic traditions and knew the need for salvation, but lost the truth of Christ. Instead a member of the community was chosen as the "sin eater". This film is based in part on true stories.

Formative Assignment:

1. Homework Reading: Read Chapter 1 of Theatre History and answer the questions at the end of the reading. Submit your assignment as a shared Google Doc titled like this: Chapter1.Your Name.MYP 6.

Share your google doc with me (blanckd@gsis.sc.kr)

2. Describe a formal ritual from your own experience in detail. Include what the ritual is called, the steps of the ritual, and its meaning. Submit your assignment in paragraph form as a shared Google Doc titled like this: Formal.Your Name.MYP 6.

Share your google doc with me (blanckd@gsis.sc.kr)

Part 1- Script Analysis: Analyze in at least three complete paragraphs Christopher Durang’s Funeral Parlor

a. What are Susan’s ideas of “funeral parlor rituals”?

b. In what ways does Marcus “violate” these rituals?

c. Why is Funeral Parlor thought to be funny?

SHARE PART 1 WITH ME AS A GOOGLE DOC TITLED:

Durang.Your Name.MYP 6

Part 2 - Research: Research a formal ritual from a culture different from your own.

a. Create a Google presentation with at least 7 slides.

b. Each slide must have a visual AND information.

c. Your presentation should answer the following:

1. Who performs the ritual you researched?

(Whose culture? Individuals…priest, groom, etc.)

2. Where is it performed?

(Where in the world? Where in the community?)

3. When is the ritual performed?

(Time of year or time of life…)

4. What does the ritual signify or represent?

5. Why is it performed?

(Or why is it performed in this way?)

6. How is the ritual performed? (Step by step!)

d. Cite your sources using proper form on the last slide!

SHARE PART 2 WITH ME AS A GOOGLE PRESENTATION TITLED:

RitualResearch.Your Name.MYP 6

Part 3 - Performance: Demonstrate through performance your researched and documented rituals and teach it to the class. Focus on the concepts of “public solitude”, adding “detail”, and creating a “beginning, middle, and end” to your performance. The ritual you perform may NOT be from your own cultural background.

Part 4 - Reflection: In at least one paragraph for each answer the following:

a. Reflect on your performance. How did you do demonstrating and teaching the ritual you researched?

b. What were your strengths and weaknesses in this assessment task?

SHARE PART 4 WITH ME AS A GOOGLE DOC TITLED:

RitualReflection.Your Name.MYP 6

Unit 2: Puppets

Our next unit will involve studying the history of puppets around the world and performing puppet theatre. To wet your appetites, lets start with a Robert Louis Stevenson classic from English literature performed by some of the most famous puppets in the English speaking world...Jim Hensen's Muppets. (Begin watching after you have completed your Ritual Reflection on Thursday. Be sure to follow the story line or take notes because understanding the plot will be important for the final test)

Treasure Island