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- 12th
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Students describe the organizational structure of a film crew, including production staff and actors through the production of a weekly soap opera. Full Review »
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- 9th - 11th
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Students analyze the characters and relationships in an opera. They explore physical movement in the opera by acting out a scene. Full Review »
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- Higher Ed
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Students study how to use video clips to enrich lessons about opera and social issues. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students view a new adaptation of composer Charles Fran¿¿ois Gounod's opera "Romeo and Juliet", based on Shakespeare's 16th-century play. They conduct research on the era in which Shakespeare lived, write and respond to letters from the characters in "Romeo and Juliet" and draft opera scripts. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students identify and discuss elements of Kurosawa's films. They research his life and how he influenced film-making. They create a script, video, or skit/play based on their research. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students watch the Lon Chaney episode of American Masters, read chapters from three original books on which Chaney's films were based, and use a reading strategy called Reader's Theater to adapt each chapter into a script. After performing their interpretations of the chapters, students compare their own work to Chaney's. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 6th
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Students analyze the characters of Gaetano Donizetti's opera, Don Pasquale. They participate in a variety of activities that are designed to help them develop more detailed characters in the stories they write. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students reflect on a personally meaningful live performance and the circumstances necessary to create art. They study about the current leadership crisis facing the Met, Carnegie Hall, and the Public theater. In groups, students research the Metropolitan Opera, Carnegie Hall, and the Public Theater in greater depth and present their findings to the class. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 3rd
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Students investigate different cultures' versions of the Cinderella tale in comparison to the Rossini opera synopsis. They experience dramatizing a Cinderella tale and study about the group and individual process required for theatrical production. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students, with this opera exchange, increase their knowledge of the opera process. They use opera as a vehicle to better comprehend the relationship music has with all arts and other disciplines across the curriculum. Full Review »

