Learning Exercise
Enlightenment Review Theater Games
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- Classrooms Full of Stars: Theater Games in the Social Sciences
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- April 7, 2006
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- Art Marmorstein
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Chapter VI starts on page 98 Step-by-step instructions for teaching basic theater game techniques and for using theater... see more
Exercise
2. Divide into groups of four, and work on skits with the following "begin line":
a. This is the best of all possible worlds (Voltaire)
b. We are all natural men (Rousseau).
Skits must have characters in conflict and a strong PHYSICAL representation of the conflict. Make sure to KEEP SKITS CLEAN. This is school, not televsion. If skits are not clean--BUZZ--turn is lost.
3. Divide into groups of four to create skits concluding with the following endlines:
a. I do not agree with a word you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it (Voltaire)
b. "O Liberty, what crimes are commited in your name?" (Madame Roland)
4. Divide into groups of four and develop complete skits around one of the following enlightenment themes:
a. Education as the answer to all things
b. Civil liberties
c. Alliances
d. Execution of Louis XVI