Introduction


Scenario

Imagine that you were in charge of teaching a group of adults everything about your favorite book.  Now, imagine that the group of adults couldn't read.  How would you teach them? To complicate things further, imagine that your favorite book is in a language that your adult students don't understand.

 

People in a meeting

Your only solution to teach your students is to take them to a lecture spoken in a language they don't understand.  Does it sound impossible? Are you overwhelmed yet?

Man, whose head is smoking, is looking at books

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Middle Ages

This is the same situation the Catholic Church was in between 500 A.D. and 1500 A.D., a period we refer to as the Middle Ages, Medieval Period, and sometimes the Dark Ages.

The rose window of the Sé do Porto

The rose window of the Sé do Porto (the Cathedral of the Old City) in Portugal

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Lesson Objectives

Following successful completion of this lesson, students will be able to...

  • Demonstrate an understanding of key terms and concepts of theatre as it relates to the Middle Ages and its theatre.
  • Identify and describe characteristics of theatre in the Middle Ages.

Enduring Understandings

  • Through the arts, people make meaning by investigating and developing awareness of perceptions, knowledge, and experiences.
  • Response to theatre is informed by analyzing context (social, cultural, and historical) and how creators and performers manipulate the elements of music.
  • Theatre artists connect their personal interests, experiences, ideas, and knowledge to creating, performing, and responding.
  • Response to theatre is informed by analyzing context (social, cultural, and historical) and how creators and performers manipulate the elements of music.

The above objectives correspond with the Alabama Course of Study: Elements of Arts Literacy standards: 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8.

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