Process for teaching students multiple curriculum subjects through the use of a theatrical production

A process for teaching students multiple curriculum subjects through use of a theatrical production, comprising the steps of:

• selecting a play adapted to a grade level of the students and created for student performance;
• providing students lesson plans including worksheets for multiple curriculum subject areas which utilize information from the play;
• assigning speaking and non-speaking roles in the play to the students;
• providing sound recordings pertaining to the play;
• providing templates for creating backdrops and props for the play;
• creating backdrops and props based upon the provided templates;
• erecting a portable stage within a classroom environment;
• and
• performing the play.

A process for teaching students multiple curriculum subjects through use of a theatrical production, comprising the steps of:

• selecting a play adapted to a grade level of the students and created for student performance;
• providing students lesson plans including worksheets for multiple curriculum subject areas, including at least two of the following:
• language arts, math, science, health and history, which utilize information from the play;
• assigning speaking and non-speaking roles in the play to the students;
• providing sound recordings pertaining to the play;
• providing templates for creating backdrops and props for the play;
• creating backdrops and props based upon the provided templates;
• erecting a portable stage within a classroom environment;
• and
• performing the play;
• wherein the speaking roles comprise speaking parts of characters in the play and wherein the non-speaking roles include stage crew, backdrop crew, sound crew, and/or props crew positions;
• wherein the sound recordings include a soundtrack of a script of the play as an aid in teaching the students the roles of the play, sound effects and audio bites for use during the performance of the play;
• and
• wherein the erecting step includes erecting a mobile scenery arrangement, comprising:
• a substantially vertical left side having front and rear corner members;
• a substantially vertical right side having front and rear corner members;
• an upper front curtain rod adjoining the left and right sides by means of the respective front corner members;
• and
• an upper rear back-drop rod joining the left and right sides by means of the respective rear corner members;
• wherein each rod has two ends and supports a cord therebetween, at least one of the ends of each of the rods being provided with a cord-tensioning device arranged to steplessly stretch the respective cord between the two ends of the rod.