Projet de Drame /théâtre (French Drama): Les Masques et les légendes

This creation is an integrated French, Drama, and visual arts projects. For teachers only teaching one of each (ex. drama or visual arts), I have included three separate rubrics in the package to make it easier to share rubrics with other teaching partners who may share the class with you.

In this project package, students learn more about ancient Greek theatre as well as theatre coming from different cultures. Once completing the preliminary research, they are to find a cultural legend and make that legend come to life by creating a script for the legend, putting together props and creating masks for the different characters that they will transition into (just like the Ancient Greeks once did). Students work in groups of 2 to 3 so that they can play the roles of at least two characters.

This project may be adapted to give a FNMI perspective by having students select an FNMI legend. It can also have an Ancient civilizations perspective by having students select and work with legends coming out of antiquity.

The arts component of creating masks gives the project a creative dimension which students often enjoy. It also allows the shyer students to participate more actively since they are able to present from behind a mask.