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This Study of Ancient Greek Drama exists for the purpose of introducing students to drama as a literary form with universal conventions and distinct historical, cultural, and social impact.
Students will know and be skilled at: examining the universal and culturally relevant themes that are developed through drama; analyzing the impact of historical, cultural, and social details on drama; understanding dramatic conventions and the characteristics of tragedy.
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College, Career, & Citizen Ready Skills |
Meaning: Enduring Understandings and Essential Questions |
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Skill 1: Critical Thinking Skill 2: Communication Skill 3: Collaboration |
Students will understand that…
Individual conscience may conflict with social order.
There must be compatibility between social laws and human moral codes.
Drama is a unique form of literature with important social, historical, and cultural significance. |
Students will keep considering…
What is the correct relationship of an individual to society?
What is the relationship between personal morality and social justice?
How can we interpret drama and apply it to our own behavior?
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The student will read, comprehend, and analyze literary texts of different cultures and eras.
a) Identify main and supporting ideas.
b) Make predictions, draw inferences, and connect prior knowledge to support reading comprehension.
c) Explain similarities and differences of techniques and literary forms represented in the literature of different cultures and eras.
d) Analyze the cultural or social function of literature.
e) Identify universal themes prevalent in the literature of different cultures.
f) Examine a literary selection from several critical perspectives.
g) Explain the influence of historical context on the form, style, and point of view of a literary text.
h) Evaluate how an author’s specific word choices, syntax, tone, and voice shape the intended meaning of the text, achieve specific effects and support the author’s purpose.
i) Compare and contrast literature from different cultures and eras.
j) Distinguish between a critique and a summary.
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