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DRAMA
We shall be looking at the following in this module:
Drama also has a serious side to it – which you will experience with this activity. Drama is not only entertaining, but informative and educational as well.
1. The Project
Research the Holocaust during the Second World War and the era of apartheid in South Africa and compile a record of your findings.
The project must include the following:
Illustrations, pictures, photographs
Examples of South African Protest Theatre
The following questions should be answered:
2. Improvisation
You will be divided into groups of 6 - 8
Select an aspect from your research on the Holocaust that you would like to portray in improvisation
The improvisation should not be more than two minutes long
The improvisation should include the following:
You have ten minutes to plan your improvisation
Each group must perform their scene (in three minutes) for the rest of the class
3. Class Discussion
Discuss the following aspects after each performance:
| Learning Outcome(LOs) |
| LU 2 |
| REFLECTINGThe learner will be able to reflect critically and creatively on artistic and cultural processes, products and styles in past and present contexts. |
| Assessment Standards(ASs) |
| We know this when the learner: |
| COMPOSITE |
| 2.2 discusses how the Arts have contributed and can contribute towards social and cultural change (e.g. as a mirror, in documentaries, as suggestions, commentaries, predictions). |
| DANCE |
| 2.4 discusses dances in own social, cultural and historical contexts, focusing on gender, disability and power; |
| DRAMA |
| 2.5 researches human rights and environmental issues and interprets these in small group role-plays; |
| MUSIC |
| 2.6 listens to and demonstrates how the use of polyphony in African music accords participants equitable space in the making of music; |
| VISUAL ARTS |
| 2.7 identifies and explains how photography, filmmaking, sculpture and printmaking can document human rights abuses;2.8 comments on composition, style and subject matter in artworks (e.g. landscape, portraits, still-life, public art or resistance art) over time. |
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