The Crucible Lesson Plan

Set Design

Kind of Activity:

Classwide Discussion

Objective:

understanding the elements of a play; speaking skills and articulation; discussion; visual and critical analysis

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.1

Structure:

INTRO: Full productions of The Crucible take place on stages that have b[sets] on them. Briefly explain to students that sets help create the world of a play. Show them pictures of sets from other plays (show pictures such as these, or Google the name of a play for press pictures). Discuss how sets can be literal/realistic, or metaphorical (and ideally have at least one picture of a set for each).

CREATING: Hand out one sheet of plain white...