School: Belton High School
Class: Company Repertory Theatre
Instructor: Tabitha Babcock
Client: KC Improv
Problem: How to plan, practice, and run a successful Improvisation Show for the school district and community of Belton.
Summary of Project
BHS Theatre Students participated in a Real World Learning Client Connected Project. They were tasked with the challenge of organizing, preparing, and performing an Improvisation Show for our school and community.
Key Takeaways or Advice
Finding engaging subject matter experts to provide students feedback on their projects became a vital part of ensuring that the work stayed rooted in the principles of Real World Learning. One of the largest challenges students faced was effectively managing their time. A required deliverable really has to be a firm timeline of deadlines and events. Students need frequent checkpoints so that the hard deadline isn’t so problematic. While procrastination is a part of working with students in all areas, its effects are much further reaching when working on a community performance.
Learning Standards
Develop and apply Skills to communicate ideas through theatrical performance
- FA 1, 4.1, 4.5
Select and apply theatrical elements to communication ideas through the creation of theatre
- FA 2, 1.4, 1.8, 1.9, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7