The Greek News (History Series) by Phillip Steel and Anton Powell
Ancient History Reader's Theater (Teacher Created Resources 399)
Art and Culture of Ancient Greece by Dimitra Tsakiridis & Matilde Barde
Students will use books as reference for designing and producing a modernized version of The Birds by Aristophanes. The comic style will help them relate to life, the reader's theatre will help them in translating context of The Birds and the historical reference book will serve as a basis for choices in set and costume design even if they modernize or abstract the production concept.
Kelly, I love the idea of your unit centering a classic drama around modern themes! Would there be a specific motif that you would encourage, or would you simply suggest a group of modern "looks" for the play? I only ask because it might be a good idea, from this point on, to look for some anthropology texts that link Greek design and architecture to modern designs, in order to allow them to design sets, costumes and lighting with those modern parallels in mind.
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