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Launch
Students will launch the project by experiencing theatre as an audience, examining how 2008 election media can become dramatic material, and framing an initial investigable question that can guide later research and writing.
Days 1 - 3
🎭 Live Play Meaning Tracker
Launch 75m
🗳️ 2008 Election Newsroom Sprint
Knowledge/Skill Building 75m
🎤 Question Pitch with Partners
Deliverable 75m
Go See a Play
Students will observe a live performance closely, analyze how staging and dramatic structure shape audience meaning, and use those observations to frame a focused investigable question and preliminary hypothesis for an original play about the 2008 presidential election.
Days 4 - 9
🎭 Live Play Field Notes
Community Experience 75m
📝 Audience Meaning Debrief Chart
Knowledge/Skill Building 75m
📚 Scene Analysis from Shakespeare and America
Knowledge/Skill Building 75m
🔍 2008 Election Question Studio
Knowledge/Skill Building 75m
💬 Question Tuning Peer Round
Deliverable 75m
🎤 Inquiry Pitch and Hypothesis Checkpoint
Assessment 75m
Research & Plan
Students will compare dramatic models and historical sources, refine an investigable question and research method, and turn evidence about the 2008 presidential election into a hypothesis, source-tracking system, and character/scene proposal ready for critique and revision.
Days 10 - 15
🎭 Shakespeare to American Stage
Knowledge/Skill Building 75m
🗳️ 2008 Issues Source Lab
Knowledge/Skill Building 75m
❓ Inquiry Plan and Hypothesis Map
Research 75m
👥 Playwright Planning Feedback
Community Experience 75m
📝 Character and Scene Proposal Draft
Deliverable 75m
✅ Proposal Conference Checkpoint
Assessment 75m
Build & Document
Students will draft and rehearse evidence-based scenes for their 2008 election play, document how research supports dramatic and staging choices, present midpoint progress to peers and teachers, and revise both script and documentation so interpretive claims are traceable to specific sources and performance moments.
Days 16 - 21
🗂️ Evidence-to-Scene Trace Matrix
Knowledge/Skill Building 60m
🎭 Blocking the Debate Scene
Project Work 75m
📚 Shakespeare and American Drama Moves
Knowledge/Skill Building 60m
🧾 Midpoint Progress Deck
Deliverable 60m
🗣️ Progress Talkback Protocol
Assessment 75m
✍️ Revised Scenes and Evidence Notes
Project Work 75m
Analyze & Share
Students will test their developing interpretation against patterns and anomalies in their research and rehearsal evidence, refine the script through critique, and prepare a public staged reading with a talkback grounded in historical analysis and dramatic intent.
Days 22 - 27
📊 Evidence Pattern Boards
Knowledge/Skill Building 75m
🎭 Staging Meaning Comparison Notes
Knowledge/Skill Building 60m
📝 Rehearsal Script Revision Round
Deliverable 75m
🗳️ Youth Voter Talkback Tuning
Community Experience 75m
🎤 Kennedy Auditorium Run-Through
Project Work 75m
🏛️ Public Reading and Talkback
Assessment 75m
Showcase
Students will present their original 2008 election play to a public audience, respond to questions about their research and dramatic choices, document audience and partner feedback, and complete a final evidence-based reflection on how their investigation and performance communicate the significance of the election.
Days 28 - 30
🎭 Kennedy Auditorium Dress Run
Deliverable 75m
🎤 Public Reading and Talkback
Assessment 75m
📝 Evidence and Impact Reflection
Assessment 75m