The Emperor Jones Lesson Plan

Set and Costume Design

Kind of Activity:

Artistic Response

Objective:

Students will be able to consider the multiple ways of thinking and knowing that go into theatrical production

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.6

Structure:

Having studied the entirety of Emperor Jones, students will now be able to work with it as a text for theatrical production.

First, initiate a brief discussion with the students about the difference between reading a play and reading a novel. A play was not intended primarily to be read like a book is; it was intended to be read by actors and then performed for an audience, on a full stage. Although there are many reasons The...