DRAM-2361-30 - History of the Theater I
Lamar State College - Port Arthur
House Bill 2504
Summer I 2015 Course Syllabus
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| Semester | Summer I 2015 | ||||||||||||
| Instructor | Stafford, Laura Johnson | ||||||||||||
| Phone | (409) 984-6331 | ||||||||||||
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| Course Number | 60448 | ||||||||||||
| Course Description | Study of the history of the theater from primitive times through the Renaissance. | ||||||||||||
| Course Prerequisites | None, but there will be reading assignments on blackboard to read each week and videos to watch. Be sure to have updated plug ins to access material. | ||||||||||||
| Required Textbooks | No textbook: but I do have specific required reading pdf documents each week and required videos to view each week.Check your Blackboard Class Announcements for messages from me about class materials.Check your MyLamarpa email often for campus updates. You must be able to access the Lamarpa.edu site and Blackboard to complete this course. | ||||||||||||
| Attendance Policy |
Research has shown a cause and effect relationship between attendance and college success. Online students must log in activity at least 3 times a week. Multiple assignments are due each week. If you do not log in for 2 weeks I recommend you drop the class because you will have missed too much to succeed. After a student has missed the submission of 3 Response Papers and/or more that 3 quizzes or discussion boards the professor may drop the student officially from the class with the grade you have earned, which may be an “F”. This may affect your financial aid status and if this instructor initiated drop occurs after the first six weeks you can receive an “F” for insufficient work. Online Attendance is a required aspect of this course and the student is responsible for the work that is due on the specific dates, which appear on the agenda calendar. This course recognizes court appearance and personal hospitalization as excused absences, not work, or doctor’s appointments, Or waking up feeling “under the weather”, or the Internet went down. Course work is still due on assigned dates (Use computers on campus or at local shops with WiFi service. There are 140 pts assigned to your Audience Etiquette Attendance/Participation on the Discussion Board and when you violate the expectations of the approved behavior online you will lose points at the discretion of the Professor. There will be no make up quizzes given for not taking the quiz in the assigned time frame. There are NO RE-TESTs. |
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| Course Grading Scale | 900-1000=A; 800-899=B; 700-799=C; 600-699=D; Below 599=F | ||||||||||||
| Determination of Final Grade |
In Dr. Stafford's class you will be graded with actual points not percentages. Punctual completion of each assignment earns you a number of real points, which you will add up to total your final grade. There will be no curving. 7 Typed Response Papers Assignments 350 points 7 Unit quizzes 210 points Final Research Paper 200 points Final Exams 100 points Attendance/Participation:Discussion board 140 points 1000 points total Types of Assignments: 1. Response Papers over the Reading Materials and Video Examples will be submitted as 2 page typed doc or docx only ( no rtf) documents following MLA format each week. 50 points each for a total of 350 points. 2. Quizzes over the Reading Materials and Video Examples for each week will be taken on blackboard in objective question format (multiple choice, matching or True/False). 30 points each for a total of 210 points. 3. The Final Research Paper will be produced by using selected sections of the previously graded Response Papers to construct a 6-10 page MLA formatted paper. 200 points 4. Weekly Discussion Board posts over materials covered in the unit will be graded in the Attendance/Participatory category 20 points each week for a total of 140 points. 5. The Final Exam will take questions from each of the Weekly Quizzes and will be taken on blackboard in objective question format (multiple choice, matching or True/False). 100 points |
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| Final Exam Date | July 23, 2015 - 8:00 AM | ||||||||||||
| Major Assignments |
Week 1: (June 1- June 7)Orientation & Unit 1 – Early Beginnings of Drama: Response Paper; Quiz 1 & Discussion Board posts Week 2: (June 8- June 14) Unit 2 – Contributions of Asian Theatre: Response Paper; Quiz 2 & Discussion Board posts Week 3: (June 15- June 21) Unit 3 Greek & Roman Theatre: Response Paper; Quiz 3 & Discussion Board posts Week 4: (June 22 – June 28) Unit 4 – Medieval Theatre: Response Paper; Quiz 4 & Discussion Board posts Week 5: (June 29-July 5) only July 4th a holiday Unit 5 – The Italian and Spanish Renaissance Theatre: Response Paper; Quiz 5 & Discussion Board posts Week 6: Week 6: (July 6 – July 12) Unit 6 The English Renaissance Theatre: Response Paper; Quiz 6 & Discussion Board posts Week 7:(July 13 – July 19) Unit 7 The French Renaissance: Response Paper; Quiz 7 & Discussion Board posts Week 8:(July 20 – 24) Last week!!! Unit 8 The History of Theatre Course ends Friday at 5PM!!!! Final Research Paper; final discussion board posts; Final Exam |
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| Calendar of Lecture Topics and Major Assignment Due Dates |
Theater History I (8 weeks Online) Class Agenda Calendar M: Monday, T: Tuesday, W: Wednesday, R: Thursday, F: Friday, S: Sunday Week 1: (June 1- June 7) Unit 1 – Early Beginnings of Drama M: Course opens – Complete Start Here: Orientation or Attend (Campus Orientation to Online Projects (on campus Tues. June 2 at 3pm in Madison Monroe Building Room 111) Read: Prompt for this week’s Response Paper; •“What is Theatre?” – Cassady; •“7 Reasons why Theatre Makes our lives Better” – Shalwitz; and •“The Ancients” – Cohen; and •Review Page for Quiz 1 over readings & videos Watch: •Behind the Mask of a West African Tradition-video; •TED Talks: Wade Davis? The Worldwide Web of Beliefs & Ritual – video. W: Discussion Board Opens for Unit 1 – closes Sunday 11:59 (must have original thread and 1 reply conversation with another student for complete points) R: Unit 1 Response Paper due by 11:59; (bonus of 3 points if submitted by 5pm) F: Quiz 1 Opens for Unit 1 – closes Sunday 11:59 (over all readings and videos in this unit) Week 2: (June 8- June 14) Unit 2 – Contributions of Asian Theatre M: Read: Prompt for this week’s Response Paper; •“Theater of Asia Part 1” - Cohen; •“Theater of Asia Part 2” - Cohen; •“Asian Theatre timeline”; and •Review Page for Quiz 2 over readings & videos Watch: •Theatre of India - video; •Japan Noh Documentary –video •Portrait of an Onnagata – video •Bunraku: Masters of Japanese Puppet Theater - video W: Discussion Board Opens for Unit 2 – closes Sunday 11:59 (must have original thread and 1 reply conversation with another student for complete points) R: Unit 2 Response Paper due by 11:59; (bonus of 3 points if submitted by 5pm) F: Quiz 2 Opens for Unit 2 – closes Sunday 11:59 (over all readings and videos in this unit) Week 3: (June 15- June 21) Unit 3 Greek & Roman Theatre M: Read: Prompt for this week’s Response Paper; •“Why Theatre is the Best Art Form for a Free Society” – Wier; •“Aristotle’s Poetics” – Patterson; •“Greek and Roman Theatre” – Cassady; •The script of The Birds, by Aristophanes; •“Greek & Roman timeline”; and •Review Page for Quiz 3 over readings & videos Watch: •Greek Drama: From Ritual to Theater - video; •The Birds by Aristophanes – video a modern production. W: Discussion Board Opens for Unit 3 – closes Sunday 11:59 (must have original thread and 1 reply conversation with another student for complete points) R: Unit 3 Response Paper due by 11:59; (bonus of 3 points if submitted by 5pm) F: Quiz 3 Opens for Unit 3 – closes Sunday 11:59 (over all readings and videos in this unit) Week 4: (June 22 – June 28) Unit 4 – Medieval Theatre M: Read: Prompt for this week’s Response Paper; •“European Middle Ages” – Patterson; •The script of Everyman - a late-15th-century English morality play; and •“Medieval timeline” •Review Page for Quiz 4 over readings & videos Watch: •Medieval Drama: From Sanctuary to Stage – video •The Summoning of Everyman - video W: Discussion Board Opens for Unit 4 – closes Sunday 11:59 (must have original thread and 1 reply conversation with another student for complete points) R: Unit 4 Response Paper due by 11:59; (bonus of 3 points if submitted by 5pm) F: Quiz 4 Opens for Unit 4 – closes Sunday 11:59 (over all readings and videos in this unit) Week 5: (June 29-July 5) only July 4th a holiday Unit 5 – The Italian and Spanish Renaissance Theatre M: Read: Prompt for this week’s Response Paper; •“Renaissance – Italy and Spain Part 1” – Cassady; •“Renaissance Theatre in Italy and Spain Part 2” – Cohen; •“Sicilian Puppets” by Morris •“Opera dei Pupi” Puppets in Sicily - unesco; •“Italian Renaissance time line”; •“Spanish Renaissance timeline”; and •Review Page for Quiz 5 over readings & videos Watch: •The Renaissance Stage – video •Commedia Dell'Arte: The Story, the Style – video •Actores – video •Opera dei Pupi, Sicilian Puppet Theatre – video •International Puppet Museum, Palermo, Sicily -video W: Discussion Board Opens for Unit 5 – closes Sunday 11:59 (must have original thread and 1 reply conversation with another student for complete points) R: Unit 5 Response Paper due by 11:59; (bonus of 3 points if submitted by 5pm) F: Quiz 5 Opens for Unit 5 – closes Sunday 11:59 (over all readings and videos in this unit) Week 6: (July 6 – July 12) Unit 6 The English Renaissance Theatre M: Read: Prompt for this week’s Response Paper; •“English Renaissance” – Patterson; •An Except of The Taming of the Shrew Act II Sc 1 by William Shakespeare; •An Except of The Taming of the Shrew Act V Sc 2 by William Shakespeare •The script excerpts from Othello by William Shakespeare – Cassady •“English Renaissance timeline”; and •Review Page for Quiz 6 over readings & videos Watch: •The Renaissance Theater – video; •The Taming of the Shrew (Petruchio Woos Katherine: Act 2, Scene 1) - video •The Taming of the Shrew (Katherine's Final Speech: Act 5, Scene 2) - video; •Othello – Orson Welles (cc) film adaptation OR •Othello disc 1 & Othello disc 2 – live performance by Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre Production W: Discussion Board Opens for Unit 6 – closes Sunday 11:59 (must have original thread and 1 reply conversation with another student for complete points) R: Unit 6 Response Paper due by 11:59; (bonus of 3 points if submitted by 5pm) F: Quiz 6 Opens for Unit 6 – closes Sunday 11:59 (over all readings and videos in this unit) Week 7: (July 13 – July 19) Unit 7 The French Renaissance M: Read: Prompt for this week’s Response Paper; •“French Renaissance” – Brockett •“French Neoclassicism Timeline”; and •Review Page for Quiz 7 over readings & videos Watch: •Neoclassical French Renaissance Drama 3 {11.19.13} - video •Tartuffe – the complete stage play - video W: Discussion Board Opens for Unit 7 – closes Sunday 11:59 (must have original thread and 1 reply conversation with another student for complete points) R: Unit 7 Response Paper due by 11:59; (bonus of 3 points if submitted by 5pm) F: Quiz 7 Opens for Unit 7 – closes Sunday 11:59 (over all readings and videos in this unit) Week 8: (July 20 – 24) Last week!!! Unit 8 The History of Theatre Course ends Friday at 5PM!!!! M: Read: Prompt for this week’s Final Research Paper; Watch: •The History of Theater. – video •A&E Classroom: Life and Death in Britain’s Ancient Theaters - video Tueday: Discussion Board Opens for Unit 7 – closes Wednesday 11:59 (must have original thread and 1 reply conversation with another student for complete points) W: Final Research Paper due by 11:59; (bonus of 3 points if submitted by 5pm) R: Final Exam Opens for – closes Friday at 5pm (over all readings and videos in this course) |
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| General Education/Core Curriculum Student Learning Outcomes |
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| Program Student Learning Outcomes |
Program Student Learning Outcomes: PSLO ALPHA: Reading skills - Demonstrates comprehension of content-area reading material. Identifies all main ideas, supporting details, and vocabulary in reading material; demonstrates a full understanding of the reading. PSLO 1: Critical Thinking Skills – Uses creative thinking, innovation, inquiry and analysis, evaluation and synthesis of information. Creatively identifies problem, argument, or issue (to determine extent of information needed); differentiates the facts from opinions as relates to situation; constructs possible solutions or prediction or consequences; uses logical, sound reasoning to justify conclusion. PSLO 2: Communication Skills – Demonstrates effective development, interpretation and expression of ideas through written, oral and/or visual communication. Expresses a strong thesis; organizes information with effective transitions & sequencing of ideas; uses substantial, logical & specific development of ideas; details are relevant, original, credible and correctly documented when appropriate to show an effective development and interpretation of ideas; and presents ideas in appropriate mode of expression for the task. PSLO 5: Social Responsibility Skills - Expresses intercultural competence, knowledge of civic responsibility, and the ability to engage effectively in regional, national, and global communities. Identifies cultural characteristics (including beliefs, values, perspectives and/or practices); demonstrates knowledge of civic responsibility; provides evidence of experience in civic- engagement activities; and describes what she/ he has learned as it relates to a reinforced and clarified sense of civic identity in local, regional, national, or global communities; and shows awareness of one’s own culture in relation to others. PSLO 6: Personal Responsibility Skills – Integrates choices, actions and consequences in ethical decision-making. Recognizes ethical issues when presented in a complex, multilayered (gray) context; recognizes cross- relationships among the issues; discusses in detail/ analyzes core beliefs; the discussion has greater depth and clarity showing the independent application of ethical perspectives/ concepts to an ethical question accurately; and is able to consider full implications of the application. |
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| Course Student Learning Outcomes |
Course Student Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this course, students will: 1. Analyze the history of theater through written responses to historic texts, artifacts, and performance practices. (PSLO 1, 2, 5, 6) measured by Response Papers & Final Research Paper 2. Identify essential terminology related to the history of theater. (PSLO alpha, embedded quiz questions) 3. Evaluate current productions of historical plays through an understanding of their original production conditions. (PSLO 1, 2, 5, 6) measured by Response Papers & Final Research Paper 4. Evaluate the interaction between theater and society. (PSLO 1, 2, 5) measured by Response Papers & Final Research Paper and embedded quiz questions |
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| Academic Honesty | Academic honesty is expected from all students, and dishonesty in any form will not be tolerated. Please consult the LSC-PA policies (Section IX, subsection A, in the Faculty Handbook) for consequences of academic dishonesty. | ||||||||||||
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| Additional Information |
Lamar State College-Port Arthur Student Support Contact Numbers Login /Password problems call Kenneth Lisby 984-6150 (office is in the Library Computer Lab) 8:30am – 5:00pm M-F only Blackboard problems call Darren McIntire 948-6141 (office in Madison Monroe 114) 8:30am – 5:00pm M-F only |
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| ADA Considerations | The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal anti-discrimination statute that provides comprehensive civil rights for persons with disabilities. Among other things, this legislation requires that all students with disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment that provides for reasonable accommodation of their disabilities. If you believe you have a disability requiring an accommodation, please contact the Special Populations Coordinator, Room 231, in the Madison Monroe Building. The phone number is (409) 984-6241. | ||||||||||||
| Copyright Violations |
Some material in this course may be copyrighted. They may be used only for instructional purposes this semester,
by students enrolled in this course. These materials are being used fairly and legally.
No one may distribute or share these copyrighted materials in any medium or format with anyone outside this class,
including publishing essays with copyrighted material, uploading copyrighted material to Facebook or YouTube, or
painting or performing copyrighted material for public display.
Copyright violation is not the same thing as plagiarism. Plagiarism is intellectual dishonesty. Offenses of plagiarism result in lower grades or failing scores, and professors and the college strictly enforce plagiarism rules. There is never any acceptable use of plagiarism. Copyright violation is a legal offense, punishable by large fines and penalties. Copyrighted material can be used if permission from the material’s creator is obtained, or if its use meets the standards of fair use in an educational setting. For example, a student can quote a line from Shakespeare’s Hamlet in a report without violating copyright but still be guilty of plagiarism if the quotation is not properly documented. If you are in doubt about what material can be freely used, ask your professor or contact the Dean of Library Services, at (409) 984-6216. |
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| College-Level Perspectives |
This course helps add to the students’ overall collegiate experience in the following ways:
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| Degree Plan Evaluation |
A Degree Plan Evaluation will help you determine which classes you need to complete your program.
All of the classes that you have taken that apply to your declared major will be listed on the right. If you have a class that still needs to be completed, a “NO” will be listed on the right next to the required class. |
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| HB 2504 | This syllabus is part of LSC-PA’s efforts to comply with Texas House Bill 2504. | ||||||||||||
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