Renaissance Booths and Scene Performance

Final Culminating Performance Task:

Renaissance Booths and Scene Performance

Renaissance Unit

Maule

British Literature (Spring)

Here it is: your final performance test for our Renaissance unit!!!!

Task 1: Your assigned group will create and display an original “booth” for our Renaissance festival. Choose a theme for your booth from the following list:

Renaissance Wedding Page (Web site)

theater and The Globe

Renaissance Wedding Feasts (Web Sites)

clothing (royalty and peasants)

music and instruments

clothing
music and instruments

entertainment and pastimes

sports

occupations of the Renaissance

food—particularly at a wedding feast

People of the middle ages

armor

Middle Age Weapons & Warfare

Weapons

weddings in the middle ages

Renaissance and Medieval Cooking

disease, hygiene, and medicine

crime and punishment

disease, hygiene, and medicine

Each group is required to have the following elements distinctly present in its booth:

• the booth’s theme clearly lettered and displayed in an eye-appealing fashion

• a written synopsis of that time period and displayed creatively in the booth
• music to accompany the booth
• an artistic replica of a feature of your category (i.e., a model of diseased skin with the plague, a sporting tool/item, weaponry, punishment tools/devices, etc.)
• a creative background and/or display that suits the time period
• costumes worn by all members and especially the storyteller that reflect your booth’s theme (these need not be elaborate and can even be embellished with props)
• evidence of research and knowledge of the assigned topic
• a “storyteller” appointed to share the booth’s contents with visitors
• a hidden piece of information to be used in a scavenger hunt that visitors will complete

Group Roles:

Project Manager (1 per group): The project manager will manage, plan and facilitate the group’s success. Researching his assigned topic thoroughly, he will be a “master” of that topic, making sure to keep the group’s project unified and consistent with the time period. He/she will use appropriate management skills and communication to guide the group toward good decisions regarding time management. He/she will produce a calendar for the group with deadlines that all members of the group agree upon beforehand. Ultimately, he is in charge of keeping the lines of communication open, knowing the status of the group’s progress, and ensuring the group’s success. The project manager will also create two items/questions for the scavenger hunt to be completed by guests as they visit the booth; he will also contribute one additional item for display to be determined by the artistic designers. These questions will be submitted to Ms. Maule who will compile ALL scavenger hunt items onto one sheet. Finally, the project manager will stay in constant contact with Ms. Maule and will attend regularly scheduled management meetings in which he/she will provide Ms. Maule with updates, conflicts, and assessments of other members’ work. The project manager will complete an “exit” interview with Ms. Maule upon the project’s completion as part of the assessment.

Artistic Designers (2 per group): The artistic designer is in charge of making the booth visually appealing. Research of the Renaissance time period should be reflected in the booth’s overall design, color, scheme, and motif. The artistic designer is in charge of pulling all of the visual elements of the booth together in a uniform and creative fashion. Creativity is the key in this role!!! The artistic designers are also responsible for assigning one item to the project manager for display; the item of creation is to be determined by the designers. The booth should be finished within at least three days of the actual event in order to give the Storyteller adequate time to prepare his/her oral presentation. He/she should be able to verbally justify his/her choices in motif and how they relate to the time period.

Storyteller (1): The storyteller will provide the class and guests at the festival with the oral presentation of the information displayed in the booth. The Storyteller should be animated, projecting enthusiasm, demonstrating extensive knowledge, and engaging the visitors. In addition to telling the story behind his/her booth, the Storyteller will create something unique (i.e., a replica) for the visitors to do, play, see, touch, hear, or smell in an effort to bring the booth to life. (For example, for the disease, hygiene and medicine booth, the Storyteller might have visitors “see”—somehow--what the black plague might have looked like on the skin).

Task II: Scene Performance

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theater and The Globe

clothing (royalty and peasants)

music and instruments

entertainment and pastimes

sports

occupations of the Renaissance

food—particularly at a wedding feast

weaponry and armor

disease, hygiene, and medicine

crime and punishment