Author

Molly Zupon

Term

Summer 2021

Capstone

Capstone Project

Degree Name

MAT

Facilitator(s)

Kelly Killorn

Content Expert

Anthony Sisler-Neuman

Abstract

The capstone question addressed in this project was, how can a theater curriculum help students process racial injustice? It chronicles a teacher’s experience teaching a theater class during a pandemic to students in an online distance learning model. The curriculum project utilized different forms of assessments and leaned on the research of Wiggins and McTighe (2008) for creating content based on Understanding by Design as well as the historical documentation of Hollander (1963) and Recchio (2011) to accurately inform students about racism in America as well as specifically within theater. The author details the difficulties of teaching online in addition to the successes of the project and concludes that while teaching about racism is challenging, it is also paramount to the growth of students and the community.

Project Type

Curriculum

dc_type

text

dc_publisher

DigitalCommons@Hamline

dc_format

application/pdf

dc_source

School of Education Student Capstone Projects

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