Unit Overview:
Students explore the Hans Christian Andersen tale The Emperor's New Clothes-and the Kennedy Center production of the same name-through tableau, photography, costuming, and drama activities.
Lesson Overviews:
Students will pose for a Polaroid portrait as a member or royalty from history, and then recreate the costume by drawing it onto the photograph.
Students will conduct research on the attire of monarchs, then sketch and create a costume model for an emperor to wear.
Students listen to opera performed by children, then use the opera of The Emperor’s New Clothes to inspire them to create recitative scenes for a small opera.
Designed to extend the experience of the opera The Emperor’s New Clothes, this lesson uses specific references to various Hans Christian Andersen resources to frame student-created tableaus.
Students will use symmetry to create paper cuttings depicting scenes from The Emperor's New Clothes.