| -Be able to compare and contrast ancient Greek drama
with modern dramatic forms such as movies and modern theatre.
Core information about Greek drama and playwrights can be found on
this Web site under the following headings:
-How Salamis was remembered - Aeshylus' The Persians (Event Page: 472
BC - The earliest surviving tragedy)
-The Origins of Theatre - The First Actor (Event Page: 534 BC Thespis
becomes world's first actor)
-The Origins of Theatre - The First Plays (continued)
-The Different Types of Greek Drama and their importance
-The Great Playwrights of Athens' 'Golden Age
Yale-New
Haven Teachers Institute: Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex
This teaching unit is useful for its extended background information,
but perhaps more for its "Suggestions for Developing Students’
Understanding of the Play." (Scroll down towards the bottom of
the page to find them.)
Among the suggestions:
-Prereading exercises to help students understand a play as much as
the actual reading or postreading exercises.
-Allow some students to interpret the play through illustrations or
cartoons.
-As students read the play, ask each one to keep a notebook of significant
lines.
-have students improvise how particular character would behave in entirely
new situations and settings.
-immediately before reaching the climactic scene, or denouement, stop
the reading of the play and have each student write a brief summary
of what will happen from that point to the end
-students rewrite plays into different genres.
"Fate,
Freedom, and the Tragic Experience: An Introductory Lecture to Sophocles's
Oedipus the King"
A retired University instructor addresses such issues as the role of
fate and the appeal of tragedy. He also provides a definition of the
hero and an explanation of the role of the chorus.
Roger Dunkle's
Study Guide for Oedipus Rex
From the Classics Technology Center. "Exercise for Reading Comprehension
and Interpretation" is essentially a long list of reading questions
and hyperlinked terms. Interesting part about the hyperlinked terms
is that they lead to a Glossary where you can hear the pronunciation
of Greek words.
Oedipus
Game
Students should enjoy playing the Oedipus Game from the Classics Pages.
Kids answer timed multiple-choice questions in this simulation activity.
Not as easy as it looks!
Greek Myths,
Oedipus, ... and Star Wars
An English and History education student at Memorial University has
come up with an interesting lesson which should prove interesting and
demanding for students. It uses "The Return of the Jedi" to
teach "timeless humanistic themes expressed through a culturally
responsive drama".
Note: A hyperlinked online version of the play can be found here:
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