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Education
Bringing students
History Theatre provides education groups with a unique opportunity to explore history, social issues, and professional contemporary theatre through engaging live performances and educational resources. Our artists bring the stories to life on our stage and our staff provides the supporting materials that help educators bring the connections to life in the classroom.
From post-show discussions to play guides to in-class artist residencies, History Theatre provides opportunities for students in grades 4-12 and college to be engaged on many levels with the people and events that have shaped the history of Minnesota, the Midwest, and America.
Contact
For more information about the resources that are available for educators please contact Jill Vaughn, Group Sales Manager, by email or call 651.292.4320.
Theatre Etiquette
Educators are invited to use this document to prepare students for their visit to a live performance
Theatre Etiquette Guide (PDF)
Priority seating
For weekday matinees, groups will be seated together in the best possible seating available at the time when final payment is received.
History Theatre is a 587-seat, thrust stage theatre. No seat in the theatre is more than 40 feet away from the stage, even in the balcony. For more information, see our seating chart.
Play guides
History Theatre provides detailed Play Guides with background information about the stories that are brought to life on our stage, along with activities and discussion points to deepen the experience for each of our patrons.
A Civil War Christmas
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Disunion: The Civil War
Curriculum
A Civil War Christmas
November 19–December 18, 2011
Curriculum: 6th – 8th grades
- I. U.S. History
F. Civil War- Students will demonstrate the knowledge of the causes of the Civil War
- Students will analyze the main ideas of the debate over slaver, abolitionists, states’ rights and the political compromises
- Students will understand the social experience of the war on the battlefield and the homefront in the Union and the Confederacy.
1968: The Year That Rocked the World
January 21 – February 19, 2012at the MINNESOTA HISTORY CENTER
Curriculum: 6th – 8th grades
- Contemporary U.S. History
J. Students will analyze the transformation of the United States between the end of World War II and the Present through studying the Vietnam wars and foreign policy.
- Contemporary U.S. History
N. Students will understand social movements that prompted individual rights in the 1960s and 1970s through studying “rights revolutions.” - Government and Citizenship
B. Students will demonstrates knowledge of social diversity, equality, and tolerance. - World History
I. Students will demonstrate knowledge of outcomes of the Cold War.
All productions meet the following education benchmarks
- Language Arts
- Demonstrate how literary works reflect the historical contexts that shaped them.
- Read, analyze and critique dramatic selections by comparing and contrasting ways in which character, scene, dialogue and staging contribute to the theme and the dramatic effect
- Theater
- Consider actors’ approaches to performing their characters and if those approaches support the expression of the play’s meaning.
- Explore significance of the play; compare/contrast with other works, describe historical/cultural significance style and genre; identify purpose or function of selected play
- Media Arts
- Understand the connection between media arts and other disciplines outside the arts.
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