Learning Goals
Students will be able to investigate how movement, music, staging, and emotion work together in Appalachian Spring to communicate story without words.
Students will be able to analyze how Aaron Copland’s music and the ballet’s choreography shape mood, pacing, and character in selected scenes.
Students will be able to document observed movement and performance details using notes, symbols, sketches, or media in an organized investigation record.
Students will be able to compare multiple staging and script choices and justify which choices best translate a chosen Appalachian Spring scene into a performable script.
Students will be able to collaborate with peers to revise a script scene based on feedback, rehearsal observations, and unresolved or conflicting evidence from the ballet.
Students will be able to explain how Copland, the choreographer, and the historical context of Appalachian Spring influenced the ballet’s artistic meaning.
Products
Appalachian Spring Investigation Notebook
Students will complete a research notebook that records questions, source notes, movement observations, staging comparisons, and personal analysis from the ballet investigation. The notebook shows individual mastery of the evidence and reasoning needed to support a scene script.
Scripted Scene Performance and Investigation Report
Small groups will present a polished scripted scene from Appalachian Spring and a short report or presentation explaining their evidence, artistic choices, and revisions. The team product must show how individual observations were combined into a shared, performable interpretation.
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