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BEFORE provides teachers engaging, ready-to-implement classroom activities that explore the themes and art form of the show prior to travelling to 42nd Street. Utilize this tool in order to integrate the content of the production into your curriculum in a hands-on experiential way, while building student anticipation and overall impact for the upcoming performance. This section also includes Creativity Pages that provide students the opportunity to personally connect to the show content.

MAKING CONNECTIONS TO LEARNING STANDARDS New Victory School tool Resource Guides align with the Common Core State Standards, New York State Learning Standards and New York City Blueprint for Teaching and Learning in the Arts. We believe that these standards support both the high quality instruction and deep engagement that The New Victory Theater strives to achieve in its arts education practice.

WHAT IS “BEFORE” the mark of zorro?

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COMMON CORE

Speaking and Listening: Standard 1

NEW YORK STATE STANDARDS

The Arts: Standard 1; Standard 4English Language Arts: Standard 1; Standard 4

BLUEPRINT FOR THE ARTS

Theater: Theater Making; Developing Theater Literacy; Making Connections

HEROES, vILLAINS, AND vICTIMS

HEROIC STyLE

CREATIvITy PAGE: MAKE yOuR MASK

CREATIvITy PAGE: MAKE yOuR MARK

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EN ROUTE

Visible Fictions

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HEROES, vILLAINS, AND vICTIMS

HEROIC STyLE

CREATIvITy PAGE: MAKE yOuR MASK

CREATIvITy PAGE: MAKE yOuR MARKACTIvITy 1: HEROES, vILLAINS, AND vICTIMS

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In this activity, your students will have the chance to play some of the stock characters found in the show in a fun and exciting way!

1. Move all the desks in your room to the side, or do this activity in a large, open space.

2. Explain to the students that they are playing a game called “Heroes, Villains and Victims.” It is similar to a life-size game of “Rocks, Paper, Scissors.”

3. As a class, create a pose to represent a “Hero,” a “Villain,” and a “Victim.”

4. Practice these poses and make sure everyone remembers them and can strike them physically when the title is called.

5. Now, explain the rules of the game. The class will be divided into two teams. The teams will stand across the room facing one another. There should be no obstacles between the groups, and there should be a line marked on the floor in the middle of the room dividing the groups’ sides.

6. Explain that during each round, both teams will collectively choose which pose they will strike (the hero, the victim or the villain), but they will keep it a secret from the other team. Both teams will approach the line at the same time, and when you say “1,2,3, STRIKE”’ everyone on the team will strike the pose of the pre-determined character they chose.

7. Similar to “Rocks, Paper, Scissors,” each character dominates over another. Heroes trump villains; villains trump victims, and victims trump heroes.

8. After they strike their pose, the team that wins must try to tag a member

of the opposing team while the team that loses that round attempts to retreat to the wall on their side before being caught. If someone is tagged, they automatically join the other team. The rounds continue until the entire class has become one team.

9. Now, begin the game. Divide the group into two teams. Give the teams 30 seconds to huddle. During this time, the students decide whether they are going to be Heroes, Villains or Victims. Again, the choice should remain a secret from the other team.

10. Then ask the students to come to the center of the room and face each other in straight lines with approximately 4 feet between each team.

11. On the count of three, the two teams strike their character pose and the fun begins!

12. The teams then reconvene and decide on their next character.

13. The game can continue until one team entirely consumes the other.

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EN ROUTE

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HEROES, vILLAINS, AND vICTIMS

HEROIC STyLE

CREATIvITy PAGE: MAKE yOuR MASK

CREATIvITy PAGE: MAKE yOuR MARK

Have the students create their own heroic art! Inspired by the heroes they created in the BEFORE section, have the students use the template on the following CREATIVITY PAGES to design the masks for their heroes. After their masks are created, have the students draw their signature marks, the symbol they would leave behind to let the public know they were there.

Hang this Heroic Art in your room and see if the students can figure out which masks and marks belong to which classroom heroes! Make Your Mask: Provide your students with the template (pg. 11) to create their own hero mask. They can either use a copy of the template, or trace the mask on to a piece of paper and then design it. Students have the option to create a mask that covers either half or their entire face. Make Your Mark: Provide your students with the template (pg. 12) to draw their own mark. Zorro draws his signature ‘Z’ with his sword wherever he goes to notify his friends and foes know that he was there. A contest for your students: The New Victory is eager to know how your students want to leave their stamp on the world. Send the New Vic a photograph of each students’ super signature to Community@NewVictory.org now through February 24 for a chance for your students to win four tickets to THE INTERGALACTIC NEMESIS. Make sure they include a 1-3 sentence explanation of their mark along with their entry. We can’t wait to see what your students create! For full contest rules, you can visit: http://newvictory.org/Contest-Rules.aspx

ACTIvITy 2: HEROIC STyLE

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BEYONDEN ROUTEINSIDE

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CREATIvITy PAGE: MAKE yOuR MASK

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Zorro hides his identity with a black mask that covers only his eyes. As the hero you created, what would your mask be? Would it cover your whole face or only your eyes?

Use the template below to trace your mask on a piece of paper and then design it

to fit the mission and purpose of your hero!

Make Your Mask

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CREATIvITy PAGE: MAKE yOuR MARK

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Make Your MarkZorro draws his signature “Z” with his sword wherever he goes to

notify his friends and foes that he was there.

As a hero, what would be your mark? Draw it below!

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