ESSENTIAL QUESTION: In a world of uncompromising convictions, who bears ultimate responsibility for tragedy: the defender of order or the champion of justice?
Learners reflected on the topics I asked them to consider whilst watching Antigone at Bard on the Beach last week. They noted their thoughts on questions about power, sympathy, spectacle, and modernity, then they all participated on a Gallery Walk/Stand, where they extended thinking on another learner's reflections. They used, "Yes, but..." and "Yes, and..."
I went over the assignment for preparing a Greek Tragedy adaptation of Galsworthy's short story "The Japanese Quince." Learners used the rest of the period to work on their adaptations.
READ: Antigone (see the link to the left)
NEXT CLASS: Creative Adaptations, The Choral Ode
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