I.+Culminating+Synthesis+Project


 * [|Gold Rush Play]

Synthesis Project ** Standards: **
 * Objective:** The students will put on a play that tells the story of their mining groups that they have been working on throughout the entire gold rush unit. The students were required to create step by step their own experience as miner during this time. Their play will have to correlate with all the projects they have completed and tell their story of their experience as miners during this time. For example one of their first assignments was to keep a five day journal of how they traveled to California and why. So their play will start here acting out what they have written. The rest of their lessons were also given to them in a time line that will correlate with writing a play in the correct order. This is a fun way to tie together this unit for the students. It gives them a chance to show what they have learned and include some of everything they did in the unit. A synthesis project is something that ties a lot of different pieces together and this play will do just that. The play also allows the unit to include some performing arts in this gold rush unit. So the last day as what would be the unit test will be each mining group performing their play for the class.
 * Visual Performance Arts **

3.0 HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXT
Understanding the Historical Contributions and Cultural Dimensions of the Visual Arts Materials: **

Procedures: **
 * 1) The students need an example of each of their projects and assignments they do throughout the unit to refer back to as historical insight to the play.
 * 2) Examples of plays from the internet
 * 3) Examples of appropriate scripts


 * 1) First ask that students get into their mining groups and take out the work they have done with their groups.
 * 2) State that they will be creating their own play telling the class the story of the miners they were and created.
 * 3) Each person in the group is a player and must have as significant role as the other.
 * 4) They will be given one week to write the script and practice.
 * 5) The play must have the information they have learned from traveling to California to the end of the excitement of Gold in California.
 * 6) Show the students example scripts and video of other student’s plays. Answering and clearing up any questions they might have.
 * 7) Give them their performance date and time, and monitor their progress throughout the week.