COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS

• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.2 – Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.6 – Describe how a narrator’s or speaker’s point of view influences how events are described.

NATIONAL ARTS STANDARDS

• TH:Cr.1.1.5.a. – Identify physical qualities that might reveal a character’s inner traits in the imagined world of a drama/theatre work.
• TH:Cr.1.1.5.c. – Imagine how a character’s inner thoughts impact the story and given circumstances in a drama/ theatre work

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Using a theater method known as “viewpoints,” students will engage with the different perspectives of characters.

SPACE CONSIDERATIONS

• Ensure enough physical space for your students to move around or a stage space if possible.

ACTORS TOOLS

• Learn more about theater arts integration and essential actor’s tools in the resources below:

STEP ONE

Watch the video below to facilitate viewpoints: 

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CORI DIOQUINO

Cori Dioquino is a Filipino American actor based in NYC and Baltimore.  Her credits include Marvel/Netflix’s Daredevil, CBS’s FBI and New Amsterdam on NBC. She began training as a competitive pianist before switching her focus to theatre while in college. Cori earned her Associate’s degree in Music Performance from Howard Community College and her Bachelor’s in Theatre Studies from Towson University. 

Cori is a passionate and outspoken advocate for stronger Filipinx and Asian Pacific Indigenous (API) representation in American arts and entertainment. In 2018, she co-founded the Asian Pasifika Arts Collective (APAC). The arts organization’s mission is to use “art of all platforms to ensure that the stories of Asian Americans and Pacific Indigenous Americans are seen, heard and valued”. In 2020, Cori helped launch the national campaign Unapologetically Asian. The campaign, which was a collaboration between APAC and the creative team of Racism Is A Virus, was created as a response to the growing discrimination towards Asians as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. It aims to empower Asian and Asian American communities to change the conversation about belonging in America. 

When Cori isn’t acting or producing, she can be found in the classroom as an arts integration educator, using the arts to engage students as they learn core curriculum and empowering them to excel in the classroom and throughout their daily lives. 

Cori is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA and an Equity Member Candidate.

BREANNA BORDENSKI

Breanna Bordenski is an elementary school Global Studies educator. She teaches using project based learning and arts integration to encourage students to develop a sense of responsibility as global citizens. Breanna has previously taught 4th, 5th, and 6th grade English Language Arts and social studies with Baltimore City Public Schools. She also holds a Master’s of Science in Education from Johns Hopkins University. Breanna centralizes critical thinking, collaboration, creativity, and communication in her classroom in order to provide a more student-led and inquiry based approach to teaching and learning. Breanna’s ultimate goal is for her students to have an authentic and rigorous learning experience where they feel encouraged to be creative problem solvers and future change makers.

COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS

• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.5.1 – Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 5 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.

NATIONAL ARTS STANDARDS

• TH:Re7.1.5.a. Explain personal reactions to artistic choices made in a drama/theatre work through participation and observation.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Students will engage with the history of museums and their cultural significance, discussing the positive and negative impacts of these institutions. Students will share and hear stories of their peers, building personal connections.

STUDENT PREREQUISITES

• Take the time to learn about the history of museums and their cultural significance.
• Discuss with students how musuems of historically caused harm to indigenous communities.

ACTORS TOOLS

• Learn more about theater arts integration and essential actor’s tools in the resources below:

STEP ONE

Watch the video below to facilitate artifact museum:

STEP TWO

The following resources are available to support teaching artifact museum: 

• Slow-Looking Activity
• Resources on Museums and Indigenous Artifacts
• Artifact Fact Sheet

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All video content made in partnership with Baltimore’s Root Branch Media Group.

CORI DIOQUINO

Cori Dioquino is a Filipino American actor based in NYC and Baltimore.  Her credits include Marvel/Netflix’s Daredevil, CBS’s FBI and New Amsterdam on NBC. She began training as a competitive pianist before switching her focus to theatre while in college. Cori earned her Associate’s degree in Music Performance from Howard Community College and her Bachelor’s in Theatre Studies from Towson University. 

Cori is a passionate and outspoken advocate for stronger Filipinx and Asian Pacific Indigenous (API) representation in American arts and entertainment. In 2018, she co-founded the Asian Pasifika Arts Collective (APAC). The arts organization’s mission is to use “art of all platforms to ensure that the stories of Asian Americans and Pacific Indigenous Americans are seen, heard and valued”. In 2020, Cori helped launch the national campaign Unapologetically Asian. The campaign, which was a collaboration between APAC and the creative team of Racism Is A Virus, was created as a response to the growing discrimination towards Asians as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. It aims to empower Asian and Asian American communities to change the conversation about belonging in America. 

When Cori isn’t acting or producing, she can be found in the classroom as an arts integration educator, using the arts to engage students as they learn core curriculum and empowering them to excel in the classroom and throughout their daily lives. 

Cori is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA and an Equity Member Candidate.

BREANNA BORDENSKI

Breanna Bordenski is an elementary school Global Studies educator. She teaches using project based learning and arts integration to encourage students to develop a sense of responsibility as global citizens. Breanna has previously taught 4th, 5th, and 6th grade English Language Arts and social studies with Baltimore City Public Schools. She also holds a Master’s of Science in Education from Johns Hopkins University. Breanna centralizes critical thinking, collaboration, creativity, and communication in her classroom in order to provide a more student-led and inquiry based approach to teaching and learning. Breanna’s ultimate goal is for her students to have an authentic and rigorous learning experience where they feel encouraged to be creative problem solvers and future change makers.

COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS

• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.5.1 – Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 5 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.

NATIONAL ARTS STANDARDS

• TH:Re8.1.5.b. Explain responses to characters based on cultural perspectives when participating in or observing drama/theatre work.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Students will examine the opposing views of various characters and individuals learned about in this unit
• Students will learn how to discuss and debate opposing views
• Students will listen to one another’s views and opinions
• Students will practice empathy by exploring someone else’s perspectives and experiences.

ACTORS TOOLS

• Learn more about theater arts integration and essential actor’s tools in the resources below:

STEP ONE

Watch the video below to facilitate a mock debate:

STEP TWO

Watch the following videos for additional debate demonstrations, resources, and support:

• How to Run a Debate
• Middle School Debate
• Counterpoints

STEP THREE

Engage your students in debate!

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All video content made in partnership with Baltimore’s Root Branch Media Group.

CORI DIOQUINO

Cori Dioquino is a Filipino American actor based in NYC and Baltimore.  Her credits include Marvel/Netflix’s Daredevil, CBS’s FBI and New Amsterdam on NBC. She began training as a competitive pianist before switching her focus to theatre while in college. Cori earned her Associate’s degree in Music Performance from Howard Community College and her Bachelor’s in Theatre Studies from Towson University. 

Cori is a passionate and outspoken advocate for stronger Filipinx and Asian Pacific Indigenous (API) representation in American arts and entertainment. In 2018, she co-founded the Asian Pasifika Arts Collective (APAC). The arts organization’s mission is to use “art of all platforms to ensure that the stories of Asian Americans and Pacific Indigenous Americans are seen, heard and valued”. In 2020, Cori helped launch the national campaign Unapologetically Asian. The campaign, which was a collaboration between APAC and the creative team of Racism Is A Virus, was created as a response to the growing discrimination towards Asians as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. It aims to empower Asian and Asian American communities to change the conversation about belonging in America. 

When Cori isn’t acting or producing, she can be found in the classroom as an arts integration educator, using the arts to engage students as they learn core curriculum and empowering them to excel in the classroom and throughout their daily lives. 

Cori is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA and an Equity Member Candidate.

BREANNA BORDENSKI

Breanna Bordenski is an elementary school Global Studies educator. She teaches using project based learning and arts integration to encourage students to develop a sense of responsibility as global citizens. Breanna has previously taught 4th, 5th, and 6th grade English Language Arts and social studies with Baltimore City Public Schools. She also holds a Master’s of Science in Education from Johns Hopkins University. Breanna centralizes critical thinking, collaboration, creativity, and communication in her classroom in order to provide a more student-led and inquiry based approach to teaching and learning. Breanna’s ultimate goal is for her students to have an authentic and rigorous learning experience where they feel encouraged to be creative problem solvers and future change makers.

COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS

• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.5.6 – Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, using formal English when appropriate to task and situation.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.5.2 – Summarize a written text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.

NATIONAL ARTS STANDARDS

• TH:Cr2-5.a. – Devise original ideas for a drama/theatre work that reflect collective inquiry about characters and their given circumstances.
• TH:Cr3.1.5.b. – Use physical and vocal exploration for character development in an improvised or scripted drama/theatre work.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Students will study and perform Chief Joseph’s Lincoln Hall speech as a monologue
• Students will practice tactics for memorization
• Students will connect emotions to the words of Chief Joseph, assigning a deeper meaning to the text
• Students will develop empathy as they perform the speech

STUDENT PREREQUISITES

• Encourage students to return to their actor’s tools linked below.

ACTORS TOOLS

• Learn more about theater arts integration and essential actor’s tools in the resources below:

STEP ONE

Watch the video below to facilitate student monologue performances:

STEP TWO

Consider the following monologue examples for additional support. These can also be shown to students.

• Hidden Figures Monologue
• Little Women Monologue
• Gettysburg Monologue

STEP THREE

Support your students in developing and performing their monologues:

ROOT BRANCH MEDIA GROUP – BRING ROOT BRANCH TO YOUR SCHOOL!

All video content made in partnership with Baltimore’s Root Branch Media Group.

CORI DIOQUINO

Cori Dioquino is a Filipino American actor based in NYC and Baltimore.  Her credits include Marvel/Netflix’s Daredevil, CBS’s FBI and New Amsterdam on NBC. She began training as a competitive pianist before switching her focus to theatre while in college. Cori earned her Associate’s degree in Music Performance from Howard Community College and her Bachelor’s in Theatre Studies from Towson University. 

Cori is a passionate and outspoken advocate for stronger Filipinx and Asian Pacific Indigenous (API) representation in American arts and entertainment. In 2018, she co-founded the Asian Pasifika Arts Collective (APAC). The arts organization’s mission is to use “art of all platforms to ensure that the stories of Asian Americans and Pacific Indigenous Americans are seen, heard and valued”. In 2020, Cori helped launch the national campaign Unapologetically Asian. The campaign, which was a collaboration between APAC and the creative team of Racism Is A Virus, was created as a response to the growing discrimination towards Asians as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. It aims to empower Asian and Asian American communities to change the conversation about belonging in America. 

When Cori isn’t acting or producing, she can be found in the classroom as an arts integration educator, using the arts to engage students as they learn core curriculum and empowering them to excel in the classroom and throughout their daily lives. 

Cori is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA and an Equity Member Candidate.

BREANNA BORDENSKI

Breanna Bordenski is an elementary school Global Studies educator. She teaches using project based learning and arts integration to encourage students to develop a sense of responsibility as global citizens. Breanna has previously taught 4th, 5th, and 6th grade English Language Arts and social studies with Baltimore City Public Schools. She also holds a Master’s of Science in Education from Johns Hopkins University. Breanna centralizes critical thinking, collaboration, creativity, and communication in her classroom in order to provide a more student-led and inquiry based approach to teaching and learning. Breanna’s ultimate goal is for her students to have an authentic and rigorous learning experience where they feel encouraged to be creative problem solvers and future change makers.