Lesson 1

Watch the video and find the title of the unit. Take notes on what you see and what you hear.

Then read the Unit Goals and discuss the problematic.

Then, do the vocab activity and compare with the video making a list of what you saw and heard in the video. Then define the Musical theatre genre.

Lesson 2

In groups, you will research one of the topic below and organise your findings on a poster that you will present to the class.

You will find documents attached to your topic.

Topic 1: Broadway

Document A: https://www.playbill.com/

Document B: https://wonderopolis.org/wonder/What%27s-So-Special-About-Broadway

Document C:

Topic 2: The Tony Awards

Document A: https://www.playbill.com/

Document B: 

Document C: https://www.tonyawards.com/history/our-history/

Topic 3: School musicals

Document A: https://www.playbill.com/

Document B: 

Document C: https://www.ef.com/wwen/blog/efacademyblog/why-you-should-join-drama-club-in-high-school/

Document Bonus:

Topic 4: Jobs

Document A: https://www.playbill.com/

Document B:

Document C: https://www.nyfa.edu/student-resources/10-musical-theatre-jobs-essential-for-a-production/

Topic 5: The Queen of Broadway

Document A: https://www.playbill.com/

Document B: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idina_Menzel

Document C: 

Topic 6: Disney and Musical Theatre

Document A: https://www.playbill.com/

Document B: https://www.deedeestudio.net/en/post/animated-musical-movies

Document C:

Topic 7: The LGBTQIA+ Community and Musicals

Document A: https://www.playbill.com/

Document B:

Document C: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AllGaysLoveTheater

Document bonus: 

Topic 8: Wicked - a 20-year Broadway classic

Document A: https://www.playbill.com/

Document B:

Document C: https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-05-03/the-wicked-phenomenon-how-the-once-panned-musical-became-the-biggest-broadway-hit-of-the-century.html#

Topic 9: Hugh Jackman - The Greatest Showman

Document A: https://www.playbill.com/

Document B:

Document C: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Jackman

Topic 10: Lin Manuel Miranda - The man who brought RAP to Broadway

Document A: https://www.playbill.com/

Document B: (You don't need to watch the whole video)

Document C: https://www.biography.com/actors/lin-manuel-miranda

Lesson 3

In groups, you will receive a date, the name of the musical and its synopsis. Put them in the right order on the timeline given to you. To help you, here are some videos.

Footloose

Grease

Hairspray

Hamilton

Heathers

Rent

Singin' in the Rain

The Greatest Showman

West Side Story

Lesson 4

Let's study Heather. Watch the ouverture of the musical and do the activities below.

Final Task

Write an article about the musical watched in class. 

• characters and plot - violence in high school
• actors and teams 
• favourite song in the musical
• what makes it a musical
• opinion