Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Junior Secondary School 3

SUBJECT: CULTURAL AND CREATIVE ARTS

CLASS:  JSS 3

DATE:

TERM: 1st TERM

REFERENCE TEXTBOOK

• A Proper Approach to Cultural and Creative Art by Peter Akinyemi and Others. (Book 1,2and 3)

 
WEEK SEVEN

TOPIC: DRAMA AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL COMMUNITIES

SUB TOPICS

1. What Theatre for Development represents.
2. The State of the Rural Communities.
3. Ways drama can assist the rural people.

THEATRE FOR DEVELOPMENT

Theatre for development represents a live performance or theatre used as a developmental tool as in international development. It encompasses the following in person activities, with people before an audience: 

1. A spoken word drama or comedy.
2. A music, singing and /or dance production.
3. A production with movement but no sound.
4. Participatory or improvisational techniques using any or all of these theatre for development as a progression from less interactive theatre forms to a more dialogical process , where theatre is practiced with people or by the way of empowering communities ,listening to their concerns, and then encouraging them to voice and solve their problems.

STATE OF RURAL COMMUNITIES

People inrural communities encounter the challenge of a slow pace development as a result of 

youths migrating from rural communities to urban areas in search for white collars. This hampers the development of rural communities, since the youths play a key role in the development of such rural communities. It is being observed that in the rural communities of South East States of Nigeria, the level of development is low as a result of high level of poverty, low standard of living,and neglect by government in providing the basic amenities etc.

WAYS DRAMA CAN ASSIST RURAL PEOPLE

1. Self motivation of people upon the provision of Western style of adopting best health practices through drama. Interactive dramatic techniques help members of rural communities assess their health needs and possible solutions to the problems they face in rural communities.
2. By engaging the rural people through active participation in drama that serves as an avenue in which they can earn a living.
3. Exposing rural people to televised drama that reveal events that happen in urban areas in order to inculcate or teach moral lessons.
4. Taking some rural people on tour to urban areas where they can participate with actors in urban areas and learn more through drama. 
5. By using drama as a tool in rural communities to promote the culture ,tradition and belief of the rural people through their involvement in drama .This will to a large extent not only benefit the rural people but also those from all parts of the country and beyond in understanding the significance of their culture , tradition and belief.
6. Organizing training programmes for the rural people to be adequately equipped in the art of drama and also for self empowerment.

EVALUATION QUESTIONS

1. What does theatre for development represent?
2. State two other ways that drama can help the rural people.

GENERAL EVALUATION/REVISION QUESTIONS

1. What is contemporary art?
2. Write a brief history on the art of the early men.
3. Highlight the differences between relief sculpture and sculpture in the round.
4. What is theatre design?
5. Mention three elements that make up a theatre.

READING ASSIGNMENT

Cultural and Creative Art by Peter Akinyemi, Book 3.

REFERENCE PAGE: Pages 91 –   95. Attempt the revision questions.

WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT

1. Which one of the following is NOT a way of assisting the rural people through drama? (a) Provision of opportunities for the rural people to participate in drama.      (b) Exposing the rural people to what is generally accepted as a norm in urban areas through drama. (c) Disregarding the culture of the rural people and paying more attention to the Western culture. (d) None of the above.
2. A popular area in Lagos State where live dramas are performed…………(a) National Museum ,Iganmu ,Lagos State  (b)National Theatre ,Onikan, Lagos State (c) Esie Museum (d) None of the above
3. Rural communities are underdeveloped compared to urban areas. (a) True  (b) False  (c) Maybe  (d) Not sure
4. Drama is a means of promoting entertainment both in the rural communities and urban areas. (a) True (b) False (c) Maybe  (d) Not sure
5. Traditional drama serves as a means of promoting the culture and tradition of people in rural communities. (a) True  (b) False  (c) Maybe  (d) Not sure

THEORY

1. What does theatre for development represent?
2. Describe the state of rural communities briefly.