How Did You Find Your Voice for Harriet Tubman?
1:47
Grades: 6 - 12
Video Description: Actress Glynis Brooks talks about creating a “voice” for Harriet both through the language she used in writing her one-woman play and the physical tone and tenor of how she chose to portray her when performing.
Type of Video: Segment*
Unique Video ID: Theatre-149**
Quick Ideas for Using the Video:
- Use the video as your students engage in a cross curricular/arts integration activity where they create a short one-person theatrical performance based on a person in history they admire/in a time period they are currently studying/or another rationale of your choice. Have students research, write, rehearse, and perform their 5 to 10 minute scene.
- Have theatre students analyze choices Ms. Brooks made in creating the production. Why do they think she chose a one-woman performance? Why did she not add other characters? What is student response to costuming of the character and physical and voice characteristics she uses to bring the character to life?
*Segment videos are short excerpts edited from interviews or interactive programs that offer flexible and differentiated ways to use the rich content included in the full-length conversation.
**The unique Video ID can be used to quickly locate a single video in the ET collection. This search function is designed to let teachers assign students to watch a specific video and have only that video appear as a search result. Just click on Search and choose “By Video ID.” Then type in the Video ID as it appears above. Be sure to include the dash.
