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The Living Chess Game: Fine Arts Activities for Kids 9–14

Autor Alexey W. Root
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 20 dec 2010 – vârsta până la 17 ani
This book provides comprehensive information and guidance for successfully staging a theatrical living chess game for children ages 9-14. It also prepares student to succeed in University Interscholastic League (UIL) Chess Puzzle.Living chess games have been referenced in works from classic authors such as Lewis Carroll and Kurt Vonnegut; this theater art was also mentioned in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. With The Living Chess Game: Fine Arts Activities for Kids 9-14, any parent, librarian, teacher, or after-school instructor can successfully stage an educational and entertaining living chess game. This book will also help educators and librarians prepare students to succeed in University Interscholastic League (UIL) Chess Puzzle. The book's chess instruction enables children to perform, with understanding, as living chess pieces. The activities not only instruct students on how to research chess, but also teach a myriad of fine arts skills such as acting, composing music, choreographing movements, designing scenery, and scriptwriting, and the activities address content standards from the National Standards for Arts Education. The author has also provided a "resources and materials" section that explains the cultural reference of each activity's title and lists opportunities for parental involvement, such as tech support and attending students' performances.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781598843804
ISBN-10: 159884380X
Pagini: 112
Ilustrații: 15 bw illus
Dimensiuni: 216 x 279 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Libraries Unlimited
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Caracteristici

Provides the national content standard, objectives, resources and materials, procedure, and assessment in all 12 music, dance, visual art, and theater activities

Notă biografică

Alexey W. Root, PhD, is senior lecturer in education at The University of Texas, Dallas.

Cuprins

? Chapter 1 Fine Arts and ChessActivities Fit Available TimeFine Arts StandardsOverview of ChaptersKid-Tested ActivitiesChess Equipment and Knowledge? Chapter 2 MusicActivity One: The Music of the KnightActivity Two: From Moves to GroovesActivity Three: Chess in Concert? Chapter 3 Dance and Visual ArtsActivity Four: Chess BoxingActivity Five: Brains and BrawnActivity Six: The Art of ChessActivity Seven: All the World's a Chessboard? Chapter 4 TheaterActivity Eight: Immortal and EvergreenActivity Nine: No Small PartsActivity Ten: Tech and CheckActivity Eleven: The Living Chess GameActivity Twelve: Talent Show? Chapter 5Chess BasicsRules of ChessWin, Lose, or DrawReading and Writing ChessInternet Sites for Practicing ChessAppendix A Answer KeyAppendix B ReferencesAppendix C Chess ScriptsGlossaryIndex