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 \nDear Educator,  \nWelcome to Prime Stage Theatre’s 2015-2016 Season!  \nWe are pleased to bring you The Giver adapted for the stage by Eric Coble, our last production of the season. The play is an adaptation of Lois Lowry’s book of the same title, which won the Newbury Award.  \nEric Coble refers to The Giver as “a metaphor for what it means to grow up.” When you’re young, he notes: “there [is] no before, there’s what I’m feeling right now and what I’m enjoying right now, and then suddenly someone says,‘Well did you ever know there was this history? Did you ever know that people suffered and [had] wars?’ That point [is] different in everyone’s life, but for all of us there’s a progression to where you suddenly realize it’s a much bigger world than what you thought it was.”  \nAll literature produced by Prime Stage is always drawn from middle and secondary Reading Lists and themes are in the curriculum.  \nThis Resource Guide is designed to provide historical background and context, classroom activities and curricular content to help you enliven your students’ experience with the literature and the theatre. We encourage you to use the theatrical games and creative thinking activities, as well as the Theatre Etiquette suggested activities to spark personal connections with the themesand characters in the story of The Giver.  \nIf you have any questions about the information or activities in the guide, please contact me and I will be happy to assist you and I welcome your suggestions!  \nLinda Haston, Education Director and Teaching Artist Prime Stage Theatre  \n[lhaston@primestage.com](lhaston@primestage.com)  \nThe activities in this guide are intended to enliven, clarify and enrich the text as you read,  \nand the experience as you watch the literature.  \nPrime Stage Theatre Resource Guide-Page 2  \nOur Education Programming is funded in part by the following:  \nLiteracy in Action  \nStudent Matinee Field Trips Theatre Mentor/Interns Professional Development Education Director  \nTeen Dating Awareness  \nBringing Literature to Life  \nPrime Stage Theatre Resource Guide-Page 3  \nDIRECTOR’S NOTES  \nI have always been drawn to stories of alternate universes and dystopian societies. Last year, I had the immense pleasure of directing Prime Stage Theatre’s production of Animal Farm, a parable warning of the dangers inherent to blindly following the leader, presented as a story about a group of animals dreaming of a utopia. In their pursuit of happiness, the beasts revolt against their human captors only to allow one of their own to seize power and hold them under another, perhaps crueler, form of dictatorship.  \nThe Giver also presents a society where the members follow their leaders unquestioningly. Unlike their predecessors in Animal Farm, these folks have found contentment. The leaders they follow are not cruel despots. Their society knows no hunger, no poverty, no war; they have no memory of these events and no understanding of the concepts. There is no peer pressure, as clothing and hair are uniform and parents train children from birth to apologize for anything that could be perceived as rudeness. Opportunity is equal and based upon the ability and interests of each individual, so everyone is certain to be assigned the right job, the right spouse, the right life.  \nIfyou don’t scratch the surface too hard, the Community looks like the perfect world; like the mythological Eden.  \nEverything comes at a price, though, and in exchange for a strife-free existence the residents long ago gave up free will and the ability to choose. The ability to see color, feel passion, and to love has been eliminated from their lives. They are perfectly content, but they are oblivious. They are as blind as Orwell’s animals.  \nWorking on The Giver has made me realize that, ","cbCaitWFyYVYIGVh","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitWFyYVYIGVh","pdf",1338264,46,"English","# DIRECTOR’S NOTES\n## Theatre Etiquette and House rules","[{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of the resource guide for The Giver?\",\"answer\":\"The guide provides historical background and context, along with classroom activities and curricular content to help students connect with the themes and characters while reading and watching.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the director describe the society in The Giver?\",\"answer\":\"The director portrays a society where members follow leaders unquestioningly and have contentment without hunger, poverty, or war, but where free will and the ability to choose have been removed.\"},{\"question\":\"What theatre etiquette rules are emphasized for attendees?\",\"answer\":\"Attendees should stay with their group, avoid food or gum in the theatre, turn off all cell phones or similar devices, remain seated until the curtain call, and refrain from talking or recording during the performance.\"}]","The Giver Resource Guide - Classroom Activities and Historical Context | PDF",1790595590,71]