Fifth graders learn that a play takes a whole team — director, actors, stage manager, designers, and the playwright — each with an important job that makes the show possible.
Students will be able to…
A play isn’t just actors — it takes a whole team of people with different jobs! What are the jobs in theater?
Project this and tap each job. Have students learn the jobs that make a play.
Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.
A play takes a whole team with different jobs — what are they?
Students explore.
Students rehearse.
Students perform.
Students respond.
Aligned to the National Core Arts Standards (Theatre).
Understand production roles.
Contribute to a production.
Connect to theater careers.
Analyze a production team.
Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.
Have students name one theater job they’d like to try and say what it does. A printable jobs sheet is in the Arts library.
Tap a card to flip it, then rate whether you knew it. Built from this lesson’s vocabulary.
A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.
A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.