INTRODUCTION:
You
have worked long hours in the dance studio, alongside your dance company,
creating a new dance work. You are a performance
artist based in
You
ask yourself, shouldn’t every choreographer have
freedom of expression anywhere in
TASK:
Your task is to research the topic of Freedom of Speech in
Performance Art in
PROCESS:
You will be responsible for recruiting other students (five
in each group) who support your views against censorship. You will then create a committee and select
one of the topics listed below where censorship has been evident:
You will review existing policies and research solutions
that will avoid further censorship of the artist’s work. In order to complete this WebQuest, you must
follow the Public Policy Analyst steps found at the TIPS web
site.
NEA
page on Freedom of Expression http://www.csulb.edu/~jvancamp/freedom1.html
Legal Information Institute http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/first_amendment.html
Inf.
Television Censorship Article http://www.jdchandler.com/tvcensor.htm
First Amendment http://www.freedomforum.org/templates/document.asp?documentID=14528
Yahoo Directory on Censorship
http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Issues_and_Causes/Civil_Rights/Censorship/
Magazine http://www.libertarianrock.com/topics/censorship/dancing_win_va.html
History of Art Censorship http://tx.essortment.com/artcensorship_rwsf.htm
National Coalition on Censorship http://www.ncac.org/projects/art_now/main.html
Censorship in Media http://www.wam.umd.edu/~gjbush/media.html
National Coalition on Censorship http://www.ncac.org/issues/regentsletter.html
Banned Books http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/banned-books.html
Music Censorship http://ericnuzum.com/banned/
Federal Communications Commission http://www.fcc.gov/parents/content.html
Free Expression Policy Project http://www.fepproject.org/commentaries/wordsonfire.html
EVALUATION:
You
will be evaluated based on the following rubric:
Points |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
Overall Total 10 points |
Development
& Organization |
Excellent, High quality development and organization, thorough
clarification |
Very good development, Organization and clarification |
Somewhat good organization, needs some work on organization and
development |
Poor, unprepared, un-organized and not clear |
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Oral
Presentation |
All Students participated; exceptional, clear, thorough and
intelligent oral presentation |
All Students participated; Good, clear presentation |
Students were somewhat clear; quality of presentation needs effort and
careful preparation |
Students were not clear: noticeable poor careless quality of
presentation. |
|
Visual Presentation |
Exceptional presentation of visual resources and materials. |
Good visual presentation. |
Somewhat good visual presentation. Needs improvement |
Poor visual presentation. Visually unprepared |
|
Research |
Evident, extended and comprehensive research.
Followed a line of investigation from at least 4 online sources and other
resources. |
Good research. Followed a line
of investigation from at least 3 online sources and other resources |
Somewhat good information from at 2 online sources. Very limited
research. |
Poor. Needs to research further Information from at least 1 online source. No other resources evident. |
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CONCLUSION:
By engaging in and completing this WebQuest, you will have gained
a better understanding of Censorship
and its effect in the Performing Arts.
The completion of this research paper will also provide you with tools
for in-depth research using the Internet.
You will learn how to work cooperatively with other students, and you
will become skilled at presenting your research projects using various
methods. And with the help of the Public Policy Analyst,
you will be able to do further research on this topic and develop new public
policies that help address the important issue on censorship.