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The Cast

Alvin Chan Sean-Joseph Choo

Maile Holck Jocelyn Ishihara

Matthew Mazzella Nathaniel Niemi Junior Tesoro

Christina Uyeno

The Artistic Staff Director Eric Johnson Set, Prop Design Eric West Video Design Chesley Cannon Light Design Chesley Cannon Costume Design Iris Kim Sound Design Matthew Mazzella/Sean-Joseph Choo Study Guide by Nathaniel Niemi/Eric Johnson

WE WELCOME YOU TO HONOLULU THEATRE FOR YOUTH !

The year-round work of HTY is supported in part by a grant from the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts with funds from the Hawaii State Legislature. This support, with a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and gifts from private foundations, the corporate community and individuals, enables HTY to offer plays to schools at nominal cost.

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USING THIS GUIDE

For a more complete list of Standards Connections, please visit the HTY website: http://www.htyweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/shocka-standards.pdf

BEFORE THE SHOW Activities Page STANDARD CONNECTION

Share the Introduction from the Artistic Director 3

Try People Power: An Opening Activity theme activity 3 Common Core (CC)

Reading; CC Writing; HCPS

World Languages

Read aloud Shocka, an Original Adventure 4 CC Speaking/Listening

Explore the Energy in the Body Acting Activity 4 HCPS III Drama

Imagine Life in 2044 4 HCPS Social Studies/Culture

Guide students to imagine Who Will I be in the Future?

Creative Writing Portraits

5 HCPS Visual Arts; CC

Writing

Engage students with FOR STUDENTS: The Power of

Change

6 CC Reading;

Speaking/Listening

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AFTER THE SHOW Activities Page STANDARD CONNECTION

Explore the many Partner Resources 7&8 HCPS Fine Arts HCPS Social Studies/Culture CC Reading; Writing

CONTACT US. TELL US WHAT YOU THINK.

Feedback Forms: Please return an evaluation form after seeing the performance. We often contact teachers for further information, so include your name, school address and email address.

HTY Online: Visit our website for last minute changes or special offers, www.htyweb.org.

Honolulu Theatre for Youth 1149 Bethel St., Suite 700

Honolulu, HI 96813 808 839 9885, 808 839 7018 (fax)

www.htyweb.org

Becky Dunning, Managing Director Eric Johnson, Artistic Director

Daniel A. Kelin, II, Director of Drama Education Stu Hirayama, School Reservations Manager

TEACHER PREVIEW HTY invites you & a guest FREE to Shocka on Fri., April 13th at 7:00pm or Sat., April 14th at 4:30 pm at Tenney Theatre. Please call ahead for reservations.

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INTRODUCTION from Artistic Director, Eric Johnson

Welcome to Honolulu Theatre for Youth’s 63nd Season. We are celebrating “the power of people” this season and with this piece to explore the power of energy. Thank you for joining us for what we are sure will be an exciting, conversation-sparking experience. Shocka! is our third installment in a series that includes Grinds and H2O: The Story of Water and Hawaii. Inspired by the conversations you are having in the classroom, it has been our pleasure to partner with you in creating work that introduces educational concepts, sparks curiosity, and inspires change. We hope that through this guide you are able to explore ideas surrounding energy actively in the classroom and through discussion both prior to the performance and long after your visit to the theatre. We look forward to many more adventures in the year to come.

PEOPLE POWER: An Opening Activity

Our 2017-18 season theme is “The Power of People!’ Start your HTY journey before traveling to the theatre with the following activity, giving students the opportunity to imagine their own story, together.

ONE WORD STORY Preparation: Sitting in a circle, the class will create a story together. Each participant contributes one word at a time as you go around the circle. The words should connect to create sentences and the sentences string together to create a single story. Guidelines:

Do not think too hard. It is only one word. Trust intuition.

Words like “a,” “and” and “the” are important words.

Do not tell anyone else what word to say. Procedure: As students slowly build off of each other to create the story, occasionally repeat it back, so students can stay abreast of the basic plot. Guide the students to incorporate the following simple properties to help shape the story and give it purpose:

Character(s)

Want/Goal

Problem/Obstacle

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SHOCKA, AN ORIGINAL ADVENTURE

In Shocka, students will meet a delegation from the future, 28 years in the future to be exact! This diverse group of characters has returned to 2018 with a special message for their past selves and community. In 2044 Hawaii is very close to making their goal of 100% renewable energy by 2045 but they aren’t quite there. The team needs the help of your class to reduce energy consumption, use energy more efficiently and develop new energy technologies.

ENERGY IN THE BODY ACTING ACTIVITY

In this activity, students will act out how they get their energy. The students will sit in a circle and talk about what are the physical and emotional things that give them energy. (Some examples might be, healthy food, sleep, playing soccer, being with my friends, reading alone.) Helpful questions might be… What do they love doing? When do they feel the best in the day? What recharges their batteries? Be sure to mention that energy is personal. Some people are morning people some are night owls. One student at a time enters the circle and all students will have a turn. When the student enters the center of the circle they say… “I get energy from … (fill in their personal energy source).” They then strike a pose that represents that thing. (i.e., I get energy from my favorite food. They then strike a pose eating.) Everyone in the circle who also gets energy from that thing stands up and makes the same pose. The teacher then invites the next student to participate. After the circle is completed discussion celebrating and exploring the different types of things that give us physical and emotional energy can be had.

IMAGINE LIFE IN 2044

Shocka! asks students to imagine life 28 years into the future. Use this activity to have students envision who they will be 28 years down the road. How old will they be? What will they be wearing? What career will they have? What will life in the future look like/What is around her? How much energy will they need? Where will this energy come from?

Before Seeing the Show

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WHO WILL I BE IN THE FUTURE? Creative Writing Portraits

Guide students to create portraits of themselves in the future. MATERIALS

Drawing Paper

Pencil

Crayons

Marker DIRECTIONS

1. Students write their name and the age they will be in 2044. 2. Students draw with pencil and crayons a portrait of their future self. 3. Encourage students to imagine future fashion, technologies, energy sources, etc. 4. Students then name and label the choices they have made for their future self with a marker.

For example, a student may draw a line to the boots they have drawn on their future self and label them “moon walkers.”

5. Students will then share with the class what they imagine for their future selves.

Before Seeing the Show

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Take a look at the two photographs below. The first photograph was taken of 5th Avenue in New York City in 1900. The second photo was taken of the same location just 13 years later. How quickly transportation technology can change!

In this photo from 1900 we see the street full of horse-drawn carriages and just one automobile. Can you spot the automobile?

Just 13 years later we see the same street full of automobiles and just one horse-drawn carriage. Can you spot the horse-drawn carriage?

Discussion Questions: Which form of transportation is more energy efficient? What does it take for a society to change? How does technology affect this change? What new technology have you seen introduced in your lifetime? What will our transportation look like 13 years from now?

The Power of Change

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PARTNER RESOURCES

We have many local partners who provided insight and inspiration as we created the show. Here are some excellent resources that they have to offer. Many even have educators on staff who can visit your classroom!

HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC COMPANY provides resources for learning about electricity, how to use it safely and efficiently. http://hawaiielectriclight.e-smartonline.net/index.php https://www.hawaiielectriclight.com/community-and-education/e-smartkids

HAWAII ENERGY empowers island families and businesses to make smarter energy choices to reduce energy consumption, save money, and pursue a 100% clean energy future.

https://hawaiienergy.com/education-outreach/community

HAWAII STATE DEPT OF HEALTH provides wonderful resources about energy in our bodies. http://www.healthyhawaii.com/ CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU has much information about how excellent Oahu’s recycling rates and waste-to-energy technologies are. http://www.opala.org/solid_waste/learning_center/Learning_Center.html

Resources

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ULU PONO INITIATIVE has exciting information on the most cutting-edge technologies and energies of the future. http://ulupono.com/resources

KOKUA HAWAI’I FOUNDATION supports environmental education in the schools and communities of Hawaiʻi. The Kokua Hawai’i. Foundation website provides excellent resources for energy in the body and environment.

https://www.kokuahawaiifoundation.org