Remus And Romulus

Sixth grade celebrates Greco-Roman drama

The 6 Yellow Team at Middlebrook presented their parents and peers with a Greco-Roman Festival on Tuesday, May 24.

A 6Y tradition, the festival coincides with the sixth grade curriculum’s focus on ancient Greece and Rome. The plays presented are therefore educational for the students, allowing them to learn about Greco-Roman theater and poetry in an interactive way.

The festival began with an overview of the ancient theater by narrators Scott Brown and Nikki Scamuffo. Nikki began, telling the audience how theatrical presentations made in the ancient world were in honor of the god Dionysus, followed by Scott’s description of the tragic hero: a man in a high position who falls because of some major character flaw.

Abbreviated versions of five prominent Greco-Roman plays, myths and events were then presented by the sixth graders, including Agamemnon, The Furies (the third part of Aeschylus’ Orestia trilogy), Pandora’s Box, Romulus and Remus, and Julius Caesar.

The students all wore homemade togas and big smiles and showed an understanding of the myths and stories they presented. Narrator Scott Brown explained to the audience that such myths were created by the Greeks and Romans with morals. The moral of Pandora’s Box is that hope can overcome all misfortune and the moral of Romulus and Remus is that the greedy never prosper.

Agamemnon and The Furies showed the students’ understanding of justice, not only in the ancient world, but in the ways that Americans understand it today, detailing the democratic means by which Orestes is acquitted of the charges against him (killing his mother Clytemnestra).

Luisa Nanos, 6Y’s social studies teacher and the coordinator of the event, said this festival helps students to better understand and connect with Greco-Roman culture and ideology.

“It helps bring the history alive for the students and makes their learning more authentic,” she said. This educational benefit is the main reason why 6Y has put on this festival for so many years.

The productions were presented in chronological order, demonstrating the course of the sixth graders’ studies, and were all directed by a different teacher from the 6 Yellow team over the past few weeks.

Ms. Nanos then made the concluding remarks and parents were invited to enjoy a Greco-Roman feast, consisting of traditional Greek and Italian foods and summing up the event in a fittingly cultural way.

Romulus and Remus, Apple mackintosh and Google

Romulus and Remus, Apple mackintosh and Google

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