-This event in ONSITE at The Icon. No travel to an offsite location is required.
Detroit Public Theatre will share one of our signature curriculum-connected arts experiences, Detroit '67 in the Schools. For ten years this program has been bringing the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s to life for high school social studies students studying American History and Detroit's place in that history. The program begins with an engaging in-school lesson, followed by a staged reading of the award-winning play Detroit '67 by Dominique Morisseau, and concludes with a facilitated post-show dialogue with students, educators and actors.
This program was developed in 2016 alongside DPSCD educators. Students and teachers have reported that this play and program have increased students’ understanding of history and our city’s place in it, helped to bridge our past and present, deepened connection to community, cultivated the belief that individuals can positively impact society, and promoted a sense of civic pride and desire for greater engagement.
DPT’s annual production of Detroit ‘67 has connected thousands of Detroit high school students to history through art. It has been the goal of DPT and our DPSCD partners to complement and fortify students' understanding of the 1960's Civil Rights Movement and to bring immediacy and relevance to students' studies of history and current events.
Detroit Public Theatre has steadily expanded our education programs over the past several years and we now build lessons and theatre experiences around multiple productions each season - productions which have curricular tie-ins to social studies, literature, and other academic classes. We look forward to sharing the lesson that started it all and repeats each year with you at the TEACHING DIVERSE HISTORY SUMMIT!
