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This book provides comprehensive information and guidance for successfully staging a theatrical living chess game for children ages 9-14. It also prepares student to succeed in University Interscholastic League (UIL) Chess Puzzle.Living chess games have been referenced in works from classic authors such as Lewis Carroll and Kurt Vonnegut; this theater art was also mentioned in J.K. Rowling's
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. With
The Living Chess Game: Fine Arts Activities for Kids 9-14, any parent, librarian, teacher, or after-school instructor can successfully stage an educational and entertaining living chess game. This book will also help educators and librarians prepare students to succeed in University Interscholastic League (UIL) Chess Puzzle.
The book's chess instruction enables children to perform, with understanding, as living chess pieces. The activities not only instruct students on how to research chess, but also teach a myriad of fine arts skills such as acting, composing music, choreographing movements, designing scenery, and scriptwriting, and the activities address content standards from the National Standards for Arts Education. The author has also provided a "resources and materials" section that explains the cultural reference of each activity's title and lists opportunities for parental involvement, such as tech support and attending students' performances.
List of contents
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Chapter 1 Fine Arts and Chess
Activities Fit Available Time
Fine Arts Standards
Overview of Chapters
Kid-Tested Activities
Chess Equipment and Knowledge
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Chapter 2 Music
Activity One: The Music of the Knight
Activity Two: From Moves to Grooves
Activity Three: Chess in Concert
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Chapter 3 Dance and Visual Arts
Activity Four: Chess Boxing
Activity Five: Brains and Brawn
Activity Six: The Art of Chess
Activity Seven: All the World's a Chessboard
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Chapter 4 Theater
Activity Eight: Immortal and Evergreen
Activity Nine: No Small Parts
Activity Ten: Tech and Check
Activity Eleven: The Living Chess Game
Activity Twelve: Talent Show
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Chapter 5Chess Basics
Rules of Chess
Win, Lose, or Draw
Reading and Writing Chess
Internet Sites for Practicing Chess
Appendix A Answer Key
Appendix B References
Appendix C Chess Scripts
GlossaryIndex
About the author
Alexey W. Root has a Ph.D. in education from UCLA. Her work history includes public high school teaching (social studies and English). Her most notable chess accomplishment was winning the U.S. Women's championship in 1989. Since the fall of 1999, Root has been a senior lecturer at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD). She has taught UTD education classes, tutored prospective teachers for certification exams, and supervised student teachers. Root's current assignment for UTD is to teach, via the UT TeleCampus, online education courses that explore the uses of chess in classrooms. Children and Chess: A Guide for Educators (2006) and Science, Math, Checkmate: 32 Chess Activities for Inquiry and Problem Solving (2008) were both published by Teacher Ideas Press.
Summary
This book provides comprehensive information and guidance for successfully staging a theatrical living chess game for children ages 9-14. It also prepares student to succeed in University Interscholastic League (UIL) Chess Puzzle.
