Parades and Shows Teachers' Notes
Aims and Objectives
The aim of the Disneyland® Resort Paris 12–14 years Parades and Shows Workbook is to reinforce learning in:
- Art and Design
- Music
- Physical Education
- Design and Technology
- Modern Foreign Languages
- All activities can be completed individually or as a group
Art and Design
Pre/Post Visit Work
Disneyland Resort Paris offers countless opportunities for the study of art and design.
As well as looking at the art and design in parades and shows, you could also investigate:
- The art and design behind the merchandise in the boutiques, particularly the prints of Disney's animated films, hand blown glassware and ceramics
- Hotel theming, how the Resort has chosen a topic for each of its Hotels and carries it through with costumes, room settings, menus etc
Curriculum Links
This workbook has been developed for schools to meet:
- English and Welsh National Curriculum, KS3 Art and Design
- Investigating art, craft and design
- Evaluation and developing work
- Art, craft and design in the locality (genres, styles and traditions)
- Scottish 5–14 National Guidelines, Expressive Arts: Art and Design
- Using materials, skills and media
- Expressing feelings, ideas, thoughts and solutions
- Evaluating and appreciating
Music and Physical Education
Pre/Post Visit Work
Disneyland Resort Paris is the ideal place to experience a variety
of music and physical education skills.
As well as developing, planning and communicating ideas, you could also use your visit to Disneyland Resort Paris to:
- Explore the background music heard in the restaurants, hotels, on the rides
and attractions etc.
- Evaluate the strengths and characteristics needed by dancers in a parade
Curriculum Links
This workbook has been developed for schools to meet:
- English and Welsh National Curriculum, KS3 Physical Education
- Acquiring and developing skills
- Selecting and applying skills, tactics and compositional ideas
- Evaluating and improving performance
- Scottish 5–14 National Guidelines, Expressive Arts, Physical Education
- Using materials, techniques and skills
- Expressing feelings, ideas, thoughts and solutions
- Evaluating and appreciating
- English and Welsh National Curriculum, KS3 Music
- Cultural understanding
- Critical understanding
- Creativity
- Communication
- Reviewing and evaluating
- Performance activities in a range of contexts
- Scottish 5–14 National Guidelines, Expressive Arts, Music
- Using materials, techniques, skills and media
- Expressing feelings, ideas,
thoughts and solutions
- Evaluating and appreciating
Design and Technology
Pre/Post Visit Work
Disneyland Resort Paris offers many chances to explore the uses of design and technology.
As well as looking into the design and technology behind the parades and shows you could investigate:
- The use of materials, techniques and skills to add attention to detail in the rides in the Resort, i.e. Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith on board stereo, the theming on the Space Mountain: Mission 2 carriages, the weathering on the rocks around Big Thunder Mountain
- Evaluating and appreciating the evolution of moving pictures, shown through the displays in the Art of Disney Animation® – you can even create your own work of art
- Using materials, techniques and skills – how the design and technology behind the movies has changed over the years by visiting CinéMagique
Curriculum Links
This workbook has been developed for schools to meet:
- English and Welsh National Curriculum, KS3 Design and Technology
- Developing, planning and communicating ideas
- Evaluating processes and products
- Scottish 5-14 National Guidelines, Expressive Arts: Art and Design
- Using materials, techniques, skills and media; expressing feelings; ideas, thoughts and solutions, evaluating and appreciating
Modern Foreign Languages
Pre/Post Visit Work
Disneyland Resort Paris offers countless additional opportunities for education, here are a few ideas you may like to explore:
Modern Foreign Languages
- Communicating with native speakers – talk to Cast Members (Disney Employees) in French
Curriculum Links
This workbook has been developed for schools to meet:
Modern Foreign Languages
- English and Welsh National Curriculum, KS3 Modern Foreign Languages
- Developing language skills
- Developing cultural awareness
- Scottish 5–14 National Guidelines: Modern Languages
- Listening, speaking, reading, writing
Extension activities
- Modern Foreign Languages: Some of the shows are presented in English and French; try to attend both the English and French language versions.
- Were both the dialogue and the songs in French?
- How much of the French version were you able to understand?
- What other ways could the show teams use to make the show appeal to all nationalities?
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