Hello Dolly! Charleston Light Opera Guild

Hello, Dolly! Charleston Light Opera Guild
RLA.O.11.1.10 Students will use knowledge of the history, cultural diversity, politics, and effects
of language to comprehend and elaborate on the meaning of texts, to expand vocabulary, and
to draw connections to self and to the real world.
RLA.O.12.1.01 Students will research, evaluate and critique the historical, cultural, political and
biographical influences to determine the impact on literary works.
RLA.O.12.1.05 Students will evaluate and justify the characteristics of author’s intended
audience, purpose, style, voice and technique through the use of reasoning and evidence and
literary/character analysis.
RLA.O.12.1.10 Students will use knowledge of the history, cultural diversity, politics, and effects
of language to comprehend and elaborate on the meaning of texts to expand vocabulary, and to
draw connections to self and the real world.
21 Century: Learning Skills and Technology
21C.S.9-12.1 The student will access, analyze, manage, integrate, evaluate, and create
information in a variety of forms using appropriate technology skills and communicate that
information in an appropriate oral, written, or multimedia format.
Additional Links/Resources
• Hello, Dolly! Study Guide
• American Culture in the 1890’s
• Thornton Wilder & The Matchmaker
Suggested Post-performance Activities
Summary of Lesson
After viewing the performance of Hello, Dolly, students will be asked to complete an
assignment that will require them to review and reevaluate the importance of certain scenes in
the musical by creating a storyboard.
Lesson Plan
After viewing the performance of Hello, Dolly, students should have a strong
understanding of the musical and its characters. Students should also have a basic
understanding of the plot of the story. But before completing post-performance activity, a brief
review of the elements of plot may be necessary. A brief review may be found at Learner.org.
Once students have reviewed the elements of plot, they will need to create a storyboard
for Hello, Dolly. The storyboard will consist of eight images that the students must draw. Each
picture must represent a certain part of the story’s plot. The first image must explain the story’s
exposition. The second image must explain the story’s conflict.
Then the third and fourth images must develop the rising action. The fifth image should
represent the story’s climax. The sixth and seventh images should represent the falling action of
the story, and the last image should show the story’s resolution.