Ohio Summer Honors Institutes - Available Classes
Writer’s Palette
Residential Program: July 6–11, 2008
Creativity happens through a variety of media. Students will be able to explore their creativity through art, writing, and oral expression in this Honors Institute course. Students will learn to express themselves as they investigate the creative process by participating in developing
characters, creating dialogue, competing in poetry slams, and performing readers’ theatre scripts. Students will also examine a variety of effective writing techniques, as well as, writing styles. A final compilation of student work will be published in the Writer’s Palette Anthology.
Performance Theatre
Residential Program: July 6–18, 2008
Welcome to the everyday life of a working theatre company. Students will attend professional workshops on voice, stage movement, monologue preparation, and make-up in the mornings. Afternoons will be dedicated to character development, acting styles, seminars, rehearsals, and performances. For this challenging institute’s culminating activity, students will write a play, audition for roles, and perform in their original production.
Technical Theatre
Residential Program: July 13–18, 2008
In this unique theatre experience, students will work “behind the scenes” exploring theatre design, technology, and the craftsmanship of technical theatre. They will create the “look, sound, and shape” of a theatrical production. As students work with a professional technical director, they will gain experience with hands-on techniques in costuming characters, and designing, building, and lighting a theatre set.
Forensic Science
Residential Program: July 20–25, 2008
Students will learn the strengths and weaknesses of regularly used forensic techniques—response and evidence collection guidelines, fingerprinting, and DNA profiling—as they complete hands-on crime scene analysis. Students will also see how these forensic techniques are
applied to numerous high-profile real world cases. This course will cover the fundamental processes of forensic investigation and crime scene analysis. Students will utilize techniques that crime scene investigators do applying biology, chemistry, geology, and computer science skills.
Law and Society
Residential Program: July 20–25, 2008
This courtroom will come to order...as students who are interested in the American legal system will be introduced to the components of a trial. Students will review and discover “evidence” from a crime and follow the facts of the case through to a verdict. As the students develop
their case, they will explore trial procedures as they learn about criminal defense, prosecution, and the law. In addition, students will develop effective skills to complete questioning, witness preparation, direct- and cross-examinations, and opening and closing statements.
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