“Einstein’s Pants” is a
60-minute theatre show and 60-minute workshop that explores the issues around
global warming, climate change and the role of business and politics.
Starting at the museum in
Chundersfield,
Scientists tell us that for each
1°C of warming the temperature zones will shift by about 100 miles northward.
The changes in the lifetimes of our children will be even greater and more
significant than in ours. Against this catastrophic background, one man plans
to capitalise through a series of new business ventures and a political career.
We explore the issues of enterprise and entrepreneurship at a time of huge
change through drama – and show that every (acid rain) cloud has a silver
lining!
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The National Curriculum Guide. Programme
of study for key stage 3 The
importance of economic wellbeing and financial capability |
Solomon Theatre Company’s “Einstein’s Pants”. |
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1.1 Career Understanding
the qualities, attitudes and skills needed for employability. 1.2 Capability Exploring
what it means to be enterprising.
Becoming
critical consumers of goods and services. 1.3 Risk 1.4 Economic understanding Understanding
the economic and business
environment. |
The group
exercises in the workshops identify and develop students’ creativity, ability
to improvise, confidence, initiative and self-confidence. The “Hot
Seating” in the workshop develops students’ ideas, they articulate their opinions
and make their own consumer choices. Illustrations
from the business world (private and voluntary sectors) are presented in the
performance. Students are engaged by the story and learn about the taking of
risk and the reaping of reward. |
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2.1 Self-development develop
and maintain their self-esteem and envisage a positive future for themselves
in work 2.2 Exploration 2.3 Enterprise use
approaches to working with others, problem-solving and action planning understand
and apply skills and qualities
for enterprise demonstrate
and apply understanding of economic ideas. 2.4 Financial capability identify
how finance will play an important part in their lives and in achieving their
aspirations. |
The
drama workshops develop communication skills, team working and the exercises
are designed to highlight the roles we take when in groups and apply them to
task and problem solving. Good
communications and healthy relationships are best learnt through structured Drama
and Role play. Our
workshops explore leadership - what makes good leaders and why we follow some
people and not others. The
workshops conclude with students presenting their business ideas and arguing
their case for success. The
characters in the story each show a different lifestyle choices and financial
consequence, not just individually but also corporately and globally. |
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Personal
budgeting, money
management and the range of financial products and services Risk and
reward, and how money can make money through savings, investment and trade How
businesses use finance Social
and moral dilemmas
about the use of money. |
**
optional resources are available. **
optional resources are available. **
optional, additional resources are available. The
consequence for our spending pattern is made clearly in relation to the
global green agenda. When we spend we endorse products and companies |
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Use case
studies, simulations, scenarios, role play and drama to explore work and
enterprise issues Recognise,
develop and apply their skills for
enterprise and employability Have
direct and indirect contact
with people from business, to engage with ideas, challenges
and applications from the business world and to discuss contemporary
issues in work. Explore sources of
information and ideas about work and enterprise. |
That’s precisely
what we do! In the
group working we discuss roles and help students identify their individual skills
for group working (Belbin’s Team Roles). **
Businesses use “Einstein’s Pants” and we can explain how to engage with your
local business community. |