For teachers who are new to educational musicals,
Everything you need to know about musical theater classes: appreciating, creating, and performing.

In schools, convergence education is now a common educational method that is no longer an option but a necessity.
Students who used to learn in segmented subjects such as Korean, math, and science are now participating in classes designed to integrate multiple subjects centered on topics such as human rights, the environment, and emotions.
To create a topic-centered lesson, you need to find achievement standards for multiple subjects that can cover the topic and put a lot of effort into connecting them.
The author of this book discovered the advantages of convergence education in 'musicals', which contain various artistic activities based on a single dramatic element.
And I thought about how diverse the charm of musicals, which encompass a variety of artistic activities, could be if they were combined with education.


"The World's Easiest Musical Lesson" is the second book in the "Living Arts Education in the Classroom" series, which tells the story of teachers and students growing together through art in school settings.
This book is a guide to 'educational musicals,' which are educational activities planned and implemented using musical elements to achieve various educational goals.
The author, who has been researching and practicing educational musicals for over ten years, says that through musicals, students can experience the joy of learning, gain self-understanding and expression, and even the ability to communicate with others.
And it introduces a realistic approach to integrating musicals into education in schools.
This book will serve as a valuable guide for establishing educational musicals as a fun educational activity that everyone can participate in, and as an alternative to future education that embraces student-centered learning and competency-based education.

It doesn't matter if the teacher can't create stories, is tone-deaf, or has no rhythm, or dances like a robot.
Anyone can design an educational musical class if they can think about which elements of the musical's various components to include in class activities and how much to link to the curriculum.
Educational musical classes have diverse goals, and unless the project focuses on technical aspects such as students' singing, creativity, and choreographic abilities, the teacher's understanding of musical classes is more important than their musical skills.
--- From "How Musical and Education Meet"

In the process of conducting an educational musical class, the teacher's role is that of a planner and producer.
Of course, it also plays a role in guiding students.
It is the students' responsibility to explore themes and materials, create a story, select appropriate music, write lyrics, create choreography that matches the music, think of and prepare the necessary props and costumes, practice, and then present the work on stage.
If the purpose of the class is to put on a perfect musical performance, the teacher will have to work harder. However, if the purpose is to allow students to express what they have learned through educational musical activities, the teacher can guide the activities alone to make it a great educational musical class.
--- From "Children, Become the Masters of Class"

It seemed like doing educational musical activities online would be a complicated and difficult process, but in fact, there were many things I had to worry about when preparing for educational musical activities before.
If we look at the process of preparing an educational musical as an algorithm, it has a complex structure.
Thinking back now, it was a truly happy worry.
However, when I tried to draw up an algorithm to do online educational musical activities, it turned out to be much simpler than I thought.
"Should I do it or not?" The things that were daunting before I even started preparing were easily resolved when I chose "YES."
This algorithm will likely be equally applicable to the question of whether to do an educational musical online or not.
Of course, I recommend choosing 'YES'.
It's up to you to press the button.

--- From "Can I Take Musical Lessons Online?"