West Side Story Webquest

Michelle Dupray
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West Side Story WebQuest
Go to this link to answer the following questions:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055614/
 How many Academy Awards did the movie West Side Story receive? – West
Side Story received 10 academy awarsds.
 What were they? – The Academy Awards won were Best Actor in a
Supporting Role, Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Best Art Direction-Set
Decoration (Color), Brest Cinematography (Color), Best Costume Design
(Color), Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Music (Scoring of a Musical
Picture, Best Picture, and Best Sound.
 What genre is this film categorized under? – Musical, romance, and drama.
 What is the difference between a musical and a drama? – Musicals generally
include singing and dancing. Dramas are generally just acting.
 What year was West Side Story produced? – West Side Story was produced in
1961.
 What is the plot of West Side Story? – The main plot of West Side Story is two
young people from rivaling New York City gangs fall in love.
 How does this plot relate to Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” plot? – This
plot relates to “Romeo and Juliet” because the two main characters “groups”
are in rivalry, yet they fall in love anyway.
 At the end of the Plot line, click on Full Summary to answer the following
questions…
o Who are the Jets and what was their ethnic background? – The Jets are
a white New York City gang. Their leader is Riff.
o Who are the Sharks and what was their ethnic background? – The
Sharks are a Puerto Rican gang. Their leader is Bernardo.
o What time era is the movie depicting? – This movie is
showing/depicting the time era of the 1950’s.
o Where does the story take place? – The story takes place in New York
City.
 Scroll down to the Cast and click onto three of the Cast overviews…
 Click onto Natalie Wood to answer the following questions…
o Scroll down to Mini Biography and read it entirely to answer the
following questions…
 How many films did she appear in as a child actress? – Natalie
was in about 18 films as a child actress.
 What famous movie did she star in when she was 11 years old
that is still a classic today? - When she was 9 years old, she
was in the famous move Miracle on 34th Street, which is still a
classic today.
 What three Oscars was she nominated for? – Natalie was
nominated for three Oscars. Best Actress in a Leading Role for
Love with a Proper Stranger, Best Actress in a Leading Role for
Splendor in the Grass, and Best Actress in a Supporting Role for
Rebel Without a Cause.
 How old was she when she died? – Natalie Wood was 43 when
she died, by drowning, at Santa Catalina Island, CA.
 Click onto Rita Moreno to answer the following questions…
 She was the very first performer to accomplish, what? – Rita
was the first performer to accomplish winning an Oscar, an
Emmy, a Tony, and a Grammy.
 What were some of the better pictures she appeared in? –
Some of the better pictures she was in were Singin’ in the Rain
and The King and I.
 What award did she receive for playing Rita Moreno in West
Side Story? – Rita Moreno received an Oscar for Best
Supporting Actress for West Side Story.
 Click onto George Chakiris to answer the following questions…
 How old was he when he traveled to New York hoping for a
Broadway break? – George was 24 when he traveled to New
York, hoping to get a Broadway break.
 What awards did he receive for West Side Story? – He received
a Golden Globe and an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for
West Side Story.
 What is he doing as of February 2002? – As of February 2002,
Georgie Chakiris has been making jewelry (mainly sterling
silver) as a hobby.
Old Globe Theatre WebQuest
 Go to this link to answer the following questions:

http://www.william-shakespeare.info/william-shakespeare-globe-
theatre.htm
 When was the Old Globe Theatre built? – The Old Globe Theatre was built in
1576.
 How would the Globe announce their plays? – The Globe would announce the
start of their plays with a trumpet.
 How did the actors get their lines and rehearse? – They generally didn’t. They
would do “cue acting”, which is when a person backstage whispers the lines
to the actors before they go on stage.
 Was William Shakespeare an actor? – Yes, Shakespeare was an actor.
 The Globe audiences were determined in 3 categories…how much did they
pay and where did they sit?
o Groundlings – They would pay 1 penny to stand in the “pit” of the
theatre.
o The Gentry – They would sit in the galleries, usually using the
cushions for their comfort.
o The Rich Nobles – They would sit in chairs set on the side of the stage
itself.
 Is the Globe Theatre still in existence? Why or Why not? – The original Globe
Theatre doesn’t exist. It was burned down in a fire. Another Globe Theatre,
called Globe 2, was rebuilt in its place. The Protestant church then didn’t
allow plays to be held, so they stopped having plays.
 Why do we call it the Old Globe Thearte? – The Old Globe Theatre was
rediscovered sometime during the 20th century, and there is a process of the
reconstruction of a New Globe Theatre near by.
A picture of the Old Globe Playhouse represented on the next page…

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West Side Story WebQuest

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Old Globe Theatre WebQuest

 Go to this link to answer the following questions:

A picture of the Old Globe Playhouse represented on the next page…

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