The future Steven Speilbergs and Emma Watsons are here in Warwick, starting their careers as directors and actors at John Brown Francis Elementary School.

The students in Karen Monteiro’s 6th grade class just wrote and starred in their very own plays based off the mythology of Osiris, the god of the afterlife in ancient Egyptian history.

The students have all been learning about the ancient civilization and reading up on their mythology, especially the story of Osiris, who was murdered by his brother in a play of power only to be resurrected as the god of the underworld after his son and wife avenged his death.

After reading the story the students gathered in groups of four to six, using Chromebooks and Google docs to write their own play together based off the mythology.

They created their own costumes with curtains, bed sheets and pillowcases, fake swords out of duct tape and cardboard, and then rehearsed their play over and over. On Friday afternoon, the groups had the opportunity to film their plays using iPads in front of a green screen. Once filming is completed, they will be able to edit the footage with the DoInk app, adding images of Egypt into the background.

While one group of students is filming, the rest of the class is participating in DreamBox, a mathematical program that allows students to move at their own pace. Monteiro said that several of her students have gone as far as to be working on 7th and 8th grade level math.

Each video averages around 10 minutes, which the students will be able to share with family and friends.

Monteiro said that by incorporating technology, the class can “diversify the curriculum while maintaining common core standards.”

The students become more immersed in not only technology, but also the material they are using, and this project may even spark future interests and career pursuits in anything from acting to director to film production.

The students also made an astute discovery that the story of Osiris sounded quite familiar. Disney’s “The Lion King” follows a similar storyline.

When all the videos are finished they will get the opportunity to watch the cartoon and then be expected to write a paper on the differences and similarities, how the story is transformed between the various mediums of the mythology, in the movie, the history books and their own written version.