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Drama education provides students with opportunities to examine human experiences through imagined roles and situations and to value the essential contribution of drama to their quality of life. Drama education offers students a powerful mode of expressi Full Review »
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- 10th
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Students develop the facility to move between the concrete and the abstract within a dramatic context. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students learn the idea of drama in their own lives; and then transfer that idea to the works of others in this series of lessons. They discuss the question of identity. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students gain an appreciation for Greek drama. They explore the cultural and historical context of Greek drama. They reconstruct the experience of seeing a Greek drama performed. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students use the play "Cyrano de Bergerac" to identify and analyze drama vocabulary, literary terms and elements of fiction. They write an original version of scenes from the play and develop a character analysis for the lead. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students are introduced to new vocabulary related to drama and theatre. In groups, they use a piece of literature and develop their own skit to act out in front of the class. As a class, they are taught the technique of blocking and are directed by their teacher in another skit. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine different portrayals of African American women in poems and plays. Individually, they identify the character they want to play and reject the others. After acting out the scene, they hopefully realize that their present behavior might need to be changed to lead a successful life. They write in their journals throughout the role-playing sessions. Full Review »
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- 12th
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Students research cultural practices such as plays, parades, movies, fashion shows that impact drama/theatre events and draw conclusions about the cultural perspectives that generate diverse opinions. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students are introduced to the most common processes used in drama. In groups, they compare and contrast the processes of directing, acting, playwriting and improvising. They present their material in a chart and discuss them as a class to end the lesson. Full Review »
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- 11th
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Students explore types of American Drama. Groups of students research different types of American drama: political, modern or theater of the absurd. Students analyze the characteristics of each type of drama with a special emphasis on the structure, theme and dramatic elements. Information is exchanged among students. Full Review »
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