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\nNational First Ladies' Library\n
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\nThe Play's the Thing...or Two\n

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\nStudents explore melodram as a form of theatre. They write about lucid and factual news accounts and about sensationalism. Students gain experience in relating one time period with another and with doing historical research.\n
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\n\"Drama\n\n
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\nDrama and African American Folktales: Addressing the Social Development Needs of My Students\n

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\nFifth graders develop cultural awareness of their heritage, therefore building their self-esteem. They discover the link between learning and social skills and recognize that learning is an integral part of their lives. The recognize...\n
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\n\"Story\n\n
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\nStory Starters\n

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\nStudents orally tell different types of stories using the assistance of props. For more advanced students, stories may be told according to a specific genre, or the story may have to include a given condition, setting, situation or theme.\n
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\nBeing in the Noh: An Introduction to Japanese Noh Plays\n

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\nYoung scholars analyze the conventions used in Noh plays and write an introduction to a Noh play of their own. In this Noh play lesson, students identify the conventions of the Noh form and analyze the realizations the main character...\n
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\n\"Thornton\n\n
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\nThornton Wilder's Our Town: The Reader as Writer\n

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\nStudents read a play and create their own play using Thornton Wilder's Our Townas a resource. In this play lesson, students analyze how theatrical elements contribute to a play's meanings and effects. Students recognize differences...\n
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\n\"Adapting\n\n
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\nAdapting a Musical\n

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\nLearners transform literature into musical productions. In this integrated arts lesson, students discuss how musicals are written and produced. Learners then select literature they are familiar with to adapt into musical productions.\n
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\nWhy Should You Read \"Waiting for Godot\"?\n

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\nSometimes life feels like a tragic comedy. A video about the play Waiting for Godot describes the play as a tragic comedy. Viewers see a summary of the famous drama and its history before answering multiple-choice and open-ended...\n
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\nThe Odyssey\n

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\nStudents write a dramatic scene based on The Odyssey and perform it for the class. In this living literature lesson, students work in small groups to discuss the way the characters look, act, and sound. They then choose scenery and...\n
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\n\"Chicago\n\n
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\nChicago On Stage\n

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\nStudents view a film about the genres and disciplines of performing arts. They examine the theatre community in Chicago and the origins of theatre companies. They answer questions and discuss them to end the lesson.\n
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\nMovies That Rock\n

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\nStudents watch the opera \"La Boheme\" and the movie \"Moulin Rouge\" to explore the similarities and differences between them.\n
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\nBuilding a Documentary Library\n

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\nDocumentary films allow your class to visit new places and gain a deeper understanding of complex issues.\n
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\nOliver Twist Goes to Hollywood\n

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\nHow does Oliver Twist, the novel written by Charles Dickens, compare with its screenplay adaptation? Although the activity doesn't require learners to have read the novel, the similarities and differences of the highlighted passages...\n
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\nBeing in the Noh: An Introduction to Japanese Noh Plays\n

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\nStudents read a Japanese Noh play and discuss its structure and traditional characters. They choose a short myth and write a Noh play based on it.\n
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\nActing Up, A Melodrama: Performing Like Jo March and Her Sisters in Little Women\n

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\nLights, Camera, Action! Pupils read Little Women and create, act, and direct a melodrama that Jo March and her sisters would enjoy. The lesson plan comes complete with resources for the educator on melodrama as well as examples...\n
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\nThe Shakespeare Crowd\n

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\nStudents study the life and times of Shakespeare. They read and analyze one of his plays and use the Internet and videos to gain an understanding of how Shakespeare engaged his audiences, then and still today.\n
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\nRecalling History by Pulling Strings\n

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\nStudents investigate the role and nature of story-telling as it preserves history and culture and discuss how puppetry serves as an effective method of presentation. They create basic outlines for puppet shows that relay important...\n
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\nScene Writing\n

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\nEighth graders create an original scene or short one-act play within specified guidelines. Assessment is based upon the performance of student-created scenes during class time. Rubrics for assessment and connection to state standards...\n
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\nDiversity\n

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\nStudents access prior knowledge of the five senses and relate to students with disabilities. In this people with disabilities lesson, students research and use a Venn diagram to compare and contrast famous people and their...\n
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\nAmerican Colonists Protest Song\n

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\nStudents explore the role of protest songs. In this early American history lesson, students research the acts passed by the British that angered colonists. Students then listen to protest songs from contemporary American history prior to...\n
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\nTennessee Williams: Exploring the American Dream\n

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\nLearners read and analyze selections of Tennessee Williams' work. They write journal responses, conduct Internet research, perform various scenes from one of Williams' dramas, and create a presentation.\n
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\nA Question of Style: Exploring the Nature of Shakespeare's Comedy\n

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\nStudents present scenes from As You Like It and critique presentations of their peers.  In this As You Like It lesson plan, students stage the opening scene, experimenting with different approaches to find the tone and style they...\n
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\nGetting to Know You\n

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\nStudents explore the concept of communication. For this communication lesson, students create collages featuring their likes and dislikes. Students present the collages to their classmates. \n
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\nMovie Cloze\n

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\nIn this movie worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences with movie vocabulary. Students fill in the blanks for 24 sentences about movies.\n
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\nIntroduction to melodrama\n

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\nStudents, in groups, read a melodrama and rehearse their scenes to perform in front of the rest of the class.\n
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