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\nLuke Skywalker meets Hamlet in a 10-lesson plan unit based on Ian Doescher's William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, a New Hope (WSSW). Using Star Wars® as source material, Doescher has transformed Lucas's film into a Shakespearian...\n
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\nDrama: Learn A Lesson from the Lion \n

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\nReading is reading, whether it's for drama or English class. Boost reading fluency, accuracy, intonation, and comprehension while fostering creative acting skills. Kids read the provided tale of \"The Lion and the Mouse\" several times in...\n
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\nIntroduction to Drama\n

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\nIntroduce your class to drama! You cast each pupil as a different character from a story you have read. They are given a general outline of the scene, act out the scene multiple times, then discuss the weak and strong aspects of each...\n
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\nDrama-Dialogue\n

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\nUse drama to study and practice dialogue. Creative minds discuss what dialogue tells about a character, and how it can be used to advance the plot. They read a play, think about what they gleaned from dialogue, and record their...\n
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\nModern American Theatre: Intro to Drama\n

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\nSet this slideshow up at as an independent work station, or to provide your theater arts class with a look at the many manifestations of modern literary drama. Tennessee Williams, Edward Albee, and Arthur Miller are the focus of the...\n
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\nThe Elements of Drama\n

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\nIntroduce young actors to the meanings of basic drama literary, technical and performance elements with this colorful presentation.\n
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\nStructural Elements of Drama\n

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\nThe world may indeed be a stage, and players certainly need to know drama vocabulary. This list of 16 terms (and their definitions) often found in scripts will prompt actors to perform their role.\n
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\nDrama Warm Ups and Circle Games\n

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\nCircle games, energetic games, calming games, exit games. Whether used as ice breakers, warm ups, or exit strategies, or used in drama classes or content areas, the 28 games detailed in this packet deserve a spot in your curriculum...\n
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\nTaming of the Shrew: Act 4.4, Study/Discussion Questions\n

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\nThis 4-question handout addresses key elements of Act 4.4 of Taming of the Shrew. It is intended for small group discussion, followed by individual written reponses. The prompts require critical thinking and analysis.\n
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\nAct Up! Drama for Justice\n

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\nA lesson turns young historians into playwrights to understand and speak out against social injustice. Pupils work individually or in groups to write and perform monologues that deliver personal messages on social justice. Writers then...\n
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\nDrama: The New Friends\n

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\nReader's Theater is a great way to build fluency, intonation, and dramatic flare. The class reads the theater piece, \"The New Friends\" paying attention to how they express emotion and feeling as they read. They discuss the use of plot,...\n
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\nMirror Exercise\n

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\nKids get up and act! To promote inventiveness, timing, and clowning, they pair up and act as though they are looking in a mirror. Child A does a move while child B attempts to mimic it as closely as possible. This is a fun activity that...\n
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\nDramatic and Theatrical Aspects in Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town”: A Common Core Exemplar\n

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\n“So I’m going to have a copy of this play put in the cornerstone and the people a thousand years from now’ll know a few simple facts about us.” Our Town is used as the text in a Common Core exemplar that examines the dramatic and...\n
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\nDrama Terms Notes\n

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\nComedy, tragedy, act, scene, prop. do you want to review important drama terms? Actors record the term next to its definition on a instructional activity that could be used individually or as a group activity. A link to a corresponding...\n
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\nFrom Ben’s Pen to Our Lives\n

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\nWhat would Ben do? Jumping off from the pseudonymous letters Ben Franklin fooled his older brother into publishing when he was still a teenager, young literary lovers dive into acting, writing, and addressing a local issue with wit and...\n
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\nSilent Movies: A Year 7 Scheme of Work\n

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\nEven an outline can give you enough information to execute an awsome project. The tasks for each of the seven weeks of this project are defined, as well as the objective and specific content facilitated through the project. Learners will...\n
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\nHistory vs. Andrew Jackson\n

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\nWhat would happen if the values and decisions of the past were put on trial today? Watch as the answer unfolds in a clever cartoon drama centering on the presidency of Andrew Jackson. A great way of opening the door to multiple points of...\n
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\nShakespeare's Tragedies and an Acting Lesson: Crash Course Theater #15\n

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\nWho doesn't love a play where most of the characters die? Such deaths are a defining characteristic of many of Shakespeare's tragedies, the topic of an informational video on the Bard and his works. Along with outlining the plot elements...\n
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\nTug of War Exercise\n

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\nLearners hone their acting and imagination by playing tug-o-war with an imaginary rope. Each group works together and pretends to pull the other group over the imaginary line with an imaginary rope. This could be a good improve warm up...\n
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\nFederal Theatre and Group Theatre: Crash Course Theater #42\n

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\nMethod acting got its start in the 1930s. A video, the 42nd video in the Crash Course Theater and Drama playlist, describes the theater scene during the 1930s, including the introduction of method acting. Information on Waiting for...\n
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\nFrom Start to Strike: A Lesson Plan for the Whole Theatre Experience\n

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\nIntroduce young thespians to all aspects of the theater. A syllabus for a one-semester drama course provides lessons that take learners from the history of drama to the many facets of play production.\n
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\nScene Writing: Literacy and Playwriting\n

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\nDrama is ever-present in our daily lives and eloquently depicted on stage. Middle schoolers practice writing scenes based on different prompts and frameworks, and then perform those creative scenes for their classmates. The...\n
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\nGet Outside and Have a (Mystery) Play: Crash Course Theater #10\n

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\nIn the Middle Ages, theater left the church of moved outside to a secular stage. An interesting video describes the transition from pulpit to public venue, discussing common plot lines and other aspects of medieval drama. Animated...\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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