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Grade Range
8th
Rating
3 Stars

Students explain and apply the elements of drama and theatre by developing and presenting opposing characters with a poster. Full Review »

Grade Range
9th
Rating
3 Stars

Students use body and voice expressively in the discipline of drama. Full Review »

Grade Range
4th
Rating
3 Stars

Students consider various components of theater such as movement, voice, staging, ensemble, improvisation, characterization, directing, technical elements and self-concept. They perform in various improvisations and experiment with characterization. Full Review »

Grade Range
9th - 12th
Rating
4 Stars

Students examine the contributions of a few African American actors. After watching different films, they work together to recreate the film and the struggles faced by the actors. In groups, they compare and contrast the acting style of the different actors. To end the lesson, they identify the stereotypes used in films to represent African Americans. Full Review »

Grade Range
9th - 12th
Rating
3 Stars

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 »

Grade Range
10th - 12th
Rating
3 Stars

Students review the style techniques related to the American Method Acting and practice using them in groups. Using various scenes from films, they try to recreate the scene using props. In groups, they discover the proper way to get into character and use improvisation to develop a skit. Full Review »

Grade Range
9th - 12th
Rating
3 Stars

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 »

Grade Range
Kindergarten - 3rd
Rating
3 Stars

Students participate in a drama character building activity. They view and discuss a video segment, discuss the differences between the two girls in the video, and compare the two characters by saying the same phrases while pretending to be the different characters. Full Review »

Grade Range
9th - 12th
Rating
4 Stars

Students practice and demonstrate their assessment of acting in a scene from a play by reading, rehearsing, and performing a five to seven minute comedic scene. They express talents on tactics, characterization, room conflict, secrets, sensory/memory recall, and listening. Full Review »

Grade Range
4th - 6th
Rating
3 Stars

Students read the story, "Slip of the Tongue" and distinguish between facts and opinions. They discuss characteristics of drama and why people engage in wordplay. Next, they discuss how to paraphrase information, read the story,and write a journal entry about the main character Brittany. Full Review »