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\nShakespeare Uncovered\n
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\nAll the Globe’s a Stage: Shakespeare’s Theatre\n

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\n“All the world’s a stage,” exclaims Jaques in As You Like It, but it is the structure of the Globe stage and how that structure influenced Shakespeare’s plays that is the focus of an on-line research project. Class members visit a series...\n
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\nEngland's Sentimental Theater: Crash Course Theater #26\n

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\nHow did people in the nineteenth century encourage better decision making? Using playwrights to discuss morality, of course! A video on British theater in the 1800s describes sentimental comedy and the common characteristics found within...\n
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\nPee Jokes, the Italian Renaissance, Commedia Dell'Arte: Crash Course Theater #12\n

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\nWelcome to the Renaissance, known as one of the most vibrant periods in the world of theater. An informational video provides a thorough overview of the period, noting key changes that took place on the stage. After a lengthy discussion...\n
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\nLearning About Fiction Genres in the Elementary School Library\n

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\nTeaching about fiction genres can  be challenging. The lesson here, designed for library media specialists, offers a fun way to do it. In the lesson, learners visit the library and learn about the different types of fiction...\n
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\nText Features of Fiction, Poetry, Drama: Story Matrix\n

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\nHow do novels differ from plays? Explore with your class the text features of fiction and drama by reading The Hidden One: Native American Legend and then performing a reader’s theater script based on the story. Class members create a...\n
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\nComedies, Romances, and Shakespeare's Heroines: Crash Course Theater #16\n

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\nAs a writer, Shakespeare took the genre of comedy to a new level. An informational video outlines the characteristics of Shakespeare's comedies and romances and explains how the plays differed from others during the period. Additionally,...\n
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\nDrama\n

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\nTen drama lessons are the perfect addition to your language arts or theater class. With a focus on script elements, plot development, and parts of a dramatic story, the lessons guide young playwrights through the steps of telling a story...\n
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\nThe Jungle Book\n

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\nAccompany a viewing of Disney's live-action feature film, The Jungle Book, with a packet equipped with several activities focused on story elements. Scholars discuss and complete diagrams and charts about the movie's characters, setting,...\n
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\nBroadway and The American Dream\n

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\nConsidering a unit study of American Musical Theatre? What better way to start than at the very beginning. Eight pairs of cards provide class members with background information about the genre from 1893 through 2004. The cards are...\n
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\nThe Great Gatsby\n

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\nStudents participate in a reader's theater, adapting scenes from The Great Gatsby.  In this reading comprehension lesson, students interpret a given scene from The Great Gatsby in a readers' theater.  Students analyze the scene...\n
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\nReaders' Theatre with African and Chinese Folktales\n

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\nStudents investigate genre of folklore, specifically African and Chinese folktales, and script and perform folktales with examples from The Magic Brocade and Fire on the Mountain. Seven lessons on one page.\n
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\nOedipus The King: An Introduction To Greek Drama\n

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\nStudents gain insight into Greek tragedy and such concepts such as fate, hubris, and (dramatic) irony. They recognize the Greeks concern with fate, self-determination and the role of gods and oracles in everyday life and compare and...\n
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\nMonster and Myths: Scripts\n

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\nStudents explore characteristics of the myth genre.  For this myth lesson, students become familiar with various myths and the cultures they were derived from. Students compare in a graphic organizer. Students write...\n
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\nThe Lion, the Witch and The Wardrobe: Literature and Theater\n

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\nStudents read and discuss the literary elements of \"The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe\" by C.S. Lewis. They explore the elements of dramatic performance and create a TV news program based on life in Narnia. They videotape their...\n
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\nBatter Up! Rediscover the Poem \"Casey at the Bat\"\n

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\nThe baseball themed poem, \"Casey at the Bat\" is a great summertime focus for reading and writing.\n
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\nABBA - Lesson 4\n

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\nStudents discover a connection between the genres of popular music and musical theater. They find and discuss musicals written in many different musical styles.\n
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\nModern Drama\n

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\nUpper graders can read all about the origins of modern drama. Each slide provides a paragraph of information related to key players, art movements, and time periods that shaped modern drama. It relates well to many aspects of literature...\n
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\nThe Breaking of Charity\n

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\nThe danger of mob mentality is on display in The Crucible by Arthur Miller. Get your class thinking with some challenging quickwrite questions, then assign characters from the play to be read aloud altogether. Links to worksheets...\n
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\nAlicia Keys, Songs in A Minor\n

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\nNeed a musical lesson for your drama or performing arts class? VH1 has put together a really neat lesson, in which learners use biographical information about Alicia Keys to write and perform a one-act musical related to her life. This...\n
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\n\"Movies That Rock\": Moulin Rouge\n

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\nUpper graders explore musical film and the Bohemian lifestyle common in Europe during the turn of the century through the musical Moulin Rouge. After listening to (or viewing) songs from the movie, they discuss the Bohemian era and how...\n
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\nThe Collaborative Works of Rodgers and Hammerstein: Show Business\n

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\nStudents study the work of Rodgers and Hammerstein in an historical context of the development of American musical theatre as an art form. Students explore \"roots\" of the genre as it evolves in last half of the 19th and first two decades...\n
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\nCharacter Development Through Reader's Theater\n

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\nNinth graders study a piece of literature, adapt it into a script and perform the piece to the class. Students practice reading their scripts. They use Inspiration software to create a multimedia presentation.\n
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\nLook, Listen and Learn\n

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\nStudents brainstorm what they know about the performing arts and research an artist or song and its related genre. Students work in groups to create an online banner to attract peers to their performing arts genre.\n
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\nRock Around the Map\n

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\nStudents research the geographical histories of various musical genres and make maps that note important places in music history. They Write geographical biographies about one of their favorite musical artists.\n
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