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Costume Exploration

For Teachers 10th - 12th
What a great instructional activity, upper graders are sure to love. They explore costume design and the relationships between theatre, culture, and history. They research three time periods, write a response about two of them, then...
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Handout
Shakespeare Globe Trust

Fact Sheet: Costumes and Cosmetics

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Theatre producers in Shakespeare's time didn't have the special effects that are common today, so they had to get creative. Using the handout, pupils explore the topic of costume design. Additionally, readers learn about the stage makeup...
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Activity
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Lesson 2- Costume Design

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Clothes might not make the man but they certainly do help an actor create a character. How costume designers employ the same elements of design found in sets (line, color, texture, shape) to realize a character is the focus of a lesson...
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Lesson Plan
University of Northern Iowa

Clothing

For Teachers 5th - 12th
As part of an investigation of the folk traditions of their area, class members research the articles of clothing worn at earlier times, the fibers and materials, and the machinery used to produce these items. In addition, class members...
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Costume for an Inaugural Ball

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students research fashions past and present. They design period costumes for inaugural balls, using color, patterns, shapes and researched information. In addition, they discuss the natural resources, technology and other factors that...
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Lesson Plan
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Creating Stage Designs that Reflect

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify and research cultural, historical, and symbolic clues in dramatic texts. They demonstrate knowledge of research sources.
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Lesson Plan
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Water Water Water - Costume Designing

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers create costumes using recycled materials determined beforehand by the teacher in this High School Drama/Art lesson on costume designing. The example lesson is based around the title of "Water, Water, Water" but can be...
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Lesson Plan
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Costume And Make-Up Shakespeare Style

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create original costumes and make-up for a puppet presentation of a scene from Shakespeare in this week long creative project. Performances of the Shakespeare scenes end this lesson geared towards state and national standards...
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Garbage Bag Costume Creation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create plastic bag costumes for a short scene developed in the classroom. Performances and assessment occur at the end of this quick lesson. A very creative mini-project for theatre arts classes.
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Lesson Plan
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Paper Plays

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students consider alternate uses of everyday items and create costumes and props from these items for skits to entertain Students.
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Lesson Plan
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Macbeth: Shakespeare for Elementary Students (Elementary, Literature)

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students act out a fully realized Shakespearean play designed to be utilized by mid level elementary students.
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Lesson Plan
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Lights, Camera, Action...Crossing the Delaware in 9 Scenes

For Teachers 8th
How does reading a drama differ from reading a novel? Middle schoolers become playwrights and explore these differences. After viewing the A&E movie,"The Crossing," groups create stage directions, write dialogue, and design sets and...
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Lesson Plan
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Anything Fabric

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Pupils participate in a circle activity in which a piece of fabric is passed from student to student. They each tell something that the fabric could be such as a bonnet or turban. They use their imagination as they determine what the...
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Interactive
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Halloween

For Students Pre-K - 6th
In this English activity, students answer questions about Halloween. The students also find 13 related Halloween words in a word search. The questions are about Halloween traditions and history.
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Worksheet
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Flower Mask

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this coloring worksheet, students create a flower mask by first coloring the many flowers and plants on the mask pattern. Students cut out the mask and attach the ties.
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Worksheet
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Costumes

For Students 6th - 8th
In this theater activity, students find the words related to the subject of costumes for a play. The answers are found while clicking the button at the bottom of the page.
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Lesson Plan
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Why Do People Wear Uniforms?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students identify and interpret what uniforms are worn by people in the community and why. They also think about those who help them in their community and develop relationships with other children through role play activities. Students...
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One Of A Kind

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students explore current fashion trends. As a class, they discuss the statements that a dress makes, brand names, and cultural trends. Fashions from other cultures are observed and discussed by students. In pairs, students create...
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Hats Off to You!

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students research why people wear hats, caps or bonnets. They investigate various occupations, world costumes, sports, or idioms around hats. Students become more aware of cultures different from their own within this lesson.
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Unit Plan
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Drama with Children I

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students participate in activities to introduce them to drama. They mimic facial expressions, pretend objects are something else, and play "Chinese Whispers". They create puppets and theater boxes, masks and costumes, and write scripts...
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Creating Opera

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils study the how music enhances drama in opera. They work in small groups to develop a short story that would be enhanced with music, costumes and props. They perform their operas for classmates and others.
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Lesson Plan
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Costume Building with Recyclable Items

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students create costumes that match a description of a character using only recyclable objects.
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Worksheet
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Tudor Costume Crossword

For Students 5th - 6th
In this crossword puzzle worksheet, students read the clues related to the Tudor costumes. Students complete the puzzle with 9 words.
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Lesson Plan
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Costumes, Identity, And Jewish Women's History

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students research and analyze the role of women in our society and question the demands placed on women having to deal with issues concerning appearance, their persona's, costumes, dress as well as the choices they make in the...