[Free Registration/Login Required] A site with links to 8 worksheets that can be downloaded and printed for student use while building skills with standard RL.4.5: Explain major differences between poems, drama, and prose, and refer to...

Using Ansel Adams photographs for inspiration, students will explore creative writing, directing, and acting.

Using Ansel Adams photographs for inspiration, students will explore creative writing, directing, and acting.

Using their drama series "American Family" as a kick-off point, PBS explores Latino family issues and what it means to be Latino. In addition to extensive information about the series itself, they have articles on mural art and East LA,...

Read an overview of the play "Oh What a Lovely War" directed by Joan Littlewood and view additional resources such as articles and collection items.

Using Ansel Adams photographs for inspiration, students will explore creative writing, directing, and acting.

Twenty or so quotations from Chekhov's personal advice to aspiring writers. Some are directed to Maxim Gorky. Has links to other useful pages.

A lesson plan from the producers of the 16-episode PBS series "Freedom: A History of US" that directs young scholars in a role-playing dramatization involving past presidents of the United States and activists Elizabeth Cady Stanton,...

This lesson focuses on the dramatic convention called a soliloquy, when the speaker seems to be talking to himself, and monologue in which he is addressing the audience directly.

The antihero is discussed in an excerpt from Robert Siegel's paper.

In this lesson plan, students will consider Dramatic and Theatrical Aspects in Thornton Wilder's "Our Town": A Common Core Exemplar. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab.

The Fringe has become one of the most popular theatre movements in Canada. As it increased in popularity, it has also become more significant to the development of acting careers. Good for students to look at if they are considering a...

Find close readings, critical interpretations, and personal responses to the works of key 20th-century playwrights and practitioners, including Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter, Shelagh Delaney, and Timberlake Wertenbaker.

This online book presents an overview of American literature chronologically. Eras and movements are explained and biographies of significant authors are provided. This is a good way to understand the background and influences of...

Have fun with drama and the weather with this pantomime play about weather concepts! Lists characters, props, and directions for each character.

Video tells the story of a young teenager who is subjected to cyberbullying-repeated hostile, harmful, and harassing attacks directed at individuals though technological means (Internet, mobile phones, social networking sites)....

This is the full text of the novel The Experiment by Ethel M. Dell. This story is the bases a 1922 silent British drama film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Evelyn Brent. The film is considered to be lost.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This short literary text passage shares the story of a character who is able to particiapate . This passage is intended for guided practice and is designed to reinforce essential reading comprehension...

This varied series of activities is designed to encourage learners to exercise independence of thought when exploring the presentation of Lady Macbeth throughout the play. The tasks draw learners' attention to the varied ways in which...

Student awareness and appreciation of acting will be enhanced after discovering the tricks of the trade. They will learn how to act, feel and think in an acting environment.