Curated OER
Classroom Conservation
Fourth graders suggest ways paper and other natural resources can be used and recycled in the classroom. Students conduct a investigation into paper use and make distinctions among observations, conclusions (inferences), and predictions.
Curated OER
Theatre Prop Design and Construction
Fourth graders construct individual props. In this theatrical arts lesson plan, 4th graders use the elements of art to create various props using paper mache. Students construct objects such as logs, fruit, and a picture frame.
Curated OER
Rauschenber, The Other ROCI
Students watch the film, "Rauschenber, The Other ROCI," and record information they need as they consider the themes. They create an art project that uses several different techniques to make a unified work.
Curated OER
On Thinning Ice: An eco-theatre production about climate change
Students investigate the causes and possible consequences of climate change in the north, and realize their choices and actions can help reduce climate change. Some of the skills involved in the lesson are discussion, synthesis,...
Curated OER
Take One
Young scholars review strategies used to read unkown words. They listen as the teacher reads sentences using a variety of reading fluencies and expressions. They read assigned parts of the play, "Peddler Polly and the Story Stealer" by...
Curated OER
Showtime Jobs
Students plan and present a play or puppet show. In this artistic lesson, students practice organizational and communication skills to put on a performance. The task should focus on the many jobs that take place "behind the scenes."
South Carolina Educational Television
Etv: Visual and Performing Arts: Theater
Take a one-minute quick tour through the history of theater. View a theatrical performance and be a theater critic. Visit the theater and learn about makeup, sound, lighting, costumes and visit the scene shop to learn about scenery...
South Carolina Educational Television
South Carolina Etv Commission: Artopia: The Theater
Enter a world of theater in Artopia. Here, you can become a theater critic, meet a thespian, and even create your own Shakespeare production in the virtual theater.
Other
Renaissance Fair: Elizabethan Period Costumes
Very extensive guide to period costumes of the Elizabethan age. Offers color photographs of men's and women's clothing, patterns and tips for making the costumes, and a definition page with more pictures to illustrate terminology.
Other
Elizabethan Costuming Page
This site from Drea Leed, author of "The Well-Dress'd Peasant: 16th Century Workingwoman's Dress", offers a detailed look at Elizabethan costumes, from the make-up, to the underclothing, to decorations and accessories.
Other
Jack Wolcott: Vide Occasions: Theatre History on the Web
This comprehensive site offers links to the history of British theatre including the Classics, Medieval and Renaissance, Elizabethan, 17th, 18th, 19th Century, Contemporary, and Non-Western theatre. It also provides links to theatre...
Other
Designer Job Openings: Set, Lighting, Costumes
Updated often, or so it says, check here for available jobs in these areas, plus browse the listings to see what the requirements are of a job you think you might be interested in, if only for information. Remember these listings have...
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Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Will Power Study Guide: Much Ado About Nothing [Pdf]
This is a 21-page PDF study guide for Shakespeare's comedy Much Ado About Nothing entitled "Will Power Study Guide: Much Ado About Nothing" from the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival at Desales University. It provides information about...
Library of Congress
Loc: The New Deal Stage: Federal Theatre Project (1935 1939)
An extensive collection from the Federal Theatre Project, part of Roosevelt's Works Progress Administration, which provided funds for the arts during the second phase of the New Deal. Find play scripts, posters, and stage and costume...
Other
David Claudon: Dressing for Shakespeare
Learn the difference between farthingales and jerkins, trunk hose and canions by clicking on the Elizabethan Period costumes that Shakespeare's players and audience wore.
National Arts Centre (Canada)
Arts Alive: English Theatre
ArtsAlive provides a detailed look into world of professional theatre. Thematically organized content walks through all the processes involved in "transforming a play from the page to the stage," including playwriting, directing, acting,...
Other
Japanese Arts Council: Noh and Kyogen (Traditional Japanese Performing Arts)
An introduction to Noh and Kyogen plays. Details of these traditional Japanese performing arts are provided, accompanied by photos of the masks, costumes, props, and fans used. Includes video clips of some performances.
Other
Theatre History on the Web
This site provides an extensive list of links to historical information, current practices, and to all aspects of drama and theatre. It truly is a treasure trove for theatre historians and students of the theatre's history.
Other
Ancient Greek Theatre: The Actors and the Chorus
General information on Greek actors, costumes, masks, scenic appearances, and the chorus.
Other
English Actors at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
This site lists Early American Actors and the plays they were in. It includes links to their pictures.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: Jean Antoine Watteau
A brief biography of Jean-Antoine Watteau, along with links to other artists of the period. Includes images and descriptions of some of his art.
A to Z Teacher Stuff
Lesson Plan z.com: Drama
LessonPlanZ.com, a searchable online database of lesson plans, provides a listing of drama-related lesson plans.