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Ellison, Joan Wyrick – Instructor, 1981
Presents four brief plays which elementary children can produce: a Peter Rabbit musical and a Halloween story for primary children plus a February radio play and a situation comedy for the intermediate grades. (Editor/SJL)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Dramatics, Elementary Education, Scripts
Veith, Ann – 1993
Science is a subject that offers itself to a variety of instructional modes. Many educators have suggested that teachers need to make science more real and interesting for students. This activity is a Christmas play that allows students (grades K-6) to celebrate both the holiday season and the wonders of science. While participating in the play,…
Descriptors: Drama, Elementary Education, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts
Willis, Meredith Sue – Teachers and Writers Collaborative Newsletter, 1975
Describes what happened when an elementary school creative writing class gained access to a video portapak. (RB)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Writing, Elementary Education, Film Study
Cheatham, Val R. – Teacher, 1980
This article presents guidelines to the elementary teacher for producing a class play. The script for a short adaptation of "Alice in Wonderland" is appended on pages 47-49. (SJL)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Drama, Dramatics, Elementary Education
Thistle, Louise – 1993
Designed to be used by teachers with varying degrees of dramatic arts experience and by students with limited English proficiency as well as native English speakers, this clear, simple guide familiarizes teachers and children with classic literature through the narrative-mime approach. The guide contains: (1) eight of Aesop's fables adapted and…
Descriptors: Acting, Class Activities, Cooperative Learning, Creative Dramatics
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Potter, Rosemary Lee – Social Education, 1982
Discusses ways that elementary social studies teachers can use television as a teaching tool. Book tie-ins, actual television scripts, the magazine, "Teachers Guide to Television," the use of materials on critical viewing skills, and the production of television shows on videocassettes by students are examined. (RM)
Descriptors: Books, Critical Thinking, Elementary Education, Film Production
Potter, Rosemary Lee – Teacher, 1978
Michael McAndrew, director of educational services, Capital Cities Television Productions in Philadelphia, is interviewed about his development of the Television Reading Program, which employs television scripts to improve student reading. (RK)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Interviews, Program Descriptions, Programing (Broadcast)
Swanson, Charlene C. – 1988
Intended for elementary school teachers, this short pamphlet describes the processes involved in executing a readers' theater. Much easier to implement than dramatic performances, reader's theater is seen as part theater and part oral interpretation. As outlined in the pamphlet, the procedures for implementing readers' theater in the classroom…
Descriptors: Creative Dramatics, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Literature Appreciation
Sather, Ruth – 1982
This guide outlines a program to familiarize elementary students with microcomputer operations, the widespread use of computers, and the computer's capabilities and limitations. The first section presents objectives, learning activities, and evaluation methods for six content areas: (1) What is a computer? (2) How do computers work? (3) Student…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Behavioral Objectives, Computer Literacy, Computer Programs
Fiore, Carole D., Comp.; Fine, Jana R., Comp. – 1990
Designed for use by children's librarians in organizing and conducting a summer reading program for children 5 through 12 years of age, this "log book" contains suggestions for activities related to a seafaring theme together with lists of selected materials relevant to the particular activities. Samples of a press release and several…
Descriptors: Childrens Libraries, Elementary Education, Films, Guidelines
Dixon, Neill; And Others – 1996
Suggesting that Readers Theatre is a simple, effective, and risk-free way to get K-8 children reading, this book provides strategies, organizers, and scripts that can be used as is or as models for readers' own scripts. The book provides ideas for planning and organizing Readers Theatre; oral interpretation; connecting Readers Theatre to…
Descriptors: Acting, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Junior High Schools
Vigil, Angel – 1996
This collection of 14 folk drama scripts is drawn from the Hispanic culture and traditions of the American Southwest and designed for use in educational settings. The plays are short, simple, and easy to produce. A single play can fill a class period, while several plays grouped together would make a school assembly. Six plays, intended for grades…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Drama, Elementary Education, Fables
Blume, George T. – 1987
This 30 to 40 minute drama for elementary school students takes place in and around the Pennsylvania State House, Philadelphia, on September 17, 1787, the day the Constitutional Convention ended. The drama focuses on five major points: (1) the Colonial Confederation's situation at that time, which necessitated calling for such a convention; (2)…
Descriptors: Acting, Class Activities, Constitutional History, Curriculum Enrichment
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Paulis, Chris – Maryland English Journal, 1984
A summer English class for gifted fifth- through eighth-grade students was designed to allow students to interact with literature by adapting short-stories into plays that the students then produced, performed, and filmed. During the prewriting phase, students discussed qualities most essential to a story or film, and compared a short story with…
Descriptors: Course Content, Drama, Elementary Education, Film Production
Gibberman, Charlotte – 1986
This booklet contains 10 short plays written especially for performance by spcial education students who ranged in age from five to ten and in academic level from kindergarten to fourth grade. The plays focus on promoting character development and topics include death, prejudice, manners, senior citizens, responsibility for others, and positive…
Descriptors: Bias, Blindness, Death, Disabilities
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