Compares Susan Smith's murder of her two children to a myth figure familiar to southwestern Mexican Americans, La llorna. Summarizes the La llorna story, in which the main character has all that is important taken from her, and kills her two children, later committing suicide to join them. Presents six different ways to dramatize the story. (PA)

Presents selected impressions of drama and theater with and for Hispanic youth. Quotes from interviews with teachers and artists. Discusses the perceptions of Hispanic youth, their experiences in drama/theater, problems with Hispanics in drama/theater activity, and language and bilingualism. Offers recommendations for the future and relates…

Discusses issues surrounding research questions and inquiry, motivated by keynote speakers, discussions, and reflections from the third annual International Drama in Education Research Institute, July 2000. Outlines the author's frustration on the lack of responses to important questions asked. Notes that culturally marginalized groups tend to be…

Notes that the number of Hispanic children in schools is growing. Presents an annotated bibliography of 46 Hispanic plays, sources of information, and organizations dealing with Hispanic themes and ideas. (PA)

Presents the statistical results for the theater for children component of the ASU Longitudinal Study, utilizing Dr. Patricia Goldberg's interview instrument, which categorizes the free responses of a child audience after viewing a theatrical production. (JC)

Finds that children's ethnicity and gender, and possibly the socio-cultural composition of the school population, are variables that influence how characters are perceived and themes extracted from a theater event. (SR)

This document features a curriculum guide for the development of K-6 theater course outlines. The guide establishes three major goals for drama/theatre education and the concepts pertinent to each goal. The objectives relevant to each concept are identified and stated in behavioral terms. For each objective, student experiences pertinent to that…

This book is a resource on using drama to enhance the ethnic literacy of children in kindergarten through grade 6 by developing insight into the multiethnic world in which they live. By combining folk literature with informal classroom drama, a hands-on strategy for promoting multiethnic awareness is developed. An anthology of 20 folk tales is…

Outlines inquiry-based methods for analyzing longitudinal qualitative data to assess participant changes in three long-term theater education studies. Encourages qualitative researchers in drama and theatre education to devote more extended periods of time to systematically observing young people or adult practitioners experiencing the art form.…