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Download full textKohl, Herbert R. – 1988
Intended for teachers who have no particular experience or training in teaching theater, but who have a love of theater and enjoy a good play, this book discusses making theater with children. It explores improvisation, reading and acting with scripts, adapting plays for young actors, and writing plays. The examples presented in the text are…
Descriptors: Acting, Class Activities, Drama, Dramatic Play
Potter, Douglas – Secondary School Theatre Journal, 1983
Presents guidelines and activities for radio theatre production. Covers playwriting, production techniques, skits, and improvisations. Includes an opening segment of a script adapted for radio of Chekhov's "A Marriage Proposal." (PD)
Descriptors: Acting, Creative Dramatics, Drama, Playwriting
Shugert, Diane P., Ed. – Connecticut English Journal, 1982
Drama in the classroom is the theme of the 14 articles in this issue, which can be used as resource material for teachers concerned with incorporating drama into the English curriculum. Titles and authors are as follows: "All the World is a Stage--Except the American Classroom" (Charles R. Duke); "A Drama Program for All Seasons" (Paul Cervoni and…
Descriptors: Acting, Characterization, Creative Dramatics, Drama
Oregon Univ., Eugene. Oregon Elementary English Project. – 1971
These curriculum guides are designed to introduce drama to students at the third and fourth grade level. The teacher's guide for each of the two grade levels presents 40 lessons. Each lesson includes a description of objectives and various exercises, including movement warm-ups, movement exercises, imagination exercises, composition assignments,…
Descriptors: Acting, Curriculum Guides, Drama, Dramatic Play
Oregon Univ., Eugene. Oregon Elementary English Project. – 1971
These curriculum guides are designed to introduce drama to students at the fifth and sixth grade level. The teacher's guide for each of the two grade levels presents 41 lessons. Each lesson includes a description of objectives and various exercises, including movement warm-ups, concentration warm-ups, descriptions of the character type to be…
Descriptors: Acting, Curriculum Guides, Drama, Dramatic Play
Ontario Inst. for Studies in Education, Toronto. – 1969
Reported are the results of a 3-year project to prepare and evaluate pilot units and courses in drama and theater arts for grades 7-12 and to prepare suggested courses for the training and certification of drama and theater arts teachers. Most of the guide is comprised of descriptions of each course which give (1) the purpose and organization of…
Descriptors: Acting, Creative Activities, Creative Dramatics, Curriculum Evaluation
Peer reviewedCorbey-Scullen, Lynn; Howell, Jacky – Young Children, 1997
Details four developmentally appropriate dramatic play experiences for integration into the classroom curriculum to extend dramatic play into a classroom play experience. Provides guidance in turning dramatic play into a project, launching the play process, readying the performance, problem solving, playing the play, and enjoying the outcome.…
Descriptors: Acting, Class Activities, Creative Dramatics, Creative Expression
