This course guide for teachers is intended to help students use improvisational acting techniques in exploring problems that affect today's youth. Performance objectives are listed which include: (1) the application of procedures to follow in group problem solving to complete activities to improve concentration, and (2) the analysis of characters…

This article describes how the second-graders of one school performed a first-person historical presentation using all of the presidents of the United States as their characters. In connection with Presidents' Day, students presented a one-minute overview of the president's life in first-person characterization including costumes. Rationale,…

A school for deaf and hard-of-hearing preschoolers organized and presented a circus, with the objectives of improving reading and writing skills, interaction and cooperation, math and science readiness, fine and gross motor skills, and self-esteem. The students performed as lion tamers, lions, tumblers, weight lifters, and clowns. (JDD)