Intended to provide intense and immediate classroom experiences, tape recording projects of students can take several different forms: (1) unscripted plays and improvised situations (e.g., such "biographies" as "The Life of Charlie MacHerckumdingle: An Awkward Cuss"); (2) plays based on stories or poems (e.g., dramatizations of episodes from "The…

The Arts Curriculum Development Project is new, but the parent agency, Educational Systems for the Seventies (ES '70) is not. Membership in ES '70 includes 18 high schools with a combined student population of more than a million students. The purpose of Arts Curriculum Development Project is to plan a well rounded curriculum in the performing…

Problems arising in teaching drama to high school students stem from their lack of usable allusions--previous experiences and learning--which enable them to understand and appreciate any literary genre. In attacking this problem, one approach enables the student to cope by using two methods of association: reliance on emotional relevance and…

In order both to examine critically the present status of speech-theatre course offerings, co-curricular programs, and staff credentials in Arizona high schools, and to survey school administrators as well as speech and drama teachers to determine Arizona's need for speech-theatre personnel, questionnaires were sent to personnel in all 138 Arizona…

The teaching of English in the United Kingdom has undergone change during the last decade and is presently in a state of flux. Current language concerns, mainly involving students 11-18 years old, may be viewed in three ways. Students' use of language should be encouraged in the classroom through expressive talk but with teacher guidance and…

A descriptive history is presented of the Children's Theatre Association of Baltimore, an independent community children's theater, focusing on the years 1943-1966, the period in which founder Isabel Burger was in office. The Association's educational goals, influence, and contribution to the community are stressed. A major portion of the research…

Primary sources, such as public documents and personal statements, as well as periodical accounts and books, form the basis for this historical and analytical study of the National Endowment for the Arts Theatre Program. In the first chapter, the condition of professional theatre during the mid-1960s is discussed. The organization and structure of…

This booklet provides instruction, for junior high and senior high school actors and their teachers, in the basic concepts and vocabulary of theatrical communication. Suggested exercises include practice in combining dialogue and movement, mastering knowledge of stage areas and body positions, and working with scripts on stage. Criteria for…

Describes the use of some modern German drama in 3rd-year foreign language classes. Following classwork and homework, the students improvised scenes. The handling of certain passages is discussed, including their use in intensive training in speaking. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

The author states that dramatic material appropriate for high school production is difficult to find. She traces the history of drama, and suggests that use of the religious drama of the Middle Ages should be explored. Plays that are suitable for high school students are discussed. (KC)

Looks at the question of assessment in drama in education. Examines how the student develops through experience in drama both in and out of school. (Editor/RK)

Some of the fundamental problems with Shange's plays originate in the fact of the author's own youth. From the author's misapprehension of her own maturity derives the distorted perspective which controls the play. (Author/AM)

Children's reactions to emotionally neutral and frightening scenes were compared using the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children. Differences in the reactions of boys and girls were interpreted as reflecting both their identification with different characters in the play and their perceptions of the physical danger and psychological threat to…

Proposes a drama resource program in high schools to augment and enhance other basic disciplines, particularly reading. Points out that such a program would provide needed expertise to reluctant teachers in the area of theater arts, get more actual reading of written material into skill remediation reading programs, and reinforce the concept that…

Discusses several plays concerning the treason of Benedict Arnold to demonstrate the changing taste in nineteenth century American drama. The plays move from neoclassic--with the depiction of the tragic stature of Andre--through the more melodramatic and gothic emphasis on Arnold's vengeful treachery to the unqualified romantic heroism of…