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- Picture this!
- In this lesson, students will use their imagination and creativity to create an original, five-minute scene from a given picture.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Theater Arts Education)
- By Cindy Lohr.
- Feel in the blanks
- The following lesson is designed to function as a review of beginning, middle, and end and an introduction to individualized imagination, creativity, and perspective as it relates to the development of dialogue (i.e. improvisation).
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts)
- By Lei Knight.
- The Greensboro Sit-ins
- Students will explore the Greensboro Sit-ins. They will experience segregation through drama, research the people involved in the protest at Woolworth's, and then stage a re-enactment of the event.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Information Skills, Social Studies, and Theater Arts Education)
- By Lucinda Gainey.
- An introduction to Stanislavski's method
- This lesson plan provides basic guidelines of the Stanislavski system. Exercises are offered to help the student to think creatively and apply this plan to develop their own acting techniques. This plan can be introduced in one class period and practiced throughout the term. Follow these exercises with improvisation. It will help students focus and begin to think on their feet. This plan deals with concentration.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Theater Arts Education)
- By Jo Ann Taylor.
- Valentine heart game
- Students will respond to music through singing, moving, playing instruments, and improvisation while integrating first grade math curriculum and Valentine's Day.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Music Education)
- Dance of the times: African-American expression of jazz
- Explores jazz dance as a social dance form and a uniquely expressive art of African-American culture from the 1920's and 1930's. Students will learn about the complexity of African-American experiences that generated the dance and musical style. The activities develop students' understanding of jazz dance while integrating visual, audio, and kinesthetic learning styles.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Dance Arts Education)
- By Shelese Douglas.
- Freedom songs of the civil rights movement
- Students will listen to freedom songs recorded during the civil rights movement, 1960–1965. Students will write about personal reactions to the music and lyrics. Through reading and pictures, students will briefly explore historical events where these songs were sung. Listening again, students will analyze and describe — musically — particular song(s).
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Music Education and Social Studies)
- By Merritt Raum Flexman.
- Respecting differences
- This guidance and drama unit offers students the opportunity to identify prejudices and understand how certain character traits such as tolerance, respect, and kindness affect their choice of behavior. Since this lesson addresses sensitive issues, teachers should avoid situations that could be hurtful to individuals or groups. This unit can be adapted to almost any age group or ability level.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Development, Guidance, and Theater Arts Education)
- By Daryl Walker and Judy Peele.
Resources on the web
- Jazz
- Using audio, video, and interactive features to highlight the history, the influences, the people, and the places that brought one of America's greatest cultural achievements to fruition. (Learn more)
- Format: website/activity
- Provided by: PBS
