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\nPromptbook Act 2.1: Katherine vs. Petruchio\n

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\nCompile a promptbook with your young theater designers using a scene from Taming of the Shrew. The lesson outlines several activities, though it doesn't provide any examples of a promptbook or text from the play. Additionally, it...\n
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\nPantomime Exercise\n

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\nLearners of any age can learn to communicate using gestures and their bodies. They create a pantomime of a specific activity without using any words. This resource includes a link to an Off-Broadway Workshop for kids.\n
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\n\"Macbeth:\n\n
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\nMacbeth: Denouement/Falling Action\n

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\nReaders of Shakespeare explore denouement in Macbeth and track the play's falling action in Act IV, Scene 1. They complete a worksheet/table noting the content and significance of each of the three apparitions granted Macbeth by the...\n
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\nTeaching Playwriting in Schools\n

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\nThe world is a stage, and so is your classroom! Hone the skills of the next generation of Tony® award winners with a set of exercises, reference pages, writing prompts, and excerpts from famous plays.\n
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\nAct it Out\n

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\nStudents discuss racial stereotypes.  In this racial stereotypes lesson, students develop a character from information given to them on an index card.  Students give their character a race different from their own and write a...\n
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\nShakespeare's Macbeth\n

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\nAfter reading Act II of The Tragedy of Macbeth, give your class this prompt to complete. One other question is listed along with information regarding the divine right of kings. A full plan is not written out here, but the prompt is a...\n
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\nLaunching A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Identifying the Characters, Settings, and Conflicts\n

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\nScholars form a drama circle and begin reading Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. They also use a play map to identify the setting, characters, and conflicts from the text.\n
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\nReading Shakespeare: Understanding Shakespeare’s Language\n

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\nPupils participate in a drama circle to read Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream aloud. They work with partners to discuss Shakespeare's use of language and analyze how specific lines of dialogue within the play help propel the...\n
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\nJANE AND THE DRAGON\n

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\nThird graders act out a play called Jane and the Dragon. Students develop vocabulary through dialogue. They delve into the feelings of others through learning about the characters. They also identify the characteristics of various types...\n
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\nCurrent Events Activity\n

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\nStudents investigate world news and create a performance from their research.  In this current events lesson, students identify major political or news stories in the media and create a performance based on a character they will...\n
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\nTheatre: Persuasive Explorers\n

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\nStudents act like a famous explorer. In this explorer lesson plan, students research an explorer and act out persuasive arguments in which that explorer might be involved.\n
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\nMovie Music\n

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\nYoung scholars discover film making by participating in a music performance.  In this performance arts lesson, students perform music and physical acting to convey an already written script for their peers.  Young scholars...\n
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\nActing Out or \"as the School Turns\"\n

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\nStudents learn the idea of drama in their own lives; and then transfer that idea to the works of others in this series of lessons. They discuss the question of identity.\n
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\nDrama: A Streetcar Named Desire\n

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\nTwelfth graders examine all the descriptions of costumes, props, movement, lighting and music in the stage directions of A Streetcar Named Desire. They begin to imagine this drama as a production, not simply a script. Students perform...\n
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\nThe Youth Criminal Justice Act\n

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\nStudents review the Youth Criminal Justice Act and examine the consequences for young people who commit crimes. They investigate the rehabilitation and reintegration processes associated with the act.\n
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\nThe 12 Dramatic Elements\n

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\nPlays are meant to be seen and so are these 12 elements that give plays the dramatic effect. Introduce young actors to these key terms and their explanations\n
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\nI Can Lick 30 Tigers Today! And Other Stories\n

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\nStudents read a story by Dr. Seuss and create characters from the story. In this lesson about reading a story, students will read I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today! And Other Stories. Students make a tiger tail with a felt strip, attach it to...\n
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\nImages of Black Women in Drama\n

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\nStudents examine different portrayals of African American women in poems and plays. Individually, they identify the character they want to play and reject the others. After acting out the scene, they hopefully realize that their...\n
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\nCo-Operation: Drama\n

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\nFor some schools, character-counts lessons are a big part of the curriculum. This resource focuses on following directions and the importance of being a cooperative team player. Learners role-play a variety of situations by being...\n
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\n\"Shakespeare and Star Wars\": Lesson Plan Day 1\n

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\n\"Now is the summer of our happiness/Made winter by this sudden, fierce attack!\" Luke Skywalker meets Hamlet in a 10-lesson unit based on Ian Doescher's William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, a New Hope. Using Star Wars® as source...\n
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\nAlicia Keys, Songs in A Minor\n

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\nNeed a musical lesson for your drama or performing arts class? VH1 has put together a really neat lesson, in which learners use biographical information about Alicia Keys to write and perform a one-act musical related to her life. This...\n
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\nAn Analysis of \"The Oxcart\"\n

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\nStudents read the play \"The Oxcart\" in its English form. After examining the author's life and works, they are given a part as one of the characters to act out the play. They dress in full costumes and acquire the correct props in...\n
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\nA Teacher's Guide to William Shakespeare's Hamlet\n

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\nShould Hamlet avenge his father's death? Is the ghost telling the truth or is it trying to trick Hamlet? Is Hamlet's inconsistent behavior a ploy or is he really insane? Something really is rotten in Denmark, and with the help of the...\n
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\n\"Shakespeare and Star Wars\": Lesson Plan Day 11\n

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\nClass members take center stage as groups perform scenes from Ian Doescher's William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope. Actors are encouraged to add stage directions to the script, as well as create costumes and props to...\n
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