Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Kid Vision: Children's Theater Field Trip

Pre-K - K
Learn how to take the stage at the Ft. Lauderdale Children's Theater. Practice using body language, play in the prop room, try on amazing costumes, and act out The Three Little Pigs. Includes links to lesson plans, an assessment, and a...
Audio
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: A Streetcar Named Desire

9th - 10th
National Public Radio presents a feature on Tennessee Williams' famous play.
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: A New Stage Play Tackles Athletes and Concussions

9th - 10th
Headstrong looks at the high price some athletes pay for staying in the game.
Instructional Video
South Carolina Educational Television

Etv: Artopia: Theater: One Minute Art Lesson

9th - 10th
Face-paced introduction to the theater, told in an animated storybook format. [1:26]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs: Indian Pride: Treaties and Sovereignty, Part 3

9th - 10th
This performance tells a story about a Mohegan elder who teaches a farmer a lesson about respecting elders and avoiding violence in conflict resolution. [2:20]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs: The Civil War Era: Uncle Tom's Cabin

9th - 10th
This is a reader's theater performance of a scene from George Aiken's 19th-century dramatization of the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin involving the escaped slave Eliza, her husband George, and their friend Phineas. Included are teaching tips...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs: Jemima Boone: Drama Based on Historical Characters

9th - 10th
In this video, viewers watch a scene from a play about the daughter of famous Kentucky pioneer Daniel Boone. Included are teaching tips and additional background information. [5:00]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs: Native American Culture: Little Deer and Mother Earth

9th - 10th
Listen to a traditional Cherokee story in which humans are killing too many of their animal relatives, threatening the delicate balance of nature. The lesson is that people should take "only what you need with respect and gratitude." A...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs: Integrated Teaching: The Subtext Strategy

10th - 12th
Teacher Laura Wasz uses the painting Lewis and Clark on the Lower Columbia with her third grade class as a dramatic prop to inspire students to think more deeply about what the Lewis and Clark expedition must have been like. This...
Instructional Video
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: The Arts in Every Classroom: Teaching Theatre

Pre-K - 1st
Theatre teachers can learn some theatre exercises to use with students to develop creative listening and thinking skills. Also, learn about how one teacher uses basic and advanced theatre skills to create varying learning goals for...