Here's a 15-page packet packed with ideas for warm-up activities that can be used for drama classes or in content courses. Each activity is coded to indicate materials needed, space requirements and appropriate audience. A great...

Students work cooperatively to explore and practice dialogue improvisation.

Learners study imitation or pantomime. In this creative drama lesson, students pick an object to imitate and state the reasons why that object should not be taken out of the room pretending to be that object.

Students explore dramatization. In this literacy fluency and drama instructional activity, students listen to the story Mop Top by Don Freeman and add related sounds at the appropriate times. Students role play, pantomime, and add sounds...

Student groups retell stories from Iroquois storytellers. They role-play Iroquois women, men and children and explain their roles. They read "Knots on a Counting Rope" and make up their own stories. They create timelines. They visit a...

Young scholars discover the life of Benjamin Franklin by studying his inventions.  In this biography lesson plan, students identify the inventions of Benjamin Franklin and their impact on society today.  Young scholars create a...

Second graders view a video from United Streaming and design still frames of important parts of a story.  For this story-telling from different cultures lesson, 2nd graders understand general vocabulary about performing. ...

Students explore tableaux.  In this social studies and fine arts cross curriculum lesson plan, students work in groups of four to create "frozen" stage pictures (tableaux) representing vocabulary and concepts from a "From Farm to...

In this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon about the 2004 election and respond to 5 short answer questions.

Students investigate world news and create a performance from their research.  In this current events lesson plan, students identify major political or news stories in the media and create a performance based on a character they...