Students study Kwanzaa. In this art lesson, students compare Kwanzaa with the American holdiay known as Thanksgiving. Students decorate seven cards with the seven lessons of Kwanzaa written on them.

Students investigate acting and performing arts by portraying a story in class. In this pantomiming instructional activity, students read the story Goldilocks and the Three Bears, and discuss the characters amongst themselves. Students...

Students are given a word bank relating to theater. In this word bank lesson, students are introduced to a list of words and their definitions. Students then build their vocabulary regarding theatrical concepts.

Young scholars model natural selection by using various utensils to "capture food" using a simulated species called "Woolybooger's."

An info-packed lesson on jazz improvisation and jazz history. Very useful for musicians aspiring to play in the jazz idiom.

List of definitions of improvisational terms or "structures," each with a link that explains in detail with lots of exercises!

This site analyzes Kandinsky's abstract painting "Improvisation 31." Discusses colors, shapes, line, and mood. Has a short matching exercise involving simple geometric shapes.

After learning the 12 bar blues progression, students will practice their improvisation skills. After performing their solo, they will also transcribe it.

This lesson incorporates the art of improvisation with writing a collaborative short story. Students will learn the relationships music has with other disciplines outside of the arts.

Music for People (MfP) offers workshops in music improvisation for almost 20 years. This page provides improvisational techniques.

A site about the European free improvisation scene. Contains articles, mp3's bibliography and videos.

From the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, here is the image "The Garden of Love (Improvisation Number 27)", an expressionist painting by Wassily Kandinsky.

This lesson deals primarily with the number of rhythmic combinations that can be found in a four beat measure of music. Students will learn through trial and error and derive a mathematical formula to calculate the number of possible...

This site was developed by a college jazz educator based on one of her improvisation classes. Material suitable educators or the student who is serious about learning jazz improvisation.

A look at what makes free jazz musically unique. Contains specific examples of free rhythm and tonality.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This slide show introduces the major stock characters in Commedia Dell'Arte, a form of theatre characterized by masked "types," improvised dialogue, and a cast of colorful stock characters which began...

This company produces educational materials to help you succeed in jazz improvisation and sight reading. Of note on their site is "The Art of Improvisation," a free download that guides you through the improvisational process.

This site is a place to learn about the art of improvisational comedy. "One cannot really learn improvisational comedy from a web page, however the list of exercises included here will definitely help."

A lesson that requires learners to act out a sequence of events in the form of improvisation. Students learn to improvise and identify the sequence of events in a dramatization.

The Spolin Center website offers information and workshops based on Viola Spolin groundbreaking improvisational methods. Also includes nontheatrical applications for businesses, etc. Links to Improvisation Webring included.

This is a rectangle subdivision task; ideally instead of counting each square. students should break the letters into rectangles, multiply to find the areas, and add up the areas. Aligns with 3.MD.C: CCSS.Math.Content.3.MD.C.6 Measure...

A activity that helps students develop their improvisational skills. Students select a random topic and speak about it for one minute.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Scenes from stories can be enhanced with this set of drama cards. Students can use a genre card to improvise a scene or use a card with one drama and then shift to another genre with the choosing of...

If you have or want to start an improvisation group at your school this would be an amazing opportunity for you to check out. Open only to schools in Canada, the Canadian Improv Games is a friendly competition where high school students...