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Links to FlipGrid & EdPuzzle, along with extensions on how to use these tools in the drama classroom.

Use this scene in your classroom for character study, scene work, substitute teachers, performance, Individual Event competitions, and however else you can imagine. Characters: What and Nothing Genre: Drama

Use this scene in your classroom for character study, scene work, substitute teachers, performance, Individual Event competitions, and however else you can imagine. Characters: Bear, Boon Genre: Comedy

A game to encourage team building and positivity with your students.

Use these prompts as bell-work or as warm ups before a writing exercise. The focus of automatic writing is to get words on the page: good, bad and ugly.

Have students demonstrate their 21st century skills knowledge with these worksheets.

Use this fun bingo card to give yourself some love over the holidays, or whenever you need a break!

Teaching students the act of effective discussion, either as a full class or in a small group, is teaching students a lifelong skill. The ability to listen and engage and learn in conversation is something that will serve them way after they leave your classroom. Effective discussion may not come naturally for a great many of your students. This resource shares best practices for setting up effective discussions in your classroom.

Use this scene in your classroom for character study, scene work, substitute teachers, performance, Individual Event competitions, and however else you can imagine. Characters: Chloe, Tyler Genre: Vignettes

A guide for student actors as they get ready to rehearse.

The scripts in this section are sample adaptations of the fables in the previous section. How do these scripts compare to your adaptations?

Compiled from the DTA Facebook group members - a list of activities and ideas for the final weeks of school - to end your year off with your drama class.

Once you have perfected the process of story theatre, it’s time to think beyond the walls of your classroom. What community performance opportunities exist in your area?

Use this scene in your classroom for character study, scene work, substitute teachers, performance, Individual Event competitions, and however else you can imagine. Characters: Feejee, Gaz Genre: Dramedy

A tongue in cheek 'permission slip' that entitles you to say 'no' without having to explain.

This resource introduces the concept and role of the narrator in Story Theatre, and outlines the different options: omnipotent, character, external/internal narration.

Once you have chosen the story or stories you want to present, there’s a process to follow in order to adapt a story into a script, outlined in this resource.

This section will assemble the concepts that have been presented so far to build a simple performance on the stage. This style of story theatre is called stories on stools and it is at the same time deceivingly simple and astonishingly creative.

This section will provide some tips for adapting your performance for the different spaces you may encounter. This information will help you avoid potential pitfalls that could derail your production.

There are four Aesop’s Fables in this section. How would you adapt them for story theatre?