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Part of Self-Management Playwriting Unit

Maintain Focus and Engagement

by Lindsay Price

This lesson provides students with class time to work on their plays. Will students be able to maintain focus and engagement with their writing to get done what needs to be done without someone overseeing their work?
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Emergency Lesson Plan: Theatrical Problem Solving - The Playwright in Production

by Lindsay Price

In this ELP, students will take on the role of a working playwright in the process of having a play produced. The relationship between playwright and production is sometimes precarious – directors have been known to ban playwrights from rehearsals, actors have been known to change lines.
# Playwriting # Emergency Lesson Plans # emergency lesson plan # playwriting
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The Black Arts Movement

by Quincy Young

Students will read, annotate, and reflect on an article about the Black Arts Movement. By participating in the annotation exercise, students will obtain background knowledge which will lead to a mini research project and presentation.
# Reflection # bipoc # analysis # reflection
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Emergency Lesson Plan: Commercials

by Lindsay Price

In this ELP, students will take their existing knowledge about a text and create a commercial for that text. Not only is this a great way for you to see how students comprehend material, but it’s a great “Emergency” backup if you have to be away in the middle of a text-analysis unit.
# Emergency Lesson Plans # emergency lesson plan
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Ira Aldridge: Changing The Story

by Drama Teacher Academy

American actor Ira Aldridge was a pioneer and an activist. He was a celebrated 19th-century Shakespearan actor in England and Europe and one of the first black men to play the role of Othello. In this lesson, students will learn more about his story and about how he changed his story several times throughout his career. Students will reflect on the concept of changing one’s story in the face of adversity. Rubrics are provided.
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The History of Blackface in Theatre

by Quincy Young

Students will read an article about the history of blackface in American Theatre and use critical thinking skills to annotate the article. Students will then produce a written reflection on why the use of blackface was and continues to be a problematic issue in American Theatre.
# Analysis # bipoc # analysis # reflection
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African Fable and Storytelling

by Desiree Dabney

Students will create their own improvisational piece to an African fable called “Anansi: The Spider.” This lesson explores the different ways to tell a story through storytelling improvisation, which allows students to discover different movements, voices, and listening skills. In African theatre, there are many ways to tell a story; improv is often used when learning about fables.
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# Improvisation # bipoc
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Part of Elizabethan Theatre Unit

Playwrights & Players

by Karen Loftus

This session introduces students to the Elizabethan Era, and its’ key playwrights and players.
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# Theatre History # theatre history
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Analyzing a Play Through Socratic Seminar

by Annie Dragoo

In this two-part lesson, students will analyze a script using a specific method and practical critical thinking skills.
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Part of Unit Six: Directed Scenes Take 1: Same Scene, Different Visions Unit

Levels

by Lindsay Johnson

In this lesson, students will complete three to five rehearsals of their scenes using a rehearsal checklist, focusing on level changes.
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# Directing # directing # middle school friendly
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Who is Thespis?

by Lindsay Price

Thespis is often stated as being the first actor because he stepped away from the chorus. But who is he? What do we know as fact and what has been assumed as his origin story? What happens when unreliable evidence is recorded as historical fact? Does it matter? In this lesson, students will draw their own conclusions about the validity of Thespis as a reliable figure in theatre history. They will also write a monologue from the perspective of a character who shares their viewpoint.
# Theatre History # ancient greek theatre # theatre history
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Part of Pantomime Unit

Introduction to Pantomime

by Anna Porter

Students will warm up using a pantomime interview and a relaxation exercise. Students will go on a pantomime hike and participate in a “pretend you are walking” game at the end of the lesson.
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Part of Pantomime Unit

Pantomime Story and Performance

by Anna Porter

Students will create a simple pantomime story and prepare a pantomime for performance.
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Part of Pantomime Unit

Defining Pantomime

by Angel Borths

To define pantomime, build a working class definition then introduce the pantomime concept through class games.
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Part of Ancient Greek Theatre Unit

Storytelling in Ancient Greece

by Lindsay Price

Greek Theatre is the ancestor of the Modern Theatre. It is the birth of the actor stepping away from a chorus of unison speakers. The building of theatres. We can look at the production of theatre in that time and see similarities to how we present theatre today. But where do we start? And how do we make theatre history more than just the collection of data? In this lesson plan, students will explore the connection between the way they tell stories in the 21st century and the way that the Ancient Greeks told stories. Students will also explore Ancient Greek vases and Homer’s The Iliad.
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# Theatre History # theatre history
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Part of Mock Audition Unit

Introduction to the Audition Process

by Lindsay Price

In order to partake in the audition process, students need to identify and comprehend the necessary steps in that process. What is the auditioning process? Why is it used? Is the process fair? Why or why not? The class ends with students playing director in the “Who Would You Cast?” Exercise.
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Part of Anti-Realism Unit

Absurdism

by Wendy-Marie Martin

This lesson enters the last and final -ism for the unit, with a focus on five iconic absurdist playwrights: Beckett, Ionesco, Genet, Pinter, and Albee.
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Part of Stage Management Unit

Preparing for the First Rehearsal

by Karen Loftus

Along with paperwork, there are other tasks a stage manager must undertake to prepare for rehearsal. Students will perform tasks that a stage manager must carry out to prepare the rehearsal space and communicate with actors/crew.
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# Stage Management & Technical Theatre # stage management
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Part of Unit Seven: Directed Scenes Take 2: A Variety of Scenes Unit

Objectives, Tactics, and Blocking

by Lindsay Johnson

In this lesson, students will complete a rehearsal checklist, focusing on objectives, tactics, and blocking.
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# Directing # directing # middle school friendly
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Part of The Actor in Transition: From Presentational to Three-Dimensional Unit

Eight-Line Power Plays

by John Minigan

This lesson combines the work done in Lesson 2 (scoring scenes by beats) with the physical work done in Lesson 3 (creating dynamically staged scenes by connecting choices in blocking/staging to the underlying structural elements in a scene).
# Acting # acting
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