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Shop Safety

by Karen Loftus

Students will identify, comprehend, and demonstrate their knowledge of shop safety by creating a public safety announcement.

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Scene Building and Polish

by Marsha Walner

Groups will polish their piece, ensuring everyone is clear on their responsibilities as well as requesting any production elements necessary.

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Sanskrit Theatre from India

by Marsha Walner

Students explore Sanskrit theatre from India and how rituals and intentional actions give strength and unity to the creative process.

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Research Project: Scenic Construction

by Karen Loftus

To continue exploring elements of scenic construction.

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The Effects of Colour

by Karen Loftus

Students continue to explore design through the effects of colour and apply their knowledge.

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Rehearsals Part Three: Final Preparations

by Karen Loftus

In this lesson, students will explore the final preparations stage managers perform before heading into performance, and they go through a scheduling exercise.

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Perspective Taking and Characters

by Lindsay Price

In this lesson, students will analyze characters, identify their perspectives, and demonstrate perspective taking by understanding their points of view.

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Students discuss the scenes from the previous class and reflect as a group on the process. They then address how lighting, sound, costume and staging interact together to create a technically effective scene.

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What's in a Name?

by Lindsay Price

This lesson plan is designed as a pre-study exercise before a unit on The Crucible by Arthur Miller. Students will discuss and dramatize questions surrounding a person’s “name” or reputation.

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Slide Deck Lesson 1

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Meanwhile, in America

by Drama Teacher Academy

In this lesson, we will review what was happening in America during this era: vaudeville and Broadway in its early days. Students will try out a vaudeville routine and read a scene from a 1920 Broadway play. This lesson also highlights Black performers of the time. Then we’ll follow Eugene O’Neill as he brings realism to the American stage.

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Mask and Countermask

by Allison Williams

All masks can be played in more than one way, even if there’s a dominant look. In this lesson, students will explore how two physical interpretations paired with each other and opposite to each other become the mask and the countermask—the opposite reaction. They will then apply the qualities of movement to their mask/countermask.

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Culminating Project

by Wendy-Marie Martin

This project combines creativity with analytical thought as students connect ideas and concepts with their imagination in order to create a theme park that embodies all five of the “isms” we’ve covered: symbolism, Dadaism, surrealism, expressionism, and absurdism.

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Anti-Realism Project Suggested Rubric

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Sound Effectiveness

by Josh Hatt

Students will explore how sound can affect the mood of a scene. They are then given a sound assignment to apply sound and music to a blank scene using a specific format.

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Sound Assignment

by Josh Hatt

Students continue to work on their sound assignment. They will rehearse their scenes, continue to discuss sound effectiveness and reflect on their work in class.

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Reflection

by Josh Hatt

Students discuss and reflect on the process. What went well? What didn’t go so well?

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Open, Neutral Scenes

by Allison Green

A final step can be used as an evaluation of student understanding of the character traits presented in the Seven Grandfather Teachings by approaching an Open, Neutral Scene. Students are paired and given one of the open, neutral scenes included in this unit. Neutral scenes can have dictated conflict or character traits added to them by the teacher for students, but in the most “open” sense, allow students to develop the story and create strong focused characters.

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Reflection

by Josh Hatt

Students watch the scenes from the previous class and reflect as a group on the process.

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Neutral Mask

by Stephanie-Ann Cocking

Students will receive an introduction to neutral mask and explore the importance of the body as a communication medium. Students participate in three exercises that explore neutral mask: Reflecting emotion through the body, Reacting to music, and a short mime that combines an emotion and a household chore. Students will write a short reflection after the activities are completed.

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Intention Substitution

by Drama Teacher Academy

In this lesson, students will return to the Laban technique. They will practice applying the elements and efforts before taking on a specific exercise that will give students another tool for their toolbox in working on a scene.

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