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Curriculum Planning

Hosted by Matt Webster, Lindsay Price, Karen Loftus, Lindsay Johnson

Ah, mid summer! The past school year is a speck in the rear view mirror and the new school year isn't quite in view yet.  This little oasis of sanity is a great time to contemplate your curriculum and, as the old saying goes, "Adapt, Adjust and Improve".  What worked? What didn't work? What have you always wanted to teach, but never had the time to include?  The best time to plan your curriculum is when you are not in the middle of teaching it! Join us for a laid back, thoughtful discussion about curriculum planning. We will have the authors of the Drama One (Karen Loftus) and the Middle School (Lindsay Johnson) curriculums on the panel, to help with your planning and answer questions about these popular resources in the DTA.
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PAJAMA DRAMA PARTY

Contributed by Lea Marshall

An evening where our Thespians run a night of DRAMA activities for Elementary School Students. We put the students in groups (based on their grade level) and each group had 3 PAJAMA PARTY PALS who were with them ALL EVENING (for safety and consistency.) The groups rotate between the cafeteria (CRAFT-ATERIA for craft activites), the Theatre Room for small table games, and the Stage for creating a short play with your group. In between each activity change, ALL the kids came onstage for a DANCE & FREEZE party and a large group game of Ships & Sailors. At the end of the evening, all the Thespians working the activity centers came on stage to put on an Improv show (using audience ideas) for our "audience" of students and parents who came to pick up their students! We charged $25 a student. Had pizza, juice boxes, and desserts donated by parents.
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Drama One

by Karen Loftus

This is a curriculum map for an introductory, comprehensive high school theatre class. The purpose of the curriculum is to give students an overview of theatre in general. The super objective of this curriculum is to have students “bring it all together” at the end in a culminating project. The essential questions for the year: * What are the most important tools of the actor? * Who’s who in the theatre? The answer to the first question is mind, body, and voice. Each unit reflects one of those tools: pantomime—body, improvisation—mind, etc. The answer to the second is explored throughout the curriculum.
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Middle School

by Lindsay Johnson

This is a curriculum for a scene study semester at the middle school level. The goal for each unit is to build off the knowledge and skills gained in the previous unit so students are gradually adding to their abilities as they progress through different types of scene performance assessments. Students begin with the acting basics they need to create a successful scene: ensemble skills, improvisation, projection, vocal clarity and expression, characterization, pantomime, objective and tactics. They will learn script structure, blocking, and stage directions and how to give, receive and apply feedback. They will explore aspects beyond acting such as directing and simple set design.
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Part of Improvisation Unit

Relax, Have Fun and Don’t Force the Humour

by Karen Loftus

Students discuss what it means to not “force” the humour. They play all the games from the unit in a high risk setting, as volunteers in front of the class.
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Part of Improvisation Unit

Accept the Offer

by Karen Loftus

Students apply this guidelines through the games “Yes and…” “Yes Let’s,” and Low Risk Experts.
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Part of Theatrical Arguments: Pursuing Objectives, Communication, and Conflict Unit

Improvised Arguments

by Rachel Atkins

In this final lesson, students explore two different characters whose opposing points of view or arguments create a conflict. They will identify the objectives or arguments for each character. They will act out a scene between those two characters multiple times, playing both characters. Finally, they will write an argument from one character’s point of view – and support it with evidence.
# Acting # acting # improv
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Part of Improvisation Unit

Take the Active Choice

by Karen Loftus

Students discuss what it means to take the active choice and apply the concept in Quiet Scenes.
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Make Choices/Bring Information

by Karen Loftus

Students learn the word “endow” and apply the concept through the exercise Low Risk Endowment.
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Part of the Drama One Curriculum

Ancient Greek Theatre

by Karen Loftus

This unit on Ancient Greek theatre focuses on the function of the chorus, the choral ode, and the details of the theatre space. It touches on plays and playwrights of the era, culminating in a final project of a modern version of Medea that includes a choral ode.
# improv # ancient greek theatre # middle school friendly
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Gibberish

Distance Learning ideas vs Zoom or other video conference platform.
# Video Conferencing Activities # improv
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Movie Styles

Distance Learning ideas vs Zoom or other video conference platform.
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Producing Organizations: Educational Theatre

Practical Technical Theatre

CAREERS IN THEATRE LESSON 6, VIDEO 2 Thousands of people make a living in educational theatre. The three most common types of educational theatre are elementary and secondary theatre, community college theatre, and university theatre. You are probably pretty familiar with the first branch, elementary and secondary school theatre. The...
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Part of Improvisation Unit

Make Your Partner Look Good

by Karen Loftus

Students apply this guideline through the games Cars, Vans, Buses, Blocking on Purpose, Questions Only and Here Comes Charley.
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Rehearsal Toolkit

This resource offers a comprehensive collection of resources to support every stage of the rehearsal process, from initial planning to final run-throughs. It includes guides for launching rehearsals, warmups, strategies to keep actors engaged, character development exercises, approaches for classical and comedic texts, handling rehearsal challenges, and structuring final rehearsals.
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The Empathy Project

This project takes a scaffolded approach to creating the Empathetic Classroom. It guides students through five “links” of empathy: first with themselves, then others, then characters, then the audience/world, and finally into a culminating theatrical presentation. Along the way, it provides resources like reflection prompts, team-building games, safe-space guidelines, and support for executing the project in a classroom context.
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Teaching Students to Direct Toolkit

This toolkit breaks down the directing process into discrete “tools” - such as Tool of Self, Tool of the Script, Tool of Rehearsal, Tool of Space, Tool of Design, and Tool of Self-Evaluation - each accompanied by exercises, handouts, assignments, and reflection prompts. It guides student-directors through script analysis, rehearsal planning, staging, communication with actors and designers, and self-evaluation of their work.
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School Startup - Session One

Hosted by Karen Loftus, Matt Webster, and Jennine Profeta

Learn about the most important things for the first week of school - from ice breaker games, to classroom procedures, to setting the tone from Day 1. Watch this replay to learn tips and tricks to start your school year off on the right foot! Hosted by DTA instructors Karen Loftus, Lindsay Price, Jennine Profeta, and Matt Webster. Recorded on August 14th, 2015 at 2pm.
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Extended Run

Practical Technical Theatre

STAGE MANAGEMENT LESSON 7, VIDEO 2 Les Mis, Phantom, Chicago, Lion King, Jersey Boys, Mamma Mia, and Wicked are just a few of the shows in musical theatre history that have become long-run shows, meaning they have run for more than five years. In the case of Phantom, it has...
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Commercial Theatre and Not-For-Profit

Practical Technical Theatre

CAREERS IN THEATRE LESSON 2, VIDEO 1 Since this program is all about making a living in theatre, its important to have an idea where the money comes from to pay salaries and all the other costs of producing a show. The producers of a show have the ultimate responsibility...
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