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An overview of The Empathy Project resource.

The first step on the empathetic journey is with yourself. How can you connect with others if you don’t know who you are? Students will explore activities that allow them to think and reflect inward.

The second step on the empathetic journey is forming a link with others. Students take on activities where they have to work together and connect with others.

The third step on the empathetic journey is forming a link with your character. Students will work to link with characters who are quite different from them.

After forming a link with yourself, each other, and your character, the last two links in the empathetic journey are the audience and the outside world.

Students decide, design, and implement a culminating presentation that uses theatricality to share the concepts of empathy.

Use this monologue in your classroom for character study, monologue work, substitute teachers, performance, Individual Event competitions, and however else you can imagine. Character: Trina Genre: Dramedy

Use this monologue in your classroom for character study, monologue work, substitute teachers, performance, Individual Event competitions, and however else you can imagine. Character: Shrug 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: Mr Halyon, Ray 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: Jack (17), Jill (17) Mrs Steel (40) Genre: Drama

A poster for your classroom that shows the visual progression from character to play.

Inspired by our members with inspirational quotes right from drama teachers in the DTA. There are 2 versions of the Drama Teacher School Year calendar. One is a monthly calendar with an inspirational quote and image per month; the second is a portrait-layout booklet version that can be customized to any school year.

If you’ve ever had the perfect idea for a drama assessment but didn’t know where to start, use this toolkit to help you create assessments specifically for the drama classroom.

These resources cover Formative vs. Summative assessment and Bloom's Taxonomy (resource and poster).

These resources cover the phases of assessment planning, end of unit assessment and samples, as well as Bloom's Taxonomy action words.

Handouts to help you create clear instructions and do's and don'ts.

A checklist to ensure your assessments are formatted in a clear and concise manner.

Resources include learning about rubrics, how to create, and how to adapt a rubric.

Examples and types of formative assessments.

Project and performance assessment ideas.