Created by Claire Broome
In this course, instructor Claire Broome shares what mindfulness is, and why it is so important in the Drama Classroom. The course covers how mindfulness and wellness can help both students and teachers.
Claire discusses how to prepare students for this kind of learning, and provides various activities to bring into your classroom, as well as a variety of extensions for these activities that can be applied to character creation and possible projects.
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Common Core
Language
Reading: Literature
Florida Sunshine State Standards
Historical & Global Connections
Skills, Techniques & Processes
TH.912.S.2.8 - Strengthen acting skills by engaging in theatre games and improvisations.
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Theatre Arts
MS 117.213 LIII - Foundations: Inquiry and Understanding
HS 117.315 LI - Creative Expression: performance
Alberta, Canada
Speech Drama 10
Improvisation Drama 10
2 - demonstrate the ability to be still
3 - maintain concentration during exercises
4 - demonstrate heightened sensory awareness
5 - create experiences through imaging, visualizing and fantasizing
Acting Drama 20
Movement Drama 10
1 - display the ability to be still
2 - demonstrate understanding of basic anatomy
3 - recognize the necessity for physical warmups
5 - demonstrate effective breathing techniques
Junior Orientation
demonstrate a willingness to take calculated and reasonable risks
focus concentration on one task at a time
generate imaginative and creative solutions to problems
meet deadlines and follow through on individual and group commitments
recognize the purposes of and participate in warmup activities
share ideas confidently with others
Movement Level I - Beginning
15 - display increased balance and coordination
3 - use physical relaxation techniques effectively
4 - recognize the need for and demonstrate warmup activities
Improvisation/Acting Level I - Beginning
Junior Goal I Objectives
develop the ability to interact effectively and constructively in a group process
Theatre Studies Level III - Advanced (The script)
12 - analyze a script to identify character, setting and plot
Ontario, Canada
Grades 9 & 10 - Reflecting, Responding and Analyzing - Connections Beyond the Classroom
Grades 9 & 10 - Reflecting, Responding and Analyzing - Drama and Society
Grades 9 & 10 - Creating and Presenting - The Creative Process
Grade 11 - Foundations - Responsible Practices
C.3.1 - identify and follow safe and ethical practices in all drama activities
Grade 11 - Reflecting, Responding and Analyzing - Drama and Society
B.2.3 - identify ways in which drama can influence the broader community