THEATRE EDUCATION

A Dramatic Education -- Welcome to "A Dramatic Education!" Browse the lesson plans, click on some links, scan the internet, search amazon.com, and give your own input!

Applied & Interactive TheatreGuide -- A resource for those who use theatre techniques for other or more than arts or entertainment purposes, and for those whose theatre styles incorporate other than traditional presentation styles.

***Art of Play, The -- An essay on how even more or less structured games may have dramatic elements.

ArtsEdge -- Performing arts curricula, lessons and activities.

Artslynx Internation Theatre Resources -- Library of online theatre resources takes you to the giant sites that link with theatre companies and other collections which include hard-to-find resources.

Arts on the Move -- Specialising in providing quality drama and theatre services. Courses, workshops and seminars are delivered to a wide customer range throughout the country, with an emphasis on providing for educators and their pupils.

***ArtsWork -- Dance, Music, Theatre, and Visual Arts information and activities.

***BluePrintArts -- Curriculum guide for New York City Department of Education.

ChildDrama -- This website is packed with resources for Drama Teachers in Elementary and Secondary Schools.

Children's Creative Theatre -- Lesson plans, games, skits, and resources.

Children's Theatre Scripts and Plays -- Free from Whootie Owl -- just print and perform!

Costume Curriculum -- The History of Fashion and Dress.

ControlBooth.com -- Devoted to teaching high school-level techies practical and useful skills they can use in the theatre.

Creative Drama and Role-Playing in Education -- Ideas on helping young people improvise.

Creative Drama and Theatre Education Resource Site -- A resource for educators, students, artists, and interested parties in creative drama and theatre.

Drama-Education.com -- This site features lessons, papers, links and other materials, not the least of which is the opportunity to develop an online community of like-minded educators and practitioners.

Drama Education Network -- Home of the Drama Game File.

Drama in Education -- Developed to support teachers who use Drama in their classrooms.

Dramatic Feelings -- Students will examine a feeling word and represent it in a dramatic presentation.

***Drama Game File, The -- A wonderful tool for applying current brain research to the classroom.  These outstanding games generate the emotion and attention that create an optimal state of learning.

Drama Play Shop -- If you have an interest in Drama and Computers then this site will eventually have a lot to offer. It is an interactive site that is built upon the interests of the users.

Drama, Theatre Lesson Plans -- 39 lesson plans.

DramaWest -- All about the importance of teaching and learning of drama and theatre.

Educational Theatre Association -- Theatre festivals for students, professional development programs for theatre teachers, a magazine, a quarterly journal, and much more.

EF Educational Tours -- International travel for teachers and students.

Find-A-Play -- Search 17,246 plays by title, author, or both.

Grade Saver -- Notes, essays, and discussions about many pieces of classic literature including Shakespeare, Brecht, and Strindberg.

Harris County Theatre -- Includes drama curriculum as well as season information.

***High School Theatre Exchange, The -- An online community where students, teachers, and theater professionals can get together to share information and experience. Feel free to look around, ask a question, or add in your two cents.

History of Fashion and Dress, The -- Costume history curriculum.

***History of Light and Lighting, A -- Fun and whimsical timeline of light and its uses from "the beginning" to the present.

HSTech.org -- Created to assist High School Technical Theater students in their desire to learn about, create, and execute theatrical productions.

IDEAS -- Wisconsin High School Theatre Education standards.

Interactive Notebook -- An overview of this drama classroom technique.

International Talk Like a Pirate Day -- Teachers all over the place use Talk Like A Pirate Day as an excuse to get in a little actual pirate history. Here are some resources for teachers who'd like to introduce their students to pirattitude.

***Introduction to Theatre -- Online course of theatre as performance art.

KMC -- A brief guide to Internet resources in theatre and performance studies.

***Landmarks for School -- One of the earliest educational websites on the Internet, Landmarks has served teachers since 1995 with links to teaching and learning resources on the Net and valuable Web tools.

***Lesson Plan Search -- Search by topic on this site full of plans, ideas, suggestions for your classroom.

***LibraryThing -- Catalog your books online and share with others. Maybe you have what they need and vice versa!

Multi-Cultural Theatre in Music -- Designed to help fourth and fifth grade students acquire musical and dramatic skills and knowledge.

National Standards for Theatre Education -- United States of America

Novelguide.com -- We provide an educational supplement for better understanding of classic and contemporary Literature Profiles, Metaphor Analysis, Theme Analyses, and Author Biographies.

***Perfection Learning -- A leading publisher of teacher and student curriculum materials for grades Pre-K through 12.

***Play Index -- From important classic and historical plays the works of contemporary playwrights, including new editions or translations, you will find virtually any play being studied or performed in our Play Index.

Research and Study of the Theatre by National Cultures -- Caribbean, American, English, French, German, Greek, Israeli, Italian, Japanese, Roman, Spanish

School Show Page, The -- An extensive collection of a variety of theatre-related education materials from personal experience to reviews to student-submitted articles on a wide range of subjects.

SparkNotes -- Today's most popular study guides.

Stage, The -- Improv games, monologues, audition tips, and more for kids and teens who love acting!

Stagework -- A unique resource that offers rich media content and curriculum resources based upon key productions for teachers and learners of English and Drama, Citizenship, and other subjects, enabling the use of theatre practice to stimulate and enhance creativity and the learning experience. It aims to increase the understanding of theatre as one of the creative industries, and open up young people to new career possibilities.

Teaching Shakepeare -- Exercises on acting and on the basic emotions.

TeachIt -- Because we know that English teachers often teach both English and Drama we are delighted to be able to offer a little help in this area.

***TeAchnology -- free and easy to use resources for teachers dedicated to improving the education of today's generation of students.

Theatre and Drama Resources/WWW Virtual Library -- Here you will find pointers to resources in more than 40 countries around the world, for professionals, amateurs, academics and students of all ages.

TheatreCrafts.com -- The Biggest Theatre Glossary on the Web with over 1400 terms now listed.

TheatreFolk.com -- Original playscripts for high schools.

TheatrGroup Method Acting Procedures -- This page will lead interested individuals to descriptions of various techniques and procedures of so-called "method" acting. What you will find here is not copied from books. It's in my own words, and composed for you with definitions, analogies, descriptions and examples of this work which I am able to relate to you after studying,teaching and using it as an actor for the past 23 years.

Theatre Lesson Plan Exchange -- Lesson Plans, Picture Gallery,Warmups, Games, Improvs, Reference, Assessment, and so much more.

Theatre in Education -- Info on some alternative theatre education programs.

Theatre Lesson Plans -- All topics, all ages.

***Toward a Process for Critical Response -- An essay on a system of peer response to constructive criticism in the arts.

Types of stage spaces -- Click on the name of each type of stage to see an example.

Why Teach Drama? -- Read it and find out!

WilsonWeb -- The online edition of this renowned resource will make finding information about plays easier than ever.

Young Playwrights 101 -- A comprehensive resource for young playwrights and those who teach them. Here you'll find free instructional materials to take young writers through every step of the playwriting process, from idea to what to do with your finished script. But that's just the beginning.

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