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Dance
Junior
Students will explore how their local environment serves them and their well-being as they acknowledge the land through dance. Students will develop their skills to produce and edit dance photographs. Throughout these lessons, students...
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Drama
Intermediate
In this unit the students and teacher will create a drama structure using a mysterious death in a mansion (Blackwood House) as the source.
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Drama
Intermediate
The Myth of Persephone - Demonstration Classroom Video
Grade 9 Drama
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Drama
Primary
Junior
The Name Jar, by Yangsook Choi, is a story about Unhei, a young girl who just arrived from Korea with her family. She is anxious about making friends and worried that no one will be able to pronounce her name. Instead of introducing...
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Drama
Senior
This drama structure focuses on the theme of “the Outsider”. Students will be given opportunities to develop a deeper understanding of the roots of prejudice and the emotional pain it causes to the individual.
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Drama
Kindergarten
Primary
Junior
Intermediate
Senior
This article explains the importance of using role-play in a safe and positive way with students.
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Drama
Junior
Intermediate
Senior
Type of Activity: Warm up; tableau; physical expression; teamwork; improvisation
Required Props: None
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Drama
Intermediate
Senior
Type of Activity: Warm-up; observation; activating the senses (great in conjunction with an Adler or Hagen unit)
Required Props: Paper and pen
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Drama
Primary
Junior
This story drama is based on The Tunnel by Anthony Browne. In it a young girl enters a dark, frightening tunnel to find her brother and emerges at the other end of the tunnel in a strange forest. How can the young girl save her brother...
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Drama
Junior
Intermediate
Senior
The Whales’ Song, by Dyan Sheldon and Gary Blythe is a poetic tale about a young girl who is captivated by her grandmother’s stories about the whales. Through drama, the students explore the mysterious visitation of the whales.
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