You can order Drama Kits through the Art Database or use the online lesson plans, available for most kits that don't require a lot of supplies.
You can also find Drama Kit Lesson Plan links on the Grade Level Drama Kit description webpages.
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4 years ago
Explore basic animal needs and the five senses through creative dramatic role-play. By investigating Alaskan animal behavior and habitats through guided exploration, students use their senses to act like animals meeting basic needs in an imaginative environment. Students gain an understanding of the differences and similarities of animals in relationship to their environment, making connections to Alaskan ecology and biology.
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Explore types of weather, Tlingit weather vocabulary, and rhyming through guided dramatic role-play. This lesson also introduces the basic concepts and skills of acting as a performing art. It can be used independently or as a compliment to a larger unit about weather, weather observations, or learning about how weather affects us.
Tidal Pool Tableau Investigate tidal pool animals through observation, role-play and tableau. This lesson teaches both the dramatic art of mimicry and the foundation of using tableau for demonstration and assessment of student learning. It is a great compliment to other Sea Week activities.
4 years ago
Explore body language through observation, analysis and creative movement focusing on posture, facial expression, gesture, and the use of spatial relationship. Using a classic acting exercise for understanding non-verbal communication, students will practice sharing feelings and ideas using physical expression. In addition to introducing performance skills and drama conventions, introductory concepts of story can be included.
4 years ago
Target basic social and emotional learning concepts and skills through drama games and dramatic role-play. Self-awareness, self-management, cooperation, social awareness and relationship building are all embedded in this series of activities.
Explore collaborative storytelling through improvisation. Following the Story Spine, students are guided by the teacher-as-narrator in creative play to invent character, dialogue and action for the plot within a setting. The lesson provides opportunities for students to construct knowledge through movement, spoken language, and imaginative play.
Pantomime is an imaginative style of performance where actors tell stories silently, using gesture, facial expression and imaginary props. It is the art of nonverbal expression and illusion. This lesson provides a simple progression of exercises to teach the basic skills of pantomime.
4 years ago
Use shadow puppets and shadow play to enrich writing literacy and storytelling. In pairs or small groups, students are inspired by shadow puppets to collaboratively write dialogue for the plot of a short scene. Students then present the original drama with the shadow puppets while practicing prosody in dramatic reading, exploring the technical and expressive aspects of puppeteering.
Explore collaborative storytelling through improvisation. Following the Story Spine, students are guided by the teacher-as-narrator in creative play to invent character, dialogue and action for the plot within a setting. The lesson provides opportunities for students to construct knowledge through movement, spoken language, and imaginative play.
