In this lesson plan, students become objects found in a room then must explain why they shouldn't be thrown out, without saying specifically what they are. Students use pantomime and critical thinking skills to work as a group and explain their importance in the room. This lesson plan also includes variations of the game including immigration, parts of the body, the rainforest, books, states, etc.

In this activity, students pantomime an element from a nursery rhyme and the class tries to guess which nursery rhyme it's from.

In this activity, young students use their imagination to paint a box during a narrative pantomime led by the teacher. After "painting their box" students share their work with each other.

In this activity, young students use imagination to "paint" what they hear in the music that is played aloud. Afterwards, students are encouaged to "hang" their painting on the wall and discuss what they heard and painted.

In this lesson, students create masks out of paper. The masks are then used when improvising various scenarios. The task is to learn how to act and communicate without use of facial expressions.

In this lesson, students will demonstrate their understanding of vocal characteristics used when speaking on stage by performing a poem. The lesson includes a warm up game and class discussion.

In this lesson, students learn about the importance of projection and diction in acting. Students compete for best projection and diction by reading a poem out loud in class.

In this lesson, students will demonstrate their ability to control their voice by performing a nursery rhyme. The lesson includes class warm up games and activities that help students vary their pitch and rate using the Gettysburg Address and nursery rhymes.

Students become excited and enthusiastic about reading when they are presented with the opportunity to participate in Readers Theatre. In this lesson, students develop scripts, perform in groups, and practice using their voice to depict characters from texts. Through this activity, students have the opportunity to develop fluency and further enhance comprehension of what they are reading.

In this activity, young students get a chance to pantomime for the class their "guess" in the rhyme charades game. Also includes variations of the game with the alphabet and association words.

In this lesson, students discuss rituals from different cultures and how those rituals are performed and used. They then work independently to create a ritual of their own to perform in class. Each ritual must be created with a specific purpose in mind such as getting an A on the next test or "becoming a man."

Students analyze a character by drawing the outline of a body on paper and filling it with words or phrases describing the character.

This website was created as reference material for the USITT 2011 Charlotte Conference Session "SM Paper Trail Rides Again: How to Document Almost Everything." Paperwork samples and templates include pre-production process, organization, rehearsal process, tech process, and running the show.

In this activity, students work with a partner so one of them is the sculptor and one is the sculpture of clay. After the sculptures are "created" the students walk around the "gallery" and talk about each masterpiece.

This site offers several ideas for creating different settings, costumes, and props for dramatic play areas.

Student design teams select and analyze a play and collaborate on the development of a detailed set design for that play. If possible, student teams should craft set designs for different plays that are scheduled for school or local production during the school year. Students should take into account the script, the director’s vision/intent, the budget/materials/technology available, historical context, and the relative complexity of different scene changes during the performance. Teams work together to create mood boards and sketches and to design scale scenographic models (the industry standard is ¼ inch = 1 foot) that contain full details of the set, including colors, textures, entrances, exits, and furniture. Throughout the project, teams engage in critique processes with stakeholders, including the director, stage manager, theater manager, technical director, and others involved in the production.

This site is full of activities (such as skits) and resources concerning civics lessons about female historical figures. The resources are designed to help teachers integrate women's political history and leadership into thier lesson plans and program activities.

In this lesson plan, students will discuss the first Thanksgiving, pretend to make, then eat, the feast, and follow a narrative pantomime led by the teacher.

In this video/article combination, a Theatre Master Talent Teacher gives advice to new performers on all aspects of their performance experience. She discusses proper etiquette with rehearsals, costumes, dressing rooms, backstage, props, equipment, show personnel, dependability, and respect.

This website describes a variety of stage types such as a proscenium stage, a thrust theatre, an end stage, an arena theatre, a flexible theatre, and others. The presentation space and audience space are described to allow for comparisons of these two areas. In addition, the different parts of a proscenium stage, the most common stage type, are described such as front of house, on-stage, fly loft, apron, etc. The details of the stage space is reviewed concerning how it may affect a performance such as in a profle theatre where actors are staged in profile to the audience.