This activity explores a dilemma faced by a character, providing an opportunity to analyze a decisive moment in greater detail.

In this unit, students will engage in an interactive activity that will enhance their understanding of story structure and story elements. Students will work in groups to create semi-impromptu skits. Paper bags containing five unique props are distributed to each group; these props provide the impetus for the development of creative skits. Students then use online tools to outline the story elements in their skits. The lesson also promotes listening skills as students view other groups' performances and determine the conflict and resolution of each.

In this lesson, students brainstorm possible scenarios in which fire was first discovered. They then work in groups to create a performance acting out a possible scenario in which fire was first discovered.

In this activity, the teacher shows the class a children's picture book, they read the story as a class, then act it out.

This website lists 45 actors and play titles along with a picture of their costume for the play. Some are sketches, and some are portraits. This is a great resource to show students what actors in England at the turn of the century were wearing for costumes. These pictures are from a book entitled, "Players of the Day" published in London by George Newnes, circa 1902.

In these lessons, students use their understanding that a story has a beginning, middle, and end to portray characters. Students also learn and practice improvisation.

Listening to folktales from around the world can enrich children's understanding of many cultures. Decide on a story with your children, and work with them to turn it into a play. Students will adapt a folktale into written dialogue.

Students will work in cooperative learning groups to practice reading one of two reader's theater scripts. Groups will discuss the type of hats worn by the characters and possible reasons they wore the hats. A group scribe (volunteer from the grroup) will make a vocabulary list as the scripts are read. In this list, five difficult vocabulary words are recorded for later learning. The teacher will collect word cards and make a vocabulary list for students to learn and present to the class. Finally, students will perform the reader's theater scripts for their classmates. This lesson was developed by Sarah Owen-Palethore as part of their completion of the North Carolina Global Educator Digital Badge program. This lesson plan has been vetted at the local and state level for standards alignment, Global Education focus, and content accuracy.            

This is a booklet providing eight lessons and information about creating dramas with puppetry. It includes a glossary of terms, puppet making instructions, sample scripts, and a student certificate of completion. Students will learn meaning through movement, verbal expression, and creativity. They will identify theatre and storytelling forms from different cultures.

In this activity, a student volunteers to select from a pile of cards that each have a simple sentence written on them. The student's task is to communicate a full sentence to the class using only body language and gestures. If they speak, it must be in gibberish.

In this lesson/project, students create and perform a Greek tragedy play based on a familiar story from history or from fiction.

This project guides students in creating their own fairy-tale or story as a group. The lesson includes discussions on what makes a good story, character development, improv situations, and script writing.

This activity serves as an introduction to the structured use of the imagination and to the idea of a character. Students will examine their hands, then make "animal puppets" using their hands. Children then can volunteer to show their hand creation to the class.

This is an online version of the book "The History of Costume" by Braun & Schneider published from 1861-1880. This online version includes all 125 original plates and is an excellent resource of historical dress from antiquity to the end of the 19th century.

In this activity, a student playing a character is questioned by the group about his or her background, behavior, and motivation.

This resource provides students with an outline for writing a screenplay. It explains that a screen play is visual and the character's actions move the story from scene to scene. Examples of a completed scene in the screenplay format is provided.

This resource provides ideas for staging the play "Hansel & Gretal" and general stage directions. These directions can be used for any type of stage or for the classroom. There is also information for costumes, scenery, set arrangements, and props.

Still images are used to explore abstract concepts such as relationships and emotions, as well as realistic situations.

This article explains the impact and nature of social media sites and it indicates that not all of them are healthy environments for children and adolescents. It encourages the healthy use of these sites and it urges parents to monitor use for potential problems with cyberbullying, "Facebook depression," sextng, and exposure to inappropriate content. It reviews that students's online lives are an extension of their offline lives. It points out a disconnect that can exist in how parents and youth participate in the online world. It reviews the benefits (enhanced learning opportunities) and risks of using social media for youth.

This is a small collection of improvisation games and warmup games that can be used to sharpen up your cast if you’re a director, or to add energy and originality to your students’ acting if you are an acting teacher. All can be done with no materials in any reasonably sized space.