200+ Ideas for Drama As there are minimal resources for the Drama K-7, they are listed in this one file A-Z
Resources are also available for: Dance K-7, Music K-7 and Visual Arts K-7.
200+ Ideas for Drama
Author(s): Scher, Anne; Verall, Charles
General Description: British book contains drama ideas and activities such as games, speeches, mime, characters, improvisation, and production. Includes lists of starting points.
Audience: General
Category: Teacher Resource
Curriculum Organizer(s):
Drama Skills
Exploration and Imagination
Grade Level: 5-9 Year Recommended: 1995
Supplier:
Irwin Publishing
1800 Steeles Avenue West
Concord, ON
L4K 2P3
Tel: (905) 660-0611 Fax: (905) 660-0676
Price: $24.60 Order Number: 0-435-086065
Acting Games
Author(s): Cassady, Marsh
General Description: Book features a collection of acting games in the form of improvisations and exercises. Includes numerous suggestions and ideas for the teacher.
Caution: Derogatory and racist terms nigger and half-breed used on pages 128 and 133. Follow-up discussion in the resource handles inappropriateness of these terms.
Audience: General
Category: Teacher Resource
Curriculum Organizer(s):
Context
Drama Skills
Exploration and Imagination
Grade Level: 6-10 Year Recommended: 1995
Supplier:
Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd.
195 Allstate Parkway
Markham, ON L3R 4T8
Tel: 1-800-387-9776 Fax: (905) 477-9179
Price: $18.95 Order Number: 91620-925
Building Plays: Simple playbuilding techniques at work
Author(s): Tarlington, Carole; Michaels, Wendy
General Description: Book guides teachers through the process of playbuilding. Illustrates the techniques used to guide a class through the play-making process to a fully realized production.
Audience: General
Category: Teacher Resource
Curriculum Organizer(s):
Context
Drama Skills
Exploration and Imagination
Grade Level: K-12 Year Recommended: 1996
Supplier:
Pembroke Publishers
638 Hood Road
Markham, ON
L3R 3K9
Tel: 1-800-997-9807 Fax: (905) 477-3691
Price: $14.95 Order Number: 1-55138-0536
Center Stage: A Curriculum for the Performing Arts
Author(s): Cook, Wayne D.
General Description: Two books provide a comprehensive drama curriculum consisting of blocks of 30 lessons per grade. Each lesson clearly states the subject, objective, required material, warmup, exploration, development, evaluation, connections, special needs, and further resources. Reproduction of story scripts and students' pages is permitted.
Audience:
General
Special Needs - provides alternative activities for students with special needs
Category: Student, Teacher Resource
Curriculum Organizer(s):
Context
Drama Skills
Exploration
Grade Level: K-7 Year Recommended: 1995
Supplier:
Addison-Wesley Publishers Limited
26 Prince Andrew Place
P.O. Box 580
Don Mills, ON
M3C 2T8
Tel:
(416) 447-5101 Fax: (416) 443-0948Price:
K-3: $41.95
4-6: $41.95
Order Number:
K-3: 0-86651-574-7/68606
4-6: 0-86651-575-5/68607
Christmas On Stage
Author(s): Zapel, Theodore O. (ed.)
General Description: Book features a collection of 27 reproducible and royalty-free Christmas plays. Genres range from pageants, fantasies, and comedies to dance musicals, Readers' Theatre, and adaptations from classics with a Christian theme.
Audience: General
Category: Student, Teacher Resource
Curriculum Organizer(s):
Context
Drama Skills
Exploration and Imagination
Grade Level: K-10 Year Recommended: 1995
Supplier:
Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd.
195 Allstate Parkway
Markham, ON
L3R 4T8
Tel:
1-800-387-9776 Fax: (905) 477-9179Price: $19.95 Order Number: 916260-682
Comedy Improvisation
Author(s): Horn, Delton T.
General Description: Book provides an overview of improvisation, including its theory and practice, for generalist and specialist teachers. Provides explanations and examples of scenes for comedy situations. Includes a section on forming a professional comedy troupe.
Audience: General
Category: Teacher Resource
Curriculum Organizer(s):
Drama Skills
Exploration and Imagination
Grade Level: 7-12 Year Recommended: 1995
Supplier:
Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd.
195 Allstate Parkway
Markham, ON
L3R 4T8
Tel:
1-800-387-9776 Fax: (905) 477-9179Price: $12.95 Order Number: 916260-690
The Complete Book of Speech Communication
Author(s): Marrs, Carol
General Description: Book contains ideas and activities to develop communication skills. It focusses on speech but also contains sections on dramatics, storytelling, and acting. Student activities can be photocopied for class use.
Audience: General
Category: Professional Reference
Curriculum Organizer(s):
Context
Drama Skills
Exploration and Imagination
Grade Level: 4-10 Year Recommended: 1995
Supplier:
Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd.
195 Allstate Parkway
Markham, ON
L3R 4T8
Tel:
1-800-387-9776 Fax: (905) 477-9179Price: $16.95 Order Number: 916260-879
Creative Drama in Groupwork
Author(s): Jennings, Sue
General Description: Handbook provides games and activities along with a rationale for the use of drama in building self-esteem, empathy, and group dynamics. Incorporates language and visual arts.
Caution: The potential for student disclosure exists in some activities. Teachers will also need to address issues of safety and physical contact.
Audience:
General
ID (Moderate to Severe/Profound) - provides opportunities for learning through drama
Blind/Visual Impairments - provides opportunities for learning through drama
Deaf or Hard of Hearing - provides opportunities for learning through drama
Physical Disabilities - provides opportunities for learning through drama
Category: Teacher Resource
Curriculum Organizer(s):
Context
Drama Skills
Exploration and Imagination
Grade Level: 2-12 Year Recommended: 1994
Supplier: Monarch Books of Canada Limited
5000 Dufferin Street Downsview, ON M3H 5T5
Tel: 1-800-404-7404 Fax: (416) 736-1702
Price: $41.95 Order Number: 0-86388-050-9
Drama Games: A Practical Guide for Leaders Working with Disabled People
Author(s): Warren, Bernie; Dunne, Tim
General Description: Accessible book provides drama games for students with special needs who are integrated into the regular classroom.
Audience:
General
LD - designed for inclusion in mainstream classes
ID (Mild) - designed for inclusion in mainstream classes
Category: Teacher Resource
Curriculum Organizer(s):
Drama Skills
Exploration and Imagination
Grade Level: 6-12 Year Recommended: 1996
Supplier:
Captus Press Inc.
4700 Keele Street York University Campus
North York, ON
M3J 1P3
Tel:
(416) 736-5537 Fax: (416) 736-5793Price: $6.25 Order Number: 0-921801-15-7
Drama Guidelines
Author(s): O'Neill, Lambert
General Description: British book covers novice to advanced drama lessons. Includes annotated lesson-plan examples. It emphasizes the concept of "teacher in role" to provide guidance and structure to large-group drama activities.
Caution: The examples with dated and inappropriate language and sexual stereotyping will require teacher modification.
Audience: General
Category: Teacher Resource
Curriculum Organizer(s): Context Drama Skills Exploration and Imagination
Grade Level: K-10 Year Recommended: 1995
Supplier:
Irwin Publishing
1800 Steeles Avenue
West Concord, ON
L4K 2P3
Tel:
(905) 660-0611 Fax: (905) 660-0676Price: $22.48 Order Number: 0435-186701
Dramathemes: Completely Revised
Author(s): Swartz, Larry
General Description: Manual of theme-based drama activities includes games, mimes, tableaux, poetry, storytelling, choral work, scripts, Readers' Theatre, and novels. Includes lesson plans and assessment.
Audience: General
Category: Teacher Resource
Curriculum Organizer(s):
Context
Drama Skills
Exploration and Imagination
Grade Level: K-8 Year Recommended: 1996
Supplier:
Pembroke Publishers
638 Hood Road
Markham, ON
L3R 3K9
Tel:
1-800-997-9807 Fax: (905) 477-3691Price: $14.95 Order Number: 1-55138-052-8
Elegantly Frugal Costumes
Author(s): Dearing, Shirley
General Description: Book describes inexpensive ways of converting second-hand contemporary clothes into appropriate period costumes. Helpful hints and illustrations walk the reader through every step. Includes glossary of clothing terms.
Audience: General
Category: Teacher Resource
Curriculum Organizer(s): Drama Skills
Grade Level: K-12 Year Recommended: 1995
Supplier:
Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd.
195 Allstate Parkway
Markham, ON
L3R 4T8
Tel:
1-800-387-9776 Fax: (905) 477-9179Price: $13.95 Order Number: 916260-887
First Class Acts
General Description: Book features five Canadian scripts and provides support activities that encourage the integration of drama into other curricula.
Caution: The play Be My Friend, which deals with the acceptance of people with physical disfigurements, touches on juvenile suicide.
Audience: General
Category: Student, Teacher Resource
Curriculum Organizer(s):
Drama Skills
Exploration and Imagination
Grade Level: 6-7 Year Recommended: 1996
Supplier:
Pembroke Publishers
638 Hood Road
Markham, ON
L3R 3K9
Tel:
1-800-997-9807 Fax: (905) 477-3691Price: $12.95 Order Number: 1-55138-010-2
Fish in the Floodlights
General Description: Cross-curricular unit on salmon enhancement consists of nine short plays for performance with puppets. Most of the plays incorporate a First Nations perspective. Each play is accompanied by a synopsis, teaching strategies, and suggestions for activities. Six ready-made salmon sock puppets can be purchased separately.
Audience: General
Category: Student, Teacher Resource
Curriculum Organizer(s):
Context
Drama Skills
Grade Level: 4-7 Year Recommended: 1995
Supplier:
Federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans
RR #3, Site 41, Comp. 48
Summerland, BC
V0H 1Z0
Tel:
(250) 494-0140 Fax: (250) 490-3380Price: (not available) Order Number: (not available)
In Role: Teaching and Learning Dramatically
Author(s): Verriour, Patrick
General Description: Teacher-friendly guide provides a conceptual framework, lesson plans, and examples of cross-curricular drama activities.
Audience: General
Category: Teacher Resource
Curriculum Organizer(s):
Drama Skills
Exploration and Imagination
Grade Level: K-7 Year Recommended: 1996
Supplier:
Pippin Publishing Limited
8th Floor, 481 University Avenue
Toronto, ON
M5G 2E9
Tel:
1-800-524-5428 Fax: (416) 598-1565Price: $16.95 Order Number: 0-88751-058-2
The Making of Tommy Tricker...Himself
General Description: Sixty-minute video is an engaging TV documentary profiling Michael Stevens as the star of the film The Return of Tommy Tricker. It models technical design and production values in a behind-the-scenes look at filmmaking. Highlights film career paths.
Audience:
General
ESL - student comprehension may need to be reviewed as video progresses
Gifted - may be used as springboard for independent projects
LD - teacher would need to supply students with content overview
ID (Mild) - students need to be given a particular focus for viewing
Category: Student, Teacher Resource
Curriculum Organizer(s): Context
Grade Level: 6-10 Year Recommended: 1995
Supplier:
BC Learning Connection
#4 - 8755 Ash Street
Vancouver, BC
V6P 6T3
Phone: (604) 324-7752
Fax:
(604) 324-1844
or toll-free: 1-800-884-2366
Price: $23.00 Order Number: VA2000
Mime Time
Author(s): Feder, Happy Jack
General Description: Book contains 45 clearly detailed and complete mime routines that are suitable for teacher-guided or self-directed activities. The routines can be divided into shorter exercises.
Audience: General
Category: Student, Teacher Resource
Curriculum Organizer(s):
Drama Skills
Exploration and Imagination
Grade Level: 7-12 Year Recommended: 1995
Supplier:
Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd.
195 Allstate Parkway
Markham, ON
L3R 4T8
Tel:
1-800-387-9776 Fax: (905) 477-9179Price: $13.95 Order Number: 916260-739
Readers Theatre Anthology
Author(s): White, Mel (ed.)
General Description: Anthology features 28 stories that are adapted for Readers' Theatre presentation. It is divided into six sections on comedy, mystery, Christmas, folklore, children's classics, and the human spirit. Texts range in complexity.
Caution: Some classics may require discussion of gender equity and special needs considerations.
Audience:
General
Gifted - opportunities for self-directed staging
LD - short, simple texts are available, allowing for focussed work
Category: Student, Teacher Resource
Curriculum Organizer(s):
Drama Skills
Exploration and Imagination
Grade Level: 6-12 Year Recommended: 1995
Supplier:
Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd.
195 Allstate Parkway
Markham, ON
L3R 4T8
Tel:
1-800-387-9776 Fax: (905) 477-9179Price: $19.95 Order Number: 916260-860
Readers Theatre for Beginning Readers
Author(s): Barchers, Suzanne (ed.)
General Description: Book contains a collection of 24 folk tales and fables adapted for Readers' Theatre. Each script includes a summary, presentation suggestions, required props, delivery suggestions, and a resource reference.
Audience: General
Category: Student, Teacher Resource
Curriculum Organizer(s):
Context
Drama Skills
Exploration and Imagination
Grade Level: K-3 Year Recommended: 1995
Supplier:
Prentice Hall Ginn Canada (Ont.)
1870 Birchmount Road
Scarborough, ON
M1P 2J7
Tel:
1-800-567-3800 Fax: (416) 299-2539Price: $25.94 Order Number: 1-56308-136-9
Skits and Scenes
Author(s): Siamon, Sharon; Barry, James
General Description: Book contains warmup activities and scripts for monologues, dialogues, scenes, and short plays. Presented in progressive order of difficulty for use with a class, a small group, or an individual. Includes a teacher's guide.
Audience: General
Category: Student, Teacher Resource
Curriculum Organizer(s):
Drama Skills
Exploration and Imagination
Grade Level: 6-8 Year Recommended: 1995
Supplier:
Nelson Canada
1120 Birchmount Road
Scarborough, ON
M1K 5G4
Tel:
1-800-268-2222 Fax: (416) 752-9365 or 752-9646Price:
Mini-Anthology: $5.95
Mini-Guide: $1.50
Order Number:
Mini-Anthology: 17-604364-0
Mini-Guide: 17-604370-5
Story Drama: Reading, Writing and Roleplaying Across the Curriculum
Author(s): Booth, David
General Description: Book gives a sound overview of the story-drama process and helps teachers explore this style of drama in the classroom. The author includes many personal accounts of the strategies and resources used to develop the story drama. Also includes personal accounts by children and by other teachers.
Audience: General
Category: Professional Reference
Curriculum Organizer(s):
Context
Drama Skills
Exploration and Imagination
Grade Level: K-8 Year Recommended: 1995
Supplier:
Pembroke Publishers
638 Hood Road
Markham, ON
L3R 3K9
Tel:
1-800-997-9807 Fax: (905) 477-3691Price: $12.95 Order Number: 1-55138-038-2
Taking Time To Act: A Guide To Cross-Curricular Drama
Author(s): Ball, Chris; Airs, John
General Description: Book introduces policy, strategies, outcomes, and assessment for cross-curricular drama activities.
Audience:
General
LD - specific mention of inclusion
ID (Mild) - specific mention of inclusion
Category: Teacher Resource
Curriculum Organizer(s):
Drama Skills
Exploration and Imagination
Grade Level: 4-8 Year Recommended: 1996
Supplier: Irwin Publishing
1800 Steeles Avenue West Concord, ON L4K 2P3
Tel: (905) 660-0611 Fax: (905) 660-0676
Price: $26.20 Order Number: 0-435-08666-9
Wings to Fly
Author(s): Bailey, Sally Dorothy
General Description: Book is a useful resource for including students with special needs in drama classes and theatre arts programs. It provides a continuum of activities ranging from basic drama exercises to original script development and performance. The appendix provides an extensive bibliography.
Audience:
General
Blind/Visual Impairments - provides opportunities for learning through drama
Deaf or Hard of Hearing - provides opportunities for learning through drama
Physical Disabilities - provides opportunities for learning through drama
ID (Mild) - provides opportunities for learning through drama
LD - provides opportunities for learning through drama
Category: Teacher Resource
Curriculum Organizer(s): Context Drama Skills Exploration and Imagination
Grade Level: 4-12 Year Recommended: 1994
Supplier:
Monarch Books of Canada Limited
5000 Dufferin Street
Downsview, ON
M3H 5T5
Tel:
1-800-404-7404 Fax: (416) 736-1702Price: $27.95 Order Number: 0-933149-58-1
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