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"Tom Sawyer" ASU
Arts Careers
Dance/Drama/Music/Visual Arts * Links for Students (Grades 3-12)
Grades 3-7 interactive materials for students to explore the arts as
careers.
Dramatizing your Story
Theater * Elementary School Lesson Plan for racially and ethnically mixed
class
Students start with oral histories of family members, then create improvisations
based on their shared stories. Based on a lesson plan by Nellie McCaslin,
New York, New York.
Putting the Sitcom into Perspective
Theater * Elementary School Lesson Plan
A lesson that starts with critical analysis of current family sitcoms
and moves to students creating and video taping scenes of family situations.
Understanding Stage Design: Using Visual Elements
to Provide Information to an Audience
Theater/Visual Arts * Middle School Unit
Students review visual arts elements and principles, create a collage
to express the "feel" of a room, then create a drawing or shoebox
model for a set. Based on a lesson plan by Carole Jones, Atlanta, Georgia.
Creating and Using a Checklist of Performance Techniques
to Critique and Find the "Message" in Mass Media Performances
Theater * Middle School Lesson Plan
Using an "open scene" as motivation, students develop a checklist
to critique acting. Using a sitcom as motivation, students develop a checklist
to critique the script. Based on a lesson plan by Judith Kase Polisini,
Tampa, Florida.
MACBETH and the Themes of Ambition, Power and Corruption
Theater/Language Arts * Middle School Lesson Plan
Students pantomime scenes from Macbeth, then improvise scenes on the same
themes, but based on modern situations. A comparison of character motives
and emotions follows.
NEW! Theatre Education: A Resource
Theatre * K-12 warm-ups and Middle and High School Units
Useful to both beginning and veteran teachers, this is a collection of practical and project based warm-ups and units for Middle and High School Theatre classes intended to supplement or expand any theatre program.
Creating Plays from Children's Stories
Theater/Language Arts * High School Unit
Students create and produce scripts based on stories written by elementary
students in the district.
Creating Stage Designs that Reflect the Culture
of the Play
Theater/Social Studies * High School Lesson Plan
Students become the scenery, property, costume, makeup, lighting, and
sound design teams for a play that will get them to research beyond the
library. They will create thumbnail sketches, make group presentations,
and final design drawings and schematics. Based on a lesson by Johnny
Saldana, ASU
Submit your lessons for possible inclusion to:
lin.wright@asu.edu
 
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