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Performing arts unit plans for Easel
Elements of Dance Unit: So You Think You Can Dance Unit for Grades 5 6 7 8
This low prep dance unit makes teaching the elements of dance easy - even if you don't have dance experience! The problem with teaching dance within the school system is that most teachers being asked to teach it have little or no prior knowledge in the subject. This dance unit is not only created by a trained dancer and choreographer - it's also written specifically for non-dancer teachers.This dance unit is put together so that those teachers without a dance background can still teach a qualit
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â So You Think You Can (Teach the Elements of) Dance - Editions 1 & 2 Bundle
Music Around the World II: Music Activities Mexico Australia UK Hawaii China USA
Music Around the WorldMusic Around the World Unit II! Include music and multicultural fun in your classroom! Great Activities for 3rd-8th Grade and Around the World or Music Units! Students will learn over 30 different musical instruments from Mexico, China, the Netherlands, Australia, Germany, United Kingdom, Hawaii, and the United States! There are video links included to see the instruments in action! You have the option of using the QR codes or you can click the hyperlinks. _________________
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in:Â Music Activities Worksheets Bundle Sub Plans Genres Appreciation
Drama Unit Stage Properties Design High School Level
Part of a Bundle This 8 day unit on stage properties design is suitable for high school students and gifted middle graders. Students learn about the process of stage properties design, researching, metaphor and have an opportunity to be properties designers. They develop a keen eye for what makes a distinctive design and how to critique their peer's work as well.HOW DO I USE THIS RESOURCE IN MY CLASSROOM? Students could study this as a group or independently over the course of a semester fini
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8th - 10th
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Also included in:Â Technical Theatre Units Costume Stage Properties Set Sound Design Producer
Dance Unit The Elements of Dance Activities with Worksheets for Grade 1, 2, 3, 4
Finally, a high quality dance unit that's easy to teach! This full unit on the elements of dance was created for non-specialist dance teachers by an elementary teacher who is also a former competitive dancer. This elements of dance unit uses example videos from the "Next Generation" edition of So You Think You Can Dance so that primary students Grades 1, 2, 3, and 4) can watch performers who are closer to their own age. Each lesson includes discussion points with journaling activities, and promp
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1st - 4th
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Also included in:Â Elements of Dance Elementary Lesson Plan & Activities Bundle for Grades 1-8
Beginning Recorder Method Book - "Recorders Rock" for Soprano Recorder
This is a beginning Soprano Recorder method book, designed to be used within the Elementary Music Classroom. I created this book out of the necessity to have a functional, practical method book to teach beginning recorder students. I have implemented this method over the past 4 years in my own music classroom with tremendous success - along the way making necessary edits and changes to increase its effectiveness. I also wanted something that I had the rights to photocopy repeatedly, so as to
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3rd - 6th
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Sound STEM Challenge Musical Instrument Engineering Design STEAM Activity Unit
This week-long STEM challenge integrates science and music lessons about sound, pitch, volume, and vibration. Students investigate properties of sound, use the engineering design process to build pitched and non-pitched musical instruments, and write, notate, and perform a short musical composition to demonstrate their understanding of pitch, volume, and vibration.A differentiated reading passage and quiz about the use of gourds as a material in traditional musical instruments will set the stage
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5th
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3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Drama Unit Set Design High School Choice Boards! Design Concept VERY Popular
PART OF A BUNDLE Do have some reluctant students? Try technical theater with them! This 8 day unit explains the history of set design, the process of of the designer, how to use metaphor in design and have an opportunity to create a set design and model. They develop a keen eye for what makes a distinctive design and learn how to critique their peer's work as well. Plus, they are expected to read a play or musical. There is a Google Classroom version of this as well at: Set Design High School
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8th - 11th
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Also included in:Â Technical Theatre Units Costume Stage Properties Set Sound Design Producer
Drama 101: A Complete Curriculum for Beginning Drama
An complete curriculum for teaching beginning drama. Includes lessons, tests, test keys, handouts and a thorough explanation for every lesson. This curriculum is taught in an order so that each unit and lesson builds upon the one before it. There are a few traditional and new drama "games," but the curriculum is designed with deliberate building blocks for a comprehensive theatre education. However, it is built with students in mind that are new to theatre as well as the more experienced. I
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7th - 10th
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Also included in:Â Getting Started Bundle
Theatre Unit Costume Design High School Level Color Theory Scheme Analyzation
Part of a Bundle If you are looking for high student engagement, a one week long costume design project is a great subject for them! This 115 page low prep, comprehensive, but challenging unit is all ready to go. Students synthesize their learning about the process of costume design, how history of the play affects its design, read and research, use metaphor, view video clips and finally have an opportunity to be costume designers. They develop a keen eye for what makes a distinctive design a
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8th - 11th
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Also included in:Â Technical Theatre Units Costume Stage Properties Set Sound Design Producer
Theatre Lesson Set Design Lesson Rendering For Fairy Tales Grades 6 to 8 Fantasy
Part of a Bundle Do your students lesson need concrete ideas and not abstract? Let’s begin there then and use fairy tales as our focus. OVER 350 SOLD! This two-day lesson on set design acquaints your students with the art form. Students learn a little bit about set design and draw a rendering of a fairy tale setting thus becoming set designers themselves. Lastly, they write a detailed description of it. Note: This is part of my fairy set design unit, too. If you purchase the set design unit,
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6th - 8th
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Radio Drama Play Script The Canterville Ghost Grades 6 to 9 Scary Oscar Wilde
Part of a Bundle Looking for something a lightly scary, but also thought provoking and a classic? Check out Oscar Wilde's The Canterville Ghost radio play script. This adaptation has roles for 15 + students and teaches the history of radio theater. Students strengthen their reading, writing, listening and speaking skills while performing this play. The Canterville Ghost story by Oscar Wilde concerns a girl who befriends the ghost haunting Canterville Chase mansion and helps him cross over into
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Radio Drama Script| Four Radio Plays and Unit Great for High Engagement!
Broadway Musical Unit and Study Guide For Les Miserables Grades 8 to 10
Want to study a classic in an unusual way? Les Misérables is a sung-through musical adaptation of Victor Hugo's 1862 novel of the story of the June rebellion of 1832, an uprising in Paris against the rule of King Louis-Philippe, fuelled by economic hardship and a cholera epidemic. It was quashed, and is remembered mainly for its inclusion in Hugo's novel. Now through this Dramamommaspeaks resource, students have an opportunity to study its journey to Broadway, plot, creative team, songs, compo
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8th - 10th
Scary Radio Drama Script The Monkey's Paw Horror Acting Script Interpretation
Part of a Bundle Want to "scare" up some fun learning? Here's a twenty-five minute radio drama script for students is adapted from W.W. Jacob's classic, gothic story, The Monkey's Paw. Through this 45 page resource, teach your students about plot, characterization, foreshadowing, horror while strengthening eading, speaking, listening and acting skills, too! This script has 23 +roles (including crew) and was adapted especially for the classroom. Strengthen your students' listening, speaking, an
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8th - 11th
Also included in:Â Halloween Drama Class Units, Scripts and Lessons Bundle!
Dance Unit Elements of Dance So You Think You Can Dance Group Edition
So You Think You Can (Teach the Elements Of) Dance - 2nd Edition: Group DanceA high quality dance unit that's easy to teach. This dance unit was created for non-specialist dance teachers by an elementary teacher who is also a former competitive dancer.This is the second unit in my SYTYCD series. While the first unit focused on duets in a range of styles, this unit features group numbers. Each lesson focuses on one of the six elements of dance, and features a specific dance style. The lessons inc
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â So You Think You Can (Teach the Elements of) Dance - Editions 1 & 2 Bundle
DIARY OF ANNE FRANK Play (Acts I and II) Literature Guide
Diary of Anne Frank Play Acts I and IIThis Diary of Anne Frank literature guide for the two-act play is not your run-of-the-mill vocab and questions packet! This guide can be used in completion, or teachers may choose to use certain parts independently. This is a comprehensive study of the play and offers the opportunity to teach and review many ELA benchmarks such as:-Point of View-Theme-Plot-Conflict-Mood-Summarizing-Textual Evidence-Cultural Context-Characterization-Chronological Order-Sym
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7th - 10th
Theater Arts Unit Radio Theater Play Bow Wow Blues Grades 7 to 9 Foley Artist
Part of a Bundle Step away from the ordinary with this complete THREE WEEK (50 pages) radio theater unit and original play Bow Wow Blues! With roles for 16+ students, this unit is a breeze for a teacher to teach—I’ve included everything there is to know about radio theater. Plus your students can perform an original comical radio play written by an award winning middle grade author. It is suitable for middle and high school drama classes or maybe upper elementary gifted classes and includes: P
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7th - 9th
Oedipus the King (Oedipus Rex) Tragedy Unit
If I had to choose only one classic piece of literature that everyone should study, it would be Sophocles' Oedipus the King (Oedipus Rex). This ancient Greek tragedy is the model against which all other tragedies are compared, from Shakespeare onward. Aristotle himself lauded it as the quintessential example of the genre. Today, the play raises questions about the place of tragedy in modern life.This in-depth unit plan is based on the various activities I created when teaching Oedipus in differe
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11th - 12th
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Emergency Sub Plan Broadway Musical Unit| Study Guide SpongeBob Squarepantss
Part of a Bundle Everyone loves Spongebob Squarepants! This Spongebob Squarepants low prep, engaging lesson and study guide is popular especially with fans of the Nickelodeon television series. Students learn about the origin, creative team, plot, trivia and apply the learning to a set or costume design assignment. This one or two-day lesson can stand alone or be combined with one of my Famous Artist biographies. Students learn about the history of the production, view video clips, answer que
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6th - 9th
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Script Writing Intermediate Unit - Create Your Own Movie Script!
Learn the basics of writing a film or TV script and then create your own! Students will learn all about the main components of script writing and then create their own script for a fictional TV show. This unit is packed with practice assessments and information on script writing! Due to the technical language and many components of script writing I recommend this units for Grades 5 and up. Check out the other writing units in my store OR get an amazing deal on the full-year Writing BUNDLE. Jam
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5th - 7th
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Also included in:Â Intermediate Themed Writing Units - FULL YEAR BUNDLE
Opera Unit for Grade 2 3 4 Music Classes - The Music of Opera Lesson Plans
Introduce your elementary students to the magic of opera with these easy-to-teach opera lesson plans. Works in person or online! This opera music unit includes 8 full opera lesson plans with worksheets for an interactive notebook or lapbook, as well as a Google Slides version with presentation and student worksheet files. Even if you don't know anything about opera, this unit is easy to teach and will capture the attention of your studentsYou can teach opera like a rockstar - even if you're not
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2nd - 4th
Also included in:Â Back to School Music - Primary Music Classroom Start-Up Bundle
Drama Lesson Set Design School Setting Conceptualization Sketching Rendering
This two-day lesson on set design was created for gifted upper elementary or middle-grade students or a beginning drama class. Students learn about the history of set design, the responsibilities of a set designer, famous set designers and develop a critical eye about what makes up an award-winning set design. Finally, they draw a rendering of their choosing becoming set designers themselves. Note: This product is part of the school setting set design unit in case you are considering purchasin
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6th - 9th
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Drama Unit: Introduction to the Elements of Drama
Everything you need to teach 5-6 weeks of a High School Drama programme!This course contains the unit plan, assessments and schedules for diagnostic, formative and summative assessments, lesson notes, homework sheets, scripts, starter activities, lesson outlines and reflective analysis.This course is designed for the first weeks of a theatre programme, introducing students unfamiliar with theatre to the basic concepts, through to their first devised performance to the class. Every lesson is pla
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7th - 10th
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Also included in:Â Back to School - Theatre Class Start-up Pack
Othello Unit Plan: CCSS Teaching Notes, Lessons, and Activities
High school students will be ignited by issues such as gender, class, ethnicity, dignity and age in William Shakespeare's iconic tragedy since they mirror many of today's headlines. This Othello Unit Plan has the depth for teachers to meet their teaching goals with a plethora of activities for students to explore the elements of literature, the major issues, and the elements of Drama and Tragedy that comprise this play. The lessons and activities support Common Core Anchor Standards and address
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10th - 12th
Growth Mindset Unit| Famous Theater Artists| Determination|Resiliency|Dedication
This unit (36 pages, 8-10 days) concerns growth mindset in professional theater artists. Looking for a unit which your students can work on throughout the semester? Through this resource, students research a theater artist, answer questions about artist's growth mindset (rigor, resilience, determination, patience), and consider their own mindset while finishing with a creative project. This unit was created for high school students, however it could be adapted for middle grade students. In add
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8th - 10th
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Also included in:Â Semester Long High School Theater Arts Units and Lessons
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