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5 Creative Drama Ideas For Your Classroom

Drama Teaching, Features, Primary Drama

5 Creative Drama Ideas For Your Classroom Drama uses the greatest resource that teachers have available to them – children’s imagination. Creative play is a natural part of children’s lives before they start school, helping them to make sense of their place in the...Read more

What Are Drama Games?

Drama Teaching, Training Resources

Children’s natural tendency towards make-believe play can be utilised at school through structured play and drama.

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Teaching Gold Mining in New Zealand through Drama

Drama Teaching

These five incredibly simple methods for drama teaching inspired a teacher in New Zealand to bring to life her social studies project on gold-mining history.

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Podcasts and Webinars with David Farmer

Drama Teaching, Drama Tips, ELT, Features, Teaching Drama Online

Podcasts and Webinars about drama teaching featuring drama consultant David Farmer

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My Favourite Drama Teaching Books

Books, Drama Teaching, Features, Language Teaching, Primary, Secondary

These books are ideal for practical ideas to use right away. The first two cover secondary as well as primary and the others are for younger children. They are my favourite drama books at the moment! 100 Acting Exercises for 8-18 Year Olds by Samantha Marsden Samantha...Read more

Six Books on Drama for Language Teaching and Learning

Books, Drama Teaching, ELT, Language Learning, Language Teaching

Recommended books on teaching and learning language through drama games and activities.

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Drama Across the Curriculum

Drama Teaching, Features, Primary Drama

Drama strategies can be used as everyday teaching tools for a wide range of subjects. (Extract from ‘Learning Through Drama in the Primary Years’).

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Teaching Literacy Through Drama

Drama Teaching, Features, Primary Drama

Drama is a close ally in the development of literacy, especially speaking and listening.

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Keeping Control in the Drama Lesson

Drama Teaching, Drama Tips, Features, Primary Drama

Classroom Management for Drama Lessons The challenge of managing the classroom during drama could be why some teachers are reluctant to teach the subject. Drama lessons are there to encourage free expression, so doesn’t this just lead to noise, over-excitement...Read more

Drama For Writing

Drama Strategies, Drama Teaching, Features, Primary Drama

Drama provides children with a meaningful and immediate reason for writing.

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The Inspiring Drama Teacher

The Inspiring Drama Teacher

Join The Inspiring Drama Teacher and get access to: Online Course, Monthly Live Zoom Sessions, Marked Assignment and Lesson Plan Vault
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Lady Macbeth (Macbeth) Waiting for Godot Malvolio (Twelfth Night) (Three actors)Macbeth Enter Macbeth with bloody daggers.LADY MACBETHMy husband?MACBETHI have done the deed. Didst thou not hear a noise?LADY MACBETHI heard the owl scream and the crickets cry.Did not...

There Is Only One Liar

A psychological but fun group dynamics game from Augusto Boal.

1-2-3

A concentration game using counting and actions – tough but fun!

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Bring characters from works of art, book illustrations and photographs to life through drama.

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