Drama Teaching Tips
A selection of articles on drama teaching. These can be filtered using the blue buttons.
12 Tips for Learning Lines
Learning lines for plays or speeches is not always easy - here are twelve tips to help!
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3D Living Pictures
Bring pictures to life through freeze frames, thought tracking and improvisation.
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Anti-Bullying Drama Unit
Using drama to explore bullying issues, giving pupils the opportunity to try out anti-bullying strategies.
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Books on Drama for Language Teaching and Learning
Recommended books on teaching and learning language through drama games and activities.
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Bringing Fairy Tales to Life through Drama
Ways to develop fairy and folk tales into rehearsed performances, improvisations, tableaux and oral storytelling.
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Commedia dell’arte Drama Unit
Commedia dell’arte began in the marketplaces of 16th-century Europe as improvised theatre which was rude, funny and satirical.
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Dorothy Heathcote – Pioneer of Educational Drama
The ethos of drama in education today owes an enormous debt to the inspiration of one woman - Dorothy Heathcote
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Drama Across the Curriculum
Drama strategies can be used as everyday teaching tools for a wide range of subjects. (Extract from 'Learning Through Drama
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Drama for Language Teaching
Drama is an effective way of helping students to learn languages including English as a Foreign Language (EFL), as it uses
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Drama For Writing
Drama can provide children with a meaningful purpose for writing. (Extract from 'Learning Through Drama in the Primary Years').
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Drama Games for Language Teaching (teenage to adult)
14 easy to use drama games and activities suitable for a range of ages and language levels.
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Hot Spotting
An amazingly fun and easy way to mix up hot-seating and freeze frames to develop characters
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Imaginarium
An exciting and completely unpredictable way to quickly develop a scene
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Keeping Control in the Drama Lesson
Classroom Management for Drama Lessons The challenge of managing the classroom during drama could be why some teachers are reluctant
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Key Stage 1 Drama Lesson Ideas
A dozen fabulous ideas and helpful books for teaching drama at key stage one.
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Key Stage 2 Drama Lesson Ideas
Ten brilliant ideas and worthwhile books for teaching drama at key stage two.
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Music for Drama Workshops
A playlist of music for drama workshops, rehearsal or performance, including warm-ups, movement pieces and atmospherics.
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My Favourite Drama Teaching Books
These books are ideal for practical ideas to use right away. The first two cover secondary as well as primary
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Plays for Children
In this interview Alison Chaplin talks to David Farmer about her plays for children and how she got into writing
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Podcasts and Webinars with David Farmer
Podcasts and Webinars about drama teaching featuring David Farmer
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Seven Levels of Tension
An approach to acting that enables performers to explore different levels of tension.
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Shortened Shakespeare
Recommended shortened versions of Shakespeare playscripts for children and young people to perform.
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Story Books for Drama Teaching
Stories can provide the launch pad for a one-off drama session or several weeks of work. Drama strategies can be drawn
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Teaching Gold Mining in New Zealand through Drama
These five incredibly simple methods for drama teaching inspired a teacher in New Zealand to bring to life her social
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Teaching Literacy Through Drama
Drama is a close ally in the development of literacy, especially speaking and listening.
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The King’s Sentence – a world without words
Lesson plan and original story for KS2 exploring non-verbal communication through gesture and sign language.
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The Musicians of Bremen Script
Sparkling short play script of the Brothers Grimm tale for KS2 performance.
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The Tiger Child Drama Unit
A range of drama and storytelling activities based on a traditional Indian folk-tale for KS1 and reception.
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Top 5 Books for Teaching Shakespeare to Children and Young People
These days Shakespeare can be taught to children and young people in very exciting and active ways - and there
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What Are Drama Games?
Children's natural tendency towards make-believe play can be utilised at school through structured play and drama.
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Whoosh! Bringing Stories Alive through Drama
An interactive technique in which participants become characters and objects in a story as it is told.
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Why Teach Drama to Primary School Children?
Children's natural tendency towards make-believe play can be utilised at school through structured play and drama.
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