Creative Drama in the Classroom and Beyond

by McCaslin, Nellie

• ISBN13: 9780801330735
• ISBN10: 0801330734
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Summary

Encouraging both teacher and student imagination and expression, the seventh edition of this classic text helps future teachers integrate drama into elementary school classrooms and introduces students to a variety of genres and strategies, including mime, play structure, improvisation, and using drama the special education curriculum.

Table of Contents

I. CREATIVE DRAMA IN THE CLASSROOM.

1. Creative Drama: An Art, a Socializing Activity, and a Way of Learning.

2. Imagination Is the Beginning.

3. Play.

4. Movement and Rhythms.

5. Pantomime: The Next Step.

6. Improvisation: Characters Move and Speak.

7. Puppetry and Mask Making.

8. Dramatic Structure: The Play Takes Shape.

9. Building Plays from Stories.

10. Creating Plays from Other Sources.

11. The Possibilities in Poetry.

12. Speech and Speech-Related Activities.

13. Storytelling.

14. Drama as a Teaching Tool.

15. Creative Drama for the Special Child.

II. PROGRAMS BEYOND THE CLASSROOM.

16. Sharing Work with an Audience.

17. Theatre-in-Education.

18. Playgoing for Appreciation and Learning.

19. Creative Drama in Alternative Spaces.

20. The After-School Drama Program.

21. A Final Word.

Appendix A: National Standards for Theatre Education.

Appendix B: Student Evaluation.

Appendix C: Four Sample Drama Workshops.

Glossary of Some Common Dramatic Terms.

Selected Bibliography.

Credits.

Index.