Education, Arts in Education
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Training the Young Actors of Theatre Ashbury
How Good do you Want to be? And What are you Going to do About it? by Gregory H. Simpson
When Gregory H. Simpson was hired to run the drama program at Ottawa private school Ashbury College, he brought with him a very simple premise: If you taught kids to think, there would be a revolution in education. That premise—plus a few years,...
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Life, Liberty, and Happiness
Oedipus Rex and Plato at the Crossroads by Marlin Roehl
Greek drama is as relevant today as ever—it is high energy and archetypal. Dramatic arts motivate and engage students kinaesthetically, visually, and linguistically, and Greek drama provides a rich framework for language arts and comparative...
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Christmas Skits for Middle School Years
Enrichment for Grades 5, 6 and 7 by B. Smith
There’s an atmosphere of generosity, celebration and inclusion; and no one event in a school embodies the spirit of the season more than the Christmas pageant. The eight skits in this book are meant to enrich the education experience for the...
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Dynamic Dialogues
Dramatic Role-plays for the ESL Classroom by Melee Hutton
Thirty years of theatre experience and ten years of teaching ESL has equipped Melee Hutton with the vision and expertise to create an innovative approach to English as a Second Language instruction. Using twenty distinct and imaginative scenarios...
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