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?
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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
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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
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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
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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...
