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Teacher Planning Material Overview

1. Materials within the teacher units are organized by lessons using the following structure:
• Lesson title
• Objectives
• Resources
• Common Essential Learnings (CELs)
• Components

• Activities
• Instructional Strategies
• Evaluation
• On-line Alternatives

2. Icons are used to orient the reader to repeated tasks:


 

Journal Entries
Key Ideas
Key Questions
Talking Circle Topic
Vocal Activity

3. At the bottom of each page, a link to the next lesson and one to the corresponding student lesson appear. There is also a link to the previous lesson.

4. All teacher pages include these buttons:

Links you to this page
Links you to an outline of all teacher materials

5. In the Resources and Evaluation sections of each lesson, links to pdf documents are included. A pdf document is one that you can print exactly as it is, and it retains its layout, font and style. These documents are assignment sheets and evaluation forms.

6. For additional teacher resources including contact people, good acting books and great links, see the blue resources button.

 

7. Individual unit may be accessed through the links below. They can also be accessed through the green planning button at the top of each teacher page, or through the site map (located on the left of all pages).

Unit One - Introduction to Drama
Unit Two - Drama History
Unit Three - Characterization
Unit Four - Script and Play Analysis
Unit Five - The Collective

8. To search for lessons by objectives for Drama 30, use the Objectives page.