On this page, you will find a number of
resources dedicated to your professional development and journey to integrating drama into your everyday!
Remarkable Books
This book is all about drama integration using universal themes. It's excellent to use alongside many curriculum strands.
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This is my number one! It gives educators opportunities to slowly build drama techniques and skills into their teaching.
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ETFO created a wonderful book filled with Canadian plays suitable for many ages. Each play comes with lots of lessons for pre and post reading.
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Dorothy's lessons teach educators the importance of drama education. Using her "Mantle of the Expert" approach, teachers and students can explore in role everyday problems and solutions.
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The book is essential for any teachers wanting to incorporate Shakespeare into their lessons. It offers a fun and engaging way into the language, story and acting with numerous lessons broken down.
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This textbook is incredible for secondary drama teaching. It covers areas from Theatre of the Oppressed to Canadian Comedy. The teacher guide is very helpful and easy to use.
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tdsbCREATES is a "Celebration of Student Voice, Creative Ideas, and Arts for All." Students work with professional artists and their classroom teachers to create new, creative work based on different themes each year. Teachers work alongside the artists and gain first hand experience in designing artistic programming. |
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Roseneath Theatre is a professional theatre for young audience company that tours its productions to schools across Ontario and the US. Each of their plays have an accompanying study guide filled with lessons and more. They also offer artist educators for pre/post show workshops. They always teacher training opportunities about each show with chances to see the show before booking. You can check out some of their guides below!
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Larry Swartz is a classroom teacher and university instructor in literacy and drama education. He is also an author, a workshop presenter and conference speaker. His professional learning covers topics like exploring drama work, active storytelling, and creating collaborative classrooms. You can find out where he's hosting his next class or bring him into your school by contacting: [email protected]
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Young People's Theatre provides quality theatre for young audience ages 12 months to grade 12. They also offer incredible professional development courses, conferences and workshops including voice care and application, introductory drama teaching strategies and using drama to facilitate English language learning. They can take place at their theatre, at your school or at a conference. Interested in booking a professional development workshop? Contact Aimee Bouchard, Community Programs Manager 416.363.5131 x216 or email abouchard(at)youngpeoplestheatre.org |
The importance of using drama in education.
"Mohammed Awwad's experience is multi cultural and widely developed through his international work. He defines himself as a Palestinian/international theater creator. As a freelance artist, he is involved in developing a number of local and international artistic projects related to cultures, genders and ethnicities. Mohammed received his theatre training in a joint program by Kulturskolan Theatre (Sweden) and Ashtar Theatre (Palestine). In 2008, he achieved his MA in Drama and Theatre Education from The University of Warwick (UK). Mohammed has written, performed, directed, and co-directed more than 30 plays around the world. He has toured extensively as a scholar, coach, director and performer in Italy, France, Switzerland, Egypt, Jordan, Tunisia, India, Australia, Greece and Cyprus. His talent and experience expand to theater composition and improvisation. Mohammed is finely tuned in creativity through art; he has concentrated on educational spots focusing on human rights awareness and how drama benefits education."
-TEDx Bio
"Mohammed Awwad's experience is multi cultural and widely developed through his international work. He defines himself as a Palestinian/international theater creator. As a freelance artist, he is involved in developing a number of local and international artistic projects related to cultures, genders and ethnicities. Mohammed received his theatre training in a joint program by Kulturskolan Theatre (Sweden) and Ashtar Theatre (Palestine). In 2008, he achieved his MA in Drama and Theatre Education from The University of Warwick (UK). Mohammed has written, performed, directed, and co-directed more than 30 plays around the world. He has toured extensively as a scholar, coach, director and performer in Italy, France, Switzerland, Egypt, Jordan, Tunisia, India, Australia, Greece and Cyprus. His talent and experience expand to theater composition and improvisation. Mohammed is finely tuned in creativity through art; he has concentrated on educational spots focusing on human rights awareness and how drama benefits education."
-TEDx Bio