Resource Links

http://www.lessonplanspage.com/LACharacterization512.htm
By using materials given, student will develop a narrative describing their theory of a character.

http://www.col-ed.org/cur/lang/lang44.txt
The stories in this book Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel and these activities allow for creative thinking and writing, reading and analysis of characters, affective education, mathematics beyond computation, inventing, geography, biological science and development of research skills.

http://www.byu.edu/tma/arts-ed/units/cdunit.htm
The students will learn how to construct a character through a process and utilize what they have learned in the performance of a monologue.

http://www.byu.edu/tma/arts-ed/units/cd4unit.htm
Students will demonstrate their ability to find character development from a script by writing a character biography.

http://www.byu.edu/tma/arts-ed/units/cd5unit.htm
The students will demonstrate their understanding of how to create a character by performing a scene.

http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1996/3/96.03.10.x.html
This unit is designed to make older middle school students look at and reflect upon art and film and to create artwork with a deepening awareness of identity and an understanding of stereotype.

http://www.creativedrama.com/creative.htm
What is creative drama.  A site that contains a definition along with links to lesson plans using drama in the classroom.

http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Alley/3765/why.html
Why teach drama: A defense for teaching drama in the classroom.

http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Alley/3765/appropriate1.html
What Should Children Watch: A discussion of the question of "age appropriateness" in theatre and other entertainment media. By: Matt Buchanan

http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Alley/3765/
This website is packed with resources for Drama Teachers in Elementary and Secondary Schools, and for producers of Theatre for Young Audiences.

http://www.med.sc.edu:1081/
Included are numerous articles, background and lesson plans designed to help teachers integrate media literacy into classroom instruction.

http://www.media-awareness.ca/eng/med/bigpict/mlwhat.htm
What is Media Literacy? In this section, you'll find definitions and articles from media literacy experts to answer this question.
 

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