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Wagner, Betty Jane – Language Arts, 1978
Describes how a teacher can personally assume a role and thereby facilitate students' role playing. (DD)
Descriptors: Dramatic Play, Elementary Education, Role Playing, Teacher Participation

Moore, Betty Jean – Language Arts, 1975
Individual short stories are to encourage role playing are presented.
Descriptors: Dramatic Play, Elementary Education, Fiction, Resource Materials

Quisenberry, Nancy – Language Arts, 1975
Descriptors: Creative Dramatics, Disadvantaged, Dramatic Play, Early Childhood Education

Myers, Jeanette – Language Arts, 1976
Dramatic play and role playing are two techniques that can be used to help children understand their feelings about death. (JH)
Descriptors: Bibliotherapy, Childrens Literature, Death, Drama

Forseth, Jonia – Language Arts, 1976
Creative drama provides the opportunity for children to experience fantasy and for teachers and children to interact through role playing. (JH)
Descriptors: Creative Dramatics, Drama, Dramatic Play, Dramatics

Nelson, Pamela A. – Language Arts, 1988
Suggests that drama provides an excellent opportunity for children to learn about history, especially children who have not yet reached the formal operational level of development. Describes a program coordinated with a historical museum in which children reenact a school day in 1888. (ARH)
Descriptors: Drama, Dramatic Play, Elementary Education, Experiential Learning

Edmiston, Brian; And Others – Language Arts, 1987
Describes a process called narrative theater that involves (1) the exploration of texts and the stories likely embedded within them, (2) a learning process that involves the creation of drama contexts, and (3) the use of theater conventions. (SRT)
Descriptors: Creative Dramatics, Dramatic Play, Elementary Education, Integrated Activities

Erickson, Karen L. – Language Arts, 1988
Presents a sample lesson (on the Middle Ages) using movement, verbalization, and role playing to introduce students to drama and creative expression. Provides teachers with an in-depth look at a creative process through which they can stimulate learning across the curriculum. (ARH)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Creative Activities, Creative Dramatics, Drama