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Exploring Cultural Change through Drama and Folklore.
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Kelin, Daniel A., II – Stage of the Art, 1997
Explains a classroom experiment to create a folk story about the trickster, a folklore metaphor, through dramatic role playing, improvisation, and imaginative play. Describes the activities used, including details of the students' dramatic role playing and the use of "gibberish" as language. Discusses the methods used for creation of a…
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Dramatic Play, Folk Culture, Improvisation
Reflections on Theatre by and for Youth in India.
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Furman, Lou – Stage of the Art, 1998
Discusses youth theater in India, especially the programs for children in slum colonies and schools, as well as those for elitist children. Describes a "caravan" of 100-200 artists, educators, children, and book vendors who encourage young people to ask questions and read books. Includes an account of teacher workshops and an informal…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Drama, Dramatic Play, Foreign Countries
Building Youth Theater in Aruba.
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Salazar, Laura Gardner – Stage of the Art, 1998
Describes a theater for children and youth on the island of Aruba and the celebration of the project in a youth theater festival. Outlines the goals of the theater project. Discusses the development of the festival plays, the themes expressed in terms of metaphor, and the communication through objects used in the plays. (CR)
Descriptors: Dramatic Play, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Playwriting
On Writing "Salvador."
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Lebeau, Suzanne – Stage of the Art, 1998
Discusses, in poetic form, the writing of the play "Salvador" from the perspective of the author. Explains her thoughts about writing for children, including didactic relationships with children, didactic functions of art, and how adults teachers try to create a sterilized, lifeless, good-thinking, and artificial world for children when they are…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Authors, Dramatic Play, Elementary Education
Making a Difference in Students' Self-Esteem Needs through Alice Childress'"When the Rattlesnake Sounds."
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Vojta, Barbara Rothman – Stage of the Art, 1997
Describes the potential that theater has to exert a positive influence on students' behavior patterns. States that positive educational experiences for African-American children may be achieved through the development of "an alternative frame of reference, positive self-concepts, a Black identity, and a commitment to their people."…
Descriptors: Black Students, Class Activities, Creative Activities, Dramatic Play
Setting the Stage: Creative Drama in the Writing Classroom.
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Sutton, Jan – Stage of the Art, 1998
Explores what creative drama is, why it should be included in the teaching of both expository and creative writing, and how language arts teachers can implement creative drama activities to increase student success in writing and to improve learning. Describes how using creative drama to enhance creative writing restores authority to students for…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Creative Activities, Creative Writing, Drama
Teaching-In-Role: Making a Place for Actors as Educators.
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Ludwig, Michelle A. – Stage of the Art, 1997
Examines the current practices and possibilities of using the teaching-in-role strategy (where the teacher takes on a fictional role for educational purposes) through a survey of professional youth theaters. Finds that, of 38 programs that responded, all indicated having an educational program with several characteristics compatible with…
Descriptors: Acting, Classroom Techniques, Drama, Dramatic Play