Teaching Classroom Drama and Theatre

<p>This revised and updated edition of <em>Teaching Classroom Drama and Theatre</em> will be an essential text for anyone teaching drama in the modern classroom. It presents a model teachers can use to draw together different methodologies of drama and theatre studies, exemplified by a series of contemporary, exciting practical units. By re-appraising the different traditions and approaches to drama teaching in schools, it offers innovative, contemporary projects and lessons suitable for a wide range of teachers and learners.</p><p></p><p>Divided into eight units with each one offering photocopiable resources and exploring a different theme, this book has been updated to reflect current trends in drama teaching and important themes in contemporary society such as:</p><p></p><ul><p><li>Myths and urban folklore</li><p></p><p><li>Moral decisions</li><p></p><p><li>Asylum seekers</li><p></p><p><li>The transition from primary to secondary school </li><p></p><p><li>Conflict resolution and propaganda </li><p></p><p><li>Protest and resistance</li><p></p><p><li>Medieval plays</li><p></p><p><li>Transportation</li><p></p><p><li>Crime and punishment.</li><p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></ul><p></p><p>Each unit provides ideas and lesson plans which can be used as they are or adapted to suit your own particular needs.</p><p></p><p>This book will be an invaluable resource for anyone who teaches – or is learning to teach - drama in secondary schools as well as those who work with young people in other drama settings. </p>