This digest reviews some of the related literature about the benefits of classroom drama activities and introduces a variety of resources to help educators incorporate dramatic activities in their language arts classrooms. The digest notes that although several terms have been used to refer to "classroom drama" such as creative…

This collection of new plays for young actors comes from the repertoire of the Young Conservatory, a professional theater training program for young people ages 8 to 18 at the American Conservatory Theater. Each of the five plays in the collection was developed in this way: an outstanding professional playwright is invited to create a new play…

By immersing young learners in the life and times of Shakespeare and his characters, this book motivates students and helps them learn. It contains everything teachers need to introduce elementary students to four plays: "A Midsummer Night's Dream,""Macbeth,""Hamlet," and "Romeo and Juliet." For each play,…

The role of play in the learning and development of young children has long been recognized by researchers and early childhood educators. Although research indicates that play does provide a context that supports and facilitates literacy learning, most research has focused on preschool or kindergarten children. The purpose of this study was to…

Creative drama offers many techniques which provide a good way to approach curriculum goals. Introducing children to theater and play production in the classroom setting can create energy in the classroom, foster a sense of self-identification, and teach children to experientially appreciate drama as an art form. Multilevel learning is involved in…

Eliciting creativity in every student in the classroom can be a realistic goal for classroom teachers. The teaching of creativity embraces form and structure as well as freedom of thought and expression. It is very appropriate to provide the student with an imaginative and creative impetus with which he/she cannot only create or establish the…

Presents a technique for staging puppet shows which includes oral reading. (RB)

Analyzes a teacher training model in creative dramatics, concluding that these teacher workshops lead to better classroom techniques. (RB)

A survey of the policies of state teacher certification boards discovered 21 states which currently license teachers in theatre arts but indicated that theatre is held in low esteem in many areas of the country. (CH)

A plan for a college educational theatre program to educate and motivate college students who are in danger of becoming dropouts. (CH)

Article demonstrated the advantages and experiences, for students and university, of producing Kabuki plays in English. The program was carried out by the Department of Drama and Theatre at the University of Hawaii. (Author/RK)

Encourages teachers of English to use dramatic activity as a means for studying the emotional qualities so abundant in literature. (RB)

The National Capital Parks Service provides reenactments of the battle Antietam at its actual location in Sharpsburg, Maryland as a part of its program of living history

A classroom workshop in improvisational drama is in line with student's individual needs for expression, recognition, and reinforcement. (MM)

Describes a program of foreign language theater courses at Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. (RS)