
Basic Drama Projects 10th Edition
Grades 9–12
Perfect for both beginning and advanced theatre and technical theatre arts courses
Explore and discuss the dynamic role and impact of theatre in society as well as the dynamic changes in film, television, and electronic media resulting from digital technology.
Basic Drama Projects is a must for all high school drama teachers! Once you purchase the book, you'll never need another textbook for your drama classroom.
Bishop George
Drama Director, Ahr High School, Edison, New Jersey
What Makes Basic Drama Projects Unique?
The chapter project takes students through the acts of creating, performing, and responding.
Each chapter begins with an On Your Feet activity to ensure student engagement and get students active right away.
Theatre Then & Now focuses on theatre history and makes connections to current times. Students explore and discuss the dynamic role and impact of theatre in society as well as the dynamic changes in film, television, and electronic media resulting from digital technology.
Master of the Craft highlights significant leaders in theatre, representing a variety of theatrical crafts and diverse artists.
Cultural Heritage shows a through line from a distinct cultural heritage to today’s rich diversity in American theatre.
Lesson Structure
A consistent lesson structure helps students develop the skills important to theatre courses. Every lesson moves students through the steps of Preview, Prepare, Present, Critique, Evaluate & Apply, and Extend.
Preview sets the stage of the skill or element of the drama lesson and provides needed background information to successfully complete the project.
Once the foundation is set, students dig in deeper to the lesson and practice the concept.
Present gets students on their feet and applying the concept through a performance or presentation.
Students evaluate their and their peer’s performances with a considerate approach to keep the classroom friendly.
An Additional Projects page provides extension activities, giving students choice and voice.
Differentiation
Basic Drama Projects supports differentiation for all learners through flexible activities, tailored strategies, and inclusive approaches.
The Teacher's Edition includes activities that can be modified for individual needs, such as substituting drawing for verbal descriptions in visual storytelling.
The Language of Theatre calls upon students to practice and apply language arts skills within the context of the theatre activities in the chapter.
Strategic Support encourages step-by-step approaches, such as extended time for sensory awareness activities, to accommodate varying experience levels.
Challenge Opportunities are activities for advanced learners where they are invited to innovate, like linking pantomimes into episodic stories or improvising complex character interactions.
Multilingual Learner Support includes an ELL Teacher Resource eBook with teaching tips, strategies, and reproducible for students needing additional support to access instruction in English.
Assessments
From informal to formal assessment options, teachers will have the resources needed to easily measure student understanding and skill proficiency.
Reflection—at the end of a chapter or unit, students will be asked to self-assess their preparedness for the activities.
Peer Evaluation—students will have structured tools to assist them in evaluating their peers, while also using feedback from their own performance as a way to reflect and learn.
Chapter Tests—check student understanding of the concepts taught in the chapter through objective, short- and long-answer questions.
Unit Tests—get a summative measurement of student understanding, retention, and application of theatre concepts from the chapter once completed.
Cornerstone Assessment Projects offer choice and differentiation for three levels of proficiency.