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Use the categories below to find a strategy that fits your context and meets your instructional goal.

Age Group

  • Early Elementary/Primary (78)
  • High School/Secondary (139)
  • Middle School/Secondary (146)
  • Upper Elementary/Primary (144)

Space Needed

  • Large Space (15)
  • Limited Space (31)
  • Open Area (75)
  • Room for a Circle (60)
  • Room for a Standing Line (3)

Activating Dialogue

  • Embodied Dialogue (6)
  • Rituals to Begin and End (9)
  • Text-Based/Visual Dialogue (9)

Image Work

  • Body as Image (5)
  • Images in Action (7)
  • Object as Image (6)

Role Work

  • Creating Context and Subtext (7)
  • Performing Character (6)
  • Performing with a Dramatic Dilemma (6)

Theatre Game as Metaphor

  • Conflict, Power & Problem Solving (11)
  • Ensemble, Energy & Focus (27)
  • Setting, Story & Character (5)

Content Area

  • Art (60)
  • English Language Arts (85)
  • Health/Social Emotional (78)
  • Math (56)
  • Multilingual Learning (65)
  • Science (68)
  • Social Studies (80)

Image Work Strategies

Displaying 18 Image Work Strategies

Object as Image

3-D Models
Artifacts
Great Game of Power
Object Metaphor
Pass the Picture
Watercolor Conversations

Images in Action

Bippity Bippity Bop
Complete the Image
Connecting Images
Machine
Mapping Geographies of Home
Real and Ideal Images
What's The Story

Body as Image

Frozen Picture/Stage Picture
Sculptor/Clay
Show Us
Statues
This Setting Needs...
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