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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)

Activating Dialogue Strategies

Displaying 24 Activating Dialogue Strategies

Rituals to Begin and End

Check In
Constellations
Cover the Space
It Made Me Think
Perspective Web
Recipe for Me
Touchstones
Watercolor Conversations
Words of Wisdom

Text-Based/Visual Dialogue

Alphabet Relay
Group Mural
Iceberg of Identity
Pass the Picture
Poster Dialogue
Punctuation to Punctuation (P2P)
Snowball
Visual Mapping
Watercolor Conversations

Embodied Dialogue

Constellations
Cross the Room/ Stand Up If
Exploding Atom
Four Corners
Vote from Your Seat
Vote With Your Feet
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