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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)

Theatre Game as Metaphor Strategies

Displaying 43 Theatre Game as Metaphor Strategies

Ensemble, Energy & Focus

Alphabet Game
Buzz
Circle Dash
Crumbling
Data Processing
Fruit Bowl
Gift Giving
Give and Take
Group Counting
Group/String Shapes
Heads Up
Heartbeat Ball
Invisible Balls
Islands
New York, NY
People to People
People, Shelter, Storm
Round of Applause
Stop and Go and Jump
Story of My Name
Telephone
This is Not a...
Three Ball Toss
Thumbs
Truth About Me
Two by Three by Bradford
Zip Zap Zop

Setting, Story & Character

Everybody Do
New York, NY
One-Word/ Phrase Storytelling
Story of My Name
This is Not a...

Conflict, Power & Problem Solving

Columbian Hypnosis
Defender
Give and Take
Keeper of the Keys
Knots
Mirrors
Obstacle Course
Shoes
Three Changes
Trust Walk
Who Started the Motion?
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