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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 (23)
  • (-) High School/Secondary (41)
  • Middle School/Secondary (41)
  • Upper Elementary/Primary (43)

Space Needed

  • (-) Large Space (14)
  • (-) Limited Space (30)
  • Open Area (69)
  • Room for a Circle (55)
  • Room for a Standing Line (3)

Activating Dialogue

  • Embodied Dialogue (1)
  • Rituals to Begin and End (5)
  • Text-Based/Visual Dialogue (6)

Image Work

  • Body as Image (1)
  • Images in Action (1)
  • Object as Image (5)

Role Work

  • Creating Context and Subtext (4)
  • Performing Character (1)
  • Performing with a Dramatic Dilemma (1)

Theatre Game as Metaphor

  • Conflict, Power & Problem Solving (3)
  • Ensemble, Energy & Focus (4)
  • Setting, Story & Character (1)

Content Area

  • Art (20)
  • English Language Arts (28)
  • Health/Social Emotional (22)
  • Math (17)
  • Multilingual Learning (21)
  • Science (21)
  • Social Studies (27)

Teaching Strategies

  • (-) High School/Secondary
  • (-) Large Space
  • (-) Limited Space

Displaying 41 Teaching Strategies

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | V | W

3

3-D Models

A

Artifacts

C

Check In
Columbian Hypnosis

G

Gift Giving
Group/String Shapes
Guided Imagery

I

Image Work: Tips and Tricks
It Made Me Think
In The Manner of the Adverb

L

Living Portraits

M

Magic Present
Mantle of the Expert
Multi-lingual Counting

N

Name + Adjective + Movement

O

Object Metaphor

P

Pass the Picture
Poster Dialogue
Punctuation to Punctuation (P2P)

Q

Quick Frozen Critters

R

Recipe for Me
Role On The Wall

S

Shoes
Snowball
Soundscapes
Statues
Stop and Go and Jump
Story of My Name

T

The Mysteries of Harris Burdick
Three Changes
Three Irish Duels
Tour of a Place
Trial/Courtroom

V

Visual Dramaturgy/Collective Drawing
Visual Mapping
Voices in the Head
Vote from Your Seat

W

Watercolor Conversations
What's The Story
Words of Wisdom

Y

Yes, AND...
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