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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 (10)
  • (-) High School/Secondary (17)
  • Middle School/Secondary (17)
  • Upper Elementary/Primary (18)

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 (2)
  • Text-Based/Visual Dialogue (2)

Image Work

  • Images in Action (1)

Role Work

  • Performing Character (1)

Theatre Game as Metaphor

  • Conflict, Power & Problem Solving (2)
  • Ensemble, Energy & Focus (2)

Content Area

  • Art (5)
  • English Language Arts (8)
  • Health/Social Emotional (7)
  • Math (5)
  • Multilingual Learning (6)
  • Science (7)
  • Social Studies (8)

Teaching Strategies

  • (-) High School/Secondary
  • (-) Large Space
  • (-) Room for a Standing Line

Displaying 17 Teaching Strategies

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

C

Columbian Hypnosis
Conscience Alley
Cross the Room/ Stand Up If

G

Group/String Shapes

L

Living Portraits

M

Magic Present

N

Name + Adjective + Movement

P

Poster Dialogue
Punctuation to Punctuation (P2P)

Q

Quick Frozen Critters

S

Shoes
Stop and Go and Jump

T

Three Irish Duels
Tour of a Place

V

Vote With Your Feet

W

What's The Story

Y

Yes, AND...
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