Getting Started with Drama Integration: The Basics 

Are you seeking ways to challenge student thinking, improve collaboration, and generate excitement about content? Drama offers a wealth of strategies and activities to invigorate classroom instruction. This two-day course will explore a variety of techniques for introducing and using drama effectively with students.

• Learn the basic tools and skills of the art form.
• Experience teaching techniques and management strategies needed for instruction.
• Acquire activities for building imagination, improving concentration, introducing movement, and enacting story.
• Experience how drama teaches teamwork and collaboration.

August 11 & 12 from 9am to 4pm

Columbia College, 33 E. Congress, Chicago

Early Registration Fee: $200 ($225 after June 15)

Recommended Books: Getting Started with Drama, 181 Favorite Level I Ideas for Drama,

and From Page to Stage: 50 Original Stories for Classroom Drama order here

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Getting Started with Drama Integration: Delving Deeper

Now that you and your students have explored the basic tools and skills of drama – what’s next? Building on the techniques and strategies of The Basics course, participants will delve deeper into the art form and how to integrate it with other curricular areas.

• Acquire new lessons and teaching strategies that bring fun to academic learning.
• Examine lessons connecting drama to literacy, writing, and other content areas.
• Differentiate your instruction through proven drama teaching techniques.
• Experience advanced story drama techniques.
• Acquire assessment tools for measuring student progress.

August 14 & 15 from 9am to 4pm

Columbia College, 33 E. Congress, Chicago

Early Registration Fee: $200 ($225 after June 15)

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