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Gather your colleagues and join us for our 5th annual
Summer Drama Institute.
August 1-3, 2011
at Columbia College in downtown Chicago
Ignite your creativity, and discover inspiring ways to
bring science and social studies to life! Learn
strategies to:
• Explore the drama of the natural world
• Enact significant moments from history
• Enliven non-fiction text
• Engage collaborative problem solving
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flyer and registration form.
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Purchase the books recommended for your session.
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shipping. Books will be distributed at the
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August 1, 9am to 3pm
Getting Started with Drama Integration: The Basics
(Appropriate for teachers and teaching artists of grades
1-8)
Challenge student thinking, improve collaboration, and
tap into students’ curiosity about content. Wonder how
to get started? This session presents teaching and
management techniques for introducing and using drama
effectively.
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Discover how drama connects across your curriculum.
• Learn basic tools and skills of drama.
• Experience how drama teaches teamwork and
collaboration.
• Acquire activities for teaching imagination,
concentration, movement, and enacted story..
• Learn to begin designing drama lessons.
Recommended books:
Getting Started with Drama, 181 Favorite Level I Ideas
for Drama, From Page to Stage: 50 Original Stories for
Classroom Drama
August 2, 9am to 3pm
The Drama of Science
(Appropriate for teachers and teaching artists of grades
1-8. Completion of Getting Started with Drama
Integration is recommended.)
Transform science lessons into active, student-centered
explorations of earth science, physical science, and
biology through drama. Experience activities that
develop teamwork and creative problem solving skills.
Acquire techniques for classroom management and building
group dynamics while exploring a variety of drama
integrated lesson designs.
Uncover the countless ways drama integrates with your
science curriculum.
• Explore the drama of the natural world
• Enact significant scientific concepts
• Enliven non-fiction text
• Engage collaborative problem solving
August 3, 9am to 3pm
Bringing Social Studies to Life
(Appropriate for teachers and teaching artists of grades
1-8. Completion of Getting Started with Drama
Integration is recommended.)
The story of humanity is filled with drama. The
struggles, the achievements, the conflicts are all
perfect content for students to explore through
movement, dialogue, reenactment, characterization, and
action. Learn to structure drama integrated lessons that
bring history to life, take geographical adventures, and
analyze the consequences of past actions. Experience a
number of activities for use in the classroom, as well
as a process of implementing and designing lessons.
• Enact significant moments from history
• Examine conflict, actions, and consequences
• Enliven non-fiction text
• Engage creative and critical thinking
Teacher responses to the institute…
“I enjoyed learning how to implement drama into my
classroom so that my students feel comfortable and excited.”
“I am walking away twice as knowledgeable”
“Challenging . . . Creative . . . Stimulating . . . Active.”
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