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Children's Theatre |
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The Online Books Page: Search
Database for catalogued on-line texts
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Winifred Ward: Background on
Winifred Ward from Northwestern magazine |
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Children’s Theatre Script Resource Page:
Extensive downloadable list of
children’s plays |
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Children’s Drama Resource page:
Links to lesson plans and children’s
drama information |
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Children’s Theatre History at
Northwestern University (brief):
Charlotte Chorpenning, Winifred Ward,
Aurand Harris and Suzan Zeder |
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American Alliance for Theatre and
Education: resource page
Organization started by Winifred Ward |
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Children’s Theatre Foundation of America:
Background information on the foundation |
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Theatre History: In-depth online
source |
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To Make Good Citizens-The Children’s
Theatre by Alice Minnie Herts:
on-line New York Times article |
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History of Drama: Resource From
Greek Drama through Neo-Classical Drama |
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Internet Broadway Database:
information on Alice Minnie Herts,
producer |
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Record of the Children’s Theatre of
Evanston, founded by Winifred Ward |
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Northwestern University Archives
collection: Winifred Ward Papers
Finding Aid - Detailed description of
the collection housed at Northwestern
PDF version – no links to the actual
primary source material |
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ArtExpress: The Expressive Arts Project:
Link to Western Illinois University
project for Early Childhood |
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On-line Artistotle’s Poetics |
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The Federal Theatre Project: Some
information on FTP Children’s Theatre |
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Costume Design |
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The Costume Gallery |
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Costume Society of America |
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The Costume Site |
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Education Through Dramatization
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Queen’s University, Faculty of
Education, Ontario: Action Research:
Creative Drama in the Second Language
Classroom |
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Arts Integration Website: Kennedy
Center |
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Children’s Theatre / Creative Drama |
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Imagination Quest: Arts Integrated
Literacy Learning Teaching Model
Imagination Stage & American University |
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Felt
Board Stories
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Downloads of different felt board
stories, cut outs and directions on how
to do it |
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Felt Board Stories Online: Original
hand-made stories and puppets:
fairytales, rhymes, cross cultural,
celebrations, rhyming stories,
children’s sets, finger puppets |
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Scroll down to the heading “felt board
and flannel board stories.” Links
to 4 different sites with ideas and more
links |
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make your own flannel storie |
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Involvement Dramatics |
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Anything that makes the audience an
integral part of the storytelling is
involvement dramatics. |
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Check out the characteristics of "TIE -
Theatre in Education" as outlined in the
article on the webpage |
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Check out the definitions for both
Creative Drama and Participation Theatre
on this Northwestern University website |
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This website has participation theatre
and a bit of involvement dramatics
defined |
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Artslynx International Arts Resources
Site |
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Lesson Plan Writing |
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Curriculum Development: links to
different lesson plan writing sources |
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Database of lesson plans and teaching
strategies |
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Web Toolboxes for Educators: Lessons
and Lesson Models |
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Outline of different lesson plan models |
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Smithsonian Education (click on
“Educators” and search for lesson plans
in disciplines you specify) |
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Storytelling |
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Aaron Shepard, professional storyteller:
Links to original adaptations, online
guide to storytelling, articles about
storytelling. All links pertain to
Aaron Shepard or his associates |
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Story Theatre Company website |
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The Society for Storytelling, England |
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Ken McCoy, Ph.D, Stetson University:
A Brief Guide to Internet Resources in
Theatre and Performance Studies |
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Story Arts Online Lessons and Activities:
Ideas for using Storytelling in the
Classroom |
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National Storytelling Network website |
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Storytelling Activities and Lesson Ideas |
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International Storytelling Center
website |
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Story Theater as applied to oral
presentation skills |
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The Children’s Literature Web Guide:
Links to Authors, Stories, Reader’s
Theatre, Journals and Book Reviews |
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Theatre
for Young Audiences
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Queen’s University, Faculty of
Education, Ontario: Action Research:
Creative Drama in the Second Language
Classroom |
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Matt Buchanan, MFA in Children’s Theatre:
Script Ideas, Lesson Plans, Play
Suggestions, Original Monologues for
Youth, MD |
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Theatre In The Park, New Salem, IL & The
Consortium: Speech and Drama Contest
Material |
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Order Children’s Theatre plays |
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Youth Stages: What is Creative Drama and
Why Use It? |
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Creative Drama Activities: grades 2-3 |
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