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Lesson Plan Library

Lesson plans and units created for EdTA members in a common template for ease of use. Our library includes a wide variety of lesson plans for grades K - High School; including a wide variety of lesson plans across all areas of the Theatre Model Curriculum Framework:  acting, directing/producing, designing & technical theatre, writing/devising and dramaturgy.   

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Access adjudicated lesson plans designed for EdTA.

  • Building Ensemble Agreements
    Students learn to create their own classroom agreements in this SEL embedded lesson plan by Julia Cuppy.
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  • Plays in Time
    Comparing "A Raisin in the Sun" and "All My Sons" for an analysis of the themes and comparison to contemporary issues.
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  • Elements of Staging
    High School Advanced lesson by Kristie L. Fuller and Kate Lee. Through a series of exercises, students select a theme to explore through research and devising work.
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  • Collaborative Playmaking
    High School Advanced lesson by Julia Cuppy. In this lesson, students collaborate and create a short improvised theatre piece centered on a central idea or theme by using the devised theatre process.
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  • Forum Theatre
    High School Advanced lesson by Kaz Chandler. In this lesson, students investigate the techniques of Augusto Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed through Forum Theatre in exploring reform of social issues through theatrical convention.
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Lesson Plans with annotated SEL Connections

Social Emotional Learning encompasses skills in self awareness, social awareness, self management, responsible decision making and relationship skills. For SEL to be most effective, it must be both explicit and consistent. This page features theatre lesson plans across all aspects of the curriculum which model intentional SEL instruction by making natural connections to what goes on in the theatre classroom. We make it easy for you by demonstrating strategies and language to add SEL power to your lessons. 

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Download and use these lesson plans which model Social and Emotional learning connections in theatre classrooms, created by educators for EdTA as a part of the 2021 EdTA SEL Lesson Plan Project.

  • Adaptation from Page to Stage

    High School Advanced lesson by Erin Moughon-Smith. In this writing lesson, students adapt a current event story into a dramatic piece. They will justify their theatrical choices and revise their piece based on rehearsal and feedback.

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  • Collaborative Playmaking

    High School Advanced lesson by Julia Cuppy. In this lesson, students collaborate and create a short improvised theatre piece centered on a central idea or theme by using the devised theatre process.

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  • How to Write a Two-Person Scene

    High School Accomplished lesson by Erin Moughon-Smith. In this lesson, students learn how to use character objectives and tactics in order to write a short two-person scene. Students will share their work with their peers and make revisions.

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  • How to Write a Monologue

    High School Proficient lesson by Erin Moughon-Smith. In this writing lesson, students write a monologue about a memory in their lives, then revise this monologue based on self- and peer feedback.

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  • Lighting Design Scavenger Hunt

    High School Proficient lesson by Julia Cuppy. In this lighting design lesson, students identify the four qualities of light by participating in a scavenger hunt exploring how light changes in different situations.

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