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SEL Lesson Plan Library

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. Download and go!

 

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.

  • Introduction to Japanese Theatre

    High School Proficient lesson by Jo Strom Lane to introduce students to Japanese Theatre (noh/kyogen, kabuki, and bunraku) through short puzzles and videos, including Star Wars Kabuki.

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  • Theatre Jobs

    High School Proficient lesson by Mark Zortman to guide students through an exploration of various job opportunities that exist within the theatre world.

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  • The Feel of Horror: Incorporating Elements of Horror into Scenic Design

    High School Advanced lesson by Joselyn Ludtke. In this design only lesson, students incorporate aspects of horror into scenic designs.

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  • That Bottle Should Have Come with a Label: Props and Script Analysis

    High School Advanced lesson by Joselyn Ludtke designed for students to learn to create props based on the needs of a script and the application of a design concept.

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  • Script Analysis for Costuming

    High School Accomplished or High School Advanced lesson by Natalie Dommer. In this lesson, students learn how to find details in a script for the purpose of costume design, and create an effective chart to organize their script research.

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  • Scenic Paint Practice: Mimicking a Painting for Stage Use

    High School Accomplished lesson by Joselyn Ludtke to guide students through recreating a work of art for parody or decoration on stage that accurately represents or helps to unify the production.

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  • Creating a Monologue from a Historical Picture

    High School Proficient, High School Accomplished, or High School Advanced lesson by Molly Grasso. In this lesson, students create a short monologue from a historical picture of a person.

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  • Choreography Based on a Society in a Play

    High School Accomplished lesson by Shira Schwartz. In this lesson, students choose a dance that would be appropriate to a specific society (based on an assigned period piece) and choreograph a section of at least 60 seconds, while being sure to include all relevant societal and cultural norms.

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  • Types of Songs in Musicals

    High School Proficient lesson by Mark Zortman designed to help students gain an understanding of the different types of songs that are in a musical.

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  • Teaching Stanislavski thru Spolin with Chekhov’s Architypal Actions

    Lesson for High School Proficient, High School Accomplished, or High School Advanced by Craig Wrotniak. In this lesson students learn about Konstantin Stanislavski, Viola Spolin and Michael Chekhov in order to understand the basics from their methods and to create a method of their own using the elements of these three theatre practitioners.

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