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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.

  • Auditioning

    High School Advanced lesson by Kristie L. Farr. After reading a play together, students select a monologue from the play to prepare for a mock audition.

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  • Performing the Character Analysis Monologue

    High School Advanced lesson by Natalie Dommer with SEL Strategies by Julia Heckathorn for students to learn how to research the world of a character beyond the script for the purpose of writing a monologue and then presenting it.

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  • Shakespeare - The Soliloquy

    High School Advanced lesson by Jason Robert LeClair with SEL Strategies by Kathleen Woods. In this lesson, students memorize and deliver a soliloquy from a classical play with blocking and emotional purpose.

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  • Elements of Staging

    High School Advanced lesson by Kristie L. Farr and Kate Lee. Through a series of exercises, students select a theme to explore through research and devising work.

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  • Director's Vision Statement

    High School Advanced lesson by Jason Robert LeClair with SEL Strategies by Kathleen Woods. In this lesson, students learn the process of constructing a director’s vision statement for a script.

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  • Directing Styles - Wearing the Many Hats

    High School Advanced Lesson by Barbara Hilt with SEL Strategies by Amy Cole-Farrell. In this lesson, students learn to differentiate between the different styles of directing and apply them within their own directing of one-act plays.

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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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  • 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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  • Design, Build, or Repurpose Shoes!

    High School Advanced lesson by Joselyn Ludtke. In this design and create lesson, students learn to design, build, and re-purpose shoes for stage use. Students research, design, revise, and create a finished shoe or shoes through picking a specific character to design for and using shoes to communicate the concept of the world of play and character’s role within that world.

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  • Designing for a Moment in Time

    High School Advanced lesson by Joselyn Ludtke. In this dramaturgy and scene design lesson, students learn to conduct design research through a Historical Lens. By applying period architectural details to their design sketches, students add specificity to scenic design.

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