Creative drama and music methods
Subtitle: activities for the classroom
By: Janet E. Rubin and Margaret Merrion
Contributors: Merrion, Margaret Dee
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 131
ISBN-13: 9781442204614; 9781442204621; 9781442204638
Subjects: Improvisation (Acting); Drama in education; Children's theater; Music in education; Movement (Acting)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Creative drama and music in instructional settings : Merging theory and practice ; Terminology and roles ; Getting started ; Preparing successful lessons ; Content and achievement standards ; Patterns of progression ; The importance of arts education ; Guidelines for success; title: 2. Beginning activities : Ice-breakers ; Finger plays ; Nursery rhyme finger plays ; Noisy stories ; Replaying ; Sound awareness ; Familiar songs ; Sample lesson; title: 3. Listening and seeing imaginatively : Introducing basic creative drama skills : Concentration ; Classroom management ; Quieting activities ; Heightening the imagination: abstract/concrete images ; Musical echoes ; Rhythmic dialogues ; Sound journals ; Sample lesson; title: 4. Expressing creatively without words : Creative movement ; Pantomime ; Assisting the players: sidecoaching ; Recommended listening and movement repertory ; Sample lesson; title: 5. Building blocks for creative choices : Creative choices in music: ensemble singing ; Ensemble playing in drama ; Circle games ; Choral reading ; Characterization ; Group story building ; Representative songs ; Sample lesson; title: 6. Improvisation and story creation : Story creation ; Story creation from props ; Story creation from pictures ; Story creation from pictures activity: every picture tells a story ; Open-ended stories ; Improvisation and music ; Solo activities ; Ensemble activities ; Improvisations in creative drama ; Improvisation as story creation ; Role playing ; Sample lesson; title: 7. Integrating creative choices : Story dramatization ; Accompaniment ; Composition ; A final word ; Some suggested stories to dramatize ; Sample lesson; title: Appendices : A. Sample lesson ; B. Reflections for journal exploration ; C. Further resources ; Glossary.