The SECOND EDITION of everyone's favorite theatre arts curriculum book, Introduction to Theatre Arts, Volume 1, is now available

This new edition is gender neutral, better organized, updated to reflect modern technology and social media, and has a 2020 copyright date Best of all, this Student Workbook is just that... a true individual workbook for each student, loose-leaf three-hole punched and ready to drop into a binder.

We've retained all the elements that made the first edition of this book a top-selling theatre arts curriculum text year after year, such as daily bell work, fun puzzles, and quizzes and tests to make classroom management easier. This classroom-tested, year-long curriculum covers the entire spectrum of theatre: theatre history, scene work, acting, characterization, publicity, play production, games and improvisations, and more. This book is designed to energize your Theatre 1 class by engaging students in the idea of learning by doing.

The SECOND EDITION of everyone's favorite theatre arts curriculum book, Introduction to Theatre Arts, Volume 1, is now available

This new edition is gender neutral, better organized, updated to reflect modern technology and social media, and has a 2020 copyright date The Teacher's Guide still includes every page from the Student Workbook, yet is better organized with the notes to the teacher now appearing alongside the corresponding student page. Four additional sections in the Teacher's Guide supplement the material with teaching tools, evaluation tools, production tools, and tests and major projects. Tests even include two levels of difficulty.

Classroom-tested, the year-long curriculum covers the entire spectrum of theatre: theatre history, scene work, acting, characterization, publicity, play production, games and improvisations, and more. Energize your Theatre 1 class by engaging students in the idea of learning by doing.

Those who have already discovered the ease of teaching with the recently updated second edition of Suzi Zimmerman's Introduction to Theatre Arts, Volume 1 will be thrilled to learn we now have the second edition of Introduction to Theatre Arts, Volume 2 available! Like with the first volume, teachers will love having the entire Student Workbook in this teacher's guide, along with more than 80 additional pages of helpful information and tips, grading forms and scoring rubrics, student activities, and more. The second edition of the Teacher's Guide is also better laid out with the notes to the teacher now appearing alongside the corresponding student page. No more flipping back and forth between pages! Finally, this guide, which makes teaching theatre arts easy and fun for everyone, contains three special chapters: The Valuable Theatre Program, Theatre for Unique Learners, and Theatre for Students Who Are Learning a New Language. Whether you use this text as a full-year curriculum, pick and choose activities for a semester-long class, or simply supplement your own units with these materials, this best-selling textbook is a must-have resource!

Written especially for those who coach tween and teenage actors, this delightfully fresh workbook tells you the how, when, what, and why of theatre games for young performers. Starter scenes allow first-time performers to ease onto the stage in baby steps. Spontaneity is encouraged along with etiquette and basic acting principles. The concepts of pantomime, improvisation, character development, voice, and body control are all presented in game formats with exercises. Nine chapters include: Before You Begin, Preparing, Starter Scenes, Exercises, Games, Improvisation, Pantomime, Non-Acting Theatre Games and Activities, and Developing Your Program, plus an Activities Index. Anyone working with young actors will find this theatre book exceptionally helpful, and you'll love that it's written by Suzi Zimmerman, author of the best-selling Introduction to Theatre Arts.

Those who have already discovered the ease of teaching with the recently updated second edition of Suzi Zimmerman's Introduction to Theatre Arts, Volume 1 will be thrilled to learn we now have the second edition of Introduction to Theatre Arts, Volume 2 available! Like with the first volume, teachers will love having the entire Student Workbook in this teacher's guide, along with more than 80 additional pages of helpful information and tips, grading forms and scoring rubrics, student activities, and more. The second edition of the Teacher's Guide is also better laid out with the notes to the teacher now appearing alongside the corresponding student page. No more flipping back and forth between pages! Finally, this guide, which makes teaching theatre arts easy and fun for everyone, contains three special chapters: The Valuable Theatre Program, Theatre for Unique Learners, and Theatre for Students Who Are Learning a New Language. Whether you use this text as a full-year curriculum, pick and choose activities for a semester-long class, or simply supplement your own units with these materials, this best-selling textbook is a must-have resource!

This 2nd edition has been updated to be gender-neutral, better organized, and include modern technology and social media. Even better, the Student Workbook is just that... an individual workbook for each student, loose-leaf, three-hole-punched, and ready to drop into a binder. We've designed this book to fit the budgetary considerations of schools, making it available at a fraction of the price of other Theatre 1 textbooks.

We retained all the elements that made the first edition of this book a top-selling theatre arts curriculum text year after year. You'll still find the daily bell work, fun puzzles, and quizzes and tests that you've come to rely on to make classroom management more effortless. This classroom-tested, year-long curriculum covers the entire spectrum of theatre: theatre history, scene work, acting, characterization, publicity, play production, games and improvisations, and more. It is designed to help teachers organize and energize their Theatre 1 class, engaging students in learning by doing.

The second edition of the Teacher's Guide is also better laid out, with the notes to the teacher now appearing alongside the corresponding student page. No more flipping back and forth between pages! Four additional sections in the Teacher's Guide make this student-friendly text also very teacher-friendly: teaching tools, evaluation tools, production tools, and tests and projects.