9th Grade Drama and Performing Arts Resources
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LESSON PLANS
Music and Interdisciplinary Connections
Teach students to understand relationships between music and other art forms.SubjectsVisual ArtsMusic National Content Standard 6Music National Content Standard 8 -
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"The Black Cat" Play & Activities
Read the full text of Edgar Allen Poe's play "The Black Cat," then analyze the play with a lesson plan. Students perform…Subjects:Reading and LiteraturePlaywrightsDrama and Performing Arts -
BOOK GUIDES
A Doll's House Teacher's Guide
Build background knowledge in 19th-century history and culture with the lesson planning resources in this teacher's…Subjects:LiteratureSuffrage and Women's RightsDrama and Performing Arts -
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Twelfth Night Curriculum Guide
Help students experience Illyria with performance-based teaching strategies for Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. Before…Subjects:ShakespeareDrama and Performing ArtsAuthors -
BOOK GUIDES
The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays Teacher's Guide
This 24-page teacher's guide to The Importance of Being Earnest focuses on themes, character analysis, and drama-based…Subjects:Literary DramaDrama and Performing ArtsLiterature -
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The Mousetrap and Other Plays
The plays in The Mousetrap and Other Plays cover Agatha Christie's work from 1944 to 1960 and are accessible to all…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureLiterary DramaDrama and Performing Arts -
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A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams, contains considerable complexity both in individual characters and in…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureLiterary DramaDrama and Performing Arts -
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Doctor Faustus
As a genre study, Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus is a morality play, a historical allegory, and the tale of a hero…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureLiterary DramaDrama and Performing Arts -
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Write a Cover Letter That Sells
Use this printable to have children write a cover letter to sell a fake movie script they have written.Subjects:Letter-Writing Lessons & TipsLetters, Journals and DiariesWriting -
TEACHING RESOURCE
Harry Potter Timeline
The life of J.K. Rowling and her famous creation, Harry Potter, are presented in this timeline.Subjects:Teaching Harry PotterBooksLiterature -
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Quotes from the Cast of the Harry Potter Movies
Read these fun quotes from the cast of the Harry Potter movies -- they compare themselves to their characters.Subjects:Teaching Harry PotterBooksLiterature -
LESSON PLANS
Creating Opera
Work with students to improvise dialogue (speaking and singing), music, and scenery to turn a story into an emotional…SubjectsDrama and Performing ArtsMusicArt, Music and Drama -
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Ballet Shoes
Enhance your teaching materials with this clip art image illustrating ballet shoes and a theatrical mask.Subjects:Dance and BalletDrama and Performing ArtsArt, Music and Drama -
WORKSHEETS
Independent Reading Guide: The Play
Use a teaching guide that helps students analyze the elements of plays, their responses to the selection, and the craft…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureLiterary DramaDrama and Performing Arts -
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Lysistrata
The plot of Aristophanes's Lysistrata depicts Athenian women who are fed up with the Peloponnesian War, so they…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureLiterary DramaDrama and Performing Arts -
TEACHING RESOURCE
Review of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Read a movie review of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the sixth film in the Harry Potter series,…Subjects:Teaching Harry PotterBooksLiterature -
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Henry IV, Part 1 Curriculum Guide
Develop students' appreciation of Shakespeare's language through performance-based teaching strategies for Henry IV,…Subjects:ShakespeareDrama and Performing ArtsAuthors -
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Othello Curriculum Guide
Through performance-based teaching strategies for Othello, students will discover how the language of the soliloquy…Subjects:ShakespeareDrama and Performing ArtsAuthors -
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Read a Script
In this activity, children will practice reading a scene from a movie.Subjects:Reading and LiteratureReading AloudDrama and Performing Arts -
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The Making of Toy Story
In this activity, children will calculate how many hours of computing time were needed to make Toy Story.Subjects:MeasurementMathematicsTelling and Measuring Time -
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Animation in the World
Using encyclopedias and other reference materials, children will complete a table about animators all over the world.Subjects:Library ResourcesReading and LiteratureReference Materials -
TEACHING RESOURCE
African-American Theater
During the 20th century, African-American playwrights began gaining recognition and acclaim.Subjects:Social Studies and HistoryAfrican-American HistoryDrama and Performing Arts