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The Inspiring Drama Teacher
Unit 1: Welcome to the course!
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Welcome to the Course! 📺 (2:07)
BONUS: Course Workbook
Introduce Yourself! ✏️
The Facebook Online Academy
Unit 2: Introductory Webinar 📺
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Unit 3: FAQs
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Zoom Session Recordings 📺 2025
Zoom Session Recordings 📺 2024
Zoom Session Recordings 📺 2023
Zoom Session Recordings 📺 2022
Zoom Session Recordings 📺 2021
Zoom Session Recordings 📺 2020
Unit 4: Ten Second Objects
Let's dive into Ten Second Objects! 📺 (3:40)
Mini Task: 101 Ten Second Objects ✏️
Unit 5: The Most Useful Drama Technique in the World
A band of pirates dividing up their treasure ✏️
Freeze Frames Video 📺 (2:08)
So why use Freeze Frames?
Mini Task: Writing on the Wall ✏️
And here's the Takeaway! 📖✏️
BONUS - 100 x 10 Second Objects 📖 ✏️
Unit 6: Thought Tracking - Cheese and Pickle anyone?
It's the thought that counts 📺✏️
Tips
Video and Mini-Task 📺✏️
Unit 7: Open And Close
Open and Close
Mini Task and a Takeaway ✏️📖
Drop Of A Hat
David's Latest Book!
Unit 8: Action Clip
Bringing the scene to life with Action Clip 📺
A Tiny Bit of Theory
One More Thing ✏️
Unit 9: Hot Spotting
Where we're at
Video Demonstration 📺 (1:25)
No, not Hot Seating, but Hot Spotting ✏️
Download the PDF of Action Clip and Hot Spotting 📖
Unit 10: BONUS Freeze Frames Checklist
BONUS: Evaluating Freeze Frames 📖✏️
Unit 11: Musical Morphing
🎵Just Add Music 📺
Watch the Video 📺✏️
🎧 Face the Music
Unit 12: Why Drama?
Drama Theories and Popsicles ✏️
Suggested Reading ✏️
Unit 13: 3D Living Pictures
How to Begin (2:55)
Pictures ✏️
Developing the Technique (3:52)
Guess Who I Am - Children's Games (1:11)
Many More Examples! 🏞
Unit 14: Whoosh Storytelling
Whoosh Storytelling - as used by the RSC 📖✏️
Romeo, Juliet and the Dream 📺✏️📖 (1:04)
BONUS: Tempest Whoosh 📖
BONUS: Romeo and Juliet Storytelling Whooshes
If you like teaching Shakespeare
Unit 15: Imaginarium
Imagine... Just About Anything! 📺 (3:31)
How to Teach the Game
Developing the Game ✏️📖
Unit 16: Soundscape
Soundscape 🎧
Download Soundscape PDF 📖
Soundscape Videos 📺
Ideas for Soundscapes ✏️
Unit 17: Additional Drama Strategies
Conscience Alley ✏️ (3:19)
NEW: Words, Words, Words
Drama Assessment
Drama Assessment Rubrics
Curriculum for Excellence in Expressive Arts (Scotland)
Primary Drama Assessment
Ontario Arts Curriculum
Tools, Tasks and Rubrics for Theater Education (Colorado/New York State)
Unit 18: BONUS David's Lesson Plans
Introduction
The Tiger Child 4-7 📖✏️
UPDATED Funnybones 5-7 📖✏️
Ghost Town Music 🎵📺
The Gruffalo 5-7 📖✏️
The Refugee Cat 5-11 📖✏️
Away From Home 7-11 📖✏️
The King's Sentence 7-11 📖✏️
The Musicians of Bremen Script 7-12 📖✏️
Drama Games for Language Teaching 9-adult 📖✏️
Commedia dell’arte Drama Unit 11-16 📖✏️
Introducing Augusto Boal (12 years to adult) 📖✏️
Unit 19: The Drama Lesson Plan Garden (3-7 Years)
Introduction
Man on the Moon (3-5 years) 📖✏️
Somebody Swallowed Stanley (4-7 years) 📖✏️📺
Owl Babies (4-7 years) 📖✏️📺
NEW - The Forest (5 year olds) 📖✏️
Exploring Fairy Tales (5-6 years) 📖✏️
NEW - Handa's Surprise (5-6 years) 📖✏️📺
NEW Brave Mouse (5-6 years) 📖✏️📺 (3:38)
Fire of London (6-7 years) 📖✏️
NEW The Selfish Giant (6-7 years)
Unit 20: The Drama Lesson Plan Garden (7-11 Years)
Giraffes Can't Dance (7-8 years) (5:49)
NEW Skeleton Hiccups - Hallowe'en Story. (7-10 years)
NEW - Willow Finds A Way - Bullying (8-9 years)
Fractured Fairy Tales (9-10 years) 📖✏️
The Monkey King (9-10 years) 📖✏️
Around the World `(9-11 years) 📖✏️
Go Kart (Poem by Michael Rosen) (9-11 years) 📖✏️📺
NEW Doctor Know It All (9-11 years)
Surviving in the Jungle Part One (10 years)
Surviving in the Jungle Part Two (10 years)
NEW - Theseus and the Minotaur (10-11 years) ✏️📖
NEW - I Need My Monster (10-12 years) 📖✏️📺
Unit 21: The Drama Lesson Plan Garden (11-18 Years)
NEW Boy Overboard by Morris Gleitzman (11-12 years)
NEW Isis and the Seven Scorpions (11-15 years)
NEW Animal Farm (Mime and Movement) (12-13 years) 📖✏️
The Tell Tale Heart (12-14 years) 📖✏️
A Midsummer Night's Dream and Social Skills (12-16 Special Needs) 📖✏️
Romeo and Juliet (12-13 years) 📖✏️
NEW Inside Out and Back Again (12-14 years)
NEW - Shakespeare Experts 5-week Scheme Of Work (12-14 years)
Antigone (12-15 years) 📖✏️
Vaping (12-15 years) 📖✏️
NEW - Hamlet Zoom Lessons for Ages (13-14 years) 📖✏️
NEW Introduction to The Tempest (13-14 years)
Feeding The Homeless during COVID-19 (14 years)
NEW Romeo and Juliet: Tableau Vivant (14-16 years)
NEW Incorporating Music with Melodramas (14-18 years)
NEW Superheroes (15-16 years)
NEW The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (17 years and upwards)
NEW Wild Geese Poem (15-16 years)
Unit 22: Course Assignment
Introduction
Full Instructions and Downloads ✏️ 📖
Assessing Students
Submit Your Assignment Here ✏️
Unit 23: Assignment Webinar
Watch the Assignment Webinar 📺 (25:27)
Unit 24: A Little Extra...
Final Feedback and a Gift ✏️ 📖
And A Bonus Game! 📺📖
Stay in Touch!
Submit Your Assignment Here ✏️
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