Active Learning Through Drama, Podcasting, and Puppetry

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Drama
Chapter 1: The Benefits of Learning Through the Arts
Chapter 2: Getting Started: Welcoming Rituals and Actors' Warm-ups (All Grades)
Chapter 3: Telling and Retelling Stories Through Drama: Narrative Pantomime and Circle Drama (Preschool and Up)
Chapter 4: Animating History: Biography Wax Museum (Grades 3 and Up)
Chapter 5: Ideas in Action: Drama Machines (Grades 3 and Up)
Chapter 6: "Living Pictures": Tableau (Grades 4 and Up)
Chapter 7: Putting It Together: Living Newspapers (Grades 5 and Up)
Part II: Working with the Voice
Chapter 8: Oral Tapestries: Choral Readings (Grades 2 and Up)
Chapter 9: Drama on the Air: Using Podcasting to Create Radio Plays (Grades 3 and Up)
Part III: Puppetry
Chapter 10: Storytelling with Shadow: Shadow Puppetry (Grades K and Up)
Part IV: Advocacy
Chapter 11: Advocating for Arts-Infused Curriculum in the Media Center
Bibliography
Index
Author/Illustrator/Title Index

About the author

Kristin Fontichiaro is an elementary teacher librarian in Birmingham, Michigan. She is the author of the current Libraries Unlimited title, Active Learning Through Drama, Podcasting, and Puppetry.

Product details

• Authors: Kristin Fontichiaro, Fontichiaro Kristin
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.03.2007
• EAN: 9781591584025
• ISBN: 978-1-59158-402-5
• No. of pages: 240
• Weight: 680 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; Library & information services, Library and information services, Primary & middle schools, Primary and middle schools, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Elementary