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 clinical assistant professor at the University of Michigan's School of Information, Ann Arbor.

Product details

• Authors: Kristin Fontichiaro
• Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.09.2000
• EAN: 9781591584025
• ISBN: 978-1-59158-402-5
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 216 mm x 280 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 615 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology