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The Director's Role in Theater | Drama Arts Toolkit

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Jeromy and Lyndy Franklin Smith describe their roles in the Lexington Theatre Company. Jeromy, the producing director, focuses on logistics, contracts, and budgets. Lyndy, the artistic director, concentrates on auditions and casting, public relations, and marketing. When a show is in production, the two share directing duties. Collaboration with each other and their staff makes for a successful show.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Dancing Shapes | All About Me

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Watch the clip, Bomba or Baseball, from Alma's Way to spark conversations about dancing and not getting things right on the first try. Then, introduce the activity to help students practice developing their coordination skills and work to strengthen their large muscles. NOTE: The PDF document assets and Support Materials are also available in Spanish.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Author: PBS Learning Media

Don't Carry Too Much Stuff | Songs and Stories with Mary and Mike

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Learn about inspirations for a story and how that story can inspire a new song. Mary and Mike travel to the Music Resource Center in Charlottesville to meet up with the author, Marc Boston, and the musician, Tevin White. Marc shares his beautiful children’s book, inspired by his own daughter. And Tevin shares a special song that he wrote, inspired by Marc’s book. Together, we learn how to stop carrying so much stuff! More About This Resource Presented by VPM. Songs and Stories with Mary and Mike uses music and story as the joyful pathway to learning for young children while integrating and modeling the state's new EC learning standards for literacy, math, and social-emotional learning as well as the National Standards for Music Education. The show forges connections across the greater community by featuring guest teachers, artists, musicians, authors, and community members. With every music selection, book selection, and guest spotlight, Mary and Mike strive for a rich, diverse, beautiful representation of all people and cultures. The message to beautiful learners is clear: they are loved, they are valued, and they can do amazing things.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Author: PBS Learning Media

Let's Build Together | Songs and Stories with Mary and Mike

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Let’s learn about the different building blocks of music: beat, rhythm, harmony, and melody. Using these building blocks, we can be brave musicians and make our very own musical sound. Join us while we experiment with the elements of music and then watch as our special guest, Ms. Foster, shows us how to build shoebox houses with everyday items we find around the house. More About This Resource Presented by VPM. Songs and Stories with Mary and Mike uses music and story as the joyful pathway to learning for young children while integrating and modeling the state's new EC learning standards for literacy, math, and social-emotional learning as well as the National Standards for Music Education. The show forges connections across the greater community by featuring guest teachers, artists, musicians, authors, and community members. With every music selection, book selection, and guest spotlight, Mary and Mike strive for a rich, diverse, beautiful representation of all people and cultures. The message to beautiful learners is clear: they are loved, they are valued, and they can do amazing things.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Author: PBS Learning Media

The Sounds of Brazil | Songs and Stories with Mary and Mike

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Learn about the music of Brazil. Have you ever wondered how music transforms from notes on a page to something so beautiful it can touch our souls? Mike travels to Harrisonburg, VA to meet a pianist from Brazil, who teaches us about the music of Brazil and performs a lively piece on the piano. Mary guides us in moving our bodies to all of the different musical sounds and we learn to sing a children’s folk song in Portuguese. More About This Resource Presented by VPM. Songs and Stories with Mary and Mike uses music and story as the joyful pathway to learning for young children while integrating and modeling the state's new EC learning standards for literacy, math, and social-emotional learning as well as the National Standards for Music Education. The show forges connections across the greater community by featuring guest teachers, artists, musicians, authors, and community members. With every music selection, book selection, and guest spotlight, Mary and Mike strive for a rich, diverse, beautiful representation of all people and cultures. The message to beautiful learners is clear: they are loved, they are valued, and they can do amazing things.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Author: PBS Learning Media

Overcoming Copyright Fears Webinar | The Pathways Project

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In this one hour webinar, we’ll discuss best practices and practical strategies for deciding when and how much of a copyrighted work you can include under fair use. After the workshop, educators will be able to enrich their course materials with photos, video clips, newspaper articles, and more. Better yet, they will know how to share them with a larger audience. Bookmarks Introduction: 0:00 Mini Intro to Copyright and Creative Commons: 9:33 Tools & Resources: 15:45 Language Specific Examples: 26:48 Webinar Materials - Webinar Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/... - Overcoming Copyright Fear Worksheet: Fair Use: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1z... - Overcoming Copyright Fears Questions Document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_... Connect with the Pathways Project on Social Media: - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boisestatep... - LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/9178362/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/PathwaysBSU Overcoming Copyright Fears Webinar by The Pathways Project is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Acknowledgement The Pathways Project is grateful to provide this professional development opportunity thanks to a recently awarded National Endowment for the Humanities Digital Humanities Advancement Grant. About the National Endowment for the Humanities Created in 1965 as an independent federal agency, the National Endowment for the Humanities supports research and learning in history, literature, philosophy, and other areas of the humanities by funding selected, peer-reviewed proposals from around the nation. Additional information about the National Endowment for the Humanities and its grant programs is available at: http://www.neh.gov

Material Type: Lecture, Lesson, Module

Authors: Amber Hoye, Kelly Arispe, Shannon Smith

How to Set Up An Art Cart

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How to Set Up An Art Cart A Copyrighted Article Re-posted with Permission from Shelley Klammer http://www.expressiveartworkshops.com/how-to-start-your-own-art-program/how-to-set-up-an-art-cart/ The following is a list of items that you may want to use when setting up an art cart for institutional and medical settings such as hospitals and care homes. I work in a hospital setting with the older adults so I include a variety of pre- prepared projects on my cart, as well as materials for spontaneous art making. Some elders with dementia need a great deal of assistance and some like to paint within pre-drawn lines. Others prefer to work utterly spontaneously. Your art cart will look different than mine but I will share some of the materials and projects that I use with you here.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Interactive, Lesson Plan

Author: NDE Digital Learning

Mona Lisa Fact or Fiction

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Mona Lisa Fact or Fiction A Copyrighted Activity Re-Posted with Permission from Cheryl Trowbridge www.teachkidsart.net Objectives: The participants will be introduced to interesting facts surrounding the painting of the Mona Lisa Audiences: This lesson is perfect for anyone, regardless of age, who is interested in learning more about art and history. Use Cheryl’s wonderful plan with your group and consider using her format to explore other art, traditions, cultures, artists and subjects. We are all enriched when we are life-long learners.

Material Type: Lesson, Lesson Plan

Author: NDE Digital Learning

ART Bridges-Hildegard Center: Emotion Painting

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Andrea Mulder-Slater (creator of www.KinderArt.com ) designed this lesson to be used with children ages 5 and older. However, this lesson can be easily adapted to work with individuals of all ages as a way of identifying and expressing emotions. Participants will gain an understanding of how much of a role emotion plays in art-making as they create paintings based on feelings.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Interactive, Lesson

Author: NDE Digital Learning

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Empowered Learner: MS Music

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This Empower Learner Activity engages students in self-assessment, preliminary goal setting and reflection on use of learning strategies within the context of Middle School Music. In addition, there is also a choice board at the bottom that engages students in some degree of control over how they practices the Vocabulary and Skills taught.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Assessment, Homework/Assignment, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: Nick Ziegler

How to Create a Vision Board

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How to Create a Vision Board A Copyrighted Activity Created by and Re-posted with Permission from Louise Gale http://www.louisegale.com Objectives: The participants will: 1. Reflect on goals for themselves for a set point in the future 2. Use the art form of collage to manipulate materials and create artwork that symbolizes those goals and visions Audiences: This activity can be used by any age group. Counselors/therapists may adapt this activity for those who are battling depression, addiction, PTSD or other issues. What is a Vision Board and Why is it Important? A vision board is simply a board of any size which has pictures, words and other items collaged onto it. The purpose is to create a picture or vision of what you want to attract into your life—this could be where you’d like to visit or live, changes you’d like to make to your existing environment or life, or how you’d like to feel. Displaying your vision board where you will see it every day will help you “tune your brain”, similar to a radio signal, to remind yourself of the goals you have set as you go about your busy life! Visuals are powerful as they tap into your subconscious more than words. I really like to use a combination of visuals and words as the words will also help increase the emotional response. I usually keep my vision board in my bedroom so I wake up to it every day. Remember you don’t have to do this alone. You can invite your family and close friends to take part.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson, Lesson Plan

Author: NDE Digital Learning

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