Teaching Theatre Online: Step-by-step lesson plans for virtual theatre camps and classes (Paperback)

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Instantly plan your virtual theatre camps with this step-by-step curriculum.

Are you feeling burnt out from remote teaching? Need inspiration for your virtual theatre camps and classes?

Introducing Teaching Theatre Online, a step-by-step guide that will alleviate the stress in planning your virtual camp and class curriculum. This 170-page resource features over 250 of the best activities and practices for teaching real performing arts skills through distance learning (including acting, music and dance). You'll find the most popular activities from previous Beat by Beat adapted for Zoom, with added insight and tips on how to keep kids engaged. These activities are organized into four incredible virtual camp experiences (or units) for students age 7-14. With this book you'll instantly have a day-to-day game plan on how to organize and plan your virtual theatre classes.

This resource was created by the same award-winning publisher of Teaching Drama: The Essential Handbook, a #1 best-seller on Amazon which has sold over 35,000 copies and has been translated into 5 languages.

With this eBook you'll get:

  • Ready-to-go virtual lesson plans with over 50 hours of instruction
  • Organized into four "camps", or "units", that culminate in a virtual performance
  • Over 250 distance learning activities in acting, music, dance, improv, playwriting, radio plays, and more
  • Hundreds of links to YouTube videos and digital resources throughout
  • Sample Beat by Beat monologues, scenes and songs to aid the lessons
  • 8 MP3 links to Beat by Beat Music Cues for for virtual music rehearsal

As an instructor you'll learn:

  • Tips and tricks for using Zoom to enhance theatre games
  • How to setup and organize your sessions to avoid Zoom fatigue
  • How to effectively use Zoom breakout rooms for acting, music, dance
  • How to help kids feel connected over Zoom

Overview of each Virtual Camp Experience:

Below is an overview of the four camp experiences. Each virtual camp curriculum features three virtual instruction blocks that students rotate through throughout the day.

  • Week #1: Broadway Variety Show
  • Week #2: Improv, Script Writing, Radio Plays
  • Week #3: Super Summer Actor's Studio
  • Week #4: All About the Arts

About Beat by Beat Press

Beat by Beat Press is the leader in providing today's best resources for theatre educators. Its website attracts over 450,000 visits a month by teachers seeking high-quality materials to use in the classroom. beat by Beat by Beat books and musicals have been used in tens of thousands of performance spaces and classrooms in over 100 countries and translated into 5 languages.



Product Details
ISBN: 9780578736181
ISBN-10: 0578736187
Publisher: Beat by Beat Press
Publication Date: July 24th, 2020
Pages: 186
Language: English