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Paper Templates for Greek Theatre Masks

By Merry Wanderer Teaching Supplies

As a teacher, I've struggled to find Greek Theatre mask projects that work for the motor development of my students. Paper plate masks were too limiting and often seen by my students as juvenile. More complex projects were either too difficult or

Subjects:

Ancient History, Arts & Music, Drama

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Roles in the Theater (Technical Theatre)

By Merry Wanderer Teaching Supplies

This Roles in the Theater presentation breaks down the major jobs behind the scenes in the theater and is a great introduction to technical theater for beginning theater students. It uses a diverse cast of anime avatars to give students a strong

Subjects:

Drama

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6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Classical Theater History Pack (Greek and Roman Theater)

By Merry Wanderer Teaching Supplies

My first nine weeks of Theater I alternates between basic performance technique and the history of Greek and Roman Theater. I specifically ask students to compare and contrast the styles of theater and draw connections to the values of the Ancient

Subjects:

Ancient History, Art History, Drama

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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PowerPoint Presentations, Assessment, Interactive Notebooks

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Stages, Stage Directions, and Parts of the Stage Presentation

By Merry Wanderer Teaching Supplies

One of the foundations of an intro to theater class is learning the types of stages and names for parts of the stage. This is crucial to clear communication and to writing expedient blocking notation.This product is an upgraded TPT Google Tools

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Drama

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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PowerPoint Presentations, Google Apps

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Ancient Greek Theater Notes Presentations & Quiz

By Merry Wanderer Teaching Supplies

Any overview of theater history has to start at the beginning: with the Greeks. This file contains two presentations (both PPT & PDF ) giving an overview of Ancient Greek Theater for secondary theater or ELA students. It is a great way to

Subjects:

Ancient History, Drama, Other (ELA)

Grades:

9^th, 10^th

Types:

Lectures, PowerPoint Presentations, Assessment

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Prop Food Project

By Merry Wanderer Teaching Supplies

In 2019 when I started pre-production on Beauty and the Beast, I realized I would need a LOT of food props for our spread during "Be Our Guest." The sheer number of items comprising the lavish feast was an opportunity for my growing technical

Subjects:

Visual Arts, Drama

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7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Projects

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Playing Shakespeare Monologue Study Unit

By Merry Wanderer Teaching Supplies

In this monologue study unit, students will choose a Shakespearean monologue and go through the steps to build a performance. The unit culminates in a performance assessment. Included ⇒ A unit overview sheet for the teacher (PDF) ⇒ An assignment

Subjects:

Arts & Music, Drama, Literature

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Projects, Unit Plans, Graphic Organizers

$20.00

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Hand Tools for High School Technical Theater

By Merry Wanderer Teaching Supplies

This attractive presentation breaks basic hand tools into categories with descriptions, images, and uses for each tool. The tools included are HAMMERS: Claw hammer, ball peen hammer, dead blow hammer, mallet/non-maming hammer, tack hammer. DRILLS

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Drama, Career and Technical Education, Engineering

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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PowerPoint Presentations

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Roman Theater Notes Presentations & Quiz

By Merry Wanderer Teaching Supplies

This file contains two PPT & PDF presentations giving an overview of Ancient Roman Theater for secondary theater or ELA students. The notes are split into two parts that can be taught on separate days. The first part covers theater from the

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Ancient History, Art History, Drama

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Lectures, PowerPoint Presentations, Assessment

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Whose Fault Is It? A Review Game

By Merry Wanderer Teaching Supplies

Once you've taught the roles in the theater, it's time to reinforce that learning with some active engagement. Whose Fault Is It? asks students to debate each other, recalling the responsibilities of different jobs in the theater to defend their

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Drama

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Activities

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I Wish People Knew About Me- Monologue Writing Assignment

By Merry Wanderer Teaching Supplies

This zip folder contains two files- instructions for the "I Wish People Knew About Me" project and a graphic organizer used to start the assignment. Students will write a personal monologue as themselves and perform it for the class. The prompt is

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Drama, Writing

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Graphic Organizers, Lesson

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W.9-10.3d, W.9-10.3e, W.9-10.4, W.9-10.5, W.9-10.10

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Dream Room Design Project

By Merry Wanderer Teaching Supplies

In a technical theater class, there are a number of skills to work through before you can even think about designing sets for plays. Students need to learn how to draw a scaled ground plan, how to cut foam board, how to calculate paint, and how to

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Other (Arts), Drama

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Projects, Assessment

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Playbill Syllabus for Theater Class

By Merry Wanderer Teaching Supplies

A syllabus can be a pretty boring document, and going over it with your class can be equally dull. One way I've found to start expectations for my theater classes with excitement is to jazz-up my syllabus. This year, I'm giving out a mock playbill

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Drama

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Not Grade Specific

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Syllabi

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Theater Vocab Unit: Performance Terms

By Merry Wanderer Teaching Supplies

This product is the first of seven mini vocabulary units for Theater I classes. This fifteen-word unit covers basic terms for performance such as project, diaphragm, blocking, and ad-lib. Each unit will come with: • A vocabulary handout listing 15

Subjects:

Arts & Music, Drama

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Unit Plans, Assessment, Interactive Notebooks

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Production Design Binder Project

By Merry Wanderer Teaching Supplies

End of the year assessments can be tricky, especially for a course as hands-on as Theater Tech. You don't want to give the kids a pencil and paper test that doesn't really demonstrate their skills. My response to this challenge was to create a

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Arts & Music, Drama

Grades:

10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Projects, Assessment

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Aristotle Poetics Interactive Notebook

By Merry Wanderer Teaching Supplies

Looking for a way to make the dense translated text of Aristotle's Poetics fun and easy? Maybe you've found an excellent video online summarizing the text, but you need a way to focus your students. This interactive notebook page is designed to be

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English Language Arts, Drama, Poetry

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9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Handouts, Printables, Interactive Notebooks

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Stage Combat Safety Reading PDF

By Merry Wanderer Teaching Supplies

This three page document (plus sources for further reading) is a printable PDF that covers the basics of stage combat safety. This is required reading for all of my students who participate in fight choreography. This document covers: ➾The Stakes:

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Arts & Music, Drama

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Handouts

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Drama Teacher Starter Pack

By Merry Wanderer Teaching Supplies

Not every drama teacher takes a direct path to that career. Maybe you're in your first classroom and the lessons you wrote during your certification process are better suited for the end of the year. Maybe you got certified to teach English but now

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Arts & Music, Drama

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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PowerPoint Presentations, Projects, Handouts

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Editable Broadway Marquee Sign

By Merry Wanderer Teaching Supplies

This Broadway Marquee sign is fully editable in PowerPoint and ready to print as an 8.5x11" horizontal sign. It comes pre-loaded with a handful of useful signs for a theatre classroom and is ready to edit with default computer fonts. PreMade

Subjects:

Other (Music), Drama, Dance

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Printables, Posters

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Ancient Greek Theater Timeline Interactive Notebook Pages

By Merry Wanderer Teaching Supplies

Let's face it, it's hard for the human mind to grasp the order of events that happened thousands of years ago. To most kids, 500 BCE and 300 CE are both a long, long time ago... When teaching kids about the development of theater, I've often found a

Subjects:

Ancient History, Arts & Music, Drama

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Handouts, Graphic Organizers, Interactive Notebooks

$1.50

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

|| Teaching Experience: -Grade 8 ELA -Grade 11 ELA -Mythology -High School Theater- Current -Public Speaking- Current
|| Long-term sub experience: -Grade 9 ELA -Grade 11 US History -Grade 9 World History -World Religions
|| Internship: -Grade 12 AP Literature

MY TEACHING STYLE

I bring my enthusiasm and love of the performing arts into my classroom. I'm an unabashed nerd, and that enthusiasm is contagious. It's important to me as a teacher to never stop learning, especially in the performing arts where I have to be a jack-of-all-trades. I believe that theater arts training helps students no matter what they want to be in life.

I believe that learning is the most effective when it is rooted in passion, and I give my students as many opportunities as possible to tie their learning to something they care about. I try to tell funny stories during lectures and keep history connected to the present. I have been known to rap Shakespeare.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

-International Thespian Society: Troupe Director -Member of Tackling the Gap: A Teachers' Conversation, a group of teachers organized by the Alabama Media Group to discuss solutions to the racial disparities in education.

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

|| Degrees: -2008 B.F.A. Performing Arts from The Savannah College of Art and Design -2013 M.Ed. Secondary Education, ELA from The University of Montevallo || Retreats: -2017 SCAD Educator Forum

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Amy Strickland is a transplant from Massachusetts who lives and teaches drama in Alabama. @iamthatmerrywanderer on Instagram.