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An Intergenerational Drama Program Utilizing Community Based Learning, Bennett Harrell
An Intergenerational Drama Program Utilizing Community Based Learning, Bennett Harrell
National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Conference
Participants in this workshop will engage in ensemble building drama activities. These activities will lead to the creation of multiple pieces of drama. The participants will also develop a list of interview questions they can use if they choose to implement the project at their schools or organizations. Many of the activities are from Augusto Boal’s “Theatre of the Oppressed,” a genre of theatre born out of the necessities of people who experience oppression. It provides them tools to explore the oppression and ways to face it in the real world.
Target audience: Teachers at all levels; Principals and Assistant …
If They Would Just Hush And Pay Attention, Quinton Granville
If They Would Just Hush And Pay Attention, Quinton Granville
National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Conference
An interactive session that prepares educators to apply literacy strategies such as “Real-Talk” to overcoming the challenges associated with engaging post-millennials in college and career aligned skill practice. The presenter demonstrates how to plan standards-based instruction that incorporates students’ voice as a tool for empowering students to apply their verbal and written communication skills to complete content-specific (i.e., social studies, ELA, science, etc.) assignments.