Secondary Drama Lessons

This is a series of lesson ideas provided by Gill Chesney-Green from Derbyshire in the UK.  
(Thanks a plenty Gill! - Kim Flintoff - Webmaster)

• Adrian Mole - Diary -To look at the theme of Bullying through humour

• Personal Safety

• Problem Page

• Four O'clock Friday - another bullying theme

• She Said - using poetry as stimulus

• The Party

• How Embarrassing

• Exploration through Drama - a six week programme

• MacBeth - teachers notes for an approach to Shakespeare

• An exploration of Physical Theatre - Year 8

• Disability - an exploration

• Akili Tribe - exploring ritual

• Michael's Story - based on Caucasian Chalk Circle

• Sharon's Dilemma - discovering personal responsibility

• The Funeral of Father - another lesson using poetry

• Is Violence Necessary?

• Knots - using abstract stimulus

• Shoplifting - how does crime affect us?

• NOTE: This section recently contained about 20 original lesson plans AND THEY ARE BACK!!!  Thanks Gill!!  We thank Gill very much for her assistance and look forward to future submissions as well as wishing her well in her publishing venture.  In the meantime EVERYONE is welcome to submit lesson ideas to be posted here at DramaWest. Your submissions could get you noticed by publishers as well. DramaWest relied on its members to be effective - don't just take from the web, give a little back - share your work so that we are not constantly reinventing the wheel.