Hamilton the Musical A Drama Lesson Using Differentiated Instruction
Hamilton the Musical A Drama Lesson Using Differentiated Instruction I think blogging about this particular musical is crucial. That’s why I am blogging about it here. Hamilton the Musical a Drama Lesson Using Differentiated Instruction.” Recently, my husband and I finally had the fabulous opportunity in catching the touring company performance of it in Kansas […]
What is Operation Yellow Ribbon?
What is Operation Yellow Ribbon? I have a confession to make. Even though I witnessed 9/11 on television when it occurred, I never knew about the wonderful Canadians who stepped up on 9/12. Did you? Here’s the story: “Operation Yellow Ribbon was commenced by Canada to handle the diversion of civilian airline flights in response […]
What Can We Learn from Greek Mythology and Hadestown
What Can We Learn from Greek Mythology and Hadestown? When the 2019 Tony award nominations were announced, Hadestown was included–not surprisingly. Today I want to talk about what can we learn from Greek mythology? Are you familiar with the musical? It’s awesome, but don’t take my word for it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfNHgSsammc Here is the plot in […]
Why Do You Need a Mission Statement for Your Teacherspayteachers Store?
Why do you need a mission statement for your Teacherspayteachers Store? (Go to the bottom of this post if you want to know the origin of the blog post cover…) In the past, I was part of creative teams which developed several not for profit theatre companies. It’s such an exciting time to develop the […]
The Major Benefits For Students Attending Live Theatre
The Major Benefits for Students Attending Live Theatre Recently on CBS Sunday Morning, (one of my all time favorite television shows) they aired a piece about To Kill a Mockingbird now running on Broadway. Although I don’t agree with having adults portraying the children’s roles (metaphoric?), I’m thrilled about one particular thing: school kids are […]
What is Quora Digest? How Did It Inspire Me as a Drama Teacher
Come From Away What is Quora Digest? How did it Inspire Me as a Drama Teacher How does it relate to musical theater? (In my world, everything relates to theatre somehow.) According to their website, “Quora Digest is the method, Where Quora sends a daily email containing a set of questions with one answer that […]