Performing Arts Lesson Plans and VideosMusic, drama, TV production, dance and speech teachers in middle school and high school will find these lesson plans and performing arts videos extremely useful. Do you ever want to have a professional actor, singer, dancer, etc. tell your students what it's really like out there in the real world? If so, then this is the video series you've been looking for. 
Shortcuts to Happiness: The Performing Arts is the 2006 Regional Emmy Award winner in the children's programming category from the National Academy of Arts and Sciences, Lower Great Lakes Chapter. It consists of ten 15-minute instructional television programs that feature performing artists and schools. It is useful in middle and high school music, drama, TV production, dance and speech classes. Each program introduces a professional performer and then features students preparing a related performance. The intent is for students to understand that performances they prepare and do in class will be useful later in many career fields, or may even lead to a professional performing career. In other words, the series demonstrates real-world applications of the techniques taught in performing arts classes. Each episode is based on national and Ohio performing arts and writing curriculum standards. |
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