Theatre Arts in the Elementary Classroom: Grade Four Through Grade Six

A comprehensive resource for teachers is the "new-growth" from the first edition, a national best seller. The Second Edition is further enriched and expanded by more than a third. Designed for teachers with little or no experience using informal drama in the classroom, these books are based on the premise that drama is one of the fine arts, and is essential to basic education. They illuminate, simplify, and clarify the "whats, whys, and hows" of drama in the classroom. The original edition was widely tested, evaluated, and applauded nationally. Now, this Second Edition, beneficiary of research and observation, is extensively enlarged in activities and literature. There are fifteen new literary selections. Non-European literature has been expanded, with materials from Asia, Africa, Latin America, Native and Black America. "Teacher-friendly" these new volumes are stimulating and indispensable to both beginning an advanced practitioners. Every owner of the First Edition will want the Second Edition, with its assessment aids, and exciting idea-starters.