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21st Century Skills

Overview of Narrative Elements, Mood, and Tone

• Narrative Elements Slide show
• Narrative Elements List
• Elements of Narrative Questions
• Author's Craft - Narrative Elements
• Mood and Tone BrainPOP

Overview of Members of a Theater Community

• The Theater World Book Online Article
• Drama World Book Online Article
• Elements of Drama
• The Elements of Theater
• Northfield Arts Guild Theater Etiquette and Vocabulary
• DC Theater Scene - includes podcasts, videos, and reviews
• American Theater Wing - includes video podcasts with directors, playwrights, and actors
• How to Produce a Small Scale Play for the Theater
• How to Produce a Play
• Producing a Play: Getting Started
• What Is Drama And How Do You Write About It?
• Motion Pictures
• How Theater Works Teacher Tube video
• Scene from The Miracle Worker on stage YouTube video
• Selected scenes from a middle school production of The Miracle Worker on YouTube

Job Descriptions of Specific Members of a Theater Community

• ALIS Occupational Profiles - search by title
• United States Department of Labor Statistics - search by title
• Australian Government Job Guide
• How Does a Film Critic Spend a Work Day?
• The Aerospace Players Production Staff Roles and Responsibilities
• Backstage: The Actor's Resource
• A TV Script Writing Workshop
• The Basic Elements of Theater (for playwrights)
• Arts Alive video interviews with directors
• Arts Alive video interviews with actors
• Arts Alive video interviews with design and production staff
• How to Build a Puppet Stage Teacher Tube video
• Actresses discuss The Miracle Worker YouTube video
• Actress discusses playing Helen Keller YouTube video
• Wicked Costume Designer Interview YouTube video
• Set Designer Interview YouTube video
• Actor Interview with "Harry Potter" - Daniel Radcliffe YouTube video

Criticism of Plays and Movies

• New York Times movie reviews
• New York Times theater reviews

General Information about Theatrical Productions

• The Kennedy Center ArtsEdge
• Arts Alive
• Stage Directions: The Art and Technology of Theater
• The Art of Theater
• The Arts
• Opposing View Points Funding the Arts

Specific Theater Industry Artists

• Costume Designer Edith Head
• Building Sand Castles in Hollywood
• How to write an Interior Monologue

• Research and Investigation Guide:
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• 21st Century Literacies Resources
• Cyberbee.com Research Tools
• Online Writing Lab at Purdue 2009 MLA Guide

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