{"product_id":"200-themes-for-devising-theatre-with-11-18-year-olds-a-drama-teachers-resource-book-9781350279636","title":"200 Themes for Devising Theatre with 11-18 Year Olds: A Drama Teacher's Resource Book","description":"\u003cp\u003eA unique resource for drama teachers providing 200 stimuli and age-appropriate individual topics within those to help inspire and guide young people in devising performance. It contains useful information on devising techniques, workshops, schemes and lesson ideas for introducing devising and guidance on how to analyse the work and give feedback. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFollowing on from his successful book\u003ci\u003e 200 Plays for GCSE and A-Level Performance\u003c\/i\u003e, author Jason Hanlan has once again solved one of drama teachers' most frequently encountered problems: how to unlock the best devised performance with their students. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDevising as a group requires a level of collaboration, which - without a strong framework - often descends into wild flights of fancy and a myriad of dead ends. Excellent ideas can be lost or diluted in an often-awkward attempt to tie it all together to fit a narrative. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe main body of this book is a unique numbered listing of 200 stimuli, designed to both inspire and focus the mind, with an example of a possible topic and 'ways in' that would be suitable for each level: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Civil rights\" \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u0026gt; \"Votes for women\" (11 - 14 year olds)\u003cbr\u003e\u0026gt; \"Rosa Parks\" (14-16 year olds)\u003cbr\u003e\u0026gt; \"The Disappeared\" (16 - 18 year olds) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach stimuli is given its own page dedicated to exploring its possibilities as a piece of devised theatre for different age groups, and offering suggestions for plays, films and books to look at; artefacts and images to examine; ideas to consider; and further research you can draw on.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJason Hanlan \u003c\/b\u003ehas built and led a drama department in a secondary school in Surrey, UK, and has been Head of a Performing Arts faculty in a large 11-18 state school in Royal Berkshire. During this time, he was also LEA advisor for Surrey secondary drama and Lead Teacher for Drama in Berkshire. He has worked for AQA drama GCSE as a moderator and senior moderator for 12 years. As part of this role he has been Coursework Advisor for teachers of GCSE Drama throughout the UK. He has been a senior moderator for AQA Performing Arts for four years and run teacher inset and training for Keynote Education, Lighthouse and Surrey county council. He is currently Profesor De Teatro at Colegio Las Candelas in Mendoza, Argentina. He also runs teacher training courses in Drama and English Literature in universities and foundations in Mendoza. Jason Hanlan is a member of National Drama, the UK's leading subject association for drama teachers and theatre educators. He is author of \u003ci\u003e200 Plays for GCSE and A-Level Performance: A Drama Teacher's Guide \u003c\/i\u003e(Methuen Drama, 2021).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50526194434322,"sku":"9781350279636","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4e3cbee0-7dbc-4aad-ae6e-56132b6ef6a1.jpg?v=1731263507","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/200-themes-for-devising-theatre-with-11-18-year-olds-a-drama-teachers-resource-book-9781350279636","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}