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Starting your Tech Theatre units, but just want a sample of each to entice your students? This presentation welcomes students to each of the elements of technical theatre, sends you to a sample video for sneak peaks into technical theatre, and concludes your work with a worksheet connecting theatre to their everyday lives.

Theatre Lighting is a beautiful element for shows, and sometimes the last thing teachers plan, so let the students thrive and be the lighting designers! No theatre? No Problem! I explain ways to learn lighting with or without a theatre space. Included: - Powerpoint presentation introducing lighting, instruments, hang and focus, color, angles, and electricity. - An M & M activity - A Flashlight activity. Feedback always welcomed, thank you!

Don't worry about your first days in the theatre shop! This Bundle will safely introduce your students to the hardware, tools, and supplies used in the theatre shop. There are a variety of videos samples, small math problems, step by step visuals for the 2 activities, and an added online (or field trip) Hardware store activity. This Bundle includes the following TPT lessons:- Hardware, Tools, and Materials Presentation - Tool Supply Organization Activity - Create a Mini Flat Activity - Hardware

Here is a bundle from an introduction to an advanced Theatre Counterweight and Rigging System! Don't be afraid if you don't have a true theatre system. I have included activities for schools with and without a full theatre. All together, these lessons could take 1 week to 1 and 1/2 weeks. Enjoy!

If you are looking for students to make safer choices in technical theatre spaces, this introduction powerpoint is perfect for you and your students. Students feel proud to recognize the safe choices to make, but also find many unsafe choices that they often make or have seen people make. To conclude, I have added the link to videos myself and another teacher made to see dangerous situations. Students can watch and evaluate the dangerous choices made.

If you aren't ready for your theatre students to use power tools to build quite yet, here is a nice introduction to measuring and cutting lumber. The end result will be students making a mini 4 inch by 8 inch theatre flat. (Real life flats are traditionally 4ft by 8 ft.) Print the handout exactly or else the measurements will be slightly off. You can test this out by printing and measuring the large rectangle plywood piece, which should be 4 inches by 8 inches. You can find the exact steps and

Introduce your theatre students to theatrical painting with this lesson and painting activity. This lesson is perfect before preparing to paint a set for your show, or just to get their hands dirty making some sample art. You will be introduced to painting techniques, painting styles, parts of a brush, safety with painting, and conclude with a painting project that could be as simple or as large as you'd like.

Instead of showing pictures of other theatres, curtains, and set designs, why not have students make their own! Using supplies you can find in the pantry like cardboard boxes and straws, make a mini theatre to learn about the parts of the stage, curtains, and set design. All pages are ready to print cut out, glue on cardboard, and build. No need to resize the design.

Are you in need of a unit that is only a few days long, but one of their most loved topics? Then it's time to teach about Props! Props are so small yet so important for performances. This unit introduces students to the types of props, has students create a prop table and use their creativity for storytelling with props, and ends with a small props table competition. Included are 2 videos for props and the props competition. Not included- Sort the Props Activity. This can be found in my product

This worksheet goes along with the Intro to Technical Theatre Powerpoint. It is the conclusion as we compare technical theatre with our everyday lives.

A theatre shop with 30+ students working can feel stressful for a teacher, so if you are worried about welcoming your theatre students into the shop, this is a great introduction to the hardware, tools, and materials used. Don't worry! They aren't putting tools in their hand quite yet! Just a few practice paper samples before we put the real items into their hands! This is great if you do not have a shop or tools to teach from. This presentation introduces students to:- a tour of a sample shop

Theatre Lighting is a beautiful element for shows, and sometimes the last thing teachers plan, so let the students thrive and be their own lighting designers! No theatre? No Problem! I explain ways to learn lighting with or without a theatre space. This powerpoint discusses basics of lighting instruments, hanging instruments, colors, angles, and electricity. There are 5 activities to participate in and numerous videos to watch. IMPORTANT- 2 of the 5 activities can be found on my page for a few

Heading to the shop, and want your students to follow along with steps to using shop power tools? The Job Operations Sheets are perfect for you all! The Jigsaw could be a scary tool for students, but they will feel more comfortable as they have directions of what to expect next. Have them practice cutting shapes like waves, circles, and anything that has turns. The steps include: Preparation, Operation, and Clean up. They are easy to follow along and have a few suggestions and hints. Check out t

Heading to the shop, and want your students to follow along with steps to using shop power tools? The Job Operations Sheets are perfect for you all! The drill is a classic tool that students should learn how to use. Have them practice drilling in a screw and pre-drill for a longer screw. The steps include: Preparation, Operation, and Clean up. They are easy to follow along and have a few suggestions and hints. Check out the other tool paperwork such as: Table Saw, Circular Saw, Jigsaw, and Miter

Heading to the shop, and want your students to follow along with steps to using shop power tools? The Job Operations Sheets are perfect for you all! The miter saw is an important tool in the shop for making basic cuts. Have Students practice cutting a miter and bevel cut. The steps include: Preparation, Operation, and Clean up. They are easy to follow along and have a few suggestions and hints. Check out the other tool paperwork such as: Table Saw, Circular Saw, Jigsaw, and Drill.

Heading to the shop, and want your students to follow along with steps to using shop power tools? The Job Operations Sheets are perfect for you all! The table saw is most likely the most dangerous tool in the shop, but a necessary saw to have for theatre. Have students practice by cutting small pieces first before moving to larger sheets of lumber. The steps include: Preparation, Operation, and Clean up. They are easy to follow along and have a few suggestions and hints. Check out the other tool

Heading to the shop, and want your students to follow along with steps to using shop power tools? The Job Operations Sheets are perfect for you all! The Circular Saw is a great tool for students to learn if you do not have a table saw. Have them practice using the saw as they follow along with these steps. The steps include: Preparation, Operation, and Clean up. They are easy to follow along and have a few suggestions and hints. Check out the other tool paperwork such as: Table Saw, Drill, Jigsa

You may or may not have a full theatre with all the hanging equipment above, but that doesn't mean you can't teach your students about how to safely use and respect one. This presentation introduces your students to more than just vocabulary. Here's what you will get:- Names of the counterweight equipment - Zoomed out images of how a theatre counterweight system is put together - Basic math samples to balance the counterweight system - How to control a line set with numerous safe and dangerous

One of the most challenging topics in theatre is Rigging (the items above our head and how to hang scenery). It is a topic CTE tests wants you to teach, but there aren't any classes out there to learn from. This is an introduction powerpoint to rigging supplies, set up, videos, and activities. If you do not have any of the correct rigging supplies, there are still 2 activities you can participate in to learn. Worksheets to also purchase: - Hardware Image Activity-- If you do not have rigging

No more lecturing about tools and hardware found in the shop. Instead, have the students go "shopping" for the supplies that they use every day in the class (or at least what you hope they had to use in class.) And schools will love it as you integrate math and keeping budgets. This activity can be done on the computer in small groups or individually, or even MORE EXCITING... actually take them on a field trip to a local hardware store to physically see the items they are learning about. Manag