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Hello!

I'm teaching Improv for the first time and I'm struggling to find school appropriate examples from Improv groups.  Does anyone have a good resource? I think it would help some of my students to be able to watch how the games go and help them realize that they don't need to be perfect and have the perfect funny line to participate! 

Thanks!

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Olivia Robinette
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Hi Olivia,

One of my go-to sources for improv videos is the Canadian Improv Games.  It is all high school students, and much more reliably 'clean' than most improv for adult audiences.  They have a mix of instructional clips and videos of competitions.  The latter can be pretty long, so I usually select specific segments to share.  

https://www.youtube.com/user/canadianimprovgames

Enjoy!

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Kristin Hall
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Drama Director
Lincoln Public Schools
Lincoln, Massachusetts
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Original Message:
Sent: 02-01-2021 14:25
From: Olivia Robinette
Subject: Improv Examples

Hello!

I'm teaching Improv for the first time and I'm struggling to find school appropriate examples from Improv groups.  Does anyone have a good resource? I think it would help some of my students to be able to watch how the games go and help them realize that they don't need to be perfect and have the perfect funny line to participate!

Thanks!

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Olivia Robinette
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Cornerstone SF has a lot of videos on youtube that are clean for school.

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Ryan Moore
Theatre Teacher and Forensics Coach
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Original Message:
Sent: 02-01-2021 14:25
From: Olivia Robinette
Subject: Improv Examples

Hello!

I'm teaching Improv for the first time and I'm struggling to find school appropriate examples from Improv groups.  Does anyone have a good resource? I think it would help some of my students to be able to watch how the games go and help them realize that they don't need to be perfect and have the perfect funny line to participate!

Thanks!

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Olivia Robinette
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Hi,

I think a great resource could be Whose Line is it Anyway videos, the first run of the show has a lot more "cleaner" family-friendly (PG type) examples, you certainly have to preview them before you show them, but these could be useful for you and your students.

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Sterling Johnson
Middle School Drama
Cairo American College (CAC)
Cairo, Egypt
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Original Message:
Sent: 02-03-2021 15:28
From: Ryan Moore
Subject: Improv Examples

Cornerstone SF has a lot of videos on youtube that are clean for school.

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Ryan Moore
Theatre Teacher and Forensics Coach

Original Message:
Sent: 02-01-2021 14:25
From: Olivia Robinette
Subject: Improv Examples

Hello!

I'm teaching Improv for the first time and I'm struggling to find school appropriate examples from Improv groups.  Does anyone have a good resource? I think it would help some of my students to be able to watch how the games go and help them realize that they don't need to be perfect and have the perfect funny line to participate!

Thanks!

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Olivia Robinette
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