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CJ Hindman

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Posted By CJ Hindman 10-18-2023 10:05
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Theatrical Quotes for the Win! Looking for something fast and fun idea to fill up an area in your classroom, hallway bulletin board or spotlight space in your school? Theatrical quotes are a great way to allow students to explore some ideas shared by famous actors, playwrights, world leaders, philosophers ...
Posted By CJ Hindman 06-07-2023 09:58
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Take Time for Year End Reflection Congratulations on coming to the end of another school year! Bravo! I encourage you to take time, while the year is still fresh in your mind to reflect upon those things that went well, things you might want to change and include any items you want to consider for ...
Posted By CJ Hindman 05-24-2023 09:01
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TIPS FOR ACTORS: A Great Classroom Journaling and Discussion Text As you round out your school year and head into summer, you may be searching for some new classroom texts and curriculum ideas for the following school year. I highly recommend Jon Jory's TIPS: Ideas for Actors. This is a wonderful book ...
Posted By CJ Hindman 02-21-2023 23:07
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Exploring the World of the Play in Stagecraft Class In my teaching career I wanted to inspire my stagecraft students to really engage in the work. It might be the same for many of you, but my stagecraft classes included a good number of theatre student technicians, but many were students who were completely ...
Posted By CJ Hindman 12-08-2022 02:15
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TEACHING THEATRE: A Wealth of Information One of the greatest things I did when I was teaching was to save all of the TEACHING THEATRE publications. I kept them all in a 3-ring binder with tabs attached to some of my favorite lessons and articles. I know that many of these are now archived here on the ...
Posted By CJ Hindman 12-08-2022 02:15
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Posted By CJ Hindman 10-11-2022 22:12
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Inspiring Creativity and Imagination In the later years of my teaching career I found that some of my students really struggled with creativity and imagination while working in Improvisation or with scene or script writing. Everything they seemed to draw from regarding character, situation, theme, or ...
Posted By CJ Hindman 06-15-2022 19:35
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Theatre Teachers!! Congratulations on finishing this school year! What a year it has been. I hope you will take time to celebrate your successes. Now it is time to rest, relax, and rejuvenate! My favorite QUOTE: “I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which ...
Posted By CJ Hindman 06-08-2022 19:11
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The Benefits of Traveling with Students It’s just two weeks from the opening of Thespian Festival 2022. As I think back on all of the years I attended the festival with my students, I am overwhelmed by the many wonderful memories that we shared together for almost 20 years. On the EdTA festival webpage ...
Posted By CJ Hindman 03-21-2022 16:04
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Shannon, If you don't hear from anyone, I have seen this done with projection in a few different productions of KMK. ------------------------------ CJ Hindman Retired Theatre Teacher OR ------------------------------
Posted By CJ Hindman 03-17-2022 00:58
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SOME THOUGHTS ON PLAY READING There has been a lot published in the past few years about theatre students entering college training programs without a solid background of classic plays or even more contemporary theatrical works that have made a significant social impact . I realize it can be challenging ...
Posted By CJ Hindman 02-09-2022 08:25
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Better Together In most schools across the country, the drama teacher is a one person department.  In my 30 years of teaching I was trusted to develop my own curriculum and assessment, production season, student thespian activities and so much more.  I have spoken to many young drama teachers about ...