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About Me

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Hi .. Welcome to the Black Box.

I am Catherine Rankin.  I have been teaching Drama/Theatre with a little bit of Dance thrown in for 30 years ( this year!) ...
( I started very young.. he he he) 

This is all an adventure for me and I am trying to build this website as resources for me, my students, and anyone else out there who might find it useful. lIt started when I lived in China and couldn't access Youtube.

I have been adding research links and videos to inspire my students.

  If you want to know about my adventures  in my Drama classroom, check out my blog.  You can let me know what you think through my blog.  The whole site is all still a work in progress.

There is a CONTENTS page to help you see the key area.

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DP Theatre

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The Diploma Theatre program allows an exploration of  being a 
CREATOR, DIRECTOR, DESIGNER AND PERFORMER
within the context of 
THEATRE IN CONTEXT, THEATRE PROCESSES & PRESENTING THEATRE

Resources on this site link to:
Practitioners
 Genres - including Devising group
 Traditions
                                                                                       Past  Ideas in  Gr 11 DP Theatre & Gr 12 DP Theatre

               

Year 10 & 9 Drama

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                             Grade 10  Drama                                                                        
Grade 9  Drama
    

Gr 5-8 Drama

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Grade 8  Drama                Grade 7 Drama                     Grade 6 Drama               
 Grade 5 Drama

Productions

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Plays, Student Devised performances; Showcases; Musicals  and Dance Recitals I have been involved in.

Click on Productions  if you would like to see more

Festivals

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Festivals are a great way for students to explore Theatre and Drama outside the classroom.

The main festivals we have been involved in are

ISTA - International School Theatre Assoication




Resources

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There are lots of different types of resources you can use to help your projects.

You can find older assessment sheets for the old MYP course at bissdrama.weebly.com

There is website links and videos for you to view.
I also have put the Web 2.0 tools I am trying to implement in my programs and how I am using them in my classroom.  You can check my blog for more details.  

Photo Attribution - click here to see where the photos are from 




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Dance

​ Dance and Dance elements are introduced through my
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 TIME TO DANCE website
Catherine Rankin - 2022