Live on Stage Author:Carla Blank, Jody Roberts Games and activities integrate theater and dance in these unique new performing arts resources. Live On Stage! encourages communication, cooperation, collaboration, and respect among students as they develop self-image and social relationships. Using a cross-disciplinary approach, activities help build life skills through concentration, observat... more »ion and creative problem solving. They also provide structures for incorporating ideas, images, and movement into a performance, give insight into the cultures and periods from which dance and drama originated, foster an appreciation of diversity in the performing arts, involve students on all levels-intellectual, physical, intuitive. The Teacher Resource Book is an anthology of methods for incorporating the performing arts into any classroom or community setting. Includes scripts, background information and black-and white photos of kids "in action." the Student Edition provides extension activities such as keeping a theater journal and researching performance genres-from 15th century comedy to modern film, dance, and more.