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Educational Resources - Drama

Feed Cookies straight into the classroom with the free Award-Winning Drama Education Resource Packs...

Key Stage 3:

The Free KS3 resource pack, which is ready to share directly with your students, consists of:

  • Teacher’s Powerpoint (shared via Google Slides) with relevant resources and notes, including details on the students’ at-home verbatim project and classroom activities to do at school
  • Student Powerpoint (shared via Google Slides) with step-by-step instructions for activities to complete
  • An interview guide sheet for students, to inform their interviews for the verbatim project

Please note, the full film is not used in the Key Stage 3 resources due to sensitive content. For Key Stage 3, the film has been edited to a 17-minute version following one storyline.

These resources have been created by Education Consultant Susie Ferguson and the Masterclass Team.

Key Stage 4&5:

Broken down into three easily digestible sections, the GCSE & A Level Drama resource pack offers over 30 extensive theatre-based, written and creative activities for three AQA GCSE and two A-Level Drama modules.

Section 1: Live Theatre Performance Covers the AQA GCSE Drama 1C: Understanding Drama and AQA A-Level Drama component 1: Drama and Theatre.

  • Unit A - Plot and character development
  • Unit B - Acting
  • Unit C - Sound
  • Unit D - Set and Design

Section 2: Devising Covers the AQA GCSE Drama 2A & B

  • Unit A - Reviewing Stimuli
  • Unit B - Develop your story
  • Unit C - Setting your scene
  • Unit D - Documenting your devised work

Section 3 - Monologues, Duologues and Group Work Covers the AQA GCSE Drama 3: Texts in Practice and AQA A-Level Drama component 3: Making Theatre (Practical).

  • Unit A - Exploring monologues
  • Unit B - Developing duologue
  • Unit C - Conducting a chorus
  • Unit D - Group performance

These resource packs have been adapted for online/home learning - click here for the Google Slides. The online lesson plans are shared via Google Slides, with step-by-step instructions for activities that students can complete independently at home.

Additional Material:

In addition to the above sections, a further two resources have been written and curated by Education Consultant Susie Ferguson.

Interviews & Workshops:

We have a number of interviews with the Creative Team available below, which may be of interest when highlighting the different roles available to young people in theatre.

To view Cookies: The Film with subtitles, please click here. Subtitles provided by StageText.