Unlock your students’ creative potential with Black Box’s Exploring Stimulus Toolkit. This is a dynamic collection of 40 engaging exploration tasks and creative activities designed to inspire and guide students in their journey of creating original theatre.
Crafted for flexibility, this toolkit allows teachers to mix, match, and adapt resources to suit their planning for teaching and learning. Whether you’re delivering focused workshops or building a comprehensive devising unit of learning, these tools will help you bring stimulus material to life in imaginative and meaningful ways.
What’s Inside?
The toolkit provides a wealth of activities to encourage deep exploration and creative thinking, covering areas such as:
Generating Ideas: Start with tasks like Word Association or Quick Brainstorming to spark connections and generate a variety of creative possibilities.
Character Development: Dive into activities like Write in Role or Role on the Wall to build rich, multidimensional characters inspired by your stimulus.
Visual and Physical Exploration: Use tasks such as Collage Creation, Still Images, and Physical Embodiment to explore stimulus material visually and physically, helping students connect emotionally and creatively.
Creative Writing: Encourage imaginative responses with activities like Diary Entry or Direct Poem, where students can explore themes and perspectives through writing.
Analytical Thinking: Enhance critical thinking with exercises such as Zoom In, Zoom Out and Iceberg Explorers, which encourage students to uncover hidden layers and deeper meanings in their stimulus.
Sensory Exploration: Activities like Five Senses Approach or Soundscaping help students explore mood and atmosphere through sensory details, enriching their creative process.
Flexible Formats
All resources are provided as high-resolution PDFs for easy printing and PNGs for embedding in digital resources, such as digital portfolios, presentations and virtual learning environments.
Why Choose The Exploring Stimulus Toolkit?
This toolkit gives drama teachers the tools they need to deliver engaging, impactful explorations, where students develop both their creative and analytical skills. By encouraging deep exploration of stimulus material, students gain confidence in creating original theatre that is well-researched, innovative, and emotionally resonant.
Unlock your students’ creative potential with Black Box’s Exploring Stimulus Toolkit. This is a dynamic collection of 40 engaging exploration tasks and creative activities designed to inspire and guide students in their journey of creating original theatre.
Crafted for flexibility, this toolkit allows teachers to mix, match, and adapt resources to suit their planning for teaching and learning. Whether you’re delivering focused workshops or building a comprehensive devising unit of learning, these tools will help you bring stimulus material to life in imaginative and meaningful ways.
What’s Inside?
The toolkit provides a wealth of activities to encourage deep exploration and creative thinking, covering areas such as:
Generating Ideas: Start with tasks like Word Association or Quick Brainstorming to spark connections and generate a variety of creative possibilities.
Character Development: Dive into activities like Write in Role or Role on the Wall to build rich, multidimensional characters inspired by your stimulus.
Visual and Physical Exploration: Use tasks such as Collage Creation, Still Images, and Physical Embodiment to explore stimulus material visually and physically, helping students connect emotionally and creatively.
Creative Writing: Encourage imaginative responses with activities like Diary Entry or Direct Poem, where students can explore themes and perspectives through writing.
Analytical Thinking: Enhance critical thinking with exercises such as Zoom In, Zoom Out and Iceberg Explorers, which encourage students to uncover hidden layers and deeper meanings in their stimulus.
Sensory Exploration: Activities like Five Senses Approach or Soundscaping help students explore mood and atmosphere through sensory details, enriching their creative process.
Flexible Formats
All resources are provided as high-resolution PDFs for easy printing and PNGs for embedding in digital resources, such as digital portfolios, presentations and virtual learning environments.
Why Choose The Exploring Stimulus Toolkit?
This toolkit gives drama teachers the tools they need to deliver engaging, impactful explorations, where students develop both their creative and analytical skills. By encouraging deep exploration of stimulus material, students gain confidence in creating original theatre that is well-researched, innovative, and emotionally resonant.
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