--- title: CERCA Now: Drama description: 3 Topic to Spark Courageous Thinking This Week! --- [Blog | ThinkCERCA ](https://blog.thinkcerca.com) # [CERCA Now: Drama](https://blog.thinkcerca.com/drama) Written by [ThinkCERCA Team](https://blog.thinkcerca.com/author/thinkcerca-team) | January 23, 2023 #### Try our QuickCERCAs Additional reading practice, comprehension checks, and discussion questions in under 15 minutes! ## ELEMENTARY The World of Drama and Theater [View Lesson](https://learn.thinkcerca.com/teacher/collections/lessons/60929?utm_campaign=Q1%202023-CERCA%20Now-Teachers&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9IC6uuw0EtzwQtVzT_gKPxYV2KmF0z79331VvdA1sXRLq8PThoDN1ezCNrJEpFowZ8bVpr) ## MIDDLE Fun with Words [View Lesson](http://learn.thinkcerca.com/content/lessons/ARP_FunwithWords_G6-8?utm_campaign=Q1%202023-CERCA%20Now-Teachers&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9IC6uuw0EtzwQtVzT_gKPxYV2KmF0z79331VvdA1sXRLq8PThoDN1ezCNrJEpFowZ8bVpr) ## HIGH SCHOOL Theater Superstitions for the Unsuspecting [View Lesson](http://learn.thinkcerca.com/content/lessons/ARP_BREAKALEGMACBETHSHH_G9-12?utm_campaign=Q1%202023-CERCA%20Now-Teachers&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9IC6uuw0EtzwQtVzT_gKPxYV2KmF0z79331VvdA1sXRLq8PThoDN1ezCNrJEpFowZ8bVpr)   # Custom Lessons Did you know that you can create your own Close Reading & Writing Lessons in ThinkCERCA?  [See how it works](https://info.thinkcerca.com/e3t/Ctc/RE+113/chwFg04/VVZBTV3LkDKYN5Lh6WgcfBcPW6R-97G4J1dG2N4Rsyg53q3nJV1-WJV7CgDmhW70-jQY6c0FZ2W2G5jMW26pkJzW7qMmlM4vjKZBW1Z-Npn9ljCPXW44HnJ96KVRKkW4kHNp34rBfYgW8bxJv26zN5SkW824--v90_kWpW905-Rg8pJdMDVpt90t5cMZ9NN4pw9-vd4G8lW941ZgW51Z_8RW9fZpch4HLwM8VYYdlJ7SZH1-W3-j1sb5t6TsSW42X_qF7ZdRW5W17lg1j5YspCCW7mwG-v5fHTnhW69rqVf2tZbkbW4MlyHJ8BxSRHW97qs3s4mQH1nW448Kv035RfwBN5k_glMW32X8W7yjv5D4P-VR332zg1).   #### ELEMENTARY What do you think is the most important element of drama? Why? [Video Resource](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7UoCVbTJGk&t=42s&utm_campaign=Q1%202023-CERCA%20Now-Teachers&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9IC6uuw0EtzwQtVzT_gKPxYV2KmF0z79331VvdA1sXRLq8PThoDN1ezCNrJEpFowZ8bVpr) __________________ #### MIDDLE How did William Shakespeare's use of iambic pentameter add atmosphere and emotion to his work? [Video Resource](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5lsuyUNu_4&utm_campaign=Q1%202023-CERCA%20Now-Teachers&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9IC6uuw0EtzwQtVzT_gKPxYV2KmF0z79331VvdA1sXRLq8PThoDN1ezCNrJEpFowZ8bVpr) _________________ #### HIGH SCHOOL How did social and economic conditions throughout history affect people's fears of witchcraft? 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View our growing list of [60+ CERCA Slide sets](https://info.thinkcerca.com/e3t/Ctc/RE+113/chwFg04/VVZBTV3LkDKYN5Lh6WgcfBcPW6R-97G4J1dG2N4Rsyfw3q3n5V1-WJV7CgRLrW998_Rv5YSqw1W6mQ-pw7Qn-ZwW1FCk284MZQJ1Vxrz-W1-NmgDW4RJ81N5GW9zPW6f1DTh8DB7KDW828KPF6VszTHW5Nqj8k3YlbWZW5w59Cr4GMPXFW6BzHBV1w2t0CW80RJ-H5_lRv_N5jK4m_XCfmnW91Qh2p47knDlW1jC4vN7Tx6C9VGDfFv6DD59QW7ZWYwH7YQjHJVl0Y831RbbDRW1xNGlm7L7Sq1W2q0_JH8HjbchW91Q9wG7Rz96k3mZx1). # [Sonnets](https://www.thinkcerca.com/cerca-slides-sonnets) Whether in 17th-century England or 20th-century America, poets have used sonnets to express emotions, share observations, make arguments, and relay ideas. 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