These activities help create the social glue every classroom needs. And none of them require props, a stage, or drama training.

Rebecca Torchia is a web editor for EdTech: Focus on K–12. Previously, she has produced podcasts and written for several publications in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and her hometown of Pittsburgh.

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