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Week 2: Drama Cross-Curricular Lessons

Week 2 was all about CROSS-CURRICULAR LESSONS!!!

The Intro activity for our lesson was aiming at getting us comfortable with talking to one another. Our task was to say hi in a unique way while walking around the classroom to our peers. This was a fun little exercise to build up our creativity and confidence. Following this opening activity we moved onto our main activity. Directed by our instructor we had a drama x science lesson. Here our teacher led a lesson teaching about body systems, specifically the digestive system with drama. Our task was to act out through miming and provide sound scape directed to the specific part of the digestive system that we were assigned in groups.

Digestive System. (Google Images)

Our second activity was a student led lesson. Here my peers created a drama x Greek history lesson. To introduce this activity we started with simple improvisation skits. The group presenting would narrate a story and call up their peers to act out the skit. However, we did not know what to expect and were acting based on our own creativity/quick thinking. Following this activity the story of Hercules was read to us. We were put into groups and then had to create 3-4 tableau scenes to represent the section of our story. This allowed for collaboration and critical thinking. In my group we had to think of ways to bring the story to life without moving or saying anything, it was all in our poses.

Hercules. (Google Images)

Similarly, the last student led lesson incorporated both drama and the language arts (writing) together. The lesson my peers created was actually rather genius. It was titled Fractured Fairy Tales. The objective of the activity was simple. We were split into groups and given a fairytale, (The three little pigs, Goldie Locks and the three bears, Little Red Riding Hood, etc) our objective was to tell the fairytale from a different perspective and act them out. My group got The Three Little Pigs, we told the story from the perspective of 3 female pigs, wanting to work together and build their dream house instead of living separately and making the horrible mistake of their third cousins. This was an awesome activity because it connected us all back to our childhood. It brought back nostalgic memories and made us think like kids again. We were basically able to do almost anything with this lesson. Below is a video link showcasing Fractured Fairytale Little Red Riding Hood. There are numerous videos that could be used to introduce this concept to your students.



In conclusion, all three of these lessons highlighted the importance of conducting cross-curricular lessons within your classroom. Drama is a subject that can be paired with anything, it allows students to express themselves, use their imagination and get outside of their comfort zones!

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