LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Goal 2

The learner will act by interacting in improvisations and assuming roles.

Objective 2.06

Utilize gestures, blocking and movement to display ideas and emotions.

Resources aligned to this objective

The Greensboro Sit-ins
Students will explore the Greensboro Sit-ins. They will experience segregation through drama, research the people involved in the protest at Woolworth's, and then stage a re-enactment of the event.
Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Information Skills, Social Studies, and Theater Arts Education)
By Lucinda Gainey.

Resources on the web

A suitable job for a woman
In this ARTSEDGE lesson, students identify the model for the character, Amelia Martin, by discovering information about four women: Abbie Burgess, Louisa May Alcott, Ida Lewis, and Clara Barton. Students will: act as reporters and interview... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 4–6 English Language Arts and Theater Arts Education)
Provided by: ArtsEdge
Pioneer America: Pioneer living
In this ARTSEDGE lesson, students learn about what life was like for early American pioneers. After reading about pioneers in Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie, students conduct independent research on one aspect of pioneer... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Social Studies and Theater Arts Education)
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My little island
In this lesson from ARTSEDGE, students learn about the processes that lead to the formation of an island and study the impact that an island's geographic and geologic history has on the culture of the people who live there. Students divide into groups to... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 5–8 Science, Social Studies, and Theater Arts Education)
Provided by: ArtsEdge