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 2.05

Role play a variety of real and non-real characters through guided dramatic play.

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Masks and Aesop's fables
Students learn on of Aesop's fables, make simple masks, and retell the fable as part of a Greek chorus using masks. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–4 English Language Arts, Theatre Arts Education, and Visual Arts Education)
Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
The meaning behind the mask
Students explore the cultural significance of masks, discuss the use of masks in stories, and then investigate the role masks play in ceremonies and on special occasions in various African cultures. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts, Theatre Arts Education, and Visual Arts Education)
Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities
Uppity farm animals
Students analyze problems and create solutions by dramatizing the story, Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type and the poem, “Farmer Brown Has a Problem” by Diane Ambur. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–4 Theatre Arts Education)
Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts