Drama+and+Civics

Drama and Civics

Sample Lesson Plan [|Primary CIF Drama.doc] [|5th Grade CIF Drama.doc] **K-2 Learning Targe** ** SS-EP-2.3.2 ** ** SS-EP-1.3.2 ** || ** AH-EP-1.3.1 ** || **3-5 Learning Targets**
 * Social Studies || Drama ||
 * * I can describe interactions (e.g., compromise, cooperation, conflict, competition) that occur between individuals/groups at home and at school
 * I can describeand give examples of conflicts and conflict resolution strategies
 * I can explain, demonstrate, give examples of ways to show good citizenship at school and in the community (e.g.,recycling, picking up trash) || * I can use performance elements of drama to create and perform dramatic works independently and with others
 * I can observe, describe and apply role playing in a variety of situations ||
 * ** SS-EP-2.3.1 **
 * Social Studies || Drama || Reading/Language Arts ||
 * * I can describe conflicts that occurred among and between different groups during the Triangular Trade
 * I can explain the causes of the conflicts and the outcomes
 * I can give examples of conflicts between individuals or groups and describe appropriate conflict resolution strategies || * I can use performance elements of drama to create and perform dramatic works independently and with others
 * I can describe and explain characters, relationships among characters as related to a classroom dramatization
 * I can describe how drama helps to share the human experience (creating empathy and understanding in the time period) || * I can acknowledge differences in point of view of characters, including by speaking in a different voice for each character when reading dialogue aloud
 * I can distinguish my own point of view from that of an author of a text ||
 * ** SS-05-2.3.1 **
 * SS-05-2.3.2 **
 * SS-05-5.1.1 **
 * SS-05-5.2.4 ** || ** AH-05-1.3.1 **
 * AH-05-1.3.2 **
 * AH-05-3.3.1 **
 * AH-05-4.3.1 ** || **R.CCR.6 (Literature and Informational)**


 * Interactive Map of the Slave Trade**

The Three Legs of the Slavery Voyage (another interactive map)



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Drama strategies for the social studies classroom

Bristol and Transatlantic Slave Trade website (has many resources to extend lesson)
 * [|The Debate Over the Slave Trade](for background info)
 * [|The Case Against Abolition]
 * The Bristol Support Campaign

[|I Civics games] (interactive games that give students real-life experience across the 4Cs with dual emphasis on government and civics content)

Additional Resources Reader's Theater [|The Power of Reader's Theater] [|How to use Read-Aloud Plays.doc]
 * Sample Reader's Theater (Harriet Tubman)
 * Sample Reader's Theater (The First Thanksgiving)