Habitats, Needs of Living Things, and Body Details Lesson

Habitats, Needs of Living Things, and Body Details Lesson

How can we keep students fully engaged through complex subject matter? Ask them to engage their bodies as well as their minds! This exciting lesson integrates Drama with Language Arts and Science by asking students to create habitats and settings using only their bodies. It also includes a full story about a mischievous young bear to give students an opportunity to act it out and apply their knowledge. Ideal for grades 1-3, this lesson helps students work on concentration, transformation, and collaboration skills in drama.

NOTE: Habitats, Needs of Living Things, and Body Details is part of our unique library of integrated lessons. These specialized lessons simultaneously teach concepts and skills related to drama and the other subject(s) targeted in the lesson. In addition, these lessons are designed to meet National Standards for Drama and for the integrated subject(s), so you can reach learning goals across multiple disciplines.

Grade Level

  • 1st Grade
  • 2nd Grade

CONCEPT/SKILL

  • 3 Drama Tools
  • Adding Details
  • Animals
  • Body
  • Body Gestures
  • Body-Level
  • Body-Line
  • Body-Shape
  • Character
  • Collaboration
  • Communication
  • Concentration
  • Cooperation
  • Emotions
  • Environment
  • Habitats
  • Imagination
  • Imitation
  • Locomotor/Nonlocomotor
  • Mind
  • Movement
  • Partner Work
  • Planning
  • Plot
  • Practicing
  • Setting
  • Shape
  • Shape/Line/Level
  • Story Elements
  • Teamwork
  • Theme/Idea
  • Transformation

INTEGRATION IDEAS

  • Animals
  • Collaboration
  • Details
  • Emotions
  • Environment
  • Habitats
  • Land Forms
  • Language Arts
  • Living Things
  • Main Idea
  • Narration
  • Plot
  • Science
  • Story Elements
  • Teamwork

ROOM SETUP

  • Open