The Long Ago Community Lesson: Remembering & Celebrating Important Events
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Objective: students demonstrate improvisation to show how drama is used to celebrate and remember important events.
This Life Drama takes place over several days and has the students creating a fictional tribe of people facing calamity, surviving, and then celebrating the outcome. Students work through an improvisational process where there is no pre-written story or pre-determined outcome. They apply the practice of "no denial of creation" or saying “yes” to what others create as a way to support the drama and honor the imagination of others. You might choose to play in role in this drama or act as a guide on the side, either way is a joyful experience. This lesson is part of our recommended sequence in the Second Grade Curriculum.
Second Grade Drama Journal: The Long Ago Community
To maximize student achievement, download this drama journal for students to use as reflection or formative assessment. For each lesson in the curriculum, we have created a corresponding journal page for your students. A drama journal allows participants to reflect on their learning and artistic growth (metacognition). It also allows you, the teacher, to see how students are using the drama vocabulary, thinking about big ideas, and perceiving their own strengths and weaknesses. If you use the journal for assessment and would like more assessment tools, visit our Second Grade Curriculum.