The Nutcracker 2: Mouse and Toy Soldier Fight Lesson

The Nutcracker 2: Mouse and Toy Soldier Fight Lesson

Capture students’ imaginations with this climactic battle scene! Designed for grades 3-6, this lesson provides an engaging way for students to learn about physical choices, collaboration, and conflict through creating a pantomime of the battle from The Nutcracker. You can also use this as an opportunity to teach students about physical safety in drama, by emphasizing the need for great concentration when acting out a fight scene.

Grade Level

  • 3rd Grade
  • 4th Grade
  • 5th Grade

CONCEPT/SKILL

  • Body
  • Body Gestures
  • Body-Level
  • Body-Line
  • Body-Shape
  • Character
  • Characterization
  • Collaboration
  • Communication
  • Concentration
  • Conflict
  • Cooperation
  • Emotions
  • Facial Expressions
  • Gesture
  • Movement
  • Planning
  • Plot
  • Practicing
  • Setting
  • Shape
  • Shape/Line/Level
  • Solution
  • Story Elements
  • Teamwork
  • Theme/Idea

INTEGRATION IDEAS

  • Collaboration
  • Conflict
  • Emotions
  • Main Idea
  • Plot
  • Story Elements
  • Story Setting
  • Teamwork

ROOM SETUP

  • Open