Exemplar Unit - Primary
The Roman Museum - an alternative approach to the school play
Age Phase: Primary
Teaching About and Through Drama and Theatre CPD Unit: Level 2
Aims:
- to provide the opportunity to examine an alternative to the published script as a means by which to create the primary school play
- to examine a range of examples that use a cross-curricular drama project to generate a performance
- to identify key elements of organisation and practice needed to facilitate this approach
- to develop a broader understanding of dramatic conventions that might be used in both the process and performance aspects of such a project
CPD Themes in this unit:
Teaching about and through drama and theatre, drama leadership, drama as a cross-curricular pedagogy, primary performance
Time requirement:
10 hours reading/viewing, 20 hours planning and reflection
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