What? Field is about to finish up and it has been a great experience working with the 5th graders. This week my partner and I integrated the arts with one of our lesson plans.
So What? As we continue teaching about Colonial America this week we taught about life in the colonies which are: life in towns and cities, life on plantations, and life on the frontier. To integrate one of the arts into this lesson plan we decided to integrate process drama as an intro to life in the colonies. We took parts from their textbook and used one of the 21 Red Hot Process Drama Tools called “Speaking Objects”. For each life we picked an object and spoke in its point of view of its surroundings. For example, for life in towns and cities we told the students that they were the church steeple in the town. We talked about how we could see the children running to school, farmers at the market selling their goods, men and women going to the tailor, and more. With life on the frontier we were a candle flickering in the windowsill. We told the students that we could see papa chopping the wood, mama mending the clothes, deer grazing by, etc. The children really enjoyed participating with process drama it let them make a visual of what life was like for the colonists. I am excited to use more of the 21 Red Hot Process Tools in the future.
Now What? I plan on integrating arts as much as I can into my future classroom. All students enjoy the arts and can benefit from them. I would love to be able to be more familiar with the 21 Red Hot Process Tools and practice them. They are easy for everyone to participate in and are so worthwhile! I am excited to teach my future students and to share with them the impact arts can have on their lives!
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