Antisectarian
Session 9: Too late to change?
PDF file: Drama lesson ideasSession outline:
- Recap of previous lesson.
- Teacher in role as child whose friend is a sectarianist troublemaker.
- Teacher narrates dialogue to the class. Dialogue includes how the teacher in role as child feels and what they feel they should do. E.g. 'My pal Jonny and I were walking in the park when we saw a group of lads. They were wearing football tops and all of a sudden he started shouting abuse and hurling things at 'em. Next thing you know, they started chasin' us. We hid behind a car and they lost us. It was close. The trouble is, this is not the first time it has happened and it's only a matter of time before he gets himself really hurt ... What should I do?'
- Class gives the teacher advice about what actions he / she should take.
- Class finishes work on projects.
Session 10: Project Performances
Session outline:
- Children perform their short drama about sectarianism to the rest of the class.
- The teacher leads a discussion about all the lessons on sectarianism in the series. What has been learnt? How can we try and resolve these problems to be better citizens?
Learning 0utcomes - by the end of the session children will (lesson 9):
- Using language - contribute to planning - offer ideas, use language inventively and appropriately and justify decisions.
- Investigation - sustain fairly complex roles - use language / movement, and other resources in new and inventive ways.
- M & M - move appropriately in a given space. Use movement inventively and appropriately.
Extension activity
- Children jot down what they have done in their journal.
- Teacher suggests to the class that some of the work can be used in morning school assembly.
HEALTH WARNING!
- Be aware of language and class dynamics.
- The teacher is to gain trust from children prior to the lesson and vice versa.