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Essentials of Elementary Social Studies By Turner, Russell, Waters Copyright 2013
Chapter 10
Drama, Role Play, and Simulations in Social Studies
Essentials of Elementary Social Studies By Turner, Russell, Waters Copyright 2013
Looking AheadWhat role does dramatic excitement
and suspense play in the elementary social studies curriculum?
What is a true educational experience?What techniques can teachers employ
to help create educational experiences?What factors must teachers be mindful
of when using these or other techniques?
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Can You –Explain how drama is a problem solving
activity?Identify reasons for using dramatic
activities?Describe different forms of mock trials?Explain stories and get students to tell
stories in ways that are meaningful for the learning context?
Essentials of Elementary Social Studies By Turner, Russell, Waters Copyright 2013
Do You –Understand the term dramatic tension?Understand how to use a variety of
dramatic techniques in social studies?Understand the difference between role
play and socio-drama?Understand what a guided fantasy is and
the purposes of this technique?Understand the concept “in-basket
game”?
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Focus Activity In small groups, generate a list of powerful quotes from
speeches and writings of historic figures.Here are a few examples:
"I have a dream." – Martin Luther King, Jr."This day shall go down in infamy."– Franklin Delano Roosevelt"Ask not what your country can do for you." – John F. Kennedy“Ain't I a woman?" – Sojourner Truth“We hold these truths to be self evident … ” – Thomas Jefferson"Four score and seven years ago, our forefathers set forth on
this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal." – Abraham Lincoln
"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free ... " – Emma Lazarus
Essentials of Elementary Social Studies By Turner, Russell, Waters Copyright 2013
Focus Activity Repeat each quote several times going around
the group with each person trying to express the quote as dramatically and differently as possible.
Discuss the meaning of each quote, and the nuances that the different ways of stating the quote add.
What does this say about how we learn from dramatic and eloquent figures in history and what we can learn from using drama in teaching?
Share responses with peers and instructor.
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The Importance of Drama in the Social StudiesWhat kind of classroom do you want
to create?What does drama mean for the
elementary teacher?What is positive dramatic tension
and how does one create it?Why should a teacher use drama?
Essentials of Elementary Social Studies By Turner, Russell, Waters Copyright 2013
Drama through ReadingWhat are/is …
Guided fantasies?Class action dramas?Reader’s theater?Dramatic reading?
Essentials of Elementary Social Studies By Turner, Russell, Waters Copyright 2013
Role Plays and Other Structured Drama Techniques
What are/is …Structured role-play?Sociodramas?Children’s theater?
Essentials of Elementary Social Studies By Turner, Russell, Waters Copyright 2013
Art and Story Related Dramatic Techniques
What are/is …Picture pantomimes?Story play?
Essentials of Elementary Social Studies By Turner, Russell, Waters Copyright 2013
ReenactmentWhat makes reenactments so
beneficial for students?In what ways can you incorporate a
reenactment?
Essentials of Elementary Social Studies By Turner, Russell, Waters Copyright 2013
Interactional DramaWhat is an interactional drama?What is suspended disbelief and why
is it important?Why should you not mimic famous
people?
Essentials of Elementary Social Studies By Turner, Russell, Waters Copyright 2013
Drama UnitsWhat are drama units?How can one utilize them in an
elementary social studies classroom?
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Story Telling in Social StudiesWhy utilize the “story telling”
approach?What are the three requirements for
story telling?learning to choose a story that is worth
telling and fits your purposeslearning how to learn a storylearning how to tell a story
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Process Drama in Social Studies What is a process drama?What are the key tools to this approach?
Why should a teacher utilize this approach?
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Effective Use of Drama in Social StudiesWhat are the possible benefits and
pitfalls of utilizing drama in the social studies?
How important is preparation when using drama?
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Simulation GamesWhat are simulation games?What are the possible benefits and
pitfalls of utilizing simulation games in the social studies?
What is the most important element to consider when using simulation games?
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Mock TrialsWhat are mock trials?What are the possible benefits and
pitfalls of utilizing mock trials in the social studies?
What are the nine forms of mock trial?
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Looking Back Elementary teachers who have a
stronger sense of the drama of the classroom are going to add suspense and excitement to their teaching.
Among the many other forms of drama that can be used are dramatic reading, class action dramas, mock trials, story play, sociodrama, simulations, role-play, and story telling.
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ExtensionThe final nine weeks is off to a fabulous start.
Your principal informs you that he would like you to join his in-service training team. He explains your role would be to develop and implement in-service training sessions to current teachers at your school and others in the district.
You accept but realize after that you must create three different sample activities that incorporate drama and related techniques into the elementary social studies curriculum.
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ExtensionDevelop three original activities that
incorporate drama and related techniques into the elementary social studies curriculum (K-6 level and topic of your choice).
The activities should be engaging and informative.
Share your products with peers and/or instructor.
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Self-Test1. What is a simulation game?2. Develop an in-basket simulation
game.3. Describe three types of mock trial.4. What is readers’ theater?5. What is the point of class action
stories?
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Self-Test6. Why is humor used in so many of the
dramatic techniques?7. What is the difference between role-play
and sociodrama?8. What is story play?9. What are some ways in which a teacher or
student can become a better storyteller?10.What purposes do different dramatic
activities serve in the social studies?
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ResourcesBoulton, J., and Ackroyd, J. (2004). The Toymaker’s
Workshop and Other Tales: Role-play in the Early Years. Oxford, UK: David Fulton Publishers.
Farmer, D. (2011). Learning Through Drama in the Primary Years. Raleigh, NC: Lulu.
Pogrow, S. (2008). Teaching Content Outrageously: How to Captivate all Students and Stimulate Learning. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Whaley, C. (2002). Meeting the Diverse Needs of Children Through Storytelling. Young Children, 57(2) (March), 31–34.
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