Drama / Year 1 and 2 / Exploring and responding

Curriculum content descriptions

explore where, why and how people across cultures, communities and/or other contexts experience drama (AC9ADR2E01)

Elaborations
  • identifying where they might experience drama in their lives and community; for example, sharing experiences of attending drama performances at their school or taking part in drama in their community, and considering why these performances might have been created
  • recognising how drama can show feelings and ideas that people have about the world or personal experiences
  • asking questions about the drama they experience; for example, “How and why are these people making drama?”, “Where are they making drama?”, “What is the drama about?”
  • considering how drama communicates cultural knowledge in their own communities; for example, exploring how drama communicates stories, traditions and experiences that are important to people, such as drama that communicates stories from cultures, countries or regions in Asia
General capabilities
  • Intercultural understanding Intercultural Understanding
  • Literacy Literacy
ScOT terms

Communities,  Drama (Arts),  Plots (Stories),  Cultural contexts,  Role-playing

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