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Drama
Primary
In this unit, students use creative, critical analysis, and scientific processes to explore and understand the interdependency of trees, humans, and living things in their environment. A variety of drama conventions and dance activities are used to explore poetry, story and natural science...
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Dance
Intermediate
In this COVID Adapted resource, students will investigate, through inquiry, the interplay between body and technology. In lesson 1, objects will be used as an extension of self in order to enhance the creative movement. Colour will be used in lesson 2 to explore how technology can alter audience...
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Drama
Primary
The Name Jar is a story about Unhei, a young girl who just arrived from Korea with her family. A variety of drama strategies will provide experiences for your students to think about the difficult situations that a child new to Canada faces.
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Drama
Junior
Adapted from the CODE Resource The Tunnel
This story drama is based on The Tunnel by Anthony Browne. In it a young girl enters a dark, frightening tunnel to find her brother and emerges at the other end of the tunnel in a strange forest. How can the young girl save her brother who has been...
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Drama
Senior
This unit explores a genre of theatre that has gained importance and popularity in recent theatre history. Verbatim Theatre involves the creation of theatre that is drawn from word-for-word interviews with real people. It has been used to explore events in recent history such as 9/11, the murder...
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Dance
Intermediate
In this COVID Adapted unit, students will use social justice issues as a stimulus for dance. Through movement activities, students will explore power in relationships and how the elements of dance can be used to communicate and create a dance piece about a chosen social justice issue.
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Dance
Primary
These mini lessons integrate stories/language and songs into the kindergarten or grade one curriculum. Students will explore creative movement ideas based on these stories and song.
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Dance
Drama
Primary
Junior
Intermediate
Senior
The creative process is intended to be followed in a flexible, fluid, and cyclical manner. The chart attached in both a printed BLM and in-line image is intended as a reference for CODE members. It is the elementry chart. The secondary chart is identical except for the circle that says Presenting...
2009 Curriculum Support
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Dance
Drama
Kindergarten
Primary
Junior
Intermediate
Senior
Please see the PDF under Related Documents on the side bar. CODE's Creative Process poster is designed for use in your classroom!
2009 Curriculum Support
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Dance
Drama
Primary
Junior
Intermediate
Senior
The article defines critical literacy and how it connects to drama and dance. The article takes specific drama and dance strategies and links them directly to critical literacy concepts, offering a framework for teachers to help students interact with texts through a critical lens.
Articles and Lists, 2009 Curriculum Support, Critical Literacy