What is Memory? – Drama in the classroom (Early Stage 1, Stage 1)
This lesson encourages students to connect with their own memories and show the value in sharing them, by listening and telling stories about significant objects.
ACTIVITY OUTLINE:
How it works:
We provide a lesson plan and instructional educational videos led by ATYP Teaching Artists, who will talk you through drama and literacy exercises that can be used in your classroom. You can follow along with your class, or watch them for your own professional learning before you teach the lesson.
Activities:
- Egg Memories: Students relate objects to memories from the past through a drama and mime exercise.
- Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge: Using the book Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox, students discuss how stories of the past can be told and shared.
Students will:
- Develop an understanding that objects can relate to memories from the past.
- Form connections between the text Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge and their own experience.
- Make valid inferences using the information in the text and their own prior knowledge.
ATYP On Demand Plus is a special offer for DART attendees booking from the DART site.
IS THIS A FREE EVENT? Yes
BROUGHT TO YOU BY: ATYP – Australian Theatre for Young People
Event Details
Event Type
On Demand (available until: 31-Jan-2024 05:00PM)
Delivery Platform
Duration
Price
FREE
Curriculum
Primary
Syllabus Outcomes
ACHASSI001, ACELA1453, ACELY1656
Main KLA, Strand, Sub Strand
HSIE » History » Past and Present (Stage 1 - Year 1 and 2)
Other KLAs
English » Making meaning through responding and composing » Speaking and Listening
Creative Arts » Drama » Making (role, dramatic contexts, elements and forms)
Learning Intentions & Success Criteria
History/English/Literacy
We are learning to:
1. Understand how the past relates to the present.
2. Form connections with narrative and our own personal experience.
3. Make inferences using information in a text and our prior knowledge.
4. Gain empathy for the point of view of others.
I will:
1. Use objects that relate to memories from the past and share these memories with others.
2. Engage in oral storytelling, through listening to quality literature and other shared stories.
3. Write a memory as a recount.
Will This Event Be Recorded?
No
Joining The Event
Technology and Materials Requirements
Time Requirements
- Our instructional video and recorded book reading run for 8 minutes total.
- Activity 1 takes 1.5 hours to run through.
- Activity 2 takes 30 mins to run through.
- Total estimated lesson time: 2 hours.
Tech Requirements
Depending on whether you’d like to watch the instructional videos before teaching or follow along with them with your class, you may need a screen to play the videos on.
If you would like the class to follow along with our recorded reading of ‘Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge’, we recommend using a screen to play it on.
Equipment:
- Treasure box containing a variety of objects and photographs that are significant to you. (e.g., a photo from your first day of school or a childhood toy).
- Egg prop to be included in the treasure box (alternatives – a small ball or make an egg-like shape out of paper).
- Egg Memories worksheet (provided by ATYP).
- Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox (a video recorded reading is provided by ATYP).
- Some space to move around and your imagination!
Connecting To The Event
How to get access to the Our Changing Environment Lessons:
1. Book the event via the DART website.
2. Fill out the form with your details.
3. You will receive an email with details to access the lessons.
More Information About This Event
ATYP On Demand Plus is a digital platform that provides primary educators access to a series of detailed units of work that use Drama and Literacy strategies to teach content and concepts within the Australian Curriculum, F-6.
The program has been developed with academics from The University of Sydney including Professor Emerita Robyn Ewing AM.
We have 8 different units available (see below). These units include instructional educational videos featuring ATYP Teaching Artists that enable non-drama trained teachers and primary generalist teachers to teach the exercises and strategies in the unit. All activities are linked to the Australian curriculum, making it accessible for teachers across Australia to integrate the units and resources into their programs and lessons.
Our Teaching Artists will take you through drama and literacy exercises that can be used in your classroom or for your own professional learning before teaching the lesson.
Other units available:
HISTORY
Past and Present: Foundation, Year 1-2
First Nations Connections: Years 3-4
Waves of Migration: Years 5-6
ENGLISH
(In partnership with Poetry in Action)
Bringing Poetry Alive: Years 3 – 6
SCIENCE
Our Changing Environment: Years 5-6
PHYSICAL HEALTH AND EDUCATION
Me and You (Understanding Ourselves & Others): F – 2
If you have any queries please contact the provider
Name: Georgia McGinness
Phone: (02) 9270 2400
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://atyp.com.au/