On Monday, I got up and interrupted the class after the Pledge of Allegiance and "stepped down from the Loyalists Party". I told the students that I decided I thought it was important to have freedom and have our own government where I could vote for the things I wanted. I tied it in with the words of the Pledge of Allegiance and it was really good. I even tore up my Loyalist Party sign and it was awesome! I hope that my students will always remember this drama activity and the importance of the meaning of "liberty and justice for all". I know I will.
We also taught about Lewis and Clark and the students took actual journal entries and created their own in a journal I constructed for each of them. We told them to be creative in decorating their covers and some of them even sketched animals and plants that they learned about during the activity to go along with their entries.
Our cooperating teacher had told me earlier that they don't do a lot of art activities because her students don't like it. I know they take Art Specialty and Music Specialty classes during the week, so I think it is hard to justify spending more time in those type of art activities.
I think I would like to continue to integrate drama activities into my lessons. I think it is my favorite art activity, which surprises me because I didn't think I would prefer it over music. I believe it can be the most powerful teaching strategy.
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