Reflection #4

I actually was not looking forward to this section, but once I did the reading I feel drama is different then what I thought it was or what I thought it had to be. I learned that drama can actually be a really easy thing to integrate into the classroom. I learned that doing drama activities are really fun. I can honestly say that I would like to use drama in the classroom after class on Thursday. I think the activities I will use the most are role plays, interviews, thought-tracking, hot-seating, meetings, speaking objects, & forum theater.
Children need creative drama to help them understand concepts, and to understand what it was like to live in a certain time, to understand what people went through. I think using drama helps take them back to that place in time or the situation so they can really understand what they are learning. I also think it is important to integrate drama because research shows that children learn better when they use drama. I am excited to use drama in my future classroom.