Benefits of using drama activities in the classroom

Child’s personal development

• Group participation develops 1.  in their own ideas.
• Unscripted, imaginative activities allow children to take 2. .

Child’s educational development

• Working as a group teaches the importance of 3.  to others.
• Performing makes children 4.  for their learning and behavior.

Role-play can be used:

• as a form of 5.  for children experiencing problems

• to help children be objective about their behaviour problems

• to explore controversial issues with a class in a 6.  environment
• to explore children’s self-knowledge and understanding of 7. 

Advantages of using role-play in the study of history

• Drama activities increase children’s 8.  in class
• Makes it easier for children to 9.  and understand historical events
• Can find answers to 10.  in history to see why certain decisions were made