Drama in History class

HI 01 Human in a changing environment and societies Goals: Understand the important relationship between humans, nature and societies Learn about the roots and evolution of European culture, societies and global economics Learn to analyze the dependence and challenges between evolution of population, economics and societies Valuate critically historical sources

Content From collecting and hunting communities to high cultures and city-states and farming Middle ages economics and society Birth of global economics Industrialism Modern culture and economics Course lasts about 8 weeks and there is 3 hours a week

Drama Drama exercises to: - Get deeper into the subject    - Support different ways of learning    - Relax by doing something fun      

Play about ancient Greece Teacher gave us different roles and then told a story and we had to act it out Roles:          -Mediterranean Sea          -Trees          -Sheep          -Greek          -Phoenicians          -olive tree and vine          -Rest are normal citizens

Plot: -How Greeks influenced the nature      -> everything is dry and bad for farming -Nature was feared and respected -They learned to farm olive and vine       -> trading with others -Wars between provinces       ->poverty -Olympics -Migration and settlements

Dialog Dialog about the estates in the middle ages Different estates are leaving town that has the black plague to avoid it They talk about the black plague, each other and their value Video

Short plays First we did short Power Point presentations Then we acted them out making shot plays Subjects:       -Christopher Columbus, Pocahontas, Emperors Video