Social Studies is not what you think …
On a wonderful
great sunny Saturday,the 1st of September which was a bright day but a gloomy
afternoon, we students of grade 6 ‘A’were called during the 8th and
9th period to get a feel of a novel way of learning Social Studies.
A madam by name Ms. Krithika, invited us for a theatre class. She discussed
about Gender bias,a Social Science lesson through theatre techniques and also
discussed about “stereotypes”. We had few games related to the topic such as
clap passing, a game which one kiddo should pass the clap to next child and the
process went on, and mirror game in which two were paired up and one became a
mirror and should mimic the movements that the other person did. Later we had
another game called energy ball, a game in which people added their talents in
the energy ball when their turns came. That was it for the games. Then
everybody tried to use neutral words and speak in neutral voices.
By this time we
all sat up, as it was not yet another Social Science class.The
next interesting thing was a Case Study on a daily wage labourer Mr.Ramdhari.
It was an interesting case study.
We did a Conscience
alley this time, in which each student spoke what their heart said : their
opinions about the case discussed. Students were curious to learn more about
the topic. It was not a stereotypical but an interesting class. Waiting to have
one other exciting theatre class.
Amrithaa .S.P
Krishh.K
Shalini Thulasidas
Varshini.R.B
Bloggers of
Velammal NewGen School,
Medavakkam
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Congratulations on your blog and glad your first experience with theatre in education was meaningful. Would love to know more about the insights if any that you gained through your exploration on gender stereotyping. Looking forward to your posts.
ReplyDeleteP.S: Does kiddo sound right?Maybe you would like to use learner/ student or classmate instead.
Congratulations to all. It is a very good start to the students from 6 A which they are putting their experience in blogs. Good Job and keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteA new Awakening among Velammalians and that's the NewGen way of doing it !!!! First of all , Kudos to this initiative and I wish much more "Thought Probing " blooming as Blogs !
ReplyDeleteDear Creators of this Blog " you all have done an fabulous job !" The version and wordings of this blog is fresh , creative and in its own way of expressing the real happiness of being an part of "Theatre Art". This definitely intrigues in knowing more about " Theatre Art" . We are eagerly awaiting for more blog writings and wishing all good luck for every blog writers and contributors.