Canadian History | Drama Circle Bundle | Paper

We've bundled up our drama circles related to Canadian Social Studies and Canadian history lessons. These particular drama circles feature Canadian content in a Canadian context. Drama circles are a variation on a Readers' Theatre so you can teach history content in a new way.

Drama circles are similar to readers' theatre activities where students read small sections of text. They encourage listening and reading fluency. Best of all, they require only moments to prepare, but students are engaged and learning for an hour or more.

Each drama circle activity includes:

• directions on how to run a drama circle.
• a teacher quick guide.
• a set of 40 cards (in colour and ink-saving versions).
• a set of discussion questions to do after the drama activity.
• a variety of reading difficulties and amounts of text on the cards so you can differentiate easily for your students.
• a few blank cards if you need to change the language on a card.

This bundle includes:

• The War of 1812
• Homestead Life
• United Empire Loyalists
• Famous Five
• Famous Canadians
  
• Turtle Island and Indigenous People
• The Seven Teachings (Indigenous People)
• Komagata Maru

If you teach in Alberta, be aware this resource was written for the old Social Studies Program of Studies. It has not been reviewed or adjusted for the new Alberta social studies curriculum which is being piloted in the 2024-25 school year. To learn about how we plan to address the changes, visit our site https://brainninjas.ca/social-studies-in-alberta/

These activities align with:

• Alberta Program of Studies for Social Studies Grade 4 and Grade 5

These activities align with:

• any general Canadian history lessons. 

You can find more drama circles here!

Ninja Note: This resource downloads as a ZIP file. Open the file to access the PDFs for each drama circle. This resource requires downloading the PDF, printing the cards, and cutting them apart before beginning the activity.

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