CROSS-CURRICULAR CONNECTIONS
Almost every area of the curriculum can be accessed through drama. Some teachers may feel that their content area may not be conducive to using drama, but it can be. Integration of varied curriculums depends on the teacher. As instructor, it is your job to incorporate pertinent subject area information and concepts as your goals. With careful planning, one can easily incorporate several different content areas in a lesson. You may also create specific activities that target one or two concepts.

Here are a few examples of how creative drama can be used in different content areas:

Bring in a guest from another location to interview
Re-create a continent/locale in relationship to other continents/locales

Use computers to create documents used in the drama
Research information used in the drama on the Internet

Create group sculptures to convey a meaning or a story
Act out a story

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Write a letter to someone involved in the drama
Journal an event from another perspective
Learn and use new vocabulary in a drama
Improvise creative ways to remember what specific words mean

Calculate supplies needed for a journey in the drama
Create/follow recipes relevant to the era/locale of the drama

Experience a political situation from another perspective with teacher in role
Become another people and live their lives

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Use a book read by the class as a dramatic springboard
Read and incorporate mock documents relevant to the drama

Create art in any medium relevant to the drama
Enact colors mixing to understand the color wheel

Evaluate cause and effect relationships in the drama
Improvise and create scenarios to learn the periodic table elements

Create a soundtrack for part of the drama
Research and perform music relevant to the time/locale of the drama