Environmental issues – Rhinegold Publishing

Environmental issues

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The aim of this role-play scheme is to give students the opportunity The environment is a very topical issue and one that many students feel strongly about. I wrote this scheme of work with the aim of tapping into some of this enthusiasm and getting students thinking about what they can do to make changes to the way they impact on the environment.

However, you may also encounter some apathy among students; part of the problem is that we feel that as individuals our efforts do not make much difference. We need to move away from this ‘what can I do, I’m just one person’ attitude towards a ‘one person can make all the difference’ attitude. If we can begin to get students to think more about reusing, reducing and recycling, we can all make a difference.

Learning objectives

  • To create a range of imaginary locations in the animal world
  • To use physical and vocal skills to introduce characters into these locations
  • To continue to develop characters in a range of imaginary locations
  • To explore how environmental changes might have an impact on specific locations
  • To continue to explore how characters are affected by environmental changes
  • To use tableaux to explore internal monologue
  • To explore the conventions of the genre of television talk shows
  • To use the genre of television talk shows to explore environmental issues
  • To use a stimulus (in this case a song) to create an abstract physical and vocal performance
  • To build on the previous lesson’s work to use physical and vocal skills to create an abstract nightmare world
  • To use a range of skills including flashback, flashforward and hot-seating to explore how characters are affected by environmental issues
  • To use a range of skills including flashback, flashforward and hot-seating to explore how characters are affected by environmental issues
  • To use a popular song as a stimulus for creating television adverts to promote environmentally friendly ideas

Number of lessons: 10

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