‘It's not just fun, it works!’¹Developing children's historical thinking through drama

Drama-in-Education for Critical Historical Thinkers: A Case Study in the Greek Context

“…The use of Drama in Education as a teaching approach to critical historical thought has been embraced by historians themselves; Thompson (1983: 21-13) argues that the development of this skill can be achieved through Drama and role play, while Little (1983: 12-16) considers Drama in history classroom to be invaluable, as it convinces students of the reality of the past and offers them opportunities to reflect on it through guided use of their imagination and sessions of action and discussion. Moving along the same lines, Goalen and Hendy (1993;1992, Goalen 1995 have experimentally proven that the historical thinking of averageperformance students develops when they approach the historical material through dramain-education techniques.…”

Presidents Day in Second Grade with First-Person Presentations

“…Winebrenner (1992) suggests that gifted students create first-person presentations as a way to study social studies. When students use drama in social studies, they demonstrate increased evidence of thinking skills (Goalen & Hendy, 1993). The students at All Saints School explored the Presidents by using drama as a method of learning social studies.…”