Unit Plan: Status

Class: Drama School Year: 2022/2023 Teacher: Weems

Grade: 7

To develop competency in communication skills through participation in and

Specific exploration
Outcomes of various dramatic disciplines.

To acquire knowledge of self and others through participation in and reflection on

dramatic experience.

-Warm up and Question of the day (stretching).

Major Teaching -The status unit will have students learning how different characters present
& Learning themselves depending on the situation, who they are, how much power they hold,
Activities and how they carry themselves. Students will also play around with status that goes
against the social norm.
- Students will learn how to develop status without the use of negative emotions such
as bringing another character down, or always making a character with low status
negative.
-For instance, a character with high status may try to encourage a character with low
status or help build their confidence. While a character with low status might have an
admiration for the character with high status want to learn something from them.
-Additionally, students will play around with the idea of status flip like a boss having a
low status while the employee has a high status.

-Rubrics
Resources -Materials for different games
-props
-set pieces/costumes

-Participation
-Status Work

Assessment &
Evaluation