Games and Warm ups
Wax Mueseum
This activity was set in a natural history museum and encourages students to represent a place-based object such as trees, rocks, or animals, by making a tableau. This game encourages students to practice movement skills of stillness and deliberate movement, as well as worked students' ability to focus.
The rules are:
The facilitator sets the stage that they are the "night watchman" at a museum and the participants are statues. Every time that the night watchman turns around (away from the participants) the participants can move.
Once the night watchmen looks back towards the participants, they must freeze without getting caught moving.
The night watchman calls out a theme for the museum (for instance, dinosaurs) and the participants freeze and move like that theme as the watchman tours the museum.
To engage students once they are out, have them become the security cameras. While students are security cameras they can point to anyone they see moving to guide the watchmen.
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Escape the Line
In this activity, students took on the role of "Trickster" characters. These trickster characters had stolen a fish from the fox (the teacher) as a trick and now have to get past the fox to put the fish back in the river. The fox is patrolling the river and if they catch the rabbit they will eat them...
How to play:
There is a line or object on the floor that students must try to reach.
Students are trying to reach the line by moving whenever the fox looks away.
If the fox catches the rabbit, the rabbit is either out and must sit down as an obstacle or they have to go back to the start to run away from the fox.
Circle Games
The Circle has always been an important part of everyday life for Aboriginal people.
Everything from homes (tipis) to ceremonies (like the Potlach or Sundance) to life cycles occur the concept of circle is prevalent in FMNI culture. Circles can add a sense of equality to the classroom and are a major element in relationship building inside of the drama classroom.
Energy Circle
Energy circles are strong grounding activities. This activity helps to connect the student with their peers and helps to build a soft focus.
How to play:
Everyone in a circle.
One player starts by throwing a hand clap to their right neighbour, and the neighbour passes the clap to his right neighbor.
Play this till the clap really flows nicely around the circle.
Once students have a hang of this, send the clap anywhere in the circle. Eye contact is an important factor in order to keep the energy going around the circle and preventing the students from getting confused.
Domino Movement Circle
Domino Movement circles are strong warm ups or grounding activities. This activity helps to connect the student with their body and focus on sending the actions around the circle.