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Get Up, Stand Up! Curriculum

Drama Lessons for Social Justice

Use drama strategies to explore social justice topics with this unit study. Over the course of 8 lessons, students will read, write, move, think, and create in response to stories of identity, justice, and advocacy. Culminating in a final creative expression, students will be introduced to the lifelong journey of “artivism”, the use of art as a means of standing up for what you believe is right.

Included in curriculum:

Unit overview

8 individual lessons

Tips for facilitating social justice conversations

Glossary of theater and social justice terms

Templates and handouts

Grade Levels

Four young children stand in a row holding hands, smiling. Two are wearing blue T-shirts and two are dressed in princess costumes. A wall with colorful signs is in the background.

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Five children stand in a classroom singing or performing with expressive gestures; papers are scattered on the floor and a TV is in the background.

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Preview a Lesson

In this lesson, students will be introduced to the importance of names and how names can be a part of identity. Through songwriting and portrait-making, students will reflect on important names in their lives.

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A woman in an "Alliance Theatre Institute" shirt stands in front of a screen, raising her fist as a group of students mimic the gesture.
Person dressed in a costume with a brown hat and scarf, holding a vintage telephone and appearing surprised or shocked.

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