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Wagner, Betty Jane – 1977
This paper reveals ways in which teachers can use roles and role playing to facilitate children's understanding and expression, by giving an example of a drama in which the teacher assumed a role. In this dramatic situation, a group of eight-year-olds and nine-year-olds was asked to assume the roles of American Indians whose valley was threatened…
Descriptors: Dramatic Play, Elementary Education, Fine Arts, Interdisciplinary Approach
