Develop students’ critical thinking, speaking and listening through an exciting immersive theatre project for your classroom.
An exciting Dramatic Enquiry project for Key Stage 2. We’ve taken inspiration from the history of the English Civil War to develop an immersive and engaging project combining Philosophy for Children and Drama. Your learners will be placed in role as people with decisions to make and great responsibility for their fellow citizens.
It’s really surprising about the children who became quite vocal during that and you saw some real progress.’ – Teacher
– Teacher
We’ve designed this project so it can be delivered completely independently by Key Stage 2 teachers. Below you can access all the resources you need to deliver the project. The resources include lesson plans, presentations and films which bring to life the world of the Arcadian Civil War.
Download the lesson plans, PowerPoints and other resources
Please note: We’ve made these plans and resources available exclusively for teachers to deliver activity with their own class of students. If you would like to use these resources in any other way please get in touch with us.
We’ve road tested the project with schools and teachers and we’re confident you will have everything you need to run the project. However, if you need anything please get in touch with us.
Online CPD Courses
If you would like to develop your teaching practice further we’ve developed two short CPD courses to accompany the project.
The Team
Directed & Created by
Brad McCormick
Produced by
Katy Vanden
Performed by
Christina Berriman Dawson
Adam Donaldson
Ree Collins
Liam Scarth
Film by
Lindsay Duncanson
Mark Gabrysch
Radio show design by
Calum Perrin
Story consultancy by
Gwilym Lawrence
Evaluation by
Ulrike Thomas
Created with Sara Bird & Gillian Johnson, Education Outreach officers at Special Collections and Professor Rachel Hammersley, Newcastle University
Thanks to our Funders
