Lesson 8

 | Women and Labour

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Learning from Labour | 

Intermediate ETFO Resource

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Task Component

Instruction

Assessment Focus 
Look Fors

Notes for Teachers

*

After

(Reflecting/Connecting/
Consolidating)

15 minutes

The performance piece occurs 
after students have had the time to 
consolidate their tableaus.

Next, the groups assemble as a 
theatre-in-the-round and travel 
from one station to another.

Each group will become animated 
and will live through the issues 
which face them in the presence of 
an audience. 

The living tableau can also answer 
questions from the audience. 

Assessment of Learning

 Students can be evaluated on 
their drama skills, but also on the 
sensitivity and insight they bring 
to transforming and exploring the 
human dimension of these factual 
aspects. 

They may also be assessed on the 
types of questions they pose.

Historical Perspective is the 
thinking skill relevant to this 
activity. 

Have students reflect: 

• Why is an idea or belief 

accepted in the past not 
appropriate today? 

• How did different individuals 

or groups see and react to 
events at the time?

• Why is that different from 

today?

Analyze the tension between 
conflicting past and present day 
viewpoints about historic events.

Individual 
Practice

(A question for 
extension that students 
can do independently to 
assess understanding of 
the concept(s).)

Write a reflection of your tableau/
performance. Be sure to answer 
the following questions in your 
reflection: 

• What/Who was the subject of 

the performance?

• What experiences was the 

group trying to convey?

• What elements of drama did 

your group use to convey this 
message?

• What is the historical 

significance of those who 
lived through those times?

• What agency would you say 

your character was trying to 
exhibit? 

• How did you feel while you 

were in the role of that person 
living in those conditions/ 
during that time?