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In Drama we have been studying 'women of courage'. The first woman we

studied was Joan of Arc. We used a variety of techniques starting with

a non-naturalistic drama of Saint Joan hearing voices in a dream. This

helped me to understand what she would have been told and seen in the

dream, of how the angels told her what she had to do with her life. It

made me realise how important the dream was and how it had a massive

impact on her life. Next was scripted acting of Dunois being persuaded

to work with Joan as a fellow officer. It showed me how Joan wanted to

work as a fellow officer and all the passion she had towards it. It

also showed me that in her time people, especially men, where not

comfortable working with women, even more so in the army, fighting.

Thirdly, we did an improvisation with narration, including a frozen

picture and thought tap, of the attack on St Tourelles. When we did

this piece, it showed me how much passion and commitment Joan had for

fighting for her country. It helped me to understand what Joan, other

French soldiers and British soldiers would be thinking and how they

would have felt in that situation. It also showed me how Joan was a

strong leader. When she put her all into fighting, even though she was

injured, it put new energy into her men, leading them on to take Les

Tourelles. The last piece we did for Joan was a frozen picture and

thought tap including the whole class, of Joan being burnt for heresy.

This showed me the different opinions of the people of that time, how

some people would have been against the burning, while most people

for, and the different reasons why. It also showed me how Joan would

have felt and whether she thought she was a success or not.

We then started work on Edith Cavell starting with pair work of Edith

hearing the news of the attack on Brussels, her home town.

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