Introduction

The teacher asks “Are you aware of the story of Robin Hood and its characters?” and “How would you act out the characters?”

Target group and Time

These games are most suitable for children who familiar with the story of Robin Hood. With instructions one round takes about 5-10 minutes.

Learning objectives

The goal of the games is helping the students understand the plot of Robin Hood.

In addition, the students can be creative by acting out the story or its various characters. It is also a good way for the students to become more self aware.

Instructions to set up the activity

Before playing the games, the teacher can help by demonstrating. For example, the teacher says "Robin Hood" and acts out this character with a bow and arrow; Lady Marian would be shown with a dress or a love symbol.

• The teacher can start by getting the students to walk around the room and each act out a character. If the teacher says "Robin Hood", everyone is to act it out, naturally in a slightly different way. After a short top or "freeze" the students start walking again until the next character to be acted out is named.

• If you, as a teacher, want to work more on the story of Robin Hood, you can ask the students to briefly act out the storyline of the play. Clarify who is going to be which character. What are they doing in the story? What is the beginning and what is the end of the story? Start acting it out!
• If you want to focus on specific scenes of the play, you can divide the students into groups and ask them to portray these scenes of Robin Hood.