"The Wizard of Oz" Engages with Third Grade Students Drama Education as a Cross-Curricular Lever in the New Primary School Curricula

Abstract
This article explores the interconnection of individual disciplines within the New Curricula in Primary Education by examining a characteristic case study. The central focus of the study is the New Curriculum for the subject of Theater Education in the third grade of primary school and its connection with other disciplines in the school timetable. In addressing specific research questions concerning the integration of the New Curricula across various disciplines with the corresponding Theater Education curriculum and the extent to which they complement each other, the article examines the design and implementation of a cultural educational project by the author. As a primary stimulus, the fairy tale The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum was utilized as a textual and performative framework for implementing the cultural educational project. Within the project, the fairy tale serves as a tool to highlight the foundational elements of theatrical language (e.g., the embodiment of speech, the art of acting), linking them to the intended learning objectives of the Theater Education curriculum for the third grade. Simultaneously, it connects with the goals of other disciplines (e.g., Language, Visual Arts, Music), which, in this context, "interact" with acting and, more broadly, the art of theater.
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