Active Learning and Teaching Methods for Key Stage 3 - Northern ...

Key Stage 3FREEZE FRAMESkills•••Working with OthersBeing CreativeThinking, Decision-MakingWhat is it?• This physical activity can be a useful tool for encouraging pupils to engage indiscussion about a particular issue. Pupils are asked to pose as a still imagerepresenting a particular significant moment. See Tableau for a similar activity.Implications for classroom layout• A large space is needed for ease of movement and interaction.How does it work?1. Pupils get into small groups.2. They are asked physically to pose in a snapshot representation of a specific,significant moment.3. Pupils could work together as a group to discuss what they are being asked todepict and how it might look in a freeze frame.4. Alternatively, pupils could act out a role and, on the facilitator’s command, freeze inscene.5. Groups could take it in turns to move around and view other groups’ freeze frames.6. A debrief afterwards could focus on the nature of body language used in the freezeframe, why pupils decided to depict the scene in the way they did, and why othersmight have depicted the event in a different way.7. As an extension, groups could enact different developments in a particular issueand take photos, creating a photo-story.Possible Freeze Frame Scenarios:• Resisting a peer pressure issue, such as refusing cigarettes or alcohol;• Acting out a particular Right from the Human Rights’ Convention; and• Helping a friend.30