Overview
| Program Description: | The teaching artist will organize students in small groups (about 2 per class) in brainstorming a short puppet play a based on a performance put on by the teaching artist in the first session . They w... Read more
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| Available to Grade(s): | 4, 5 |
Logistics
| Program Format: | In-School Workshop |
| Program Format Details: | Program intended for individual classes of a grade level to experience separately. |
| Cost Per Student: | $10 |
| Number of Visits: | 5 |
| Length of Visit: | 45 minutes |
| Availability: | All year. |
Requirements
| Length Info: | No time required for setup for first visit. The second, third and fourth visit require minimal setup and less break down time. The final visit requires about 45 minutes of set up and about a half hour... Read more
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| Program Requires Prior Meeting: | yes |
| Meeting Method: | Email, Phone |
| Materials Arts Provider Provides: | Materials for designing puppets and props, puppet theater set-up for the performance. Students will be able to retain the puppets after the program, for use in the classroom or to take home as souveni... Read more
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| Materials School Provides: | The students should have access to pencils and lined paper. All materials for creating the puppets and puppet theater backdrop will be supplied but additional classroom materials such as construction ... Read more
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| Space: | Classroom |
| Space and/or Set Up Requirements for Program: | The puppet theater is approximately 5 x 5 feet wide and seven feet tall. It breaks down for moving but if the classroom is not tall enough to fit the puppet theater a modified setup will be arranged. |
Learning Standards
| Curriculum Focus: | English Language Arts |
| Common Core Standard: | Reading: Literature, Craft and Structure |
| Art Form: | Theater |
| Core Art Standard: | Creating Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work. |
| Program Learning Targets: | Students will extrapolate basics of storytelling and performance in creating a new performance piece.Students will embody character through actions, voice, and interactions with other characters... Read more
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| Wit & Wisdom Connection: | Grade 4 Module 4: Myth Making |
