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Castles With Character
Young scholars read historic or contemporary fiction that is set in and around castles. Then they build castles and characters to use in retelling stories, demonstrating their understanding of fiction texts and period architecture....
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Puppet Show
Students create a puppet show for a play. They choose the puppet characters they wish to enact the play and develop scenarios.
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Regal & Royal
Students follow a multi-step process to construct a hand puppet from a fairy-tale of their choice. Then they decorate their puppets with collage and marker techniques using various crayola supplies. Students also present a puppet show...
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Farm Animal Stick Puppets
Students summarize a children's book relating to farm animals. They act out the events of the book with stick puppets they create. Students experience the concepts of dialogue and role play.
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Puppet on a String: An Engaging Look at Movement
Students examine how muscles can work together with joints. In this movement lesson students use a marionette to observe how muscles work.
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You Are the Puppet Master
Students present a puppet show. In this artistic expression lesson, students learn about puppetry. Students make a puppet, learn professional puppetry techniques and present a puppet show.
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Swimmy Swim Swiftly
Students examine the letter 's'. Through instruction and modeling they explore the sound the letter makes, how the letter is written, words that contain the letter, etc. They listen to a story and identify words with the /s/ sound by...
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Puppet Frogs
Learners identify the elements of line, shape, and color and expressive qualities of pictorial representation. Students create their own puppet frog using emotion and perform in a reader's theater. Learners listen to various pieces of...
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Pitchy Patch Puppet
Pupils make a puppet. They use magazines, construction paper and a dowel rod to construct the puppet. This activity is part of a Caribbean Unit. A link for additional art lessons is included on this website.
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Inexpensive Marrionette Puppet
Learners follow directions to create a marionette puppet using Styrofoam balls, fishing line and feathers. They practice making it walk, dance, eat, sit, and walk backwards.
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Geo Jammin' - Day 1, Lesson 1: Gee Quiz!
Second graders are introduced to geometry by a teacher made puppet called Geo George.
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Plaster of Paris Puppets: Construction of the Head
Pupils create a model puppet head. In this model making lesson, students follow step-by-step directions to create a head for their puppet made out of plaster of Paris.
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Melody
Students identify what melody is and the different value and pitches in songs with similar notes previously sang in class. Then they apply this knowledge to a new song learned by echo singing. Students also listen for a starting pitch...
Florida State University
Florida State University: Molecular Expressions: Shadowbox Theatre
Have you ever thought about your shadow? One way to learn about them is to make your own shadow box theater--once a very popular form of entertainment in Europe during the 1800s and early 1900s.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi (Lorenzini)
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. One book is Carlo Collodi's The Adventures of Pinocchio. This book is an 1880's children's classic novel that was published originally via serial publication in Italy.
Utah Education Network
Uen: 1st Grade Act. 11: Fairy Tale Riddles & Puppet Shows
During this multi-day unit, students will engage in segmentation and blending skills. Students will work with fairy tales and include them into a puppet show.
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Puppeteer and Shadow Puppet From Bali and Beyond
This site provides links to pages with all kinds of information regarding puppets. You can buy or sell, read current news, or learn about the history of puppets.
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Exhibit of Nick Barone Puppets
This site provides links to pages with all kinds of information regarding puppets. You can buy or sell, read current news, or learn about the history of puppets.
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A Bunraku Performance From Awaji Puppet Theater Tradition of Japan
This site provides links to pages with all kinds of information regarding puppets. You can buy or sell, read current news, or learn about the history of puppets.
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Shadow Puppets From Stage Hand Puppets
This site provides links to pages with all kinds of information regarding puppets. You can buy or sell, read current news, or learn about the history of puppets.
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Bbc: Learning Zone Broadband Class Clips: How Shadows Are Made: Shadow Puppet
A shadow puppet.