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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

You Are the Puppet Master

For Teachers 5th - 8th
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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Activity
Florida State University

Florida State University: Molecular Expressions: Shadowbox Theatre

For Students Pre-K - 1st
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.
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Handout
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: A Life Inside Big Bird

For Students 9th - 10th
Complete with audio and video links, this NPR web page tells the story of the puppeteer who is the voice and movement of Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, Caroll Spinney. Includes excerpts from Spinney's autobiography. This site has lots of...
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Lesson Plan
Arizona State University

Arts Work: What Artists Do

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Find an eclectic list of arts-related careers--from book illustrator to puppeteer--with short write-ups in which practitioners explain what their careers are like.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Puppeteer and Shadow Puppet From Bali and Beyond

For Students 9th - 10th
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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Graphic
Curated OER

Language Guide: Los Ninos

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Interactive vocabulary words are heard when the mouse is moved over pictures that depict things with which children might play. Some vocabulary words can be categorized as toys while others as playground equipment.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Clip Art by Phillip Martin: Puppeteer

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Cartoon of a puppeteer holding sock puppets in his hands.