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2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009 Teachers' Choice Award Recipient for Best Content Provider - Fine Arts Museum Distance Learning Programs 
 Teachers' Choice Award The Center for Puppetry Arts offers Distance Learning programs for PreK-12. Students are briefly introduced to different styles of puppets from around the world (1st grade and up). Students participate in learning activities about a topic and create a working puppet of their very own to use in the classroom. A comprehensive study guide and materials list is provided for each program. All puppet materials are easy to find and of little, if any, cost. Middle and High School programs are designed to encourage dialogue between the presenter and participating students. Teacher workshops and demos are also available. Topics: Anansi the Spider: A West African Folktale | Dinosaurs | Butterflies | Gingerbread Boy | Exploring Africa | Spiders | Plants | Rainforest | Native Americans | Mexico |Africa (Mali) | Discovering Puppetry in Other Cultures | The Legacy of Anne Frank | Edgar Allan Poe | Don Quixote or A Midsummer Night's Dream | Hands-On Teacher Workshop | Teacher Demo BOOKING FORM - BOOK YOUR PROGRAM NOW! Click here Complete this form, save it to your computer, and email it to distancelearning@puppet.org. We will email you with a confirmation if the date and time is available. THIS IS NOT AN ONLINE BOOKING SYSTEM. TOPIC: Anansi the Spider: A West African Folktale GRADE: Pre-Kindergarten-2nd PUPPET: Anansi Shadow Puppet PROGRAM LENGTH: 45 minutes PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Students witness the African folktale Anansi as it comes to life with brilliantly colored shadow puppets. The story is performed during the first part of the program - complete with recorded Nigerian drumming & narration! Students are introduced to the "trickster" Anansi and participate in learning activities about West African food and culture. Students complete the interactive program by making their very own Anansi Shadow Puppet. Download Study Guide >  Back
to TopTOPIC: Dinosaurs GRADE: Kindergarten-2nd PUPPET: Dinosaur Cup Puppet PROGRAM LENGTH: 45 minutes PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Students learn interesting facts about dinosaurs while building a Dinosaur Cup Puppet. Learning activities focus on the following: meat eaters vs. plant eaters, ways that dinosaurs moved, and ways that dinosaurs protected themselves. This is a great arts and science lesson! Download Study Guide > Back to TopTOPIC: Butterflies  GRADE: K-2nd PUPPET: Butterfly Marionette PROGRAM LENGTH: 45-50 minutes PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Each student will construct a Butterfly Marionette while participating in learning activities about the lifecycle of the butterfly, what makes a butterfly an insect, and coloring and camouflage. Video clips and photographs of the different stages in the life of a butterfly are included. This is a great arts and science lesson all in one! Download Study Guide > Back to TopTOPIC: Gingerbread Boy · Holiday Program! GRADE: PreK-2nd PUPPET: Gingerbread Boy Shadow Puppet PROGRAM LENGTH: 45-50 minutes PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Students witness the classic tale of The Gingerbread Boy come to life with brilliantly colored shadow puppets. The story is narrated and performed during the first part of the program. Led by the program presenter, students make their very own Gingerbread Boy Shadow Puppet during the second half of the program. They also participate in a learning activity about gingerbread's ingredients and history. This is a great holiday program. Download Study Guide > Back to TopTOPIC: Exploring Africa GRADE: 1st - 3rd PUPPET: Giraffe Rod Puppet PROGRAM LENGTH: 50-60 minutes PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Students will build a Giraffe Rod Puppet while learning about Africa. They will look at different types of homes, people, environments and animals of the Savanna. Animal habitats and protection from predators will be discussed. This is a great arts and social studies lesson in one! Also great for multicultural units. Download Study Guide > Back to TopTOPIC: Spiders GRADE: 1st-6th PUPPET: Spider Marionette PROGRAM LENGTH: 60 minutes PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The puppet and learning activities for this program can be modified to suit the participating age group. Students build a Spider Marionette while participating in learning activities about how spiders and insects differ, web vs. wandering spiders, and the lifecycle of a spider. This is a great arts and science lesson in one! Download Study Guide > Back to TopTOPIC: Plants  GRADE: 2nd - 3rd PUPPET: Pop-Up Plant Puppet PROGRAM LENGTH: 50 minutes PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Students will construct a Pop-Up Plant puppet while learning about the various parts of a plant and their functions. Students will also discuss photosynthesis and plants as food. This is a great arts and science lesson all in one! Download Study Guide > Back to TopTOPIC: Rain Forest GRADE: 3rd - 5th PUPPET: Tropical Bird Rod Puppet PROGRAM LENGTH: 50 minutes PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Student will construct a flying Tropical Bird Rod puppet. They will participate in learning activities about the location of tropical rain forests and their relationship to the equator and tropic lines, various animals found in the rain forest and the different layers in the rain forest. This is a great arts and science lesson all in one! Download Study Guide > Back to TopTOPIC: Native Americans GRADE: 3rd - 6th PUPPET: Hopi Kachina Hand Puppet PROGRAM LENGTH: 60 minutes PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Learning activities about different Native American cultures will take place while students create their very own Hopi Kachina Hand Puppet. Activities focus on three Native American cultures (Eastern Woodlands, Plains, Southwest), the use of natural resources from the different regions, and how these resources shaped their lives in regards to clothing, shelter and even transportation. Students also discuss Kachinas and the Hopi culture in general. This is a great arts and social studies lesson all in one! Download Study Guide > Back to TopTOPIC: Mexico GRADE: 3rd - 6th (can be adapted for older students) PUPPET: Paper Eagle Mask PROGRAM LENGTH: 60 minutes PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Students learn about the history and culture of Mexico and its people through the art of the mask. Learning activities center around the story of a flagof Mexico & ancient Aztec culture, ancient pictographs of indigenous animals of the New World, and the Spanish influence after the landing of Cortez. Students are also introduced to a modern holiday that ties the two cultures together -- Dia de los Muertos. Download Study Guide > Back
to TopTOPIC: Africa (Mali) GRADE: 4th - 8th PUPPET: Malian Rod Puppet PROGRAM LENGTH: 60 minutes PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Students build a Malian Rod Puppet and learn about the role of puppetry in Mali today. Students learn characteristics about the continent of Africa and Mali itself. Homes, people and environments are compared and discussed. This is a great arts and social studies lesson in one! Also great for multicultural units. Download Study Guide > Back to TopTOPIC: Discovering Puppetry in Other Cultures  GRADE: 4th - 12th PUPPET: Chinese Hand Puppet PROGRAM LENGTH: 60 minutes PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Program format and content are adapted based on age group. Students are introduced to other countries and cultures through puppetry. Students learn about puppetry traditions of China, Japan and/or Mali with the aid of a Malian Water Spirit Rod Puppet, Japanese Bunraku Rod Puppet, and Chinese Hand and Shadow Puppets. Teachers choose two of the three countries for the program. Students also view excerpts of master puppeteers from these countries. Students are involved in Q&A as well as hands-on puppet building to make this an interactive, virtual classroom. This is a great arts and social studies lesson all in one! Download Elementary School Study Guide > Download Middle/High School Study Guide > Back to TopTOPIC: The Legacy of Anne Frank  GRADE: 7th - 12th PROGRAM LENGTH: 60 minutes PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: A Center staff member takes students on a behind-the-scenes look at the Center's production Anne Frank: Within & Without, a poignant piece which traces the legacy of Anne Frank. Students journey from source material through the design process of this production by viewing puppets from the production, a model of the set, and video clips from the production. Clips from the production are the catalyst for discussion and Q&A. Presented in cooperation with the Georgia Commission on the Holocaust and the Anne Frank in the World: 1929-1945 exhibit under the auspices of the Anne Frank Center, USA-New York; the Anne Frank House-Amsterdam; and the Anne Frank-Fonds, Basel. Download Study Guide > Back
to TopTOPIC: Edgar Allan Poe  GRADE: 8th - 12th PROGRAM LENGTH: 60 minutes PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: A Center staff member takes students on a behind-the-scenes look of classic literature brought to life on the puppet stage. Students engage in a dialogue with the presenter about Poe's work and discuss design concepts of the performance to reveal how they were brought to life on the puppet stage. DVD clips of show excerpts, models of the stage design, and puppets from the performance enhance this program. Students wills view excerpts from one or more of the following scenes: The Tell-Tale Heart, The Cask of Amontillado, The Raven, The Bells, and The Black Cat. This is a great arts and literature lesson all in one! Download Study Guide > Back to TopTOPIC: Don Quixote or A Midsummer Night's Dream GRADE: 9th - 12th PROGRAM LENGTH: 60 minutes PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: A Center staff member takes students on a behind-the-scenes look of classic literature brought to life on the puppet stage. Choose either Don Quixote or A Midsummer Night's Dream. Students will discuss theme, point of view, characters, puppet design, stage design and performance techniques. Video clips of show excerpts, models of the stage design, and puppets from the performance enhance this program. This is a great arts and literature lesson all in one! Download Don Quixote Study Guide > Download A Midsummer Night's Dream Study Guide > Back
to TopTOPIC: Hands-On Teacher Workshop COST: $145 PROGRAM LENGTH: 45-60 minutes PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Teachers are led through a hands-on interactive workshop on the topic of their choice. Teachers actively participate in activities that would be presented to their students in a regular program. This introduces them to the technology of videoconferencing in the classroom and familiarizes them with the format of programming. Back
to TopTOPIC: Teacher demo COST: $45-90 PROGRAM LENGTH: 15-30 minutes PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Teachers are introduced to programming formats and topics offered by the Center's Distance Learning program. A question and answer session allows teachers to ask questions about scheduling and the curriculum-based learning that is offered. Back
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