About the Provider The Center for
Puppetry Arts is located in Atlanta, Georgia.
This Center is the largest organization in the
United States dedicated to the art form of
puppetry and focuses on three areas: performance,
museum and education. The Center's
Education Department seeks to introduce and
explore puppetry as an effective communication
tool and to interact with educators to provide
outstanding arts education to the community. The
Center offers hands-on curriculum based workshops
to reach students across the southeast and the
nation. Students can participate in workshops at
the Center, at their school, or via
videoconference with our Distance Learning
program.
Videoconference Programs are available
The Center for
Puppetry Arts uses the latest technology to offer
nationwide Distance Learning programs for K-12.
Hands-on puppet building workshops are conducted
via videoconferencing and are tailored to specific
classroom topics and curriculum. The arts are
infused with science, social studies, language
arts and other disciplines to create a dynamic,
interactive virtual classroom for a virtual field
trip experience. Programs complement national
curriculum standards in language arts, social
studies, science, math and other areas. The Center
also offers Middle and High School programs. The
format for these programs is tailored for older
student audiences and involves discussion and Q&A
with Center staff. The Center provides a
comprehensive study guide and materials list for
most programs.
Program Fees:
$85.00 + $45.00
(bridging service fee) + all long distance line
charges.
For reservations: Contact
Patty Petrey Dees,
Distance Learning Specialist
Deborah Bowman, Distance Learning Assistant
distancelearning@puppet.org
Phone: 404.881.5117
Fax: 404.206.6044
Programs
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Distance Learning
The Gingerbread Boy
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Students witness the classic tale of The
Gingerbread Boy come to life with brilliantly
colored shadow puppets. The story is narrated
& performed during the first part of the
program. Led by the program presenter,
students make their own Gingerbread Boy Shadow
Puppet during the second half of the program. |
PreK - 2 |
40
Minutes |
Dinosaurs
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Students learn interesting facts about
dinosaurs while building a Dinosaur Cup
puppet. Learning activities focus on the
followig: meat-eaters vs. plant eaters, ways
that dinosaurs moved, & ways that dinosaurs
protected themselves. |
K
- 1 |
45
Minutes |
Butterflies
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Each student will construct a Butterfly
Marionette while participating in learning
activities about the lifecycle of the
butterfly, what makes a butterfly an insect, &
coloring & camouflage. Video clips &
photographs are included. |
K
- 2 |
45
- 50 Minutes |
Spiders
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The puppet & 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 &
insects differ, web vs. wandering spiders, &
the lifecycle. |
1
- 6 |
60
Minutes |
Plants
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Students will construct a Pop-UP Plant
puppet while learning about the various parts
of a plant & their functions. Students will
discuss photosynthesis & plants as food. |
2
-3 |
50
Minutes |
Rainforest
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Students will construct a flying Tropical
Bird Rod puppet. They will participate in
learning activities about the location of
tropical rainforests & their relationship to
the equator & tropic lines, various animals
found in the rain forest & different layers of
the rain forest. |
3
- 5 |
60
Minutes |
Exploring
Africa
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Students will build a Giraffe Rod Puppet
while learning about Africa. They will be led
through a day in the life of a 10-year-old
Malian boy & discuss similarities &
differences between their cultures.
|
1
- 2 |
60
Minutes |
Africa
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Students build a Malian Rod Puppet & learn
about Malian puppetry. Students also learn
characteristics about the continent of Africa
& Mali itself. They will be led through a day
in the life of a 10-year-old boy & discuss
similarities & differences between their
cultures. |
3
- 8 |
60
Minutes |
Discovering Puppetry In Other Cultures
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Program format & content are adapted based
on participating age group. Students are
introduced to other countries & cultures
through puppetry. Students learn about
puppetry tradition of Mali, Japan & China with
the aid of a Malian Water Spirit Rod Puppet,
Japanese Bunraku Rod Puppet, & Chinese Hand &
Shadow Puppets. |
3
- 12 |
60
Minutes |
Stage Design for Puppet Theater
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Bobby Box, the Center's Assoc. Prod. will lead
students through concepts of stage design for
puppet theater. Students will look at stage
models & video clips of various productions
while Box discusses the artistic decision that
led to each design. Lighting, colors, props,
scenery & the type of puppetry used will be
explored. Time is set aside for Q & A. |
9
- 12 |
60
Minutes |
Don Quixote, Faust, or A Midsummer Night's
Dream
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Assoc. Prod Bobby Box takes students on a
Behind-the-Scenes look of classic literature
brought to life on the puppet stage. Choose
either Don Quixote, Faust or A Midsummer
Night's Dream. Students will discuss theme,
point of view, characters, puppet design,
stage design and performance techniques.
|
9
- 12 |
60
Minutes |
Edgar Allen Poe
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Assoc. Prod. Bobby Box takes students on a
behind-the-scenes look of classic literature
brought to life on the puppet stage. Student
engage in a dialogue with Box & discuss design
concepts of the performance& how they were
brought to life on the puppet stage.
|
8
- 12 |
60
Minutes |
Hands On Teacher Workshop
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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 &
familiarizes them with the format of
programming. |
TEACHERS |
15
- 45 Minutes |
Teacher Demo
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This
program introduces teachers to programming
formats & topics offered by the Center's
Distance Learning program. A Q&A session
allows teachers to ask question about
scheduling & the curriculum-based learning
that is offered. |
TEACHERS |
15
- 45 Minutes |
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