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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Witches and Wizards Ceramic Marionettes

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students brainstorm and illustrate different types of costumes and characters. After a lecture/demo, students choose their favorite character and create a ceramic marionette.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Jive Foil Puppets

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students engage in a lesson that is about the creation and use of Jive Foil Puppets. They conduct research using a variety of resources to gather information for differences in use by different cultures. Students create their own puppets.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Puppet on a String: An Engaging Look at Movement

For Teachers 6th - 9th
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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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Inexpensive Marrionette Puppet

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students 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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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Puppetry

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore puppetry. In this puppetry lesson, students research the history and culture of puppets. Student begin to understand that art work has special characteristics. Students create their own marionette puppet.
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Activity
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Balloons Over Broadway Activity Kit

For Students Pre-K - 3rd Standards
After reading the book Balloons Over Broadway about the incredible puppeteer who created the first Macy's larger-than-life parade balloons, your youngsters will celebrate their reading by participating in a variety of engaging activities...
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PPT
Curated OER

Explanation

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Walk your class through the process of writing an explanation using this resource. Learners often have to write a how-to explanation for such simple tasks as making a peanut butter sandwich. This presentation identifies key components of...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Showman Webelos Activity Workbook

For Students 4th - 5th
In this Webelo activity learning exercise, students decide which activities they would like to complete in order to earn a badge in puppetry or music. They check off which activities they choose and their leader rates their abilities.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Halloween 2

For Teachers K - 1st
Students listen carefully to songs and identify specific things. They demonstrate knowledge of songs by sing- along with class.