Format
1. This program begins by locating Africa and Mali on the world map. Students also discuss the difference between a continent and a country.
2.Students are shown a Malian Rod Puppet and view a video clip of puppets used in an agricultural celebration in Mali. Q & A.
2. We do an interactive learning activity on the continent of Africa.
3. Students begin with the first section of puppet building.
4. We do an interactive learning activity on the diversity of Africa-- looking at topography, homes, and people. Q & A within activity.
5. We finish the puppet
Objectives
- explore the cultural diversity of Africa
- develop an appreciation for puppetry as an art form in other cultures
- Engage in a discussion about how art is used for communications in a traditional African community
- locate Africa and Mali on the world map
- create a working rod puppet based on traditional Malian culture
Standards Alignment
National Standards
Center for Puppetry Arts’ Distance Learning programs and/or educator guides support the following academic standards:
Common Core/Language Arts
-Reading Standards for Literature K-5
-Speaking and Listening Standards K-5
Common Core/Mathematics
-Identify and describe shapes
-Analyze, compare, create and compose shapes
-Count to tell the number of objects
-Measure lengths indirectly and by iterating length units
-Represent and interpret data
-Draw and identify lines and angles; classify shapes by properties
National Core Arts Standards (currently in the adoption phase; released June 2014)
Visual Arts and Theatre
-Creating, Presenting, Responding, Connecting
Next Generation Science Standards
-Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, Dynamics
-Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
-Earth’s Systems
-Earth and Human Activity
National Education Technology Standards (NETS)
-Empowered Learner
-Digital Citizen
-Knowledge Constructor
-Innovative Designer
-Computational Thinker
-Creative Communicator
-Global Collaborator
b>National US History
NSS-USH.K-4.4 THE HISTORY OF PEOPLES OF MANY CULTURES AROUND THE WORLD
Understands selected attributes and historical developments of societies in Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe
National Geography
NSS-G.K-12.1 THE WORLD IN SPATIAL TERMS
As a result of activities in grades K-12, all students should
Understand how to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective.
NSS-G.K-12.2 PLACES AND REGIONS
As a result of their activities in grades K-12, all students should
Understand the physical and human characteristics of places.
Understand how culture and experience influence people's perceptions of places and regions.
NSS-G.K-12.3 PHYSICAL SYSTEMS
As a result of their activities in grades K-12, all students should
Understand the characteristics and spatial distribution of ecosystems on Earth's surface.
NSS-G.K-12.4 HUMAN SYSTEMS
As a result of their activities in grades K-12, all students should
Understand the characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations on Earth's surface.
Understand the characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
NSS-G.K-12.5 ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY
As a result of activities in grades K-12, all students should
Understand how physical systems affect human systems.
Understand the changes that occur in the meaning, use, distribution, and importance of resources.
National Visual Arts
NA-VA.K-4.1UNDERSTANDING AND APPLYING MEDIA, TECHNIQUES, AND PROCESSES
Achievement Standard:
Students know the differences between materials, techniques, and processes
Students describe how different materials, techniques, and processes cause different responses
Students use different media, techniques, and processes to communicate ideas, experiences, and stories
Students use art materials and tools in a safe and responsible manner
NA-VA.K-4.2 USING KNOWLEDGE OF STRUCTURES AND FUNCTIONS
Achievement Standard:
Students know the differences among visual characteristics and purposes of art in order to convey ideas
Students use visual structures and functions of art to communicate ideas
NA-VA.K-4.3 CHOOSING AND EVALUATING A RANGE OF SUBJECT MATTER, SYMBOLS, AND IDEAS
Achievement Standard:
Students explore and understand prospective content for works of art
Students select and use subject matter, symbols, and ideas to communicate meaning
NA-VA.K-4.4 UNDERSTANDING THE VISUAL ARTS IN RELATION TO HISTORY AND CULTURES
Achievement Standard:
Students know that the visual arts have both a history and specific relationships to various cultures
Students identify specific works of art as belonging to particular cultures, times, and places
Students demonstrate how history, culture, and the visual arts can influence each other in making and studying works of art
NA-VA.K-4.5 REFLECTING UPON AND ASSESSING THE CHARACTERISTICS AND MERITS OF THEIR WORK AND THE WORK OF OTHERS
Achievement Standard:
Students understand there are various purposes for creating works of visual art
Students describe how people's experiences influence the development of specific artworks
Students understand there are different responses to specific artworks
NA-VA.K-4.6 MAKING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN VISUAL ARTS AND OTHER DISCIPLINES
Achievement Standard:
Students understand and use similarities and differences between characteristics of the visual arts and other arts disciplines
Students identify connections between the visual arts and other disciplines in the curriculum