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| PERFORMANCES & STORY DRAMA |
| Early Childhood Presentations |
| Paul Laurence Dunbar |
| theme-based programs easy-to-follow simple plots repititious phrases audience participation songs, music or movement Stories can be compiled around a school or class theme. Some used in the past are spiders, rabbits, weather, vegetables, turtles, the farm and numbers. |
| Multicultural Folktales |
| For every group of people who exist on the earth, there is an abundant collection of stories. Many of these stories are similar as different cultures are studied, but the animals or characters may vary according to the environment familiar to the people who told them. stories from a variety of cultures varying lengths historical concepts age-appropriate |
| 19th Century African-American poet/ novelist/ lyricist most noted for his ability to capture the language, dialect and spirit of the American slave on paper extremely versatile- wrote in standard English as well as dialect Listen to Dunbar's characters come alive in such poems as The Pah'ty, When Malindy Sings and An Antebellum Sermon. |
| Story Drama |
| The children listen to a story- usually a folktale. They will then retell the story or compose original stories in one or a combination of the following ways: puppet show performance interpretive dance with music painting or drawing orchestra poetry slam groups write and perform original tales The children will be given time to create the materials required for the retelling. Sometimes students may be separated into groups to create a varied product. Folk dances and made instruments are included if possible. |
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