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Title of Lesson:
Teacher:
School:
Grade Level[s]:
Date to be Taught:
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Paper plates
Several sheets of colored tissue papers
Glue
Tape
Scissors
Feathers (for students who finish early or dont want to use tissue paper)
Popsicle sticks
Source of light (flashlights or lamp)
Large sheet of plain single colored fabric or thin paper (to project shadows onto)
Contemporary/Historical/Multicultural exemplars:
Chinese shadow theatre
The Tale of Two Brothers selected clips, from Harry Potter 7, Part 1
Shadowgraphy
Procedures:
INTRODUCTION: (3 minutes)
o Introduce vocabulary
o How many of you have played with your shadows in the sun?
o How do you think you can use a shadow to tell a story?
o Shadows have been used in many different ways and reasons through history
(Hist/MC/Contemp examples)
DEMONSTRATIONS: (2 minutes)
o We will be creating shadow puppets to use to tell a story as a class later.
! Description of what shadows are and how they are made
! Demonstration of how different materials can create different shadows
o Show teacher exemplars
! Girl
! Fish
! Cat
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CLEAN UP: (2 minutes) To take place before preparing for skits. (put markers, glue, scissors,
etc. back into baggies and away, extra paper off out of the way, feathers returned to baggies,
popsicle sticks away, etc.)
CLOSURE: (3 minutes)
o Student input on what they liked/ learned about the topic
! Ex. Something new about the different kinds of storytelling, how shadows can
change shape and how that affects the story, differences between drawing/telling
a story and performing it, etc
o Upon completion of all skits or end of period, class is then over.