Puppets

Day 1: 
Czech Wire Marionette
Type: string puppet
Where: Czech Republic
Origin: 17th century

Our Puppets: We will make our own wire puppet based on the traditional Czech style.   
Target English Vocabulary: parts of the body, describing movement
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Day 2: 
Pi Ying Xi
Type: Shadow Puppet
Where: China
Origin: Han Dynasty 
(more than 2000 years ago)
Our Puppets: We will make our own shadow puppets inspired by traditional the Chinese style. 
Target English Vocabulary: colors, shapes and textures
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Day 3: 
Wayang Golek
Type: Rod Puppet
Where: Java, Indonesia
Origin: 17th century
Our Puppets: We will make our own rod puppets based on the characters and stories of the Wayang Golek tradition
Target English Vocabulary: adjectives for people, describing music
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Day 4:
Toy Theater
Type: Miniature/Collage
Where: UK
Origin: Early 19th century
Our toy theaters: We will use collage techniques to create toy theaters and puppets based on our own stories.
Target English Vocabulary: settings and atmosphere
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Day 5:
Bread and Puppet
Type: Pageant Puppetry
Where: Vermont, USA
Origin: 1962


Our puppets: Based on the famous style of the Bread and Puppet theater in Vermont, we will work together to create giant puppets that we manipulate as a group.
Target English Vocabulary: community and cooperation

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