Social Studies Through Puppetry
I was excited to learn Power Point (it was easy!) to present at the Professional Day for Teaching Artists and Therapists at the Puppeteers of America Southeast Regional Festival in Wilmington, NC recently. I talked about the ten week residency I taught for 12 1st and 2nd grade classes in New Orleans last school year (funded by Young Audiences) was a social studies curriculum, in which the students built a puppet community from the land up, learning about land forms, map skills, community components, goods and services, elections, and even creating new cultural traditions.
Read press about the project here!
