Selected
Unit Materials
Puppetry
Rubric: A rubric for assessing puppet production
(PDF)
Print Resources
Barclay, Greta. Mighty Myth: A Modern Interpretation
of Greek Myths for the Classroom. Torrance, Calif: Good Apple,
1982. ISBN: 0866530649
D'Aulaire, Ingri, & D’Aulaire, Edgar
Parin. D’Aulaire’s Book of Greek Myths. New York:
Doubleday,1962. ISBN: 0385015836
Fitzsimmons, Robin, & Verniero, Joan C.
One-Hundred-and-One Read-Aloud Myths and Legends. New York:
Black Dog & Leventhal, 1999. ISBN: 1579120571
Graves, Robert. Greek Gods and Heroes, (reissue edition). New York:
Laurel Leaf, 1965. ISBN: 0440932211
Graves, Robert. The Greek Myths. New York: Penguin
USA, 1993. ISBN: 0140171991
Hamilton, Edith. Mythology. Boston: Back Bay
Books, 1998. ISBN: 0316341517
MacRone, Michael. By Jove!: Brush Up Your Mythology.
New York: Harpercollins, 1992. ISBN: 0062700235
Rosenberg, Donna. Mythology and You: Classical
Mythology and Its Relevance in Today’s World. Lincolnwood,
Ill.: NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company, 2001. ISBN: 0844255610
Williams, Marcia. Greek Myths. Cambridge, Mass.:
Candlewick Press, 1995. ISBN: 1564024407
Taymor, Julie, & Blumenthal, Eileen. Playing
With Fire: Theater, Opera, Film. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1999.
ISBN: 0810935171
Latrobe, Kathy Howard, & Knight Laughlin,
Mildred. Readers Theatre for Young Adults: Scripts and Script
Development. Englewood, Colo.: Teacher Ideas Press, 1990.
ISBN: 0872877434
Video Resource
Tamao Yoshida, Tamao (Puppeteer), & Takemoto,
Sumitayu. (Chanter). Bunraku: Masters of Japanese Puppet Theater
[Motion Picture]. Princeton, N.J.: Films for the Humanities
and Sciences. ISBN: 0736545328
Web Sites
Myth Mania
http://mythman.com/
A site containing information on Greek mythology for school
projects, homework help, and well-told humorous myths
The Puppetry Home Page
http://www.sagecraft.com/puppetry/
This is an extensive puppetry site, which includes many puppet-making
resources and supplies
What You Need To Know About: Top 10 Puppet Making Books
http://familycrafts.about.com/cs/toppicks/tp/puppetbooks.htm
Create everything from shadow puppets to fancy marionettes
Make a Rod
Puppet
http://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/kids/puppet_make/puppet_make_01.shtml
Teaching Is a Work of Heart – 2001:
Reader’s Theater Scripts and Plays
http://www.teachingheart.net/readerstheater.htm
A teacher-created site with plays and scripts to print and
read
Gander Academy: Readers Theatre
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/langrt.htm
An extensive site with tips, scripts, techniques and resources
Films for the Humanities and Sciences @ films.com
http://www.films.com/
An extensive resource for educational media
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