Learning Goals
Students will be able to analyze Chinese shadow puppetry traditions and folktales to explain how cultural context shapes story meaning and performance choices.
Students will be able to identify and retell key events, characters, setting, problem, and theme in a Chinese folktale using text evidence and oral rehearsal.
Students will be able to investigate how light distance affects shadow size and sharpness in a shadow-puppet setup using simple tests and observations.
Students will be able to design, prototype, and refine jointed shadow puppets and a cardboard shadow stage that communicate character and story clearly to an audience.
Students will be able to collaborate, justify design decisions, and present a performance that responds to peer and audience feedback with evidence from rehearsal and critique.
Products
Shadow Puppet Research and Prototype Portfolio
Each student creates a portfolio with folktale annotations, a simple how-might-we statement, a shadow-science test page, and one individual puppet prototype. The portfolio shows how firsthand evidence and testing informed the student’s design idea.
Chinese Folktale Shadow-Theater Performance and Artist Talk
Each team presents a polished shadow-puppet performance of a Chinese folktale or culturally grounded original story using a shared stage, coordinated narration, and music cues. The team also delivers a short artist talk explaining the user/audience need, design choices, and revisions made from feedback.
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