Year 4-6 Technology unit explores Bunraku Theatre and Japanese puppetry. Different types of puppetry and folk tales are investigated, as well as hands on activities such as puppet making. At the conclusion of this 10 week unit, students will work collaboratively to perform their own bunraku play.
This is quite a large and comprehensive unit of work, teachers can select activities that will engage their students.
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- Bunraku_puppet_theatre.Pptx (2.47 MB)
Bunraku puppet theatre - Bunraku_puppetry_-_activity_sheets.Pdf (560.50 KB)
Bunraku puppetry - activity sheets - Bunraku_puppetry_-_unit_plan.Docx (202.04 KB)
Bunraku puppetry - unit plan - Introduction_to_puppetry.Pptx (4.34 MB)
Introduction to puppetr - Japanese_folktales_-_part_1.Pdf (9.57 MB)
Japanese folktales - part 1 - Japanese_folktales_-_part_2.Pdf (8.97 MB)
Japanese folktales - part 2 - Learning_journal_-_part_1.Pdf (6.75 MB)
Learning journal - part 1 - Learning_journal_-_part_2.Pdf (6.53 MB)
Learning journal - part 2 - Puppet_types_assessment.Pdf (2.01 MB)
Puppet type assessment