The Topic: Puppets Easier - A puppet is a figure or doll made to look like a person or an animal. Puppets are controlled by people. Some puppets fit over the hand or a finger. Others have strings or rods that are moved from above or below.   Harder - Puppets are artificial figures whose movements are controlled by a person. They are inanimate objects that are manipulated so as to appear to be moving. The person who operates them is called a puppeteer. Puppets are moved by hand or by strings, wires, or rods. Puppet figures are made to represent a person, animal, plant, or an object. Puppets appear as characters in plays called puppet shows.   All About Puppets from Disney's Family.com http://family.go.com/crafts/buildmodel/specialfeature/puppets_crafts_sf/ This comprehensive site has everything you need to stage a show-stopping puppet production.   No Strings Attached by N.M.J. Burley http://homepage.ntlworld.com/neil.burley/Page1.html Here you can find out how to make and operate your own puppets, build your stage area, use scenery and props, set up your own puppet group, and lots more. Similar Website: 2) Puppetry Home Page from Sunnie BunnieZZ http://sunniebunniezz.com/puppetry/puppet.htm   Puppet Resource Center at Legends & Lore http://www.legendsandlore.com/index.html Visit this website if you are interested in puppets and how to use them. Learn how to make a sack or sock puppet and how to make your own puppet show!   Puppetry from Sagecraft Productions http://www.sagecraft.com/puppetry/ This comprehensive website is a one-stop, find just about everything about puppetry, kind of site. It contains information about puppet organizations, puppet theaters, festivals, types of puppets, traditions, uses, exhibits, schools and workshops, building and builders, and performers. Not-To-Be-Missed Sections: 2) Puppetry Building and Building Materials http://www.sagecraft.com/puppetry/building/index.html 3) Using Puppetry http://www.sagecraft.com/puppetry/using/index.html#plays    After visiting several of the websites, complete one or more of the following projects:   Make Your Own Puppet. You can find directions and assistance at many of the puppet websites plus these listed here. 1) Bumble Bee Finger Puppet http://www.clevercreations.com/beepattern.html 2) Finger Puppet http://www.kidscarnival.com/puppet.html 3) Hand Puppets from PBS http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/zoom/do/handpuppet.html 4) How To Make A Marionette at Puppets 2000 http://www.puppets2000.com/index6a.html 5) How To Make A Rod Puppet at Puppets 2000 http://www.puppets2000.com/index6b.html 6) Lets Make A Paper Bag Puppet http://www.themaninthemoon.com/makea1.htm 7) Make A Puppet from Kids Domain http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/_puppet.html 8) Make A Sock-A-Saurus from PuppetWorld http://puppetworld.com/makepuppets.htm 9) Paper Bag Puppet http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/circus/mclown.html 10)Paper Bag Puppets from FunRoom http://tac.shopnetmall.com/www.funroom.com/paperbagpuppet.html 11)Puppets and Marionettes from Enchanted Learning http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/puppets/ 12)Raccoon Puppet http://www.ri.net/schools/Central_Falls/ch/heazak/corn2.html 13)Sock Puppets from Legends and Lore http://www.legendsandlore.com/sockpuppets.html   Make A Shadow Puppet Theater. You can find lots of help at Make A Shadow Puppet Theater! from Old Sturbridge Village Kids Club, Make a Shadow Theater and a Puppet of Your Own from The Christian Science Monitor, and Shadow Puppet Theater at PBS.   Write and Perform Your Own Puppet Scripts. You can perform the puppet scripts that you find at the websites. But you also may want to write and perform you own productions. You will find assistance and information at the following websites: 1) Aesop's Fables http://www.aesopfables.com/ 2) Free Script Archives from Puppet Productions http://www.puppetproductions.com/free_script_archive.htm 3) Make Your Own Virtual Puppet Show at Early Childhood http://puppet.earlychildhood.com/puppet.html 4) Myths, Folktales and Fairy Tales from Scholastic http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/mff/index.htm 5) Puppet Scripts from Legends and Lore http://www.legendsandlore.com/scripts.html 6) Scripts from Punch & Judy On the Web http://www.punchandjudy.com/scriptsframeset.htm 7) Writing Puppet Scripts from Legends and Lore http://www.legendsandlore.com/puppetscript.html   Send Someone A Puppet Show. Go to Finger Puppet Cutouts at Blue Mountain.   Complete A Puppet WebQuest. Follow or adapt the procedures found at one of the following webQuest sites: 1) Jurassic Puppets by B.Heitzman (Grades 7-9) http://edservices.aea7.k12.ia.us/edtech/teacherpages/bheitzman/index.html 2) P is for Puppet by D. Schraeder (Kindergarten) http://www.esu3.org/curriculum/puppet/ 3) Strings & Things by M. McKeller http://www.ips.k12.in.us/webquest/k2/la/spring00/mckeller/strings/strings/pod.htm 4) What On Earth Are Shadow Puppets? by D. Woessner 5) World of Puppets by C. Jennings (Grades K-2) http://www.itdc.sbcss.k12.ca.us/curriculum/puppetry.html   Websites By Kids For Kids Puppet Project (Grade 3) from Weller Elementary in Fairbanks, Alaska http://www.northstar.k12.ak.us/schools/wlr/studentwork/Photo_Essay/puppetessay.html This is a photo essay about puppets the students made and plays that they performed.   More Puppets Websites Karakuri http://www.cjn.or.jp/karakuri/index.html Learn about the Japanese puppets called "karakuri-ningyo" that can move by themselves. This site has essays about these traditional puppets and their uses.   Make Puppets http://www.snapdragonpuppets.com/makepuppet.html This brief site outlines and illustrates the steps taken to produce a mouth and rod style of puppet.   Puppet Building Information from Nick Barone Puppets http://www.puppetbuilder.com/info/index.html Learn more about puppets and puppet building. Related Websites: 2) Puppetry Building and Building Materials http://www.sagecraft.com/puppetry/building/   Puppeteers' Cooperative Home Page http://www.gis.net/~puppetco/index.html This site provides resources for making giant puppets for parades and festivals.   Puppets at KBOB http://www.kbob.com/puppetry/ Follow one person's journey into puppets and puppetry.   Puppets With A Purpose from UNICEF http://www.unicef.org/puppets/ Find out how puppets have been helping people throughout the world and why they are seen as both educational and entertaining.   Strings, Springs and Finger Things: A New Puppet Collection from the Canadian Museum of Civilization http://www.civilization.ca/arts/ssf/ssf00eng.html This museum site has everything there is to know about hand puppets, marionettes and others.   Websites For Teachers Newsworthy Paper-Mache Puppet Heads (Grades 3-6) by M.B. Lewison http://www.askeric.org/Virtual/Lessons/Interdisciplinary/INT0049.html\ This lesson involves student role playing as they make a paper mache puppet head to fit the role he or she has chosen.   Paper Bag Puppets (Grades Pre-school to K) http://www.dltk-kids.com/type/paper_bag.htm Here you find a collection of plans for making paper bag puppets.   Make a Puppet that Looks Like You from Weekly Reader http://www.weeklyreader.com/features/acarcpk1.html Help children make puppets out of flat-bottomed paper bags. Then use the puppets in a get-acquainted language activity.   Punch and Judy Show from Educate the Children http://www.educate.org.uk/teacher_zone/classroom/history/unit1_lesson4.htm This lesson focuses on the popular 'Punch and Judy' shows and their importance in history.   Puppets in the Drama Classroom http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Alley/3765/puppets.html Puppetry is a great way to bring more reticent or shy children out of their shells, and to help everyone become more expressive. This site contains several puppet lessons.     puppet finger puppet manipulation animation marionette theater shadow puppet puppeteer Punch & Judy hand puppet music improvisation dummy performance 'Tangled Up Puppet' mask ventriloquist rod puppet computer-generated animation puppetry doll clay animation Pinocchio puppet show        Created by Annette Lamb and Larry Johnson, 12/01.