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II. BEFORE THE PROGRAM: <br /> PREPARATORY MATERIALS <br /> 1. WHO IS COMING? ( an optional discussion) <br /> In setting the stage for a successful program, it is helpful to discuss the upcoming concert and <br /> workshops with students. The items below should provide some answers to student's queries, or <br /> can be a guideline for a game of"Twenty Questions." <br /> "SOMEONE'S COMING.... A SPECIAL VISITOR....SEE IF YOU CAN GUESS WHO IT IS AND <br /> WHAT THEY DO: <br /> The person is.....a teacher; a musician; he sings; he plays many different instruments. <br /> WHAT KIND OF INSTRUMENTS? <br /> Instruments like his voice; a guitar.... And instruments made of recycled stuff, <br /> bottles; cans; buckets; frying pans; garden hoses; anything! <br /> WHAT DOES HE SING? <br /> He sings... songs; stories; poems; things he made up; things you'll make up! <br /> WHAT'S HE GONNA DO HERE? <br /> He will... play a concert; lead workshops in Linstrument making from recyclable stuff <br /> that YOU bring to school (each person should bring in AT LEAST 3 recyclable <br /> containers—a cardboard one, a plastic one and a metal one—so everybody start bringing <br /> in stuff soon!); 2.songwriting; and 3.music making. <br /> HOW ARE WE GONNA DO ALL THAT? <br /> We start small and keep on going, one step at a time. We can do whatever we dream of! <br /> 2. REDUCE * REUSE * RECYCLE ( an optional preparatory discussion) <br /> These are three keys to creating a healthy, sustainable society and planet. See if the students can <br /> differentiate between them, and generate examples of both the problems and potential solutions. <br /> REDUCE: Cutting down on the amount of things we buy and use; identifying things we <br /> buy or use that we don't really need(like extensive packaging) and cutting back on <br /> wasteful practices. <br /> REUSE: Keeping things from entering the "waste stream"by finding new and creative <br /> uses for old stuff, make a planter from and old shoe; make collages from magazines etc. <br /> RECYCLE: Both "reducing" and"reusing"are forms of recycling. But it is important to <br /> distinguish the process of"industrial recycling," or the process of mechanically and <br /> chemically breaking down used materials into a raw form, so that they can be <br /> remanufactured. Examples: turning old newspapers back into new newspapers; turning <br /> old bottles and cans into new ones. <br /> VOCABULARY: reduce reuse recycle sustainable waste stream landfill industrial <br /> mechanical chemical manufacture technology raw material byproduct <br /> 3. WHERE DO THINGS COME FROM? (optional exercises and vocabulary) <br />