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DocuSign Envelope ID: C9EE1A01- 1583 -408B- 9007- 6B72A1449ABC <br />Arts in Education Grant Application — Fall 2014 -15 McDougle Elementary School PTA <br />Bright Star Touring Theatre presenting 2 different performances <br />Performance: <br />Aesop's Fables <br />Let it Shine: The American Civil <br />Rights Movement <br />Audience: <br />Kindergarten, 1 S , 2 nd ( -240 students <br />representing MES diversity ) <br />3 rd, 4 , 5 (240 students <br />representing MES diversity) <br />Show length: <br />50 minutes <br />50 minutes <br />Show date: <br />February 6, 2015 <br />February 6, 2015 <br />Study Areas: <br />Theatre Arts, English Language Arts <br />Theatre Arts, English Language Arts, <br />Social Studies <br />Bright Star Touring Theatre has performed regularly for MES over the years, recently receiving <br />favorable reviews for Sadie's Spectacular Saturday, Jack's Adventure in North Carolina History <br />and The Life of Dr. King. This year, Bright Star will be presenting two different performances. <br />Aesop's Fables will be performed for the younger Kindergarten through 2nd grade students. <br />These 2600 year -old gems have never been this entertaining! Students will enjoy Elizabethan <br />actors as they stumble across the assembled crowd and decide to put on a showcase of their <br />greatest hits. The result is a fast - paced, high- energy production that has literally left audiences <br />shouting for more. Animal- filled adventures including "The Fox and the Grapes ", "The Tortoise <br />and the Hare ", "The Boy who Cried Wolf' and "The Lion and the Mouse" focus on honesty, <br />compassion, hard work and kindness. <br />Let it Shine: The American Civil Rights Movement will performed for 3`d through 5d' grades. This <br />powerful show brings to the stage pivotal moments of the American struggle for Civil Rights. <br />The Freedom Riders, "Bombingham" and the Montgomery bus boycott are just a few of the key <br />events that unfold before your audience. Key figures and dynamic songs from the time period <br />are welcomed to the stage with an accessible script that provides a great launching pad for <br />understanding this challenging time in our nation's past. <br />Curriculum standards supported by Bright Star's performances are presented in the table below. <br />Study Area <br />Curriculum Standard <br />Theatre Arts <br />K -5th ' Analyze literary texts and performances. <br />K -5th. Analyze theatre in terms of the social, historical, and cultural contexts in which it was created. <br />K.2. Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by <br />asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not <br />understood. <br />1.2. Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or <br />through other media. <br />2.2. Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or <br />English Language <br />through other media. <br />Arts: <br />3.2. Determine the main ideas and supporting details of a text read aloud or information presented in <br />Speaking and <br />diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally. <br />Listening <br />4.2. Paraphrase portions of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, <br />including visually, quantitatively, and orally. <br />4.3. Identify the reasons and evidence a speaker provides to support particular points. <br />5.2. Summarize a written text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including <br />visually, quantitatively, and orally. <br />5.3. Summarize the points a speaker makes and explain how each claim is supported by reasons and <br />evidence. <br />3.H.1. Understand how events, individuals and ideas have influenced the history of local and regional <br />Social Studies: <br />communities. <br />History; Civics and <br />3.H.2. Use historical thinking skills to understand the context of events, people and places. <br />Government; <br />3.0 &G.2. Understand how citizens participate in their communities. <br />Culture <br />3.C.1. Understand how diverse cultures are visible in local and regional communities. <br />4.H.1. Analyze the chronology of key historical events in North Carolina history. <br />Page 5 of 23 <br />