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DocuSign Envelope ID:9ADCCDBF-8A1A-4A6C-B366-3CDODAD161AB <br /> Arts in Education Grant Application--Fall 2015-16 McDougle Elementary School PTA <br /> Gustafer Yellowgold <br /> Audience: All MES Students(-499 students representing MES diversity) <br /> Show length: 45 minutes <br /> Show date: March 3,2016 <br /> Study Areas: Theatre Arts, Music,English Language Arts <br /> The characters of Gustafer Yellowgold's world are ideal tools for teachers to encourage <br /> discussion and learning in the realm of Emotional Literacy. The animated story-songs created <br /> by Morgan Taylor tell how Gustafer leaves his home on the Sun, travels to Earth, meets new <br /> friends and makes it his home. Once settled on Earth, he begins to explore and marvel at his <br /> surroundings, go on adventures, interact with his new friends, learning both the positive and <br /> negative aspects of life and relationships and experiencing the myriad emotions that we all <br /> experience in our lives. Themes of friendship, love, longing, humor, death,jealousy, <br /> independence, excitement,joy, exploration, wonder, curiosity, anger and imagination abound <br /> throughout. Gustafer's warmth and naiveté endear his personality to viewers in such a way that <br /> they can relate to all the varying emotions he experiences and apply them to their own lives. <br /> The table below presents curriculum standards that are supported by the Gustafer Yellowgold <br /> performance. <br /> Study Area Curriculum Standard <br /> K-50.Analyze literary texts and performances. <br /> Theatre Arts K-51h.Analyze theatre in terms of the social,historical,and cultural contexts in which it was <br /> created. <br /> Music K-5.MR.1 Understand the interacting elements to respond to music and music performances. <br /> K-5 CR.1 Understand global, interdisciplinary,and 2151 century connections with music. <br /> K.SLK.2. Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through <br /> other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if <br /> something is not understood. <br /> 1.SL.2.Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information <br /> presented orally or through other media. <br /> English 2.SL.2. Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented <br /> Language Arts orally or through other media. <br /> 3,51.2. Determine the main ideas and supporting details of a text read aloud or information <br /> presented in diverse media and formats,including visually,quantitatively,and orally. <br /> 4.SL.2.Paraphrase portions of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and <br /> formats,including visually,quantitatively,and orally. <br /> 5.SL.2.Summarize a written text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and <br /> formats,including visually,quantitatively,and orally. <br /> Integrating Cultural Arts into the Curriculum <br /> The PTA Cultural Arts program works in concert with the school's art education curriculum, as <br /> well as with the teachers who incorporate the performances into the grade-level curriculum <br /> specified in the NC Essential Standards and the Common Core, particularly focusing on the Arts <br /> Education component. The Didgeridoo Down Under and Gustafer Yellowgold artists provide <br /> instructional materials to correspond with their performances,which are distributed to MES <br /> teachers. Each teacher is responsible for integrating these materials and lessons from the <br /> performances with the curriculum in each classroom.These linkages most often take place on a <br /> grade-wide level, with teacher teams in each grade using the same lesson in their classrooms. <br /> These lessons are also reinforced during relevant`specials' classes(e.g., art, music, library). <br /> Page 5 of 17 <br />