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Duck for President TEACHER RESOURCE GUIDE 2012-2013 October 19-November 2, 2012 Newmark Theatre 1111 SW Broadway Inside this guide ABOUT: The Show, Author, Illustrator, Playwright and Composer......................................2 Oregon Educational Standards .................................3 The Big Ideas, Discussion and Writing Prompts, and Vocabulary ...............................................4 Activities 1. To Lead or Not To Lead — Evaluate the qualities needed to be a good leader and group vocabulary words according to stu- dents’ opinions. ........................................5 2. Local, State, Federal — Discuss the different levels of govern- ment and illustrate Duck’s electoral journey by doing a mapping activity of these three different levels.........................9 3. Me for President! — Introduce campaign materials and slogans to students, who then design a slogan for their own presidential campaign and complete other language arts extensions.......12 4. Presidential Postcards — Students imagine that they’ve been elected President of the United States and write and illustrate postcards to send home to their families. 14 Teacher Info & Important Dates 5. Get Out and Vote! — Campaign, debate, vote, and analyze! October 5, 2012: Full balance due, Last day Divide your students into presidential campaign teams. Stage a to reduce seats mock campaign, town hall meeting, and an election. Then crunch Thursday, October 18, 7pm: Teacher preview some numbers and analyze the results..................... 15 Length: 60 minutes Reading List and Online Resources ............................17 Location: Newmark Theatre OCT School Services .........................................19 Adapted from Duck for President. Text copyright © by Doreen Cronin. Illustrations copyright © by Betsy Lewin. Adapted by James E. Grote. Music and lyrics by George Howe. Directed by Kirk Mouser. Teacher resource guide by Allison Davis. 1 ABOUT The Show Farmer Brown and his animals, including Dooby, Dooby, Moo and Giggle, Giggle, Quack. She lives in New York with her husband and armer Brown has a problem. His animals haven’t been pitching two daughters. Fin around the farm, and he’s putting his foot down. When he announces that all the animals have to help out and do more chores, Duck decides to take matters into his own hands and run The Illustrator, Betsy Lewin for Farmer! Betsy Lewin grew up in Clearfield, Pennsylvania. Her mother The election is close, but Duck wins. However, being in charge isn’t was a kindergarten teacher and Betsy and her brother grew up all fun and games. Soon, he realizes that being a leader is more work surrounded by children’s books and reading. Winnie the Pooh, than he’d bargained for. To lighten his workload, Duck decides to run The Adventures of Babar, and fairy tales were some of her favor- for governor. With Cow and Hen egging him on, and with Pig by his ites. She studied illustration at the Pratt Institute, and began her side as his trusty campaign manager, Duck is on the campaign trail. career by designing greeting cards. She then began writing and But this time, has Duck bitten off more than he can chew? illustrating stories for children’s magazines until an editor asked her to expand one into a picture book. She said, “I jumped at the Duck wins by just three votes! Soon he is being bombarded with chance. I’ve been doing picture books ever since and loving even more work—signing bills, approving budgets, giving funds to every moment.” (adapted from www.betsylewin.com) the board of education. Duck is exhausted and starts to wonder why being in charge and working for the people of his home state is so difficult. Cow tells him he has no choice and that the people The Playwright, James E. Grote, who elected him expect him to work very hard. and The Composer, George Howe If running a state and being the Governor is such hard work and no James E. Grote is both a playwright and an actor. In addition to fun, Duck thinks, I’ll run for President! Back on the campaign trial, Duck for President, he has also adapted The Piano Tuner, The Dirty Duck picks Pig as his running mate and is filming commercials and Cowboy, C. S. Lewis’ The Silver Chair, and many other works for preparing for the presidential debates. And thanks to a last minute the stage. He has appeared in a wide range of productions, includ- appeal to the other ducks, Duck squeaks by and wins the ing Bunnicula, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, Around the World in 80 Days, presidency. and Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death. Grote has also toured nationally with the National Theatre for Children and But being President is an even tougher job. In the Oval Office, Duck HealthWorks Theatre. is busier than ever and moving at a frantic pace. The pressure is too much! He’s overwhelmed with work, has a splitting headache, George Howe is an acclaimed composer and lyricist whose work and he’s not having any fun. Just as he’s about to cave under the is well-known both in the Chicago theater scene and beyond. His pressure, Pig brings him a newspaper ad. “Wanted: Duck. No 2005 musical, Queen Lucia, won a Chicago Jefferson award. experience necessary!” Duck goes to Farmer Brown and gets his Grote and Howe have collaborated on a number of other projects, old job back, while Pig takes over as President of the United including Brave Potatoes, Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type, and States. Back on the farm after his political adventures, Duck real- Giggle, Giggle, Quack. They both live and work in Chicago. izes he’s finally found a job that he enjoys, and happily begins to pitch in and do his chores The Author, Doreen Cronin Doreen Cronin grew up in Merrick, Long Island. As a child, Doreen thought she’d grow up to be either a police officer or an FBI agent. Instead, she started law school. When her father, struck by illness, died suddenly, Doreen suspended her law studies and pursued a career in publishing. Soon after her father’s death, Doreen awoke in the night and wrote Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type. She knew that it would have made her father laugh, just as she laughed at the hilarious stories he told her. She returned to law school, and was practicing law when the book was selected as a Caldecott Honor Book in 2001. Cronin continues to write humorous stories about 2 Oregon Educational Standards Arts: Create, Present, Perform Social Sciences: Civics and Government AR.03.CP.02 Explore aspects of the creative process and the 1.16 Identify the United States and Oregon flags and effect of different choices on one’s work. other symbols. Social Sciences: Civics and Government: Understand and apply Language Arts: Writing: Production and Distribution of Writing knowledge about governmental and political systems, and K.W.2 Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing the rights and responsibilities of citizens. to compose informative/explanatory texts. K.14 Distinguish between democratic methods and decisions 1.W.4, 2.W.4, 3.W.4 Produce clear and coherent writing in made by authority. which the development, organization, and style are appropri- 1.13 Describe the responsibilities of leaders ate to task, purpose, and audience. 2.15 Give examples of and identify appropriate and inappro- Language Arts: Writing: Text Types and Purposes priate use of power and the consequences. K.W.3, 1.W.3, 2.W.3 Write narratives to develop real or imag- 3.14 Describe how different levels of government provide ser- ined experiences or events using effective technique, vices and protect citizens. well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences. 3.15 Describe the responsibilities of citizens in their commu- Mathematics: Measurement and Data nity and state. (2.MD, 3.MD) Social Sciences: Geography: Understand and use geographic skills I. Represent and interpret data. and concepts to interpret contemporary and historical issues 2.MD.10 Draw a picture graph and a bar graph to represent 2.7 Use basic information on maps and other geographic tools a data set. 3.7 Use a simple grid system, symbols, and other information 3.MD.3 Draw a scaled picture graph and a scaled bar graph to locate the physical and political features of places on maps to represent a data set. and globes. Mathematics: Number and Operations – Fractions (3.NF) Social Sciences: Historical Knowledge F. Develop understanding of fractions as numbers. 1.3 Identify American songs and symbols. 3.NF.1 Understand a fraction 1/b as the quantity formed by 1 Social Sciences: Social Science Analysis part when a whole is partitioned into b equal parts, understand 2.21 Evaluate information relating to an issue or problem. a fraction a/b as the quantity formed by a parts of size 1/b. 3.20 Identify how people or other living things might be 3.NF.3 Explain equivalence of fractions in special cases, and affected by an event, issue, or problem. compare fractions by reasoning about their size. Common Core State Standards (CCSS) used for language arts and mathematics. 3 The Big Ideas Vocabulary • Being a leader is hard work and a lot of responsibility. Democracy • Leaders need to place the interests of their constituents first Campaign and should be able to make sacrifices. Ballot • Even one individual or one vote can make a difference. Vote • Cooperation is essential in order to get things done. Election Discussion Questions Politician & Writing Prompts Voter registration 1. Why does Duck decide to run for Farmer? Do you agree with his Ballot box decision? Why or why not? Disenfranchised 2. What does Duck promise the animals if he is elected Farmer? Do Party you think these are realistic promises? Governor 3.
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