Curious George Working

A Guide for Educators To accompany Florida Repertory Theatre’s 2017-18 Touring & Lunchbox Production Created and Complied by Anna McCullers, Educaon Outreach Manager Table of Contents INTRODUCTION Cast and Creave Team ……………………….3 Dear Teachers, Parents, and Community Leaders, Curious Creators ………………...……………….4 Thank you for supporng arts educaon in SWFL! Curious Creators Discussion/Acvies….5 With your help, Florida Rep Educaon now reaches up‐ Curious Creators Map It Out………….….….6 wards of 31,000 students per year, and that number is Pre Show Discussion …………………………….7 growing every day. It is our mission to enrich the lives of young people with exceponal theatre experiences, and What Makes You Curious?.......................8 we are looking forward to sharing Curious George: The Color Wheel …………….…………………………..9 Golden Meatball with you and your students. Math Maze (K) ……………………………...……10 Please use this study guide as a resource to help Math Maze (1) ………………………………...…11 your students explore the context of the story, make con‐ Math Maze (2) ……………………………………12 necons to the performance, and complete acvies that Math Maze (3) …………………………...………13 will deepen their learning. Math Maze (4) ……………………………….....14 We are thrilled to bring Curious George, the Man in Class Cookbook Teacher’s Guide……...…15 the Yellow Hat, and all their friends to life, and we hope you Recipe Brainstorm…………………………...…16 find this study guide to be a helpful resource. Recipe Informaon………………………...…..17 Cookbook Page Checklist………………...….18 Sincerely, Coloring Page………………………………….....19 The Florida Rep Educaon Staff Who’s Got Time? (1) .............................20 Who’s Got Time? (2) .............................21 Post Show Discussion……………………...….22 Making Connecons……………………23 – 25 References……………………………………...….26 Florida Repertory Theatre FloridaRepEducaon.Org 239 ‐332‐4665 x 2041 2 CAST Julia Rifino Dillon Feldman Paul Gary Sean Royal Haley Clay Virginia Newsome Curious George Man In the Chef Pisghe Phinneas T. Doorman Ne Yellow Hat Lightspeed CREATIVE TEAM Director Jason Parrish Sound Designer John Kiselica Music Director Roz Metcalf Costume Designer Alex Vasquez Tour/Stage Manager Anna McCullers Prop Arsan Jesseca Terhaar APM Intern Caycelynn Hoggard Producon Manager Tim Billman Scenic Designer Jordan Moore Technical Director Drew Johnson Scenic Charge Charloe Alcorn EDUCATION TEAM Educaon Director Kody C. Jones KJones@floridarep.org Outreach Manager Anna McCullers AMcCullers@floridarep.org Educaon Associate Chrisna DeCarlo CDeCarlo@floridarep.org Educaon Intern Emma Woods Florida Repertory Theatre FloridaRepEducaon.Org 239 ‐332‐4665 x 2041 3 CURIOUS CREATORS Margaret & H.A. Rey Hans Reyersbach and Margarete Waldstein were both born in Hamburg, Germany in September of 1898 and May of 1906, respecvely. They grew up near the Hagenbeck Zoo, which Hans would visit frequently to pracce the art of illustraon. He would recall that as a child he was “more familiar with the elephants and kanga‐ roos than with cows or sheep”. Hans served in the German Army during World War I, and when the war was over, he spent a few years painng circus posters for a living. Aer studying at two different universies, he traveled to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in South America where he found a job selling bathtubs. Aer spending some me in London as a photographer, Margarete ended up heading to Rio in 1935. Some sources believe she was follow‐ ing Hans, though according to leers and postmarks, she did not arrive to Brazil unl about 10 years aer he did. Regardless of her inten‐ ons, the two reconnected and were married later that year. Margarete changed her name to "Margret" and Hans changed their last name to "Rey," finding that that Reyersbach was difficult for Brazilians to pronounce. The next year, the newlyweds returned to Europe for their honeymoon and soon seled in Paris. There, they worked as adversers and pub‐ lished their first children’s books. Although many of the couple’s early books were published solely under the name “H.A. Rey”, Hans has said himself that “even those that do not show Margret's name on the tle own much to her help; she usually does the text and cricizes my drawings while they are in progress”. Among these early books was Cecily G. and the Nine Monkeys, published in 1939. One of these nine monkeys soon became the tle character in a book of his own, The Adventures of Fifi, also published in 1939. By May of 1940, Hans and Margret decided to return to Brazil, escaping the start of the Second World War. All they had access to for transportaon was an old tandem bicycle. Hans took the bike and some other spare parts and found a way to cobble together two separate bicycles for he and his wife. They rode through Southern France, relying on the kindness of strangers for food and shelter. As they were about to enter Spain, some officials heard their German accents and suspected them of being spies. They were detained for quesoning and the police searched through their luggage, finding the manuscripts of their stories, including a dra of what would become the first Curious George book. The police agreed that creators of such charming children’s books could not possibly be spies, and the Reys were released. They couple connued on to Portugal and sailed to Rio. In October of 1940, they found their way to New York ,which would become their home for the next 23 years. The Reys quickly made a successful new life for themselves in the city. Within just one month, Houghton Mifflin accepted four of their manuscripts. The publishers loved the character of Fifi, but thought it was an odd name for a male monkey in Ameri‐ ca. So the Reys agreed to change his name to George. Curious George was published in 1942, and between 1947 and 1966, more books had appeared: Curious George Takes a Job, Curious George Rides a Bike, Curious George Gets a Medal, Curious George Makes Pancakes, Curi‐ ous George Flies a Kite, Curious George Learns the Alphabet, and Curious George Goes to the Hospital. In 1963 Hans and Margaret moved to Cambridge, Massachuses where they lived together unl Hans’ death in August of 1977. Houghton Mifflin connued publishing Curious George books with the help of Margret and other talented authors and illustrators who imitate Hans’ style. Today, the books have sold nearly 30 million copies in 16 different languages and have spawned a PBS television show and of course, a stage musical. Before her death in December of 1996, Margret established The Curious George Foun‐ daon (1989) which connues to fund children’s programs that encourage all of the traits of her and her husband’s favorite monkey: curiosity, exploraon, ingenuity, opportunity, and determinaon. Florida Repertory Theatre FloridaRepEducaon.Org 239 ‐332‐4665 x 2041 4 CURIOUS CREATORS Discussion Questions 1. What about Hans Rey’s childhood might have inspired him to use animals as the main characters of his stories? Vocabulary 2. Some historians say that Margaret was following Hans to Brazil. What do you Respecvely adverb think? In the order already menoned (meaning Hans 3. Many of the Rey’s early books were published under the name “H.A. Rey”, even was born in September of 1898 and Margarete though Hans said himself that Margaret “usually does the text”. Why do you was born in May of 1906) think that decision was made? What does it mean that Margaret “usually does Hagenbeck Zoo noun the text”? A zoo in Hamburg, Germany 4. Is there anything you find inspiraonal about the Rey’s story? Talk about it! Postmark noun 5. Do you think the Rey’s would want Curious George books and television shows A stamp that the post office puts on a leer to to connue being created? Why or why not? show the date and me that it was delivered to them Honeymoon noun Activities A vacaon that a newly married couple takes Cricize verb 1. Using the biography, create a meline of the Rey’s lives. Make it as detailed as To give judgement (usually in order to make possible. Look in the text for years and dates, but also use clues such as something beer than it was before) phrases like “The next year…” to collect more informaon. You can also include Publish verb approximate dates, and if there are not exact years for certain important To prepare a work (in this case, a book) to sell to events, you can sll include the event. Simply write it in in between the gap in the public years where it must have happened. You can even use research tools to find Tandem Bicycle noun out more dates, such as when World War 1 took place. How many life events can you find? A bicycle built for two people to ride Detained verb 2. Label the world’s oceans and connents on the map on the next page. The To keep someone from moving on (usually to yellow stars show the cies where the Reys spent their lives. See if you can be quesoned about a crime) figure out which city each star represents! Use your background knowledge and help from your peers or teacher. Show the order of the countries the Reys Manuscripts noun traveled to by numbering each city. A text that has not yet been published Houghton Mifflin noun 3. Using a diconary or a computer, define the five An educaonal publishing company; currently traits that The Curious George Foundaon works to known as Houghton Mifflin Harcourt inspire. What are some examples of these traits that you have experienced in your own life? Aer Imitate verb seeing the play, come back to this queson and To copy or to follow discuss examples of these five traits that you saw Establish verb in Curious George’s character on stage.

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