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DTHE LOSR ALAMOSE NatAIONALM BANK PoCPejoyA SchooltimeTCH SerieSE TEARCHING SGUIDE The Little Mermaid Presented by The Panto Company Dreamcatchers Teaching Guides align with the Common Core State Standards and New Mexico Tuesday, MaRCH 28, 2017 State Learning Standards. Grades: PreK-5 Grades: Standards Dreams can come true... if we have the courage to Addressed By pursue them.” Attending the — WAlT diSney Performance ‘‘ NMCCSS Sl.1 New Mexico State Standards Fine Arts/Theatre, Music & Dance Standard 3 SYNOPSIS This new musical follows the dreams of a young mermaid, Arabelle. She loves singing and exploring the world outside the reef, especially collecting objects from the human world with her best friend Sid the Starfish. Her father, King Poseidon, doesn’t like her leaving the safety of her home and forbids her to ever venture to the reef again. But the rebellious Arabelle returns to the reef and then swims even further, to the surface of the ocean, and is seen singing by the human Prince Max, who hasn’t been following his families’ rules either! Max has met many young ladies that his parents would like him to marry, but he wants to marry for love. His father is insisting that if Max does not choose a wife, one will be chosen for him. His father gives Max an ultimatum: either he marries within three days, or he will lose the kingdom to his cousin. The Sea Witch Morgana sees Max and Arabelle meet, and sees an opportunity to get something she wants. She offers Arabelle a deal: she will make Arabelle human in exchange for her voice. As the witch casts her spell, she gives Arabelle a warning – make the prince fall in love with her by midnight of the third day, or she will become a mermaid again and lose her prince forever. 2 The Little Mermaid Teaching guide DREAMCATCHERS Arabelle and Max fall in love in the calm or stormy personality. human world, and Max presents Fun Facts for Students • Greek mythology has many tales Arabelle to his father the King, as his Nearly three-quarters of the world is about Triton, who is a merman choice of bride. The King is not pleased covered in water. messenger of the sea. with his son’s choice – she cannot Christopher Columbus mistook • He carries a three-pointed spear speak! instead he insists that Max manatees for mermaids. called a Trident (tri means three) marry Vanessa (Morgana in disguise), Starfish are not actually fish at all! • It is said that Poseidon had long a mysterious newcomer to the realm. They do not have gills, scales, or fins blue hair, a beard, and drives But Sid, Arabelle’s faithful Starfish, like fish do, and they move more like around in a golden cart called a millipedes with hundred of little “legs” chariot. has followed Arabelle to land and across the sea floor. discovered the truth. it’s a race against • Every Greek God or Goddess had a city to protect, and Poseidon’s time as Sid and Arabelle must convince • There are over 2,000 different starfish species living in different city was Atlantis. everyone under Vanessa’s spell that she oceans around the world. The Babylonians believed that there is an imposter! • They can regenerate a lost arm, was a “fish god” that had a beard and Sid is finally able to break the spell just but it takes about a year for it to wore a crown atop his head. His lower before Max and Vanessa are married. grow back. body was made up of fins covered in scales. Arabelle regains her voice and Sid is • They do not have blood, but determined to reform Morgana and seawater pumps through their Although there are historical claims tubes. of people seeing mermaids, scientists become friends with her. The show believe that people really saw ends with the parents and their children • They have eyes – one at the end of human-sized narwhals, manatees, and working things out and the kingdom each arm! dugongs. celebrating the wedding of Prince Max Poseidon is the God of the sea in the The famous Starbucks symbol is a and Arabelle. Greek Pantheon and can have either a mermaid. The founders of Starbucks 3 The Little Mermaid Teaching guide DREAMCATCHERS About the Author of the Original Tale Hans Christian Andersen was born in denmark, April 2, 1805. The Little Mermaid is not his only fairy tale that has been adapted. Other stories you might have heard include The Ugly Duckling, The Princess and the Pea, Thumbelina, and The Emperor’s New Clothes. Andersen pursued writing at school in Copenhagen, denmark, but his teachers discouraged him from continuing because he lacked were looking through a norse imposter a person who pretends to — the proper danish grammar and his mythology book and fell in love with be someone else in order to deceive writing style was closer to the spoken a wooden mermaid in the book. The others rest is history! language. linger — remaining present although waning or absent altogether However, Andersen kept writing because it was his passion. He wrote Vocabulary lurking — to be hidden or to be hiding behold — to see with great attention in a secret place stories and plays, and even received attention from the King. He went on brow — the part of the face above the murky — very dark or foggy eyes to publish over 200 stories, and has notorious — to be well known or inspired other famous authors like crimson — a deep and vivid red color famous for something bad Beatrix Potter (Peter Rabbit Tales) and deceive — to make someone believe rebellious — refusing to obey rules or something that is not true A.A. Milne (The Complete Works of authority or to accept normal standards Winnie-the-Pooh). Because Andersen’s disguise— to hide something so that it of behavior or dress. will not be seen or noticed writing style reads like spoken refuse — to not accept something, or language, his writing sounds fresh and dissolve — to mix with a liquid and not do something become part of the liquid inviting today, making it stand out spurt — gush forth in a sudden stream from the outdated and formal writing engaged — promised to be married or jet of authors of the same era. fling to throw or cast away — tremble — move quickly and glance — to take a brief look at involuntarily; to shake 4 The Little Mermaid Teaching guide DREAMCATCHERS of these names are from stories and Mermaids films, some are old and some are new. There have been many different Here’s a list of just some of the names beliefs about mermaids around the of mermaids around the world: world. in ireland, people used to think The Caribbean — Mama Alo that on St. Patrick’s day old women were turned into mermaids and england — Miranda thrown into the sea. Another idea was France — Udine / Melusina the children of humans and mermaids would find it hard to sleep at night Germany — nixe and would be haunted by the sound Greece — Artemis of the sea. it was also widely believed that if you looked at a mermaid Holland — Mensje you would have bad luck, but if you Hollywood, CA (USA) — Ariel managed to get a hold of something Java loro Kidul that belonged to a mermaid, you — would share their magic powers. lapland — Akriva There are many different names for Russia — Rusalka mermaids throughout the centuries in different parts of the world. Some Scotland — Selkie 5 The Little Mermaid Teaching guide DREAMCATCHERS Underwater Archaeology lesson 1 Turn a corner of the classroom into a shipwreck scene, with sunken treasure and relics from an ancient ship. Then name them and put forth a theory on their possible use. Grades 3-5 Objectives Students will: • create an undersea environment. NMCCSS • bring in an item or picture of something from the human world. l.4, Sl.1 • make up a name and use for the item. New Mexico Materials State Standards • butcher paper or poster board • magic markers, paints, colored pencils, pencil or pen Visual and Performing • glue or glue sticks Arts • scissors Content Standard 3 • notebook paper • magazines and/or pictures from the internet • items from the dry world (buttons, thimbles, sewing thread on a spool, lipstick, hair brush, etc.) • encourage students to choose some unusual items! Procedures 1. Explain to students that Arabelle it was used. As they gain more number the items on display. loved to collect things from the information sometimes they have a. On one side write what they world of humans even though to change the name or change “know” the item is and what it she did not know what they were. their theory! used for. in the movie, the seagull, Scuttle, 2. Have students use multimedia to b. For the other side instruct them made up names for these things. create an underwater scene. to look at it carefully and, like an For example he said that the 3. When dry, post the artwork in archaeologist (or detective), note fork that she found was called a the classroom. what it is made of, use patterns, “dingle hopper” and was used for 4. Have each student bring in color, material, things stuck to it, straightening hair. Archaeologists an item or two to place on the etc. Using deductive reasoning, are scientists who study the floor and/or a desk or table in have them make up a name and remains of ancient people and the undersea area. it can also use for the item. They will have to their culture.

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