Kevin Locke Teacher's Guide

KEVI N LOCKE TEAC H E R’S G U I D E

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This guide is designed to help you prepare your students for Kevin Locke’s performance at the Lied Center.

SCHOOL PERFORMANCES:

Monday, Oct. 12, 2009 9:45 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Lied Center of Kansas THIS GUIDE FOR TEACHERS CONTAINS:

pg 1-2

About Kevin Locke

pg 2

Activities with Circles

pg 3

Activities with Cycles

pg 3

Music/Movement Activities

pg 4

Social Studies Activities

pg 4

Dance Activities

pg 4

Answer Key to Student Guide

pg 5

Theatre Etiquette

pg 5

Resources

about: KEVIN

LOCKE

Kevin Locke (Tokeya Inajin is his Lakota name, meaning “The First to Arise”) is known throughout the world as a visionary Hoop Dancer, the pre-eminent player of the indigenous Northern Plains flute, a traditional storyteller, cultural ambassador, recording artist and educator.

Kevin is Lakota (Hunkpapa Band of Lakota Sioux) and Anishinabe.

It was from his mother, Patricia Locke (1991 MacArthur Foundation Grant winner), his uncle Abraham End-of-Horn, mentor Joe Rock Boy, and many other elders and relatives, that Kevin received training in the values, traditions and language of his native culture for which he works tirelessly. While his early instructions were received from his immediate family and community, it is from his extended family in every part of the world that Kevin has learned many lessons in global citizenship – how we each can draw from our individual heritages to create a vibrant, evolving global civilization embracing and celebrating our collective heritage.

Approximately 80 percent of Kevin’s presentations are shared with children. He is a dance and musical hero and role model for youth around the world. His special joy is working with children on reservations to ensure the survival and growth of indigenous culture.

Kevin Locke is acknowledged to be the pivotal force in the now powerful revival of the indigenous flute tradition which, teetered on the brink of extinction just 20 years ago. In 1990, Kevin was awarded a National Heritage Fellowship by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), which recognized him as a “Master Traditional Artist who

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has contributed to the shaping of our artistic traditions and to preserving the cultural diversity of the United States.”

As a folk artist, he is often characterized as being oriented from a tribal-specific background only. But Kevin draws from deep wellsprings of knowledge, distilled and refined over many generations until yielding a profound sense of the universality of the human spirit and its inclination toward harmony, balance, beauty, peace and the sacred through movement and, dance, sound and music. It is universal spirit that Kevin strives to convey through his stories, music, humor, dances and workshops.

Touring for two decades, Kevin has performed and lectured in more than 80 countries, sharing his high vision of balance, joy and diversity. He has served as a cultural ambassador for the United States Information Service since 1980. Deeply committed to the conservation of Earth’s resources for future generations, Kevin was a delegate to the 1992 Earth Summit in Brazil and a featured performer and speaker at the 1996 United Nations Habitat II Conference in Turkey. “All of the people have the same impulses, spirit and goals,” reflects Kevin. “Through my music and dance, I want to create a positive awareness of the Oneness of humanity.”

Since 1982, Kevin has recorded 12 albums of music and stories, most recently The First Flute, Open Circle, Keepers of the Dream and Dream Catcher.

Kevin’s goal is “to raise awareness of the Oneness we share as human beings.” His belief in the Unity of human kind is expressed dramatically in the traditional Hoop Dance, which illustrates “the roles and responsibilities that all human beings have within the hoops (or circles) of life.”

Much of Kevin’s performance will relate to the circle of life through music, conversation and the dances he will perform. Doug Good Feather, a champion Fancy Dancer, singer and musician will be performing with Kevin. We have attempted to provide you with some activities, lessons plans and links that focus on life cycles, dance, music and Native American culture and history.

ACTIVITIES WITH CIRCLES The following activities correspond to themes that Kevin Locke addresses in his performances and have been appropriately linked to Kansas Education Standards.

Seeing Circles (from Kevin Locke’s Performance Guide) Stand or sit in a circle with your class. Place a globe or a large multi-textured object in the center of the circle. Take turns around the circle describing what you see, what the object looks like to you. People see the same thing in many ways from different angles, and all ways of seeing are true. Try this with other objects that have varied surfaces and textures.

All Are Connected (from Kevin Locke’s Performance Guide) Stand in a circle with your class. Throw a ball of string back and forth across the circle, once to each person. Everyone should hold on to the string as they throw it so that a web is created, connecting everyone. Hold on to the string tightly and move the web up and down together as a group. Let one person drop the string and the entire web will become weak.

When all are connected as one, then it is strong. If even one is left out, the web of connection is weakened for everyone.

Collage Circles Have students break into groups and work on a collage project about circular objects in our world. Have them collect pictures from magazines and newspapers.

Math Circle Activity http://www.thefutureschannel.com/pdf/math/circle_folding.pdf --activities with a cut out circle (will go into triangles too but not necessary for this guide) 2

Kansas Fourth Grade Geometry: Standard 3 Benchmarks 1, 2

Lunar Cycle Activity > http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/teacher_resourc es/lunar_edu.html--Lunar Lollipops

ACTIVITIES WITH

CYCLES

Water Cycle Unit > http://www-k12.atmos.washington.edu/k12/pilot/water_cy cle/teacherpage.html--has multiple activities Kansas Physical Science Standard 2, Benchmark 3 Kansas Earth and Space Science: Benchmarks 1, 3, 4

RHYTHM/MOVEMENT:

MUSIC/MOVEMENT LESSON PLAN 1.

The teacher will demonstrate a steady beat by clapping.

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Students will clap along to a steady beat.

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The teacher will explain that one beat is like one clap.

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The teacher will demonstrate an unsteady beat.

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Students will decide on several examples if the teacher is clapping a steady beat or not.

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Students will then have to decide if music being played (by the teacher on a piano or music on a CD in the CD player) has a steady beat.

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Next, students will clap a variety of tempos (fast, medium, slow) and learn that the speed of the music being played is called “tempo.�

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Students will identify the tempo of three different pieces of music played on the piano or recorded as fast, medium or slow.

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Students will now experience a steady beat and different tempos by walking to the beat.

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Students will then form a large circle (perhaps walk around a group of chairs/desks).

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Play on the piano or play a recording of some simple music with the beat being clearly played in the bass.

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Students should walk in a circle to the beat, one step for one beat.

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Change to a piece with a different tempo and repeat as long as time permits.

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DANCE ACTIVITIES A LESSON PLAN TEACHING A RAIN DANCE http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/2050.html LESSON PLAN ON THE ELEMENTS OF DANCE http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/2338/ Kansas Dance and Movement Standard 5, Benchmarks 1, 2; Standard 6, Benchmark 1

Answer Key to Student Guide Crossword Puzzle

Social Studies Activities

Across

http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/2828 Unit study on the Trail of Tears

4. unity 5. sacred beings 8. Oneness 9. cedar 10. seven 11. flute

Down 1. woodpecker 2. arts 3. lunar 5. First to Arise 7. eagle 9. circle

http://www.kshs.org/teachers/trunks/native.htm The Kansas State Historical Society http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=65 Interesting lesson plan on the myths associated with the First Thanksgiving http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=378 Lesson plans on the language of several tribes http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=257#SELECTED Extensive lesson on Columbus http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=324#BACKGROUND Great lesson plans on different Native American tribes Kansas Fourth Grade Reading: Standard 2, Benchmark 2 Kansas Fourth Grade Geography: Benchmarks 1, 2, 4 Kansas Fourth Grade History: Benchmark 1, 2, 4

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THEATRE ETIQUETTE The following paragraph is included in the student guide to remind your students of proper etiquette for the show: Being part of a theatre audience is different than watching a movie or a television show.

The performers are in the same room with you and are affected by what you do. Any unexpected noise or movement in the audience can destroy the performer’s concentration.

And, you also have to remember that you are a part of the performance as well. The artist(s) are performing for you. They can feel, hear and see if you are paying attention to what they are doing onstage. If they can feel, see and hear that you are there with them, it will help them perform better. It will be more interesting, fun and exciting when we are ALL taking part in this LIVE experience!

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R E SOU RCE S: http://www.stardate.org/nightsky/moon/ THIS WEBSITE GIVES THE PHASES OF THE MOON FOR EVERY DAY OF EVERY MONTH

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/moon_phases/index.html THIS WEBSITE ALSO SHOWS THE PHASES OF THE MOON

http://www.scienceu.com/observatory/articles/seasons/seasons.html ANIMATION OF EARTH’S MOVEMENT AROUND THE SUN

http://www.tmealf.com/DH/

http://www.teachersfirst.com/summer/nativecrafts.htm

FLAGS OF NATIVE PEOPLES

CRAFTS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN

http://www.ic.arizona.edu/ic/kmartin/School/amer1.htm GOOD INTERACTIVE SITE FOR KIDS TO LEARN ABOUT DIFFERENT NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES AND THEIR DAILY LIVES

http://nativeamericans.mrdonn.org/dailylife.html READ ABOUT DIFFERENT TRIBES AND HOW THEY LIVED

http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/natam.html

http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/abedu/ abdocs/K-4_resource.pdf

LIST OF RELEVANT LINKS

USEFUL TEACHERS GUIDE

http://www.nmai.si.edu/

http://stories.washingtonhistory.org/education/teachers/index.shtml#lc

LINK TO SMITHSONIAN’S NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN

http://puffin.creighton.edu/lakota/

GOOD SITE FOR LESSON PLANS

GREAT SITE FOR HISTORY, CULTURE, ETC OF THE LAKOTA/DAKOTA PEOPLES

http://www.ahsd25.k12.il.us/Curriculum%20Info/NativeAmericans/index.html INTERACTIVE MAP WHERE THE DIFFERENT TRIBES WERE LOCATED

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