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The Peacock and the Crane

Adaptedby Mrs. Ginn from the Panchatantra Tales 

In far off ancient India,

A long time ago

A crane met a peacock

Strutting down the road

The Peacock was brilliant

The Crane’s feathers quite plain

The bright bird boasted, again and again

“Behold my plumage

My feathers robe me like a king

With the colors of the rainbow

My beauty makes the heavens sing”

“How do you compare, dull Crane,

With your feathers grey as dust?

Do you feel useless,

With looks akin to rust?”

A’ sudden from the jungle,

There came an eerie rustle

The hungry tiger was a’ stalking,

and those birds they had to hustle

The Peacock was all a’ flutter,

But the crane was in flight

“Now I soar into the sky,

While you stay down there to fight”

“True, you are a beauty,

but I can float on the clouds.

My dull feathers serve with purpose

And of that I can be proud.”

Fine feathers don’t make fine birds

I Got These Fables

I got these fables, inside my bones

They make us better help us know just where to go

All through our cities, all through our globe

We're flying off through stories when we’re in our zone

We got those morals in our pockets

Got that road before our feet

Got some animals to tell us right from wrong OOH!

We can learn from what they’re saying, be the best that we can be

Hear their morals, learn their lessons, We won't stop

Inside these tales the characters know

How to cooperate, how to fail then grow

And by the end, well we already know

So just imagine, just imagine, just imagine

Learned from fables we can count on our friends friends friends friends

Learned from fables to be true til the end end end end

Learned from fables we can count on our friends friends friends friends

Learned from fables be true til the end end

We've got these fables

So just dance, dance, dance

We've got these fables

So just dance, dance, dance, come on

Ooh, it's something magical

These tales about anthropomorphic animals

They've got their struggles, they've got their goals

And they grow stronger through these tales we all should know

We got those morals in our pockets

Got that road before our feet

Got some animals to tell us right from wrong OOH!

We can learn from what they’re saying, be the best that we can be

Hear their morals, learn their lessons, We won't stop

Inside these tales the characters know

How to cooperate, how to learn and grow

And by the end, well we already know

So just imagine, just imagine, just imagine

Learned from fables we can count on our friends friends friends friends

Learned from fables to be true til the end end end end

Learned from fables we can count on our friends friends friends friends

Learned from fables be true til the end end end end

We've got these fables

So just dance, dance, dance

We've got these fables

So just dance, dance, dance, come on

CAC Opeining Song to Des’ree You Gotta Be

Listen to the tales we’ve told

Morals that have spanned the globe

Fables teach us how to live our lives

Animals personified

Choosing between wrong and right

Fables teach us how to live our lives.

You gotta be..

You gotta be strong

You gotta be fair

You gotta be wiser

You gotta be kind

You gotta be smart

You gotta be clever

You gotta have heart

You gotta work hard

You gotta stay together

All around the globe

Fables lead the way!

It's almost CAC time! This year's topic is ILLINOIS HISTORY! For the performance, we will be focusing on the earliest hunters and gatherers to statehood in 1818.

A few notes about our 2 week arts integrated unit:

• May 8 is our first day, and the performance is on May 19! Ask for the time off now!
• Kids will not be split into "interest groups."  
• Each homeroom will have their time in the spotlight, live, on stage.
• All kids in 201 will have a part to play on stage.
• 201's portion of the show will focus on French Explorers in Illinois! Ca C'est Bon!
• French Explorers will not be the only part of Illinois history that we study!
• All kids in 201 will be doing curriculum- based art projects
• All kids in 201 will help create artifacts that will be used as props, costumes, or decor.
• All parents are encouraged to come on in an lend a hand. Send me an email or write a note to let me know which day(s) work for you. If you are able to show up at the last minute, great!
• Please check this tab often to look for updates regarding projects, material needs and other important CAC updates!

Here are a few items that we will need.  Start collecting! You may bring them in to school at any time.  I will cross off items when they are no longer needed:

• yard for weaving. We need "natural" colors.
• styrofoam trays, washed well and dried.  I just washed off the tray that held tonight's chicken dinner. 
• paper grocery bags. Often grocery chains will donate these bags.
• large needles, with large eyes, for sewing our Fur Traders' "Possibles" bags

I have already made some changes. As we practice together, we may to adjust further!

Marquette and Joliet
*changes will be make in script as we rehearse!

Lead in with Kids speaking french and translation up on screen

1-Bonjour,

2-Bonjour

3-Comment allez vous?
4-Tres Bien
5 Merci
6. Je vous en prie

7-We’re speaking french!

8-It could have happened to you!

9-French was spoken all across our state

10- LaSalle, Illinois-

11- So, What changed our fate?

12. These French voyageurs were on a mission

13. Why were they here?

14. What were the conditions?

Cue music: The Battle of Yorktown from Hamilton

Piano. Dum. dum . dum.

French Explorers

1673

Monsiueur Marquette

Monsiueur Joliet

In a canoe where u belong ?

Making Missions no sweat

We paddle the Great Lakes

Speaking French our native tongue,

Immigrants, we get the job done!

So why are we here?

To bring riches to new France

We’ll convert these people

If we’re given a chance??

We will paddle the great Lakes

And the Mississippi Too

We won’t get to Asia

Southern Illinois will do!

We are not giving away our Lakes

We are  not giving away our Lakes

We are here for New France and

We taking lots of chance

We are not giving away our Lakes

We are not giving away our Lakes
Till the Trade Route Can be Found

Till the British come to town….

Till the British come to town…..

It Happened All Right Here in ILINI

 To the tune of Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile from Annie

Nomadic Tribes

Mounds Built So High

His-story ALIVE

Remember it happened all right here in

ILI!

Fur traders and French sayers came

They paddled their way

Remember it happened all right here in

ILI

The past is behind us,

But you kids should really know

It’s what you learn from year to year

That’ll help our great state grow…

And Prosper.

So …..ILLINOIS

Let’s make some noise

His-story ALIVE

Remember it happened all  right here

We hope we made it CLEAR

It happened all right here..... in... ILLINOIS