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Red Ted, Blue Ted
(loosely based on Dr. Seuss)
Daisies complete 3
Brownies complete 4
Juniors complete 5
CSA complete 7
Red Ted, Blue Ted (Loosely based on Dr Seuss) 1. Anapestic Tetrameter What is a meter? How is it used? How many different kinds are there? Dr Seuss always wrote in meter. Read this article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metre_(poetry) How many books did Dr Seuss write that follow the Anapestic Tetrameter form? Pretend to be Dr Seuss for a day and write a book using Anapestic Tetrameter form. Share it with your friends/troop/family.
2. Seuss VS Shakespeare (watch video—previewed first by an adult) Debate-can be done in multiple ways: rap battle, courtroom style, or another way of your choosing. Pick a friend/buddy/partner and debate your own thoughts about Seuss vs Shakespeare. Take notes on the things you talk about. Share your thoughts with others not in your troop/neighborhood. How do you think is best way to do that? An argument? A judge and jury? A video? A song? Decide and then make it happen.
3. Create your own fictional world(s) after reading Mulberry Street. What would it be like to create the world that you live in? If you could do anything you want in your world, what would it look like? Dr Seuss created his own world and wrote an entire book about it. Read Mulberry Street and think about how different/same it is. Let it inspire you to imagine and design your own world. Write about it, draw it out, or otherwise share it with your group/troop/friends.
4. Tree Preservation (Lorax) HATS—Gardener/Environmentalist Dr. Seuss often took an afternoon walk through his garden at his home in La Jolla, California. He believed gardening to be another form of art and enjoyed creating a relaxed, lush, outdoor environment to share with his friends and family. Dr. Seuss was also concerned about the environment and wanted to make the world aware of the consequences of indifference to nature. The result of his concerns was The Lorax, published in 1971, a book that has inspired generations to explore conservation. Combine Dr. Seuss’s gardener and environmentalist hats and plant a tree at your school or in your community. Hold a special tree planting ceremony and dedicate it as a reading tree — a place where readers of all ages can enjoy a good book under the shade of its branches. (For more information about the best planting times in your area, contact a local nursery. If weather or climate precludes outside planting — plant a tree seedling indoors in a container at least six inches deep with good drainage. Keep in a sunny spot until you can plant outdoors.)
5. Create a political cartoon Dr Seuss was a political cartoonist before a children’s book author. What does a political cartoonist do? Create a political cartoon and share it with your friends/troop.
6. Real World Problems Dr Seuss was often writing about things with meaning, real world problems included. Read a few of these: The Butter Battle Book (Cold War); The Lorax (Industrialization); The Snitches (Anti-Semitism); Yertle the Turtle (Abuse of Power, Hitler) and see if you can tell what part(s) of the story mean what. Ask a friend/ troop member what they think about your discovery.
7. Activity Sheets Economic concepts in the world whether you agree that they are accurate or not. See images at the bottom of the page for more information/explanation. All About Trees (Tree Log); All About Tropical Rainforest (Fill the Amazon); All About Flowering Plants (Plant Food); All About Weather (Make Rain); All About the Solar System (Moon Watch); All About Being Healthy (Watch out-Acid Attack); All About the Human Body (Drawing what’s inside your outside)
8. Cat in the Hat Hats for Haiti (Or another cause of your choice) Have a "no hats" rule at your school? Work with your school’s administrators to organize a one-time “Hats for Haiti” fundraiser. For an agreed upon donation to Haitian relief, participants wear the hat of the Cat or the hat of their choice all day at school. Student organizers can collect donations the day before and give students a ticket to show that they have hats on for good cause.
9. One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish Local Food Drive Call attention to the need for protein at your local food bank and host a canned tuna and salmon drive. Use decorations of colorful fish with Seuss-inspired poetry to raise awareness about hunger in your community and to catch a net full of food for the food bank. With permission, post these poems around your community and ask people to either donate to a specific food bank or to bring canned foods to an event hosted by your troop/group.
10. Fox in Sox Homeless Shelters Of all the goods donated to shelters serving the homeless, new socks and underwear are often given the least and needed the most. Come up with some wacky tongue twisters a la Fox in Socks for morning announcements and posters at school and around your community to inspire giving to a sock drive.
11. Bartholomew and the Oobleck Read the story about the King’s Oobleck. Now make your own oobleck.
12. Recipes Choose (Brownies-2; Juniors-3; CSA-4) of the following recipes and make them. Then share with friends and family. Get feedback on your recipe.
