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Alice in Wonderland

(Poetry in Motion)

Study Guide

A Ballet Presented by State Street Ballet of Santa Barbara

Sponsored by the Valley Performing Arts Council

Janet M. Kelly

Jkelly2360@comcast.net

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Table of Contents

3 Letter to Educators

4-6 Biographical Information about Lewis Carroll

7 The “Real” Alice in Wonderland, Alice Liddel

8-10 Summary of the story “Alice in Wonderland”

11-12 State Street Ballet of Santa Barbara Ballet Information

13-14 “Jabberwocky” Poem and Activities

15-16 Characters in Alice in Wonderland

Critical thinking about the symbolism of the characters

17-18 Poetry in Motion

19-20 “White Rabbit” by Jefferson Airplane, Woodstock, 1969

A critical thinking exercise for older students

21 Bibliography

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Dear Educators,

State Street Ballet of Santa Barbara’s version of Alice in Wonderland is one of the most

student friendly ballets I’ve witnessed. It is appropriate for very young students who will

take the story literally. It is also appropriate for older students who may want to delve

into the historical context, innuendo, and figurative nature of Alice in Wonderland.

The costumes and choreography tell a wordless story so well that students who have

never seen ballet will comprehend what the dancers are trying to convey. I’ve titled this

Study Guide as “Poetry in Motion” because I found that movement can tell a story, or

help interpret a poem, so the meaning of the writing is understandable for even the

youngest student.

This study guide has background information, and a variety of points-of-view that can

appeal to young students as well as adults. Please use you discretion to select what is

appropriate for your grade level. Common Core emphasizes critical thinking, and I have

tried to imbed information that would lend itself to deep discussions for older students,

and more literal interpretations for younger students.

For all students, it is important to understand that ballet tells a story through movement

and exaggeration of expression. There are no words. Even the music is relatively

nondescript. But the choreography, and dancers’ skills, tell the story in a way words

can’t.

Valley Performing Arts Council hopes your students find joy in viewing Alice in

Wonderland. If there is any way I can be of assistance, please don’t hesitate to contact

me.

Janet Kelly

Valley Performing Arts Council

jkelly2360@comcast.net

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Lewis

Carroll

Author of

Alice in

Wonderland

Synopsis

Born on January 27, 1832 in Daresbury, Cheshire, England, Charles Dodgson wrote and created

games as a child. At age 20 he received a studentship at Christ Church and was appointed a

lecturer in mathematics. Dodgson was shy but enjoyed creating stories for children. His books

including "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" were published under the pen name Lewis

Carroll. Dodgson died in 1898.

Early Life

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, best known by his pseudonym, Lewis Carroll, was born in the

village of Daresbury, England, on January 27, 1832. The eldest boy in a family of 11 children,

Carroll was rather adept at entertaining himself and his siblings. His father, a clergyman, raised

them in the rectory. As a boy, Carroll excelled in mathematics and won many academic prizes.

At age 20, he was awarded a studentship (called a scholarship in other colleges) to Christ

College. Apart from serving as a lecturer in mathematics, he was an avid photographer and wrote

essays, political pamphlets and poetry. "The Hunting of the Snark" displays his wonderful ability

in the genre of literary nonsense.

Alice and Literary Success

Carroll suffered from a bad stammer, but he found himself vocally fluent when speaking with

children. The relationships he had with young people in his adult years are of great interest, as

they undoubtedly inspired his best-known writings and have been a point of disturbed

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speculation over the years. Carroll loved to entertain children, and it was Alice, the daughter of

Henry George Liddell, who can be credited with his pinnacle inspiration. Alice Liddell

remembers spending many hours with Carroll, sitting on his couch while he told fantastic tales of

dream worlds. During an afternoon picnic with Alice and her two sisters, Carroll told the first

iteration of what would later become Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. When Alice arrived

home, she exclaimed that he must write the story down for her.

He fulfilled the small girl's request, and through a series of coincidences, the story fell into the

hands of the novelist Henry Kingsley, who urged Carroll to publish it. The book Alice's

Adventures in Wonderland was released in 1865. It gained steady popularity, and as a result,

Carroll wrote the sequel, Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There (1871). By

the time of his death, Alice had become the most popular children's book in England, and by

1932 it was one of the most popular in the world.

Photography and Legacy

Besides writing, Carroll created a number of fine photographs. His notable portraits include

those of the actress Ellen Terry and the poet Alfred Tennyson. He also photographed children in

every possible costume and situation, eventually making nude studies of them. Despite

conjecture, little real evidence of child abuse can be brought against him. Shortly before his 66th

birthday, Lewis Carroll caught a severe case of influenza, which led to pneumonia. He died on

January 14, 1898, leaving an enigma behind him.

Poetry

In addition to the plays that Carroll wrote and the scripts that he composed for his puppet theater,

he also wrote poems, stories, and humorous sketches for his own "magazines." In his "Useful and

Instructive Poetry" magazine, for example, a volume that was composed for a younger brother

and a sister, he satirized a copybook of stern, dogmatic maxims (a typical Victorian children's

book), and in this poem, he alluded to his own handicap:

Learn well your grammar

And never stammer.

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Eat bread with butter;

Once more, don't stutter.

Other poems in the volume focus on the theme of fairy tales, an interest which played a large

part in the creation of Alice. An early poem of Carroll's, for instance, "My Fairy," suggests the

contrariness of the creatures that Alice will meet in Wonderland:

I have a fairy by my side

Which cried; it said, "You must not weep.

"If, full of mirth, I smile and grin,

It says, "You must not laugh."

When once I wished to drink some gin,

It said, "You must not quaff."

Similarly, in another early poem, "A Tale of a Tail," there is a drawing of a dog's very long tail,

suggestive of the very slender, increasingly smaller mouse's tail in Alice, which coils across a

single page in a sort of S-shape. Also, an early poem about someone falling off a wall anticipates

Humpty Dumpty in Through the Looking Glass, and a "Morals" essay reminds one of the

ridiculous conversations between the ugly Duchess and the evil Queen in Alice. It is difficult to

ignore the writings of Carroll as a child in any analysis of his works, for in his childhood

productions, we find conclusive evidence of early imitations, hints, allusions, suggestions, and

actual elements of imaginary creatures, dreams, and visions that will appear in his later works.

The

Caterpillar (L),

and Alice and

the Cheshire

Cat (Above).

Have a group of

four to six students

create a caterpillar

with their bodies

and try to walk as

one. Is it easy?

What would

happen if the

whole class

became one

caterpillar?

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The “Real Alice” that inspired Alice in Wonderland

On July 4, 1862, a young mathematician by the name of Charles Dodgson, better-known as

Lewis Carroll, boarded a boat with a small group, setting out from Oxford to the nearby town of

Godstow, where the group was to have tea on the river bank. The party consisted of Carroll, his

friend Reverend Robinson Duckworth, and the three little sisters of Carroll's good friend Harry

Liddell—Edith (age 8), Alice (age 10), and Lorina (age 13). Entrusted with entertaining the

young ladies, Dodgson fancied a story about a whimsical world full of fantastical characters, and

named his protagonist Alice. So taken was Alice Liddell with the story that she asked Dodgson

to write it down for her, which he did when he soon sent her a manuscript under the title of

Alice's Adventures Under Ground. This manuscript would become the well-loved story, Alice in

Wonderland.

The real “Alice” Alice Lidell (L) in a photograph taken

by Lewis Carroll. Alice with her sisters in the above

photograph

A long procession of charming little girls

skipped through Carroll’s life, but none

ever took the place of Alice Liddel. He

wrote to her after her marriage, “I have had

scores of child-friends since your time, but

they have been quite a different thing.

Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) was a

photographer, and took several charming

photographs of Alice.

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Summary of Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

Alice sits on a riverbank on a warm summer day, drowsily reading over her sister’s shoulder,

when she catches sight of a White Rabbit in a waistcoat running by her. The White Rabbit pulls

out a pocket watch, exclaims that he is late, and pops down a rabbit hole. Alice follows the

White Rabbit down the hole and comes upon a great hallway lined with doors. She finds a small

door that she opens using a key she discovers on a nearby table. Through the door, she sees a

beautiful garden, and Alice begins to cry when she realizes she cannot fit through the door. She

finds a bottle marked “DRINK ME” and downs the contents. She shrinks down to the right size

to enter the door but cannot enter since she has left the key on the tabletop above her head. Alice

discovers a cake marked “EAT ME” which causes her to grow to an inordinately large height.

Still unable to enter the garden, Alice begins to cry again, and her giant tears form a pool at her

feet. As she cries, Alice shrinks and falls into the pool of tears. The pool of tears becomes a sea,

and as she treads water she meets a Mouse. The Mouse accompanies Alice to shore, where a

number of animals stand gathered on a bank. After a “Caucus Race,” Alice scares the animals

away with tales of her cat, Dinah, and finds herself alone again.

Alice meets the White Rabbit again, who mistakes her for a servant and sends her off to fetch his

things. While in the White Rabbit’s house, Alice drinks an unmarked bottle of liquid and grows

to the size of the room. The White Rabbit returns to his house, fuming at the now-giant Alice,

but she swats him and his servants away with her giant hand. The animals outside try to get her

out of the house by throwing rocks at her, which inexplicably transform into cakes when they

land in the house. Alice eats one of the cakes, which causes her to shrink to a small size. She

wanders off into the forest, where she meets a Caterpillar sitting on a mushroom and smoking a

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hookah (i.e., a water pipe). The Caterpillar and Alice get into an argument, but before the

Caterpillar crawls away in disgust, he tells Alice that different parts of the mushroom will make

her grow or shrink. Alice tastes a part of the mushroom, and her neck stretches above the trees. A

pigeon sees her and attacks, deeming her a serpent hungry for pigeon eggs.

Alice eats another part of the mushroom and shrinks down to a normal height. She wanders until

she comes across the house of the Duchess. She enters and finds the Duchess, who is nursing a

squealing baby, as well as a grinning Cheshire Cat, and a Cook who tosses massive amounts of

pepper into a cauldron of soup. The Duchess behaves rudely to Alice and then departs to prepare

for a croquet game with the Queen. As she leaves, the Duchess hands Alice the baby, which

Alice discovers is a pig. Alice lets the pig go and reenters the forest, where she meets the

Cheshire Cat again. The Cheshire Cat explains to Alice that everyone in Wonderland is mad,

including Alice herself. The Cheshire Cat gives directions to the March Hare’s house and fades

away to nothing but a floating grin.

Alice travels to the March Hare’s house to find the March Hare, the Mad Hatter, and the

Dormouse having tea together. Treated rudely by all three, Alice stands by the tea party,

uninvited. She learns that they have wronged Time and are trapped in perpetual tea-time. After a

final discourtesy, Alice leaves and journeys through the forest. She finds a tree with a door in its

side, and travels through it to find herself back in the great hall. She takes the key and uses the

mushroom to shrink down and enter the garden.

After saving several gardeners from the temper of the Queen of Hearts, Alice joins the Queen in

a strange game of croquet. The croquet ground is hilly, the mallets and balls are live flamingos

and hedgehogs, and the Queen tears about, frantically calling for the other player’s executions.

Amidst this madness, Alice bumps into the Cheshire Cat again, who asks her how she is doing.

The King of Hearts interrupts their conversation and attempts to bully the Cheshire Cat, who

impudently dismisses the King. The King takes offense and arranges for the Cheshire Cat’s

execution, but since the Cheshire Cat is now only a head floating in midair, no one can agree on

how to behead it.

The Duchess approaches Alice and attempts to befriend her, but the Duchess makes Alice feel

uneasy. The Queen of Hearts chases the Duchess off and tells Alice that she must visit the Mock

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Turtle to hear his story. The Queen of Hearts sends Alice with the Gryphon as her escort to meet

the Mock Turtle. Alice shares her strange experiences with the Mock Turtle and the Gryphon,

who listen sympathetically and comment on the strangeness of her adventures. After listening to

the Mock Turtle’s story, they hear an announcement that a trial is about to begin, and the

Gryphon brings Alice back to the croquet ground.

The Knave of Hearts stands trial for stealing the Queen’s tarts. The King of Hearts leads the

proceedings, and various witnesses approach the stand to give evidence. The Mad Hatter and the

Cook both give their testimony, but none of it makes any sense. The White Rabbit, acting as a

herald, calls Alice to the witness stand. The King goes nowhere with his line of questioning, but

takes encouragement when the White Rabbit provides new evidence in the form of a letter

written by the Knave. The letter turns out to be a poem, which the King interprets as an

admission of guilt on the part of the Knave. Alice believes the note to be nonsense and protests

the King’s interpretation. The Queen becomes furious with Alice and orders her beheading, but

Alice grows to a huge size and knocks over the Queen’s army of playing cards.

All of a sudden, Alice finds herself awake on her sister’s lap, back at the riverbank. She tells her

sister about her dream and goes inside for tea as her sister ponders Alice’s adventures.

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Alice in Wonderland Ballet

by State Street Ballet of Santa Barbara

Choreography by Robert Sund

Music by Jean Sibelius

Costumes by Mary Etta Lang

Set Design by Daniel Nyiri

A community favorite when it premiered at the Lobero in 2001, Alice in Wonderland combines

the beauty of classical ballet with the sassiness of a Broadway show to tell the uniquely

whimsical tale of Lewis Carroll’s heroine. This original production toured successfully to sold-

out audiences throughout China and Taiwan in 2003, and has become a signature example of

State Street Ballet’s innovative style – elegance with a twist! It seems only fitting that the

journeys of young Alice return to the stage for our 20th Anniversary Season, as we celebrate our

own sense of adventure, curiosity, and artistic growth.

Emmy Award-winning choreographer Robert Sund has had a long and versatile relationship

with State Street Ballet, creating his original full-length productions of Beauty and the Beast,

Alice in Wonderland, and Taming of the Shrew on the artists of the company. As the child of deaf

parents, Mr. Sund’s ability to express emotion through movement is extraordinary, as are his

diverse and imaginative musical choices. His story line for Alice in Wonderland combines

elements from author Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking

Glass, producing a wildly creative and fantastically entertaining performance that appeals to all

ages.

The numerous creatures and characters in Alice in Wonderland provide the perfect opportunities

to dazzle the imagination. Adults will take a trip down memory lane and children will gasp with

delight at the vividly theatrical costumes and stunningly realistic masks. With an extensive

background in theater and film, Costume Designer Mary Etta Lang successfully blurs the line

between reality and fantasy with her dreamy, enchanting, and fanciful designs. Alice in

Wonderland is the ideal visual treat for the whole family.

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All of the dancers in Alice in

Wonderland tell the story through

movement. Have students watch to see

if they can figure out the feelings of the

characters, and the story’s plot, through

the dancers’ movements.

Alice in Wonderland offers an excellent

example of translating poetry and prose

into movement. This idea can be

translated into acting out poems in the

classroom.

If students can act out a story or poem,

they truly understand it.

Before taking students to the ballet, show

the Disney version of Alice in

Wonderland to give students a point of

reference for the characters.

Discuss the characters the students will

see. How would they act like a Cheshire

Cat or a March Hare? Have students

create their own creative movements and

then explain why they selected to move

that way.

Bring a croquet set to school to

demonstrate how croquet is played. Then

make a creative movement activity with

some children being the wickets, the

balls, the mallets, etc. Can kids play a

human game of croquet? It would be fun

to get some lawn flamingos to use as

mallets.

If the children are mature enough, help

them research why the Mad Hatter is

called a mad hatter, or why the names

Tweedledum and Tweedledee are so

appropriate.

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Jabberwocky

By Lewis Carroll

’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves

Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:

All mimsy were the borogoves,

And the mome raths outgrabe.

“Beware the Jabberwock, my son!

The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!

Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun

The frumious Bandersnatch!”

He took his vorpal sword in hand;

Long time the manxome foe he sought—

So rested he by the Tumtum tree

And stood awhile in thought.

And, as in uffish thought he stood,

The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,

Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,

And burbled as it came!

Have the students read a stanza of The

Jabberwocky and create movement to

go with the words. Second stanza could

be good for younger students.

Make cloze activity out of The

Jabberwocky poem

Have older students determine whether

the nonsense words are nouns, verbs,

adjectives, adverbs.

Have students replace the nonsense

words with actual words.

For younger students, have them use

the first two stanzas and do a group

write poem. Then do creative

movement to the poem. (examples on

next page)

For older students, do some analysis of

the beheading of the Jabberwocky, the

Red Queen’s obsession with

beheadings, and the European history

of beheadings.

Older students might research “St.

George and the Dragon” from English

History/Mythology. Remember, Lewis

Carroll was British.

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One, two! One, two! And through and through

The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!

He left it dead, and with its head

He went galumphing back.

“And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?

Come to my arms, my beamish boy!

O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!”

He chortled in his joy.

’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves

Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:

All mimsy were the borogoves,

And the mome raths outgrabe.

Source: The Random House Book of Poetry for Children (1983)

’Twas __________, and the

___________ __________

Did ________ and _________

in the _____________:

All ____________ were the

_________________,

And the ______________

___________ ______________.

’Twas summer, and the blazing

sun

Did shine and glare in the sky:

All roasting were the children,

And the kids jumped into the

pool.

’Twas Friday Night, and the Football

Team

Did Rush and Tackle in the Field:

All Screaming were the Spectators,

And the Cheerleaders Didn’t

Notice.

’Twas July 4, 1776, and the Reluctant

Delegates

Did argue and debate in the Second

Continental Congress:

All compromised were the critical issues,

And the Declaration of Independence was

finally signed.

Almost any topic or circumstance can

be used in the cloze… and then acted

out, putting the poetry in motion.

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Characters from the Alice in Wonderland Ballet

Who is Lewis Carroll?

o His real name was Charles Dodgson

o He was a photographer, as well as an author

o He was wildly creative, and used plays-on-words in his writing and poetry

o You have to read his writing carefully to see all the puns and historical references.

Do you see Lewis Carroll appear at other times in the ballet?

o How do you know it is Lewis Carroll?

o What characters does he portray?

What is a Mad Hatter?

o Hat makers (hatters) used mercury to cure the beaver pelts they made hats from.

o The mercury caused brain damage, which drove the hat makers “mad” or insane.

What is a March Hare?

o Hares (rabbits) have their mating season in March.

o During March, the male hares jump about wildly, fight each other, etc.

What are Tweedledums and Tweedledees?

o Two people who so closely resemble one another that they are indistinguishable.

o A pair of something

What is a Hookah?

o A water pipe used for smoking

What is a Cheshire Cat?

o “Grinning like a Cheshire Cat” is an expression that means smiling with a broad

grin.

What is a Mock Turtle?

o The Turtle is a visual pun on mock turtle soup, an imitation of green turtle soup

made from the head, hooves and tail of a calf.

o The Mock Turtle is a very melancholy character that pines pathetically for the

days when it was once a real turtle.

What is an executioner? (This should be handled delicately with younger students)

o Someone who carries out an order of execution

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o In the ballet, executions were carried out by beheading

o In reality, beheading was for persons of a higher social class. Those of a lower

social class were executed by hanging.

Is there a reason the Queen of Hearts keeps saying “off with her/his head”?

o There is historical evidence that The Queen of Hearts represents Queen Victoria

o Lewis Carroll was not fond of Queen Victoria

o There was a tendency during this time to sentence the prisoner before a verdict

was rendered.

o Some of the more sophisticated history can be found at

http://www.carleton.edu/departments/ENGL/Alice/CritVict.html

Deck of Cards

o All dancers are dressed identically, with the exception of the card they represent

o Why?

o What do you know about playing cards?

Game of Croquet

o What is croquet

o Why was it being played in the queens court

Alice

o In your opinion, was she a well behaved or naughty child?

o Support your opinion with evidence.

o Why did she drink from the bottle without knowing what was in it?

o What character quality or qualities does she have that would lead her to getting

into the trouble she was in (curiosity? Stubbornness? Willfulness?)

o In what ways are you like Alice?

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Poetry in Motion

There are a number of poems from Alice in Wonderland that are parodies of actual

poems. Compare and contrast the poems. Ask students to act out either or both the

poems. This involves critical thinking, vocabulary, application, creativity, and

comprehension…a real-bang-for-the-buck.

Twinkle, twinkle, little bat

(Carroll)

Twinkle, twinkle, little bat!

How I wonder what you're at!

Up above the world you fly,

Like a tea-tray in the sky.

The Star (Jane Taylor)

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,

How I wonder what you are!

Up above the world so high,

Like a diamond in the sky.

How doth the little crocodile

(Carroll)

How doth the little crocodile

Improve his shining tail,

And pour the waters of the Nile

On every golden scale!

How cheerfully he seems to grin,

How neatly spreads his claws,

And welcomes little fishes in,

With gently smiling jaws!

Against Idleness and Mischief

(Isaac Watts)

How doth the little busy bee

Improve each shining hour,

And gather honey all the day

From every opening flower!

How skillfully she builds her cell!

How neat she spreads the wax!

And labours hard to store it well

With the sweet food she makes.

The “Real” Poem Lewis Carroll’s Parody of the

Poem

Lewis Carroll’s Parody of the

Poem

The “Real” Poem

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Turtle Soup (Carroll)

Beautiful Soup, so rich and green,

Waiting in a hot tureen!

Who for such dainties would not

stoop?

Soup of the evening, beautiful

Soup!

Soup of the evening, beautiful

Soup!

Beau--ootiful Soo--oop!

Beau--ootiful Soo--oop

Soo--oop of the e--e--evening,

Beautiful, beautiful Soup!

Beautiful Soup! Who cares for

fish,

Game or any other dish?

Who would not give all else for

two p

ennyworth only of Beautiful Soup?

Pennyworth only of beautiful

Soup?

Beau--ootiful Soo--oop!

Beau--ootiful Soo--oop!

Soo--oop of the e--e--evening,

Beautiful, beauti--FUL SOUP!

Star of the Evening

(James M. Sayle)

Beautiful star in heav'n so bright,

Softly falls thy silv'ry light,

As thou movest from earth afar,

Star of the evening, beautiful star.

Chorus:

Beautiful star,

Beautiful star,

Star of the evening, beautiful star.

In Fancy's eye thou seem'st to say,

Follow me, come from earth away.

Upward thy spirit's pinions try,

To realms of love beyond the sky.

Shine on, oh star of love divine,

And may our soul's affection twine

Around thee as thou movest afar,

Star of the twilight, beautiful star

Lewis Carroll’s Parody of the

Poem

The “Real” Poem

Turtle Soup

Carroll mainly parodies the overblown

sentimentality of the song, not so much the

message of it. As Florence Milner wrote in

her book 'The Poems in Alice in

Wonderland': 'The most delightful part of the

parody is the division of the words in the

refrain in imitation of the approved method

of singing the song with its holds and

sentimental stress upon the last word.'

http://www.alice-in-wonderland.net/alice7a.html#4

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"White Rabbit"

By Jefferson Airplane, 1967

One pill makes you larger

And one pill makes you small

And the ones that mother gives you

Don't do anything at all

Go ask Alice

When she's ten feet tall

And if you go chasing rabbits

And you know you're going to fall

Tell 'em a hookah-smoking caterpillar

Has given you the call

Call Alice

When she was just small

When the men on the chessboard

Get up and tell you where to go

And you've just had some kind of mushroom

And your mind is moving low

This would be a discussion for older

students only… or perhaps modified

for younger students. Music is often

poetry put to a melody. If students

think about lyrics, they can learn

much about the intent of the song

and what events were taking place at

the time.

Why do you think Alice would drink

the drink, eat the mushroom, etc.

without knowing anything about

them? What do you think of her

judgment?

Was there anything going on in Lewis

Carroll’s life that might have

influenced him so that he would add

these elements to a Children’s story…

or is this actually a story for children,

or for both children and adults?

“The White Rabbit” song was written

in the 1960’s. What events were

occurring in these days that might

have something to do with the writing

of this song? Does this have to do with

drugs? War? Change?

If you were to put this poetry to

motion, how would you move?

There is a You-Tube video of

Jefferson Airplane singing “White

Rabbit” at the Woodstock Festival in

1969. Watch the movements of Grace

Slick, the singer and songwriter.

Can you think of other stories or

poems put to music?

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Go ask Alice

I think she'll know

When logic and proportion

Have fallen sloppy dead

And the White Knight is talking backwards

And the Red Queen's off with her head

Remember what the dormouse said

Feed your head

Feed your head

For younger students, ask them what they think

about Alice eating or drinking something when

she didn’t know what she was consuming.

Let students brainstorm what it would be like to

be very large or very small.

How would they move if they were taller than a

telephone pole or smaller than a mouse?

Jefferson Airplane singing “White Rabbit”

at Woodstock, 1969.

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