In programme four we return to Demeter, mourning her missing daughter Persephone and searching everywhere for her.
Before the programme:
- Discuss what you think Persephone misses most, now that she is living with Hades in the Underworld. What will Demeter’s reaction be when she returns home to find Persephone is gone? Look at the words of the first verse and chorus of ‘She’s everything to me.
Focus
- Phrasing
- On and off the beat
- Call and response
- Singing gently and smoothly
You will need…
- To be familiar with the words and music of the song.
- To have hands, voices and percussion instruments ready for the activities
Story line
- Demeter returns home to find that Persephone has gone. She searches everywhere for her.
Teacher's Notes. document
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More from this series
3. And they went down! audio
In the third programme of the series Hades takes Persephone down to his underground kingdom.
5. Persephone said 'No!' audio
In programme five Persephone is offered magic food by Hades - if she accepts she will have to stay underground with him forever.
6. Persephone is home. audio
In programme six Persephone is finally free…she is reunited with her mother, but her freedom has been won at a price.
