THE PIE THAT CHANGED HISTORY by Maureen Crane Wartski
Middle & Lower Grades; 4 female, 3 male; 20 minutes.
The story (maybe true, maybe not) of a couple who baked their way on to a wagon train to Oregon so they could open a school where Native people and settlers could learn together in peace. Their children settled in Kansas, where they were active in the 1850s Underground Railroad.
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THE PICNIC PEACE by Jane Tesh
Lower Grades; 4 male, 1 female, as many male and female extras as desired for ants; contemporary; 10 minutes.
Red ants and black ants fight over a picnic, only to discover that working together, sharing, and making friends are the most important morsels of all.
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RACE TO THE FUTURE, by Janet Carl
Middle and Lower Grades; 5 male, 5 female, plus many extras; mid-1800s; 25 minutes.
A young girl invited to a "Bloomer" picnic—an unheard-of event for women to wear pants!—stands up for her beliefs in women's rights and freedom of expression.
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ARMADILLO'S CHOICE by Pamela Love
Middle & Lower Grades: 6 actors: male/female; 10 minutes. Animals meet in the desert and learn to respect their differences, without asking each other to change the way they are.
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