HISTORY IDOL by Kate Wagner
Middle and Lower Grades; 6 female; 4 male; 1 male/female for Terry and as many male and female extras as desired. 20 minutes.
Six famous quotes from history—by Abraham Lincoln, Neil Armstrong, Lou Gehrig, Chief Joseph, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr.—are celebrated in this spoof of a popular TV show.
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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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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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HALFWAY TO CONCORD by Marcella Rawe
Middle and Lower Grades; 6 male, 2 female; 25 minutes.
It's hard to tell who is a friend and who is a foe when neighbors take sides at the start of the Revolutionary War, as Paul Revere spreads the word from Boston to Concord.
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MOUNT RUSHMORE by David LaBounty
Middle and Lower Grades; 8 male, 4 female; as many male and female extras as desired for Other Students; 15-20 minutes. Four presidents have a little fun with visitors to a national memorial.
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