3rd-5th Grade School Performances
*All Performances are 50-55 minutes
*One show=$300 Two shows=$550 Three Shows= $850
*All Performances are 50-55 minutes
*One show=$300 Two shows=$550 Three Shows= $850
Sojourner Truth- Ain’t I a Woman?
This is a story about a woman who was born into slavery, escaped with her infant daughter and won a landmark court case to recover her son from a white man. This play is about a remarkable woman who became an abolitionist and women’s rights activist. Becoming an American hero.
Curriculum Connection
SS4H7 The student will examine the main ideas of the abolitionist and suffrage movements.
a. Discuss the biographies of Harriet Tubman and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
b. Explain the significance of Sojourner Truth to the abolition and suffrage movements
Tuskegee Airmen- The men who refused to be washed out
During World War 2 a group of courageous men had a desire to fight for their country even though their country did not fight for them. This is a story of one of the airmen who shows not only what he had to endure just to serve but the character traits needed to endure. The audience will also get a glimpse of what it was like inside the cockpit of a world war 2 bomber plane.
Curriculum Connection
SS5H6 The student will explain the reasons for America’s involvement in World War II
i.e. Describe the effects of rationing and the changing role of women and African- Americans; include “Rosie the Riveter” and The Tuskegee Airmen.
George Washington Carver- The Scientist and the Thinker
Students will meet George Washington Carver through the eyes of his assistant. In this program students will be introduced to some of the inventions of George Washington Carver but this production will also go deeply into who George Washington Carver was as a person and the character traits he possessed as witnessed by his long time trusty assistant.
Curriculum Connection
SS5H3 The student will describe how life changed in America at the turn of the century.
b. Describe the impact on American life of the Wright brothers (flight), George Washington Carver (science), Alexander Graham Bell (communication), and Thomas Edison (electricity).
Brown v. Board of Education- Through the eyes of a teacher
Most know about the Brown v. Board of Education supreme court decision to integrate schools. But, what were schools like inside the classroom prior to integration for African-American teachers? This is the story of one such teacher who shares her love for her students and the expectations she had for them. This play also goes into some of the competing thoughts both for and against school integration within the African-American community.
Curriculum Connection
SS5H8 The student will describe the importance of key people, events, and developments between 1950-1975
b. Explain the key events and people of the Civil Rights movement; include Brown v. Board of Education (1954), the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the March on Washington, Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, and civil rights activities of Thurgood Marshall, Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King-The Boy who would be King
The” I have a dream” speech by Martin Luther King Jr. is one of his most famous speeches. But who is the dreamer of the dream? Martin Luther King Jr. was also a little boy who had dreams of not being a world leader but a baseball player. The audience has a front row seat as we witness the transformation of this little boy into a man. This is a story of how the dreamer woke up and had the courage to tell his dream.
Curriculum Connection
SS5H8 The student will describe the importance of key people, events, and developments between 1950-1975.
b. Explain the key events and people of the Civil Rights movement; include Brown v. Board of Education (1954), the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the March on Washington, Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, and civil rights activities of Thurgood Marshall, Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King, Jr.
c. Describe the impact on American society of the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Frederick Douglass- Finding Freedom through the power of Words
Frederick Douglass’ story is a story of legends and myths…but his is an actual story. A story of a man who was once enslaved, escapes to his freedom and becomes a world celebrated abolitionist. Storyteller/Puppeteer/ Actor Akbar Imhotep portrays Frederick Douglas and shares this fascinating journey of how he liberated himself from mental and physical slavery and his mission to free others.
Curriculum Connection
SS3H2 The student will discuss the lives of Americans who expanded people’s rights a
freedoms in a democracy.
a. Paul Revere (independence), Frederick Douglass (civil rights), Susan B. Anthony (women’s rights), Mary McLeod Bethune (education), Franklin D. Roosevelt (New Deal and World War II), Eleanor Roosevelt (United Nations and human rights), Thurgood Marshall (civil rights), Lyndon B. Johnson (Great Society and voting rights), and César Chávez (workers’ rights).
b. Explain social barriers, restrictions, and obstacles that these historical figures had to overcome and describe how they overcame them.
SS3CG2 The student will discuss the character of different historical figures in SS3H2a.
a. Describe how the different historical figures in SS3H2a display positive character traits of cooperation, diligence, courage, and leadership.
b. Explain how the historical figures in SS3H2a used positive character traits to support their beliefs in liberty, justice, tolerance, and freedom of conscience and expression.
c. Explain how the historical figures in SS3H2a chose when to respect and accept authority
This is a story about a woman who was born into slavery, escaped with her infant daughter and won a landmark court case to recover her son from a white man. This play is about a remarkable woman who became an abolitionist and women’s rights activist. Becoming an American hero.
Curriculum Connection
SS4H7 The student will examine the main ideas of the abolitionist and suffrage movements.
a. Discuss the biographies of Harriet Tubman and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
b. Explain the significance of Sojourner Truth to the abolition and suffrage movements
Tuskegee Airmen- The men who refused to be washed out
During World War 2 a group of courageous men had a desire to fight for their country even though their country did not fight for them. This is a story of one of the airmen who shows not only what he had to endure just to serve but the character traits needed to endure. The audience will also get a glimpse of what it was like inside the cockpit of a world war 2 bomber plane.
Curriculum Connection
SS5H6 The student will explain the reasons for America’s involvement in World War II
i.e. Describe the effects of rationing and the changing role of women and African- Americans; include “Rosie the Riveter” and The Tuskegee Airmen.
George Washington Carver- The Scientist and the Thinker
Students will meet George Washington Carver through the eyes of his assistant. In this program students will be introduced to some of the inventions of George Washington Carver but this production will also go deeply into who George Washington Carver was as a person and the character traits he possessed as witnessed by his long time trusty assistant.
Curriculum Connection
SS5H3 The student will describe how life changed in America at the turn of the century.
b. Describe the impact on American life of the Wright brothers (flight), George Washington Carver (science), Alexander Graham Bell (communication), and Thomas Edison (electricity).
Brown v. Board of Education- Through the eyes of a teacher
Most know about the Brown v. Board of Education supreme court decision to integrate schools. But, what were schools like inside the classroom prior to integration for African-American teachers? This is the story of one such teacher who shares her love for her students and the expectations she had for them. This play also goes into some of the competing thoughts both for and against school integration within the African-American community.
Curriculum Connection
SS5H8 The student will describe the importance of key people, events, and developments between 1950-1975
b. Explain the key events and people of the Civil Rights movement; include Brown v. Board of Education (1954), the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the March on Washington, Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, and civil rights activities of Thurgood Marshall, Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King-The Boy who would be King
The” I have a dream” speech by Martin Luther King Jr. is one of his most famous speeches. But who is the dreamer of the dream? Martin Luther King Jr. was also a little boy who had dreams of not being a world leader but a baseball player. The audience has a front row seat as we witness the transformation of this little boy into a man. This is a story of how the dreamer woke up and had the courage to tell his dream.
Curriculum Connection
SS5H8 The student will describe the importance of key people, events, and developments between 1950-1975.
b. Explain the key events and people of the Civil Rights movement; include Brown v. Board of Education (1954), the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the March on Washington, Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, and civil rights activities of Thurgood Marshall, Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King, Jr.
c. Describe the impact on American society of the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Frederick Douglass- Finding Freedom through the power of Words
Frederick Douglass’ story is a story of legends and myths…but his is an actual story. A story of a man who was once enslaved, escapes to his freedom and becomes a world celebrated abolitionist. Storyteller/Puppeteer/ Actor Akbar Imhotep portrays Frederick Douglas and shares this fascinating journey of how he liberated himself from mental and physical slavery and his mission to free others.
Curriculum Connection
SS3H2 The student will discuss the lives of Americans who expanded people’s rights a
freedoms in a democracy.
a. Paul Revere (independence), Frederick Douglass (civil rights), Susan B. Anthony (women’s rights), Mary McLeod Bethune (education), Franklin D. Roosevelt (New Deal and World War II), Eleanor Roosevelt (United Nations and human rights), Thurgood Marshall (civil rights), Lyndon B. Johnson (Great Society and voting rights), and César Chávez (workers’ rights).
b. Explain social barriers, restrictions, and obstacles that these historical figures had to overcome and describe how they overcame them.
SS3CG2 The student will discuss the character of different historical figures in SS3H2a.
a. Describe how the different historical figures in SS3H2a display positive character traits of cooperation, diligence, courage, and leadership.
b. Explain how the historical figures in SS3H2a used positive character traits to support their beliefs in liberty, justice, tolerance, and freedom of conscience and expression.
c. Explain how the historical figures in SS3H2a chose when to respect and accept authority