Plays About The Presidents PDF Download

WHAT IT IS: This fun and hilarious musical play helps you teach the standards while bringing your classroom to life! Easy-to-do play comes with script, audio CD, and teacher's guide. NO music or drama experience is required¿you don't have to sing or play a note! Go big and perform on stage, keep it simple with a classroom performance, or simply do reader's theater in class. No fancy sets, costumes, or performance spaces are needed, so it's all up to you! Flexible casting for 8-40 students and permission to edit the script and songs make it easy to tailor the play to the needs of your class and community. Your purchase of one copy per teacher includes permission to photocopy the script for students. /// WHAT IT TEACHES: "U.S. Presidents" introduces students to the first 16 presidents of the country, from George Washington to Abraham Lincoln. The show reviews the most outstanding achievements of the presidents, providing a lively overview of early American history, including the origins of political parties and the nature of the executive branch. 30 minutes; grades 3-8. /// SYNOPSIS: A 5th grade class is visiting a museum of American history, and boy are they in for a surprise: the actual presidents are there to greet them! Plenty of other famous characters drop by too, like Abigail Adams, Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, Dolly Madison, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Susan B. Anthony. /// WHAT IT DOES: "U.S. Presidents: Washington to Lincoln" is a great complement to your curriculum resources in social studies. And, like all Bad Wolf Press plays, this show can be used to improve reading comprehension, vocabulary, performance and speaking skills, class camaraderie and teamwork, and school engagement and parental involvement¿all while enabling students to be part of a truly fun and creative experience they will never forget!