How to Celebrate the Moon Landing’s 50th Anniversary

I was seven years old when the Apollo 11 mission blasted off for the moon in mid-July of 1969. I … More

“Musifying” Your Next Play

I have a theory about Walt Disney. Disney, of course, is known for animation. Way back in 1928—almost a century … More

Here are ten great paired texts with which to recognize black history month while meeting numerous Language Arts standards. All … More

One of the things I find fascinating—and disturbing—about photos from the Civil Rights era are the faces in the crowd. … More

Celebrate Martin Luther King’s legacy and teach his core values with any of a number of plays available on my … More

In honor of Labor Day, the Washington Post published an excellent feature on Lewis Hine, whose photography a century ago … More

In case you weren’t aware, March was Women’s History Month. Celebrating the contributions of women to history, though, needn’t be … More

Here are two plays in one package with which to celebrate and teach about Presidents’ Day. The first, President’s Day … More

In addition to all the MLK plays featured in my last post, here’s more great reader’s theater for Black History … More

Whether for RT or stage performance, here are half-a-dozen kid-friendly scripts to ramp up your MLK Day celebrations and Black … More