Description

Tired of giving lectures on complex historical topics? Do you have high energy students looking for an outlet? Ask yourself, which will students remember more: a lecture on the Boston Tea Party or that time Timmy, the Captain of the football team, came to class and threw tea bags in the classroom as part of an act? (He cleaned them up afterwards).

At Mano Koa Enterprises, we have developed an interactive lesson strategy which enables students (especially the high energy ones) to do the teaching for you with Historical Theater: a hands-on bodily kinesthetic activity which expresses complex points of view during an historical time period.

Historical Theater activities provides classrooms with an active and engaging way to tackle issues in the past while creating memories that students will carry on years after the class. An added benefit is having AP US History students sharpen their Point of View skills on the Document Based Question portion of the AP US History test.

This product contains a lesson plan, PowerPoint and Historical Theater Scripts for the following historical figures:
Thomas B. Reed (Speaker of the House and Opponent of the Spanish American War)
Henry Cabot Lodge (U.S. Senator, Expansionist)
William Randolph Hearst (Newspaper Owner, Yellow Journalist)
Jose Marti (Cuban Poet/Author, Supporter of Cuban Independence)
Emilio Aguinaldo (Supporter of Filipino Independence)
Lola Rodriguez de Tio (Puerto Rican Poet/Author, Supporter of Puerto Rican Independence)

Like this product? We got plenty more!
There are 12 other Historical Theaters available for "a la carte" purchases ranging from the $4 Constitutional Convention theater to the $6 Vietnam War theater which offers six characters including Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger and Muhammad Ali.

Want a better deal? Try our "Historical Theater Omnibus 1620-2000" which offers all 12 historical theaters scenarios plus 4 bonus mini-theaters on pivotal Presidential elections. Now available from Mano Koa Enterprises.

Have fun and break a leg!