children's plays, american

Contains fifteen short readers' theater plays on the lives of notable Americans, including George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Harriet Tubman, with background information and activities to help teach key concepts and vocabulary.

A collection of contemporary, humorous plays designed to help middle-school students address problems they face throughout the year, including peer pressure, fear of failure, and jealousy. Includes a summary, prop list, costume and presentation ideas, and discussion questions for each play.

Ten original plays with themes taken from American folklore.

Presents ten Readers Theatre scripts selected to engage middle school boys, including adaptations of Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death," providing an introduction and production notes with each.

A collection of plays which give surprising plots and settings to well-known stories and folk tales. Includes production notes.

A collection of skits written by young people with instructions for performance. The skits are arranged under such categories as "Cumulative Actions," "Silly Singers," "Skits With Trick Endings," "Skits From Jokes," "Musical Ensembles," and others.

A collection of six plays about girls living in different periods of American history, from colonial days to World War Two. Includes background information about each time period and directions for staging the plays.

A collection of plays for holidays throughout the year. Also includes a brief history of the holidays represented.

Contains a collection of nineteen humorous plays with real-life settings and includes theater scripts on annoying traits, school dilemmas, and embarrassing moments.