12 year old Jonas has been anointed the new receiver “Receiver of Memory”, he’ll have to spend time with “The Giver”, the previous holder of memory, who’ll be Jonas’ guide into the old world, where pain and happiness existed in equal parts. Jonas begins to realize how sameness has killed the essential humanity of his community.
TUBMAN is a great introduction to a real-life American hero, someone willing to risk everything in pursuit of freedom: stories include the Underground Railroad, Harriet’s experience as a civil war nurse, bringing a spy for the Union Army, and becoming a speaker for equal rights and voting rights for women.
The Grasshopper and the Ant explain the basics of economics! Using improv-style games with lots of interactivity with your students, we’ll cover supply and demand, how banks, credit cards, and markets work, college and career choices, budgeting, and how anyone can survive an economic ‘winter.’
Creation of myths such as Pandora’s Box, Persephone, and Prometheus jostle for space with a bunch of other characters and tales, culminating in a 10 minute version of The Odyssey - all the monsters, shipwrecks, and action in a fraction of a classroom period! This fast-paced comedy is a perfect addition to your school’s mythology unit.
Romeo and Juliet come from rival crime families, but they fall in love at first sight. Unfortunately, Romeo kills Juliet’s cousin in a duel, and is forced to leave Verona to save himself. Juliet hatches a plan to allow them a life together, but a series of miscues turn her hopes to tragedy instead.
**Please Note: Slavery, the treatment of indigenous people, and historical ethnic & gender discrimination are dealt with in this show, in the service of showing students how far we’ve come in the pursuit of liberty and justice for all.
You’ll come face to face with Columus, the Pilgrims, the Salem “witches”, Washington, the framing of the Constitution, Levi Strauss, Gettysburg Address, Edison, Susan B. Anthony, the invention of movies, WWI & II, the Great Depression, FDR, the Cold War, Martin Luther King Jr., Vietnam, Watergate, Reagan & Gorbachev, and the internet!
