Tired of giving lectures on complex historical topics? Do you have high energy students looking for an outlet?

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. Students are encouraged to come in class appropriate costumes (even if it's just a scribbled mustache) and commit to their roles with class appropriate improvisation. Since all historical theaters are intentionally designed to portray differences in race, gender, political philosophy and/or socioeconomic status, AP US History students get the added benefit of sharpening their Point of View skills on the Document Based Question portion of the test.

This product contains a lesson plan, PowerPoint, Historical Theater Scripts for the following historical figures:

Franklin D. Roosevelt (New Dealer/President of the United States)
Huey "Kingfish" Long (Senator Political Radical)
Josiah Bailey (U.S. Senator/Head of Conservative Coalition)
Mary McLeod Bethune (African American cabinet member)
Dorothea Lange (Photojournalist)
Walter W. Waters (Leader of the Bonus Army)

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There are 20 other Historical Theaters available for "a la carte" purchases ranging from the free American Revolution sample to the $6 Civil Rights Movement theater which offers six characters including Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcom X, Cesar Chavez and Betty Friedan.

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Standards

to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).

CCSSWHST.11-12.1

Write arguments focused on discipline-specific content.

CCSSWHST.11-12.1a

Introduce precise, knowledgeable claim(s), establish the significance of the claim(s), distinguish the claim(s) from alternate or opposing claims, and create an organization that logically sequences the claim(s), counterclaims, reasons, and evidence.

CCSSWHST.11-12.1b

Develop claim(s) and counterclaims fairly and thoroughly, supplying the most relevant data and evidence for each while pointing out the strengths and limitations of both claim(s) and counterclaims in a discipline-appropriate form that anticipates the audience’s knowledge level, concerns, values, and possible biases.

CCSSWHST.11-12.1c

Use words, phrases, and clauses as well as varied syntax to link the major sections of the text, create cohesion, and clarify the relationships between claim(s) and reasons, between reasons and evidence, and between claim(s) and counterclaims.

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