February is Black History Month. While I encourage you to acknowledge it with some dedicated activities, I’m also reminded that … More
Tag: MLK
Stevie Wonder’s Overlooked Contribution to the Civil Rights Movement
My work for Scholastic writing black history plays is just a tiny blip on the civil rights radar, a minuscule … More
Best Bets for January
MLK Day is January 20th, so it’s a great time to use some exceptional reader’s theater to teach about this … More
Banned Books, Banned Plays
Censorship always begins with good intentions. Following the George Floyd protests, heightened concern about cultural sensitivity and traumatic events led … More
MLK Day is January 15th
If you’re like me, you put a bow on the holidays and then breathed a sigh of relief as you … More
Plays & Paired Texts for Black History Month
Here are nine compelling paired texts with which to recognize black history month while meeting numerous Language Arts standards. All … More
Promoting the Words and Work of Dr, King
At the height of Covid restrictions, the Palace Theatre in New Hampshire crafted this wonderful pairing of my Ruby Bridges … More
So Bad, It’s Funny
Call them flops, bombs, fiascos. Read Aloud Plays have turned out to be pretty ideal for the Covid classroom because … More
Pairing Picture Books & Plays for Black History Month
The Common Core requires that we teach students to “evaluate authors’ differing points of view on the same historical event … More
A Good Time to Say Thanks
This week I just want to say THANK YOU to all you FANTASTIC teachers who have used Read Aloud Plays … More
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