The Pilgrim Chronicles: Thanksgiving Stories for the Stage
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by Kathryn Ross
The Pilgrim Chronicles: A Resource for Teaching History Through Drama
8.5 x 11, 88 page, 3-holed punched ready for your binder
INCLUDES PRODUCTION ROYALTIES
This drama and American history resource is a compilation of Thanksgiving programs designed for classroom instruction as an in-class read aloud (reader's theatre) or stage play for grades 2 through 9. Each may be produced as simple or fanciful as your budget of time and money can afford. It is packaged as a loose-leaf, three-hole-punched document, ready to load into your binder for ease of printing scripts and adding your own notes. See below for more details.
The Pilgrim Chronicles: A Resource for Teaching History Through Drama
8.5 x 11, 88 page, 3-holed punched ready for your binder
INCLUDES PRODUCTION ROYALTIES
This drama and American history resource is a compilation of Thanksgiving programs designed for classroom instruction as an in-class read aloud (reader's theatre) or stage play for grades 2 through 9. Each may be produced as simple or fanciful as your budget of time and money can afford. It is packaged as a loose-leaf, three-hole-punched document, ready to load into your binder for ease of printing scripts and adding your own notes. See below for more details.
PRODUCTION NOTES and the sheet music to the central tune, The Ballad of Plimoth Plantation, are included. Additional music is suggested and readily available in traditional hymnals. Associated crafts, costuming, and stage design are also featured, plus additional reading recommendations.
A Note from the Author
Since my teaching tenure at StoneBridge School in Chesapeake, Virginia in 1994, I’ve had the privilege of writing, directing, and producing scores of students in Christian and home school venues, retelling the events of the Plimoth Plantation Thanksgiving of 1621. It is the dramatic tale of the pilgrims who sailed the Mayflower from Plimoth, England, to Cape Cod, Massachusetts, that we look back upon marking Thanksgiving Day.
I drew primary source material for the five scripts I'm making available from the famous Thanksgiving account by William Bradford, the first governor of Plimoth Plantation, titled, The History of Plimoth Plantation. From this firsthand account of American history, I distilled the core events and principles learned from those events into flexible scripts for casts large and small, young and old, to suit multiple venues.
Kathryn Ross, Author
The Pilgrim Chronicles: Thanksgiving Stories for the Stage
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Resource Articles
A Little History of His Story
The Concise Plimoth Plantation Thanksgiving Story
The Pilgrim Chronicles: Four-Act Thanksgiving Story for Grades 6-9
Act 1: To Leyden and Liberty
Act 2: The Mayflower Memoirs
Act 3: Lifestyles of Plimoth Plantation
Act 4: Welcome Thanksgiving Day
The History of America’s Thanksgiving: Reading & Responsorial—Grades 7-8
Pilgrim’s Praise: A Thanksgiving Reader’s Theatre for Grades 4-5
Life on Plimoth Plantation: Thanksgiving One-Act Drama for Grades 2-5
General Production Notes:
Music: The Ballad of Plimoth Plantation
Vocabulary
Production Notes: Costumes
Production Notes: Props & Accessories
Additional Resources for Teaching and Learning
A Note from the Author
Since my teaching tenure at StoneBridge School in Chesapeake, Virginia in 1994, I’ve had the privilege of writing, directing, and producing scores of students in Christian and home school venues, retelling the events of the Plimoth Plantation Thanksgiving of 1621. It is the dramatic tale of the pilgrims who sailed the Mayflower from Plimoth, England, to Cape Cod, Massachusetts, that we look back upon marking Thanksgiving Day.
I drew primary source material for the five scripts I'm making available from the famous Thanksgiving account by William Bradford, the first governor of Plimoth Plantation, titled, The History of Plimoth Plantation. From this firsthand account of American history, I distilled the core events and principles learned from those events into flexible scripts for casts large and small, young and old, to suit multiple venues.
Kathryn Ross, Author
The Pilgrim Chronicles: Thanksgiving Stories for the Stage
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Resource Articles
A Little History of His Story
The Concise Plimoth Plantation Thanksgiving Story
The Pilgrim Chronicles: Four-Act Thanksgiving Story for Grades 6-9
Act 1: To Leyden and Liberty
Act 2: The Mayflower Memoirs
Act 3: Lifestyles of Plimoth Plantation
Act 4: Welcome Thanksgiving Day
The History of America’s Thanksgiving: Reading & Responsorial—Grades 7-8
Pilgrim’s Praise: A Thanksgiving Reader’s Theatre for Grades 4-5
Life on Plimoth Plantation: Thanksgiving One-Act Drama for Grades 2-5
General Production Notes:
Music: The Ballad of Plimoth Plantation
Vocabulary
Production Notes: Costumes
Production Notes: Props & Accessories
Additional Resources for Teaching and Learning