Celebrating American heroes

By Anne Siebert, Marilynne, K Roach

Subjects: Biography, Study and teaching, English language, Drama, American Historical drama, English language, juvenile literature

Description: 13 brief plays about significant historical figures, American heroes. They are written to be read aloud dramatically. In each play there are a few main characters and a chorus. The heroes are Betsy Ross and George Washington; Dolley Madison; Sacagawea; Harriet Beecher Stowe; Abraham Lincoln; Thomas Alva Edison; John Muir; Jackie Robinson; Jonas Salk; Robert Frost; Cesar Chavez; Astronauts Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins; and Jaime Escalante.