Scribbling Women

Type of Resource: Teacher Tools and Information, Online Multimedia Library
Free or Fee: Fee - donations accepted
Computer Needs: None Apparent
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Recommendation:

The productions of these plays were well done with a cast and production staff. The productions would be improved if a text version of the play was provided for students to read along with or have to refer to in discussions. The resources for teachers accompanying these plays is extensive.

Description:

From the website: "The Scribbling Women project provides an opportunity for teachers, students, library patrons, visually impaired listeners and a general audience to learn about and enjoy an often neglected part of our cultural heritage. "Our focus is on the rich source of material written by significant American women writers. By providing highly produced thirty-minute dramatizations of short stories by these writers, together with related curriculum and lesson plans, we offer teachers the opportunity to include both the listening experience and a discussion of the story and dramatization within a standard class period. "The plays cover multiple aspects of American experience: social organization in an early frontier settlement, the struggles of an escaped slave, loneliness on isolated prairie farms, the drudgery of mechanical work in a large factory, racism and snobbery persisting in modern urban society. The plays offer an opportunity for students to learn and engage their culture, framed through dramatic literary representations that bring ideas and history to life."

Possible uses:

Classes can listen to a variety of plays written from 1844 to 1947. Teachers can find ideas for discussions and activities to do before and after listening. In pairs or small groups, students can listen to different plays and compare their impressions of the author´s intentions related to different cultural aspects of the time. Classes can study the plays in chronological order or as organized by themes.

Related Resources:

6-8, 9-12+

Language Arts : Reading & Literature
Language Arts : Writing
Social Studies : History
Social Studies : Sociology
Social Studies : Psychology
Social Studies : Cultures
Drama : Performance

Teacher Tools and Information, Online Multimedia Library