Readers Theatre for African American History (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781591586937)

Readers Theatre for African American History features a collection of twenty scripts covering a comprehensive span of history from Africa before the transatlantic slave trade through current events in our nation. In participating in these scripts, students will listen to storytellers from Africa and share the rich oral tradition about wealthy explorers who came to the Americas from Africa before Columbus. They'll experience such events as Emancipation Day on the South Carolina Sea Islands, the founding of the North Star by Frederick Douglass, and the extraordinary 1939 Lincoln Memorial concert by Marian Anderson. They'll attend an imaginary political convention where they'll meet our nation's first five African American U.S. Senators, including Senator Barack Obama. African American history is rich with opportunities for creative learning. This book brings them alive. Grades 4-8

Author: Jeff Sanders, Nancy I. Sanders
ISBN-10: 1591586933
ISBN-13: 9781591586937
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
Language: English
Published: 06/01/2008
Pages: 168
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 10.88h x 8.39w x 0.42d

Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 10/01/2008 pg. 180
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2008 pg. 60