10 Women Who Helped Shape America (Grades 4-8) [Paperback]

Scholastic Books (Author), S. Glasscock (Author), Sarah Glasscock (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1999

Short Plays for the Classroom
Explore the lives of 10 famous American women‹Anne Hutchinson, Elizabeth Backwell, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, and others‹with these original, fact-based plays. Includes background information, cross-curricular activities, and literature links.

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About the Author

Sarah Glasscock is a writer based in Austin, TX. She has written and edited two volumes of plays for the classroom. She has also published a novel for adults.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic (January 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0590896458
• ISBN-13: 978-0590896450
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #885,278 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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22 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Enrichment Resource, March 26, 1998

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This review is from: 10 Women Who Helped Shape America (Grades 4-8) (Paperback)

This book enriched our eighth grade Language Arts and Social Studies core curriculum during Women's History Month. In addition to practicing and performing three of the plays, students were excited about researching more about each subject (Elizabeth Blackwell, Lucy Stone, and Ellen Craft) in order to add lines, extra narration, or even scenes to include more historical information about the play's subjects.

Background information and teaching activities included with each play are well-written, challenging, and worthwhile. This book is a great resource which brings American history alive for students and their audiences.