Famous Americans
Subtitle: 22 short plays for building fluency / [editor: Mela Ottaiano] ; Scholastic Inc.
Contributors: Ottaiano, Mela.; Scholastic Inc.
Series: Teaching Resources
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
ISBN-13: 9780545072168
Subjects: Fluency (Language learning); Reading comprehension -- Study and teaching; Children's plays, American; One-act plays, American; Historical drama, American; Drama in education; Oral reading; United States -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Description: Help build students' reading fluency and build awareness of important people in U.S. history through fact-based, original plays about 22 famous Americans. These read-aloud biographical plays provide kids with the repeated practice they need to read with speed, automaticity, and expression-the key elements of fluency. Background information, discussion questions, extension activities, and literature links round out this versatile resource. A great way to connect social studies content with reading.
Notes: "22 reproducible plays that build fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension"--Cover.

"Formerly published as Famous Americans: 22 short plays for the classroom"--T.p. verso.

"Grades 4-8"--Cover.

"Great for buiding content-area knowledge:--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Christopher Columbus: Searching for the Indies; title: Ben Franklin: Philosopher, inventor, community activist; title: Gerorge Washington: A soldier, a peaceful man; title: Phillis Wheatley: Voice of freedom; title: Meriwether Lewis and William Clark: Their excellent adventure; title: Davy Crockett: Hero of the frontier; title: Abraham Lincoln:  Holding the nation together; title: Susan B. Anthony:  The fight for women's rights; title: Harriet Tubman: Guide to freedom; title: John Muir: The father of national parks; title: Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell: A meeting of two minds; title: George Washington Carver: The scientist who saved the south; title: Susan LaFlesche Picotte:  An Omaha doctor returns home; title: Nellie Bly: Investigative reporter; title: Orville and Wilbur Wright: First in the air; title: Franklin Delano Roosevelt: The man who never gave up; title: Amelia Earhart: Flying into the unknown; title: Langston Hughes: Finding the words; title: Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Montgomery bus boycott; title: Jackie Robinson: At home in the major leagues; title: Cesar Chavez: Viva la causa!; title: Neil Armstrong: To the moon!