Women Who Made a Difference: 10 Short Plays for the Classroom

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.