China's 20th Century Transformation

Hershel Herzberg

Are you Searching for Engaging and Enriching History Curriculum for your Students?Plays About History can be the solution!A play has a story that has a beginning that elicits an expectation, a middle that often confounds, and an end that addresses the expectation.A play offers opportunities to determine intention and action.Plays possess the power of reality itself. Plays enliven people from the past as complex individuals who have fears, failures, wishes, and values. Plays provide an experience.Plays kindle feelings for people who inhabited the past and influenced the present. Plays foster growth of historical imagination, understanding, and sympathy.How to Use Plays About HistorySelect a play appropriate to the topic under study. Select student actors, provide rehearsal, and prep time. Also, allow actors to discuss the play before the performance.Minimize distractions by having students put aside papers, books, and pens and to remain quiet.Give a brief introduction to the play before students perform the play. Indicate the controversy of dissonance presented by the play.Have students perform the play with lots of expressions and really get into the roles. (Dramatic animation)Discuss the various issues presented by the play. (See specific questions and general questions)Engage students in follow-up activities that relate to the play. (See suggested activities following each play)This complete Volume 3 includes the multiple digital items below:1) Background to the Communist Revolution: This play tells the story of problems faced by China before the Communist Revolution.2) Peasants under Communism: This play tells the story of how the lives of Chinese peasants and workers changed as a result of the revolution.3) The Last Interview of Deng Xiaoping: This play tells the story of Deng Xiaoping, the real ruler of China, and how he justifies political repression and free market economics.Each section of the volume comes with Lesson Plan, Goals and Objectives, Background, Discussion Questions, Cast of Characters, the Play, and Follow up Activities.