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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

From Page to Stage

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Learners, utilizing video clips and Web sites, compare specific passages from original texts to moments in Broadway musicals on which they were based, analyzing similarities and differences between them. They adapt literature into a...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

"We'd Like to Thank You, Herbert Hoover"

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Pupils examine video clips and Web sites related to relevant productions, study song lyrics, and compare and contrast actual history with Broadway history. They create lyrics for a new song based on a contemporary or historical figure or...
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Article
Musicals 101

Musicals 101: Essay: Michael Bennett's a Chorus Line Part I

For Students 9th - 10th
Read an essay outlining Michael Bennett's Broadway career and highlighting the success of "A Chorus Line". Very detailed. Includes photos of the original cast.
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Article
Musicals 101

Musicals101: History of the Stage Musical 1910 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
From Jerome Kern's Americanized shows to the Ziegfeld Follies, the stages saw a whole new type of musical from 1910-1920.